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  1. John Fenna

    Latrine Etiquette

    For my permanent site - used about 6 weekends a year with up to 6 people at a time for two nights - I dig a trench and loo roll is burned and the ash and deposits are buried. Once the trench is full a new one is prepared. There are no water courses near-by. The land owner approves of the method...
  2. John Fenna

    Longest ever intro…

    Hello and ...welcome :)
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    My Covid-19 and later projects

    Project 177 Carving and/or chopping block I am having fun with wood! But to work wood you need a certain amount of kit and so decided to make a carving/chopping block from an old round of Oak and some lengths of Rowan I had around... The uneven original saw cut (plus a scrap of pine, screwed...
  4. John Fenna

    Ahoy! from the Alps

    Hello and welcome!
  5. John Fenna

    My Covid-19 and later projects

    The bowl is made from a random round of Ash ... basically re-purposed firewood - I still have the other, larger, "half" to play with for my next turning project :) This wood turning thing seems a bit addictive!
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    My Covid-19 and later projects

    Project 176 My first successful turned bowl! The first one completed without cracks or splits... yet! Destined to be my camping dinner bowl - if it does not split...
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    My Covid-19 and later projects

    Project 175 - part 2! I just had an idea for a towel rail/wind break support from Hazel with Ash and Willow rods (all just push fit) and a slate alcohol stove stand - to save scorching the wood with the hot stove... I get lots of ideas - all I need now are the skills and tools to do a good job!
  8. John Fenna

    My Covid-19 and later projects

    Project 175 A "flat Pack" Camping Table On long turn static camps I like to "travel heavy" and haul in furniture and tarps to make life as comfortable as possible ... but I also like the "home-made/Bushcrafty" ethos ... This table was built to replace a similar size one that I lashed together...
  9. John Fenna

    Hello! Looking for my local community

    Hello and welcome!
  10. John Fenna

    Happy Birthday - Twodogs

    Many happy returns!
  11. John Fenna

    New user

    Hello and welcome!
  12. John Fenna

    Broad beans as an antidepressant

    Neither I nor my wife like broad beans - and if she does not like any kind of food it does not appear on the menu anyway! She does however treat me to/with St John's Wort pills - which work well for me....
  13. John Fenna

    Tengu up to Stuff

    Have fun!
  14. John Fenna

    What is the point of taking an axe bushcrafting?

    Ah - but not all wood is for burning .... our little gang have a shaving horse and (soon to be finished ) pole lathe on one of the sites we use ... try feeding them without an ax!
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    Not exactly new as such, but still.....

    All good here - still learning, still practicing :)
  16. John Fenna

    For Sale A new thread for my DIY books

    When you get to use the PMs then we can talk :)
  17. John Fenna

    For Sale A new thread for my DIY books

    Up by your name on the header bar is an envelope icon - click on that and you are in :)
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    What is the point of taking an axe bushcrafting?

    A lot of the wood we harvest for firewood is too big to baton through ... a hatchet if not a full blown ax is essential at the sites we use!
  19. John Fenna

    That new guy

    Hello and welcome!