Posted by kiwinewt on 25 September, 2008
I really need a surface, that can be relatively easily cleared of dust/debris (such as a wooden board) that is 1 meter wide and 2 meters long. I also need it to be light and to be easily storeable. It also has to be solid enough not to sag if light pressure is placed on [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 23 September, 2008
As promised…
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This is a couple of photos of the Pannier Bag that I have made (need to get around to doing the other one still…)
And yes, it does still keep stuff cool
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Posted by kiwinewt on 14 September, 2008
OK. I’m sick of Flickr’s limits, let’s try… Zooomr
Foreground by Thomas Hawk on Zooomr
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Yes, that is obvious when it comes to gardens, but I have not got some nice big looking Cauli Brocolli and Cabbage plants, silverbeet looking all the better for more space to itself and strawberries loving the drier soil and extra sun they are now getting
And just for kicks, I have added a [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 10 September, 2008
For reference, a Nice simple CSS Color Chart
Takes a little while to scroll down the page, but I like the fact that its very easy to see the colours and that each one is named (even though it is such as gray1,gray2,etc)
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Mostly from a conversation on the TradeMe message boards, summarised for future reference:
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OK. So I am looking in to plans for how to make a kiln. This is also in my wonderful plans for world domination muahahaha!
But anyway, most of what I am looking as is for very small kilns, mainly to hold a few plates or bowls or whatever. I had almost given up on my [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 9 September, 2008
Rural Craft Publications
This page gives details of publications that provide detailed guides for people training in a range of traditional rural crafts. All of the publications listed below are available to download free from this website as PDF documents. Please note that the national crafts training programme is now delivered by Herefordshire College of Technology.
http://195.92.230.85/LAR/archive/publications/craftpublications.asp
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Posted by kiwinewt on 7 September, 2008
First, a short shoutout to Amazon. They sent me an email trying to sell me stuff, so I googled one of the books and found a free online version.
That book was this:
Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them
by Rolfe Cobleigh
Believe it or not, it is from 1910!
http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html
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