Home DIY

They’re all amazing. Easy rabbit hole to lose yourself down!

If you use wagos to make the connections it can save some time. You should invest in a voltage tester if you're planning on doing small electrical works for the rest of your life. The wand style are not as useful and safe as the normal voltage tester like the Martindale VT12. They are around the £30 mark but very useful and could save your life.

I find it very meditative, and very inspirational.

If you like that its also worth checking out Kobeomsuk. Similar levels of craftsmanship, he's Korean so the design language and techniques are a little different but the same no nonsense presentation letting his skill do all the talking. Also I would kill to have a workshop like his with that view!

https://youtu.be/cisxRjsm0Kc

I may have been a wee bit OTT in my criticisms of river tables. They don't look too bad but I have reservations, if the timber is not completely encased in the resin it will still want to move which will inevitably lead to it trying to pull away from the resin (I have no idea how strong the bond is but I am sure it will eventually fail). My main problem is with the guys on YouTube who buy a slab of wood level it, pour epoxy on it then get a fabricator to make some steel legs for it and sell it for stupid money while shouting about how good a craftperson they are.

Oh and stuff like this can fuck right off:

Ha, you don’t need to justify your disdain to me. I reckon it’ll look absolutely hideous and tacky in 10 years, and that’s presuming you like it in the first place. Classic design is classic for a reason.

Every day Facebook gives me 2-3 videos of people doing shit and ugly stuff with epoxy resin, and I really can't figure out why. People seem to find it hard to use without some nasty dye in it as well.

"How to make a red orb with a bit of wood in it" wow great, thanks algorithm.

Turning a bit of burl and some red resin into this STAR WARS DIORAMA.

FML.

Eg

This was the first video that popped up when I went on just now:

https://youtu.be/1wcejzorfS4

Pfft.

You ain’t seen nothin’ ‘til you’ve seen this guy:

https://youtu.be/16yIdoa48UI

Ha I see your ugly epoxy shite and raise you this:

Bored of your tired MFC worktop. Weeeeellll you could refresh it by pour epoxy resin all over it to make it look like plastic stone (and in all likelihood the rest of your kitchen too because I can guarantee the average diy-er will not be neat).

https://youtu.be/kznkcaoLNao

Ps the star wars fan in me actually likes the diorama.

Ps the star wars fan in me actually likes the diorama.

But wants Boba fetts spacecraft not an x wing.

(Yeah I know Jago/boba fets ship is called slave, but not sure it is appropriate unless you know the ship is called slave)

Ah hem!

It was called slave 1.

#starwarspedant

Wouldn’t like to have to clear up after doing that.

Might as well spell out Live Laugh Love with the shells.

If one were to do that they'd have to fully commit to the philosophy and get the matching tattoo.

Bonus points if it's done in Chinese characters.

It was a trap. ;)

Bloody hell, what in gods green earth?!

Can you imagine how many people have watched this and tried it DIY at home?

His whole YT channel is a treasure trove of ‘what on gods green earth’

I shudder to think but I would imagine that the aftermath would resemble the mess caused by a toddler trying to help out by changing their own nappy.

hahah!

I'd just imagine people starting out thinking it would resemble those videos and it looking absolutely horrendous and they wished they'd just done it properly.

I'll be sure to check it out - not right now though since I just wasted half an hour watching someone make that monstrosity!

okay so stupid question - I'm looking at victorian terrace places and thinking ahead to renovations.

Where is the best place to get a skip in these? Do I need to apply to the council if its going on the road?

any advice where I could go to get some solid oak shelves cut down by a couple of millimetre? I bought them online to fit our alcoves and four fit perfectly, but two of them are slightly too long. They are solid wood about 33mm thickness. I don't think B&Q or Wickes cut timber that isn't bought there. I am in North West London. Thanks

How long is slightly? Is it a couple of mil all the way along or just on an edge?

Could they be planed or sanded? In my experience with fitting shelves into alcoves I run into difficulty when the angle of the alcove isn't consistent all the way down. I can usually wiggle them almost into place and spot how much needs trimming - often only a couple of mil on one corner or edge. I'd then either use a pull saw or something for a very fine cut if it's a large bit, or plane or sand it down if it's smaller depending on the grain.

Buy this, then sell it on ebay/FB marketplace. Or keep it. The cost/loss will liekly be less than you'll pay someone to do it.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/evolution-r210cms-210mm-electric-single-bevel-compound-mitre-saw-240v/7277P