Russell wrote:Hammer, this stuff could indeed be in the Tinkering thread, but somehow it made sense to me to make it a separate thread, so that I would be able to find it back easily. OK, I know there is a search function, but sometimes I like to keep things systematic.
On a related note, I wonder what I should do with bigger projects I am planning. These will typically take extended time (months to years), so each may deserve its own thread to give them some continuity. "Tinkering", OTOH, seems to imply small projects.
What will these bigger projects be? Well, I have in mind the following:Fortunately, I have the full (mental) support for the garden projects from the Missus, so it is relatively easy to buy tools for that purpose...
- Making an attic on the third floor of my house (yep, didn't start that one yet, due to discouragement from the Missus and lack of time),
- Making a trellis for roses in my garden,
- Making an arbour for grapes in my garden,
- Making a construction of poles, postbox and name plate, and move my current interphone to it,
- Making a shed (10 square meter) in my garden,
- Making 20 m of fence to hide an ugly wall,
- Developing a system to harvest rain water, and store it for later use in my garden (preferably automated),
- All kinds of home improvement projects.
Holy crapola Russell, I'd say you have a pretty full schedule there! And if you're going to be in charge of the roses and grapes, that'll take up a good chunk of your time as well.
I like the idea of the shed. I'm sort of half-planning to build a small one next to my current workshop to house stuff that is just killing space in the workshop (winter/summer tires, garden tools, suitcases, and a few other nuisances, plus my compressor and a dust collection system that will be ducted to the main workshop). Unfortunately I also have to work for a living.
BTW, I thought we were getting a "Tinkering" or similar section for this type of stuff, where threads can be created to accommodate different projects. Wonder what happened to that plan.