Recent content by Nickthechippy

He posted mine before xmas, but not recieved it yet. No answer to PM as yet. Still I didnt check this thread for weeks, so hopefully hes just busy IRL Nick

I swear a bright dayglo orange ball is nearly impossible for my dog to see if is not moving. Moving its fine, if its sitting on the grass he sometimes runs right past it. Im sure they make them orange for the owners, not the dogs Nick

My name is Nick and im a carpenter ( i dont sell fried fish) I used to go by the netname OldNick, but im bored of it atm. Nick

Sorry I was not checking this. PM sent Nick

Nowhere near as good as Topknots pouch... but I decided to try some leather work, order some stuff ..needles thread etc and copied roughly my coachies dog treat bag. I am going to use it for that. I had an old Timberland calf skin coat I was going to throw out. anyways without BCUK to...

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No the ring is fixed into the necks of the pins. I drilled out a hole, then prised the necks apart, the tension holds the ring in, it doesn't come out. If you lift it, the whole lot just folds flat, 3 pins next to each other. They seem to sit nicely in a tripod. I hooked a chain onto the...

Are those knives just for people who are middle aged? couple more years to go for me :) Nick

Someone told me that wasp and bee stings actually reduce your immunity to .... wasp and bee stings. So the more you get stung the less immunity you have to them. Is that right? Nick

So after a weekend trying to cook on a camp fire with normal camping stuff I decided to try to make a cheap tripod affair. Found 3 road pins and some old chain. After a bit of whacking and drilling I made this... I made a poker/potlifter from some 6mm rod and an old handle I...

They look really good. I would love to do some leather work, any good resources on how to start? Nick

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/bullac86.html bullace sounds good from this description Nick

3 are really bitter, they ARE what sloes should be, but 2 are not, they look the same in the pics i agree but they are something different, they definately taste different. The pics on the bush are 3 ( Sloes) btw. Tonnes of them around here. will open one up and post a pic later, off out now...

Do you think theres enough on this bush ? hehe

Cool thanks for the help. One thing tho, I'm pretty sure 3 are sloes, agree there. However 2 are much, much bigger, come from bigger trees, 16ft high ish, and no thorns on them. They are as big as the 50 pence piece. They surely cant be the same as sloes can they? Nick PS SWMBO says...