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Just a quick example.
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This is the original Photo.
Then the Pixelated version (you may have to squint)

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I could have spent more time and removed the background (Greens and...

Paint! :roflmao:

Just use the natural colours of the timber blocks as they are.
Try a pixelator program to turn a portrait into a 8x8, 16x16, 32x32 image (you get the idea).
Then with 2, 3, 4...

To make the water easier to see, add some red food colouring. Works a treat. :thyel:

Hi Banjo, just my 2c worth.
Cameras (including older phones) record their image in landscape - that's the way the sensor is located.
When you turn the camera on it's side (portrait) the sensor is...

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I had the exact same issue. I used the crevace tool from my shop-vac poked it into the ROS outlet and duct tape. It's still there after 3 1/2 years.

I hope I'm not hijacking. As an apprentice, I was told to straddle a saw horse and sharpen my chisels and plane irons on an oilstone resting on the top of the saw horse.
The reason? It put the...

Hi Mountain Ash,
It's a proprietary programme we use in the Truss and Frame Industry. It also gives the option for I-Joists, Steel PFCs, Universal Beams. The only thing it doesn't cover is Green...

Hi, this is the amount of sag for Kiln Dried Hardwood

Timber Deflection Self Weight – 3.500m Span.
F17KDHW 115x115 =2.11mm
F27KDHW 115x115 =1.88mm
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Before the days of drop saws, we used a Bl**dy heavy cast iron foot operated Guillotine.
It had enough clearance to put a 45° mitre on a 8x3/4" skirting.
The blades were thick with a single bevel...

Looking for a married woman,
recently cheated on,
mad and scorned,



who is willing to sell her husband's tools for cheap.

Hi, for many years my dust collection system was a broom, spade and wheelbarrow. Though my work area was outside under a carport :roll:.
After a bit of online searching I found a guy who used two...

And just to let you know the support from our side of the world is just as strong.
The applause and car horn toots this fellow gets whenever he fly's above the fields around Dubbo is testament.

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Oh, I have hundreds of them - mostly groaners :wink:

As a class experiment,
Four worms were placed in four separate test tubes:

1st in beer
2nd in wine
3rd in whiskey
4th in mineral water

The next day, the teacher shows the results:
The 1st...

A ship carrying a a cargo of yoyos has sunk.
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27 times.

Neil Diamond has put his Volvo for sale on Ebay

~ Swede car online.

A kid was walking home from school when a car pulled up beside him & the driver said
"If you get in the car I will give you $20.00"
The kid kept walking.

Again the car pulled up beside the kid...

"I realise we all grieve in our own way Ma'am,
but the crematorium staff did not appreciate the fireworks you put in your late husband's pockets."

Police have confirmed that the man
who tragically fell from the roof of the 18th floor Nightclub,
was not a Bouncer.

Hi Catherine, I've had to fix similar problems over the years.
Generally you want to keep as much of the original door as possible.
If the deepest cut is say 12mm too deep, set up a straight edge...

Hi Scott. I'd call it a Cheap and Cheerful bench! A great little weekend project for anyone.
And if you find down the track, the bench moves a bit when planing, just add a couple of short knee...

While I was doing the final trims with aluminium angle, I couldn't find my pencil to mark the angles' lengths. So I used the corner of my rough chisel to scratch a line.
Back at the saw, it wasn't a...

These are Imperial measurements and therefore are not as good as the metric ones described.
The BEE's WINKY, however, being an engineering measurement, would obviously fall into the metric category...

We all know and are aware of the advantages of metric over imperial for dimensions (I've been in the building game since the '60s).
However, my offsider and I had to resort to using builders'...

Hi DaveVman.
I used to build these sheds for a living. The size you're talking about would take my young offsider and myself two days to erect.
To have the best of both worlds with the American...

Stage 6. Completion

I decided to go with trimming the corners.

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It did make the difference. I used a handsaw to cut the corners, then a block plane and sandpaper to round them off to...

Stage 5. Assembly.

Not having a work bench per se, I make do with what I have.
Now to attach the top and bottom to the sides, I intend to route (!) stopped grooves for the tongues. So I clamped...

Stage 4. Corners & Sides.

I had cut the corner pieces from the Redgum before I ripped it to thickness.
This gave me 5 pieces that were about 30mm square and about 300mm long. From these, I chose...

Stage 3. Tongue & Groove.

Jointing the mating edges of the Redgum, I marked the faces with chalk and a pencil line at 90° to help with registering when I tongue and grooved the boards together.
...

Stage 2. Timber Milling.

From the Redgum, I now only needed one of the pieces so the other went back into stock.
The Blackwood then had the rough ends cut off and was then ripped to width....

Stage 1. Timber Selection.

I went through my timber stash looking for inspiration. I wanted a reddish Top, Bottom and Corner pieces. Pale sides and something to contrast with the corners for the...

CASKET FOR A BELOVED ONE

It’s not easy when you receive the news that your beloved has only a few weeks left at best.
Upon returning home, my wife and I took both our cats into the garden and...

I'm sorry for the weird post below. At first it said it was too long, then the photos didn't show (they do in my preview), then the're showing along the bottom in no particular order??
So, I'll...

Next Assembly

I've only just found this old thread.
Back in the early '80s, my father and I built this house using precast panels (we made them on site).
The external walls are double skin with the external face...

Hi Guys,
Having built many sheds over the years, I would suggest the simplest and most cost effective solution is to use a proper folded flashing.
Have a talk with a steel supplier and see about...

Perhaps he wants to lend a hand?

The secret to 'Beefing Up' the capacity of the Tophat sections, is the cutting of the 90x45 (or 90x35) to a tight fit between the Portal Frames. Effectively putting these members into compression and...

Hi MM, I was looking at your shed.
The easiest way to get a surface suitable for lining is to 'Beef Up' the Top-hats.
This is done by cutting a length of framing timber (90x35 or 90x45) so it's a...

The effort to add a bit of insulation is worth the misery of doing it :2tsup:

Thanks Paul, that makes sense. I was looking for guidance for making a coffin for our beloved cat Charlotte. Ended up with CCA stabilised spaulted pine, glass lid, sprung base (for comfort) and fully...

6 Years??
I thought it just started a couple of days ago!

Any how, rthorntn also touched on how to poke a hole in a wall and still have it lockable and weather tight.
This does mean a bit more...

Hi rthorntn,
I've taken the liberty of doing a quick drawing of what I see as the bones of your idea.
I've been in the building industry for the last 40 odd years (chippie, builder, draftsman,...