Sunday 17 January 2021
by Wulf
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The wonderful thing about building with cheap materials — like the wood from those pallets I have been taking apart this week — is the freedom to develop a design. Here the task was to create a gate in front … Continue reading
Saturday 16 January 2021
by Wulf
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I picked up some more pallets today so had a bit more deconstruction to attend to before turning to putting new things together. I’d done a bit more research on taking pallets apart and I was keen to try out … Continue reading
Friday 15 January 2021
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I am planning to build some more firewood storage in the garden and I have collected some pallets to use for that: free wood that stands up pretty well to sitting outside. I used pallets for wood storage in Oxford … Continue reading
Tuesday 5 January 2021
by Wulf
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Jane and I got our first wood burning stove in the spring of 2014. We were fortunate to find some free sources of wood quite early on, like a big old conifer that had fallen at the back of a … Continue reading
Saturday 2 January 2021
by Wulf
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It is typically the case that it takes longer to put something back together than it did to disassemble it in the first place. Given that it took several hours to take down the tool store, it probably isn’t too … Continue reading
Saturday 26 December 2020
by Wulf
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Storm Bella should be rolling across the UK today. It might already have struck land but, looking at the Met Office website, it is going to be later this evening before it makes itself known around Loughborough, bringing high winds … Continue reading
Friday 27 November 2020
by Wulf
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My labours in the shed have started. The first task is implementing a system known as ‘french cleats’. A long board is cut along its length with the cut running at 45° down from the front to the back. The … Continue reading