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[magicbastarder]

I was reading a thing - can't remember where - and the bee experts don't want us creating more hives, they want us growing more habitat
Like having your garden full of pollinating flowers and plants is better than a hive

there are a couple of good books by a lad called dave goulson, well recommended if this is an interest.

our ceanothus (aka californian lilac) has been humming with bees recently. we've considered getting those yokes dudley has - echiums - but the garden is kinda full already.

 

[pete]

I have a couple of these in my garden. They take about two years to grow to any height and then bloom for a summer before dying. But when they're in bloom the bees go apeshit for them. They look awesome too. They replicate like mad, so you need to keep the seedlings in check, but that's the only work required

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[pete]

Electrician was a no-show today. This is… problematic, as we were kind of hoping to have electricity in the kitchen that’s being installed tomorrow.

 

[ernesto]

Electrician was a no-show today. This is… problematic, as we were kind of hoping to have electricity in the kitchen that’s being installed tomorrow.

Bad form.

 

[pete]

Bad form.

It is less than ideal. I’ve since been assured that we’ll either have an electrician here by 8am or they’ll just work around the installed kitchen after the fact.

I’ll take option a please.

 

[Deadmanposting]

It is less than ideal. I’ve since been assured that we’ll either have an electrician here by 8am or they’ll just work around the installed kitchen after the fact.

I’ll take option a please.

Is your first fix in?

You have conduit and outlet boxes and whatnot?

 

[pete]

Is your first fix in?

You have conduit and outlet boxes and whatnot?

Mostly. Some couldn’t be done until the old kitchen came out….

 

[Deadmanposting]

Mostly. Some couldn’t be done until the old kitchen came out….

 

[ann post]

they’ll just work around the installed kitchen after the fact.

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[ann post]

I just had a shower in a shower that i built entirely myself*

*I didn't fit the electric thing myself.

 

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[JohnnyRaz]

Finally got a chance to sharpen up the blades and try out my grandads combination plane ‘easy to use hard to master’ sums it up

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I've been doing further messing with a router sled to grade down timber - with a combination of routing and planing I reckon I could get a fairly even 3.5-4mm thickness - which is the pretty much the max thickness for acoustic instrument tops/backs etc.

Meaning I could process any oul shite bit of board into something potentially useful as long as it's half decent to begin with

Been looking at a cnc levelling bit for the final stages of this process.

Any reason why a cnc bit wouldn't work in a normal router if d/ shaft was a fit?

@magicbastarder & @ann post I suspect you'd have opinions on this

 

[magicbastarder]

i am going to have to look up what a CNC levelling bit looks like! i suspect i know what it is, and there'd be no difference between a CNC version and a 'normal' version.
i use a standard one with what i guess is called the bottom cut feature like this one; worth noting that this place is worth a visit if you're over near finglas and are looking for decent power tool gear.

Trend Two flute cutter 21mm diameter - C031BX1/4TC | Powertool.ie | Ireland

www.powertool.ie

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i am going to have to look up what a CNC levelling bit looks like! i suspect i know what it is, and there'd be no difference between a CNC version and a 'normal' version.
i use a standard one with what i guess is called the bottom cut feature like this one; worth noting that this place is worth a visit if you're over near finglas and are looking for decent power tool gear.

Trend Two flute cutter 21mm diameter - C031BX1/4TC | Powertool.ie | Ireland

www.powertool.ie

aye - that or better yet a slightly wider one would be ideal.

 

[ann post]

Any reason why a cnc bit wouldn't work in a normal router if d/ shaft was a fit?

@magicbastarder & @ann post I suspect you'd have opinions on this

I'd look at RPM - I don't know what CNC's run at but they aren't accounting for weakling pathetic humans for support in the cutting pass like a router is designed for.

 

[magicbastarder]

might not just be the puny human, they may be designed for an expensive, powerful router, and could be too much work for a domestic one?

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I'm still slightly terrified by a routers ability to make shit of a workpiece in seconds, so I'd probably go with a variation of @magicbastarder suggestion!

 

[ann post]

In other news I was doing drilling in tile for a fair bit of saturday and I managed to eat a whole packet of tile bits. I had a water spray running near constantly. I don't have an exact number but I've a notion some of those bits lasted for less than ten holes.

What I can say is that sneaking up on tile (starting at 4mm and working up to 6mm) was essentially pointless.
Lots of RPM is good and bad.
Too little RPM and it's not really doing all that much.
You are mostly just shoving the blade into rocks so the steel is going to lose eventually anyways.