Look what my friend CCBB has just given me !!! (no steampunk aficionado should be without some, apparently!)
Goggles!
Rather than a niche fashion accessory however, these are Gas Welding Goggles, of a Shade 5 strength. As such they may not offer...
. . . because you never know when it is going to come in handy!?
This philosophy has been the tenet for most of my life (and hence why my tiny house is so full of stuff!). Anyway, here’s a recent story that reinforces the idea…
Years ago a friend of...
After the success of Inaugural Shed night, some friends and I are working on booking some more dates into the diary (particularly now GG has bought a shiny new MIG welder we all want to have a go on!). . .
We decided we ought to ‘brand’ the event in...
So I’ve just found this in my local charity shop. . .
I know it’s some sort of lamp, but exactly what kind and how it works is stumping me. It is missing any inner ‘gubbins’ (for example the reservoir, wick etc) so I really can’t figure out how it is...
For what seems like months now, I’ve been repairing/restoring my front door!
As well as being pretty old and tired, it’s also faces directly on to a busy main street so gets lots of wear and tear, traffic soot, general grime etc so tends to get...