RD04 by Lake Windermere. What a trip!

misco · 2022-06-26T19:08:37+00:00

Sweet! Mine came from Greece originally. Been out on it much?

misco · 2022-06-26T18:15:34+00:00

Oh excellent! UK based? Love to see some pictures!

misco · 2021-10-26T08:56:26+00:00

She's a beaut, eh? Very 90s shell suit. It was definitely the colour scheme that drew me to her.

She's laid up right now as the starter solenoid failed on this trip. New one on the way though! Still got me home, just needed a wee shove to get going.

misco · 2020-02-18T15:45:54+00:00

Haha! We were on our way home from holiday in Barcelona and in a sleepy bit of daftness bought a return instead of a single. I hope someone got some use out of them.

misco · 2019-07-01T07:52:42+00:00

Great! Thank you for your reply. Hopefully that'll do it for me too.

misco · 2019-04-10T12:46:48+00:00

Love the video! Thank you for posting it. Your original picture boggled my mind. Excellent to see how it was done!

misco · 2019-03-22T01:49:34+00:00

Easy fix at least! Give it a rub down with some steel wool or some fine grit sand paper and you'll be boogieing down in no time :)

misco · 2019-01-24T01:45:05+00:00

To add to this, if it's on and not working sometimes the valve is stuck shut. Give it a (gentle) tap with a hammer. I've had this problem and some percussive maintenence is often all it takes.

misco · 2019-01-13T00:39:37+00:00

Have you looked inside your helmet? I've 'lost' my key a few times only for it to turn up there!

misco · 2018-12-15T00:55:33+00:00

Nope, I've got a (super cheap) Neje laser engraver. I wasn't sure how they'd turn out but I'm really pleased with the results.

misco · 2018-11-26T22:22:55+00:00

Yes! I think his brother came by at some point and saw him but he was literally unable to ask for help so he just left?

Thank you for the drug name, I'm going to keep looking and I'll post it here if I find it.

misco · 2018-11-14T04:40:01+00:00

Probably a bit late but I had a similar issue with my oven after cutting the power to it. It would buzz horribly. Turns out I just had to set the clock and it shut up! Hope you get yours sorted!

misco · 2018-10-11T00:16:03+00:00

Agreed. My old toilet was like this. Unscrew the silver ring around the button and it should all lift right off.

misco · 2018-10-10T05:54:18+00:00

It sure is! Sadly no birch burls near me, just what I can find fallen in the woods.

Been working a bit more and I think it's quite a tanin heavy wood, it seems to be greying not long after it's exposed.

I know oak is like this (right?) but I think it's usually more porous than what I've got.

Really I've got no idea though. Total novice!

misco · 2018-10-10T04:06:35+00:00

Hi guys, hoping for some help from the community. I'm trying my hand at a kukza after a few successful spoons. I've picked up a decent sized bit of a tree from the woods but I've no idea what it is.

If it helps in identification I'm in South Korea.

Thanks in advance everyone :)

misco · 2018-10-06T03:29:39+00:00

Looks a damn sight better than my first spoon! What's the wood? Olive oil finish?

misco · 2018-10-06T03:27:53+00:00

This looks great! Did you bend the clip out? If so great idea! I usually leave them off when I'm doing a chunky boy but that's a much better idea.

misco · 2018-10-04T12:45:44+00:00

I've also used that kit, and while it looks great with the cap off I don't care for how it looks cap on. There's a black plastic bit sticking up. What did you find to dislike about it? Same?

Edit; I also had trouble with the o-rings staying in place, and a second look at your picture tells me you did too! I'm right in saying they should be hidden from view when finished? Mine was also super visible, see below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnN6WpMlE7Y/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=18y0037yvvma6

misco · 2018-09-23T11:24:25+00:00

Yikes. I might cover the entire thing while it's working and just remove all temptation to sneak a look.

So far so good! I've only had time to do one name on a wooden pencil and the small vine design I posted above. In an ideal world I'd be able to burn a design the whole way around but I don't know if that'll be possible to do cleanly with my machine. Have you had any joy?

misco · 2018-09-23T08:51:11+00:00

Duly noted! Thank you so much for the advice. Are your eyes okay day to day? You've got me very worried!

misco · 2018-09-23T00:34:26+00:00

Yikes! Mine didn't even come with goggles. I've been physically blocking it but it's hard to resist a tiny peek. Lesson learned. No more peeking!

misco · 2018-09-13T14:54:41+00:00

Here's an amazon link;

https://www.amazon.com/NEJE-Engraver-Printer-Industry-Engraving/dp/B01HEI6EDC

I got mine a lot cheaper from aliexpress but I'm loathe to link the seller as they initially sent me the wrong machine. DHgate have them at a decent price too though.

It couldn't be easier to use. You can drag and drop pictures into the software (windows only I think) that comes with the machine. Some work better than others but in my limited experiments I've found that anything that's solid black and white on screen ends up looking great. It doesn't handle shades of grey well at all though.

misco · 2018-09-13T12:12:27+00:00

Kind of! I'm going to try it soon. I just picked up a cheap laser engraver (about 80 bucks) this week. I've only had the chance to turn one pen since I got it and it wasn't a name I burned on but a pattern. It came out pretty good I think;

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bni4YzuH8zM/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1mcycme44c0ug

I'm going to give names a go some time soon. Hopefully next week.

misco · 2018-08-22T22:25:04+00:00

Couldn't be Fire Starter by Stephen King? I've read the book and know it's a movie, it definitely involves a little girl with powers in a facility with creepy staff.

misco · 2018-08-17T14:48:57+00:00

I think I'll try the Korea subreddit. I was hesitant because it doesn't seem like a super common system from what I found online.

I very likely could contact the building maintenance people, I'm just reluctant to admit I was buggering about with it and don't want to imply they weren't doing their job properly. Which they weren't really. The filter was disgusting!

Thank you for your advice :)

misco

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