Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

Ah yes, it is project day #javascript #programming

For the curious: my editor theme (in VS Code) is now Omni Owl (https://github.com/guilhermerodz/omni-owl), and my font is Annotation Mono (https://qwerasd205.github.io/AnnotationMono/) with font weight 500. It's *really* satisfying to type stuff in that!

As promised, the remaining pictures of the wheels (and feet) installed on the table!

#woodworking

Project update! Our living room is multi-use, so we needed an easier way to move the table around. And now it has wheels!

This was somewhat nontrivial - originally the table only had two thin rectangular 'feet' as part of the sideboard's shape, not wide enough to mount wheels too. So I also had to make little feet, screwed to the underside, that can hold the wheel mounts.

The color match isn't *perfect*, but it's pretty good! The feet started as bits of plywood; I glued two layers of it together per foot, sanded the entire stack of 4 feet down as a single block, then manually sanded nice smooth edges all around. Then a few (rapid) coats of wood stain, and finally a coat of varnish.

I also accidentally discovered a new technique in the process; the only varnish I have is glossy, but the table's varnish is matte. Turns out that by repeatedly alternately a) lightly and carefully sanding and b) applying some highly diluted varnish (ie. the water from my brush cleaning pot...), you can turn it into a matte finish!

(Pictures of the wheels installed on the table in next toot)

#woodworking

I built a new work table for my garage today! Sort of! There were already two half storage racks there with some planks haphazardly on top, serving as a makeshift worktable; so I sanded the edges of some very thin plywood of sorts, varnished it, then nailed it to the top. And now it looks a lot nicer!

I also made a little tray hanging on the wall, to hold my glue and spray cans and such.

#woodworking

Today's projects: filling the other raised bed with (mixed) soil, bolting a rack to the wall in the garage, as well as a ledge to hang my long clamps on, and finally the biggest project of the day: putting my table saw on wheels!

(And accidentally generating a sorting challenge, oops)

#gardening #woodworking

Hey, guys? I don't think they meant "everything's a pound" that literally

Not my favourite weather... thank fuck for having an airco though

One raised bed is now done entirely, soil and planting and all; the other is ready to have soil deposited into it. #garden #woodworking

Today's project: fixing the design issue in the foldable machine frame I bought (https://www.lidl.nl/p/parkside-universeel-machineonderstel/p100376623), which requires you to install bolts upside down to fasten a machine to it, which is very annoying because it falls out during installation all the time! And it makes it needlessly difficult to swap machines, which is the whole reason I got it.

So now I'm designing a sort of 'bolt carrier' that can slide across the slot along with the bolt and hold the bolt in place, in the hopes that this will fix my problem. If it does work, I can add a tool-less wingnut-type thing to it, to make it easier to swap out machines.

I have finally finished my raised beds (aka plant tables)! This isn't the first woodworking project I've finished, but it's the first that I *started*, back in 2020. Plenty of setbacks in health and circumstance delayed the project, but I got there eventually 🙂

Now all that remains is to put some permeable plastic in there to help keep the dirt and roots inside while still allowing drainages between the planks, and filling it with soil and plants!

#gardening #woodworking

Just got back from the circus that's in town: https://www.magicalworldofcircus.com/

It was quite good! I was kind of surprised at how good it was, given how cheap the tickets were... I'm not really sure how they're making this work financially, to be completely honest

Errr...

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Today's progress in Project Workshop Density: installed some overhead storage hooks for long things, so that they finally aren't in my way anymore; and installed an auto-retracting hose spool for my compressed air onto the ceiling.

Also worked on the plant tables a bit; cut and added all the ledges that the 'floor' planks will rest on. Assuming it's sufficiently dry tomorrow, I might assemble and install them outside tomorrow! Can't do that in the garage, because once fully assembled they won't fit through a doorway anymore.

#woodworking #workshop

I've snapped some crappy (because lack of daylight) pictures of the in-progress woodworking project! As well as the little spacer tool I made to ensure the planks are at the correct distance from each other, and will match up at the ends.

I now have four of these 'half tables', that will then be transported outside and combined per two into a whole table, adding the two missing legs. That's why the spacing is important - it needs to match between all of them, or the point where they get joined won't line up!

#woodworking

Today's workshop improvements! Reused an empty 3D printing filament spool as a spool for the long extension card in the garage, installed some hooks to hang my (non-electric) scooter on (finally, it's no longer in my way!), and finally added some nonslip tape to a working surface so that I can safely put stationary tools on it without them moving around and without having to bolt them down permanently.

A bad picture of an excellent, cheap-and-easy-but-healthy snack: home-pickled carrot. Or at least, it's easy if you have an electric grater!

Ingredients are grated carrot, about 1/5th vinegar, 4/5th water, a few crushed 'sugar' cubes (actually stevia/erythritol cubes), some chili pepper flakes and miscellaneous green herbs (chives and basil, this time). Total cost is like, 1.50 EUR? For a batch that'll last me for 5-10 of the pictured servings.

Mix into food storage container (one of those glass IKEA things with a plastic lid with silicone seal ring, in my case), let sit in fridge for a few hours, done!

Today's dinner; almost entirely vegan, though my burger (out of 4) has dairy cheese rather than vegan cheese. Contains mushrooms, onion, bellpepper, cucumber, some chard leaf from my own garden(!), and a nice well-spiced sauce!

Gardening update! Over the past weeks I've been slowly planting various things, and organizing my backyard.