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Not been on this forum for a while, but used to frequent these parts some years back. The 'gift it on' and any kind of thread about making stuff generally. I even made a Toddy shirt back in the day! Jump to today and I'm on holiday with my wife and kids, and being a bit of a history nerd we...

I've just found this in my local Lidl, I thought it was worth a punt at £19.99!! 4.3m x 3.5m, PU coated polyurethane, 2000mm hydrostatic head, winged shape by the looks of it. Comes with poles and guys, which I'll probably bin off/ replace. If it's total carp then it'll do for a shade shelter...

Evening folks, As title really, I'm planning a Dads and Lads weekend with 2 of my best friends and our boys. One son is an Explorer Scout and wants to get out and practice as much as he can! My son is only 3 so I just want him to spend as much time as possible amongst nature at this stage...

Hi all, I know this is nothing terribly new or breaking any moulds, but after years of kit brewing I decided to build my own all grain system. I went for a 3 tier gravity fed system made from normal brew kit and household items. Cheap and cheerful is the way! I made a few videos of the...

I picked up this at a carboot at the weekend as it looked very useful indeed! It came with one set of eyelet setting dies, the top half of which has damaged threads. I'd like to use this for hole punching as well as eyelet setting but can't seem to find and hole punches to go in it! Doesn't...

Hi folks, I've not been around this forum for a while, life getting in the way y'know! Anyway yesterday I popped into my favourite local material suppliers and found the PU coated nylon that I'd thought about buying on many occasions, to make a tarp out of was on offer. Usually £5/m they...

Well here's my V-Mach tuned Air Arms Prosport, .177. Beech stock. A lovely gun, super accurate in the right hands! Great for hunting or target work, this will not disappoint. Shooting at 11.4 ft/lbs with AA field pellets. Comes with sling, QD stud and barrel clamp. These are the proper...

Evening all, really need this gone so I'm trying again. It's a cracking machine, super tough, mega reliable. It's on ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/161936739395? But if anyone on here wants to offer me £150 before any bids hit the auction I'll cancel the listing. Collection...

Time for me to move on this machine really. I picked it up last year with all the right intentions of upping my sewing game, alas ill-health has meant I've not been able to make use of it and now it's just taking up space. It's a proper industrial machine, in really good condition. I got it...

So I was at a wedding at the weekend up in Perthshire, sitting across the table from me at the reception was a lovely chap called Stewart. He is the brides cousin and I'm childhood friends with the groom. We got chatting about whisky (Scottish wedding so whisky was prevalent!), homebrew, hobbies...

Had a great find at a car boot sale this weekend, this Singer 201k! It has few accessories with it and needs a bit of tlc but then again it was at car boot prices rather than the impressive sums they seem to fetch on eBay. Needless to say I'm very happy with my find! Tonight I decided to...

I'm on a weeks annual leave this week which I needed to use or lose by the end of march, time off and nowhere to go means catching up on some project ideas that I've been wanting to do for ages. First job, build a biltong cabinet! After a LOT of reading threads, websites and watching YouTube...

Saw this event advertised last week, first time in ages I've seen an interesting event BEFORE it's passed by! Thought I'd go and check it out. Not strictly speaking a bushcraft event, much more about re-enacting and LARP'ing with a bit of steampunk/Victoriana thrown in, but plenty of...

Ok, so it has taken me a bit longer than planned, but this evening I can finally put my first ever hand made knife sheath in to service. I did post a thread a while ago about the carving work I did on it so I won't bore anyone again about that. Over the last few evenings I've found the time to...

Hi all, apologies if this thread is in the wrong place, I posted it here as I thought it would be seen by the right folks. Mods fel free to move it if you see fit. So, I bought a leather document/ laptop satchel from an eBay seller (I know, I know. They're not all bad though as our very...

Evening all, just thought I'd let you all know a bout this bargain I found. It's a 100% heavy cotton coat reduced from £89.99 to £19.99! http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/shop/ty_398-country-clothing/14708-seeland-etosha-jacket-2989.html I've ordered one and I must ay it a decent item for...

Good evening folks, long time no post so I thought it's about time. I've been a bit ill of late so unable to spend much time on my hobbies, however this evening I finally got round to something I've been wanting to have a go at for a long time. I've been half way through making a new sheath for...

Some friends of mine and myself have begun a project that's been a little while in the planning, we started building our very own, adult-sized treehouse. We wanted somewhere to get away from the world, back to nature and live simply. Yes, we've read Nick Weston's 'The Treehouse Diaries' and I...

As I'm sure many of you did over the last weekend we had some impressive storms following the hot weather. I always like to try and get some good lightning pics on these occasions but not being much of a photographer my kit is limited to a good quality compact camera and a Sony HD video camera...

I'm a bit late posting this up as I sewed it a few weeks ago now but here is my (almost) completely finished Toddyshirt. After seeing the pattern amnesty thread I hope this comes as a bit of encouragement to Mary. Some of us are using the patterns and they're great! :-) It's just waiting for...