Today I MADE

[Nightjar]

Winter will be here before we know it.
How's this for kindling?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...wqsBegQIBxAD&usg=AOvVaw1yQV8BQkBoEOKfEMgmLsQQ

 

[Manpa]

Couple of solid days on the brushes, probably frame and hang these.

 

[Mackka]

Loving these Pa and the deeper colours are fantastic. Well Done mate

 

[Manpa]

Thanks Mackka.

 

[davsgold]

Today I made a little candle holder out of small dia pipe and some 2mm flat sheet for the base, even painted to match the infinity cube coffee table



cheers dave

 

[Manpa]

Nice work Davsgold.

 

[davsgold]

made another candle holder this morning, this one is a bit bigger and a bit different but it worked out ok.


cheers dave

 

[Manpa]

Yesterdays effort. Lentern Rose.

 

[Mackka]

Seems appropriate Pa. Looks fantastic.

 

[Jaros]

Nice work as usual mate.

 

[Bora68]

Have had a crack at making a sun drier for a surplus of tomatoes that have come up where the kitchen scraps were chucked out. It seems to work ok and takes about two days to get them to the right moisture content. Designed to get a bit of convection air flow under the payne of glass.

Yesterdays effort. Lentern Rose.View attachment 8213

Beautiful artwork there.

 

[RM Outback]

Have had a crack at making a sun drier for a surplus of tomatoes that have come up where the kitchen scraps were chucked out. It seems to work ok and takes about two days to get them to the right moisture content. Designed to get a bit of convection air flow under the payne of glass.

Beautiful artwork there.

Got any pics of the dryer, sounds interesting. I'm also curious about the right moisture content, how do you determine the moisture.

 

[Bora68]

Got any pics of the dryer, sounds interesting. I'm also curious about the right moisture content, how do you determine the moisture.

I eventually have got a picture up of the slanted box RM. My first go at getting a photo on so not attached to the original post by the looks.
As far as the moisture goes it is a bit of trial and error. I just keep checking until they seem right. If you leave them too long they go leathery so take out when still slightly plump.
I put them in a jar with olive oil and French dressing. At the start of drying use some salt pepper or bit of garlic salt.
Goes great with a Jatz and cheeze.

 

[RM Outback]

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I eventually have got a picture up of the slanted box RM. My first go at getting a photo on so not attached to the original post by the looks.
As far as the moisture goes it is a bit of trial and error. I just keep checking until they seem right. If you leave them too long they go leathery so take out when still slightly plump.
I put them in a jar with olive oil and French dressing. At the start of drying use some salt pepper or bit of garlic salt.
Goes great with a Jatz and cheeze.

Thanks for sharing well done

 

[Nightjar]

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I eventually have got a picture up of the slanted box RM. My first go at getting a photo on so not attached to the original post by the looks.
As far as the moisture goes it is a bit of trial and error. I just keep checking until they seem right. If you leave them too long they go leathery so take out when still slightly plump.
I put them in a jar with olive oil and French dressing. At the start of drying use some salt pepper or bit of garlic salt.
Goes great with a Jatz and cheeze.

Great idea to save an abundance of tomatoes but flies and other creepy crawlies would be a concern?

 

[Bora68]

Great idea to save an abundance of tomatoes but flies and other creepy crawlies would be a concern?

No , the flies and ants havent been a problem as yet. We have millions of tiny ants around but i could have been lucky so far as they haven't found them yet. I put salt, pepper n a bit of garlic on to discourage pests as well.

 

[sand surfer]

if ant's become a problem just spread powdered pool chlorine around the posts

we used to hire propagation bee hives years ago for the small crops
and the be keeper gave me some pool chlorine to keep spreading on the ground around them
it burns their feet so they will not cross it
seemed to work quite well

 

[davsgold]

or stand the legs in buckets of water stops them also,

and another thing you see at caravan parks people sprinkle baby powder around the caravan legs and jockey wheel and pipes that touch the ground.

Never tried it, but you see it, so some are convinced it works

cheers dave

 

[davsgold]

I had a go at making the BBQ meat fork this morning, forged it out of a piece of 25x5 flat bar, it's a heavy duty one, like the Flintstones for flipping Bronto Burger Steaks,

It won't break in a hurry, brushed with Canola Oil to finish it while still smoking hot.

cheers dave

 

[Bora68]

I had a go at making the BBQ meat fork this morning, forged it out of a piece of 25x5 flat bar, it's a heavy duty one, like the Flintstones for flipping Bronto Burger Steaks,

It won't break in a hurry, brushed with Canola Oil to finish it while still smoking hot.
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cheers dave

What does the Canola oil do to it Dave? I am guessing making it more springy. Wouldn't mind knowing a bit more about blacksmithing, a bit of a lost art.