The media in this post is not displayed to visitors. To view it, please go to the original post.
Hi folks! This week I've been massively procrastinating the things I should be making, by making other less important things instead. So, standard week really.
Currently about to start on this random wooden #JigsawPuzzle because it's been a stressful day.
Thanks! Going to attempt to assemble this one on a tray, but I did just treat myself to a proper puzzling board so hopefully that'll arrive before the next one :D
hi! I'm Alex, and my dayjob supervisor is away this week, so I've had some nice downtime in which to have brunch with a friend, look for quotes for movers, and get some tidying done.
I'm also five rows from the bindoff on that shawl I mentioned last week; maybe I'll even get it done for my check-in with the designer on Saturday.
A1 hi. I'm Quixoticgeek, a maker in the Netherlands.
This week I've been working on my next big project, which has involved cutting a lot of steel to the right sizes. Still have two more packages of steel to process before I can get the high temp hot glue gun out and start welding it all together.
@quixoticgeek I do love a bit of high temp hot glue.
This week I TIG welded a stainless steel trowel back to its handle for #RepairCafe. But for lack of stainless steel filler rod I used a stainless steel cable tie! I was surprised that it worked so well.
@quixoticgeek I learnt to weld properly at college about 30 years ago (first welding over 40 years ago, but self taught) and I didn't get on with TIG at first, but I did like Oxy- acethelyne. Eventually I realised that they worked in very similar ways and so I chanced upon a second hand TIG machine in a junk shop and have been using ever since as my workshop machine.
@quixoticgeek When I first tried MIG, my reaction was "really, it's that simple? Just metal hot glue?" (a little more to it than than hot glue, but I was imagining it would be trickier), and then trying TIG last year "oh.... I knew this was tricker, but wow, it really will take awhile".
Hi everyone, Apart from work, i have been busy converting an old cistern buried in the garden into an irrigation system for my veggies, connecting to a roof nearby and some drip lines. I planted shallots and potatoes today too. Have a nice evening,
Hi #MakersHour Footleg here in rural mid-Suffolk, England. This week all making has been on hold as I urgently had to clear every ground floor room in the house for repairs to subsidence cracks to be done. This prompted a much needed office clean out, down to the carpet. A lot of work, but it feels much better for the decluttering.
Michelle / The Giddy Stitcher
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •Hi folks! This week I've been massively procrastinating the things I should be making, by making other less important things instead. So, standard week really.
Currently about to start on this random wooden #JigsawPuzzle because it's been a stressful day.
MakersHourQuestions
in reply to Michelle / The Giddy Stitcher • • •@thegiddystitcher
We do enjoy a good jigsaw when we are on holiday (and have the table space).
Enjoy, and I hope it is a good stress reliever.
#MakersHour
Michelle / The Giddy Stitcher
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •Andy
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •Q1: Say hi, and tell us what you’ve been doing this week.
A1: Hiiiiiiiiiiii! Quiet one this week. Lots of rugby on Saturday, so I was watching that!
I feel I was doing something on Saturday morning, but I can’t remember what.
Also, in no way whatsoever did I receive a couple more railway lanterns…
#MakersHour
@MakersHour
Michelle / The Giddy Stitcher
in reply to Andy • • •Alex is Adjusting
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •#MakersHour A1
hi! I'm Alex, and my dayjob supervisor is away this week, so I've had some nice downtime in which to have brunch with a friend, look for quotes for movers, and get some tidying done.
I'm also five rows from the bindoff on that shawl I mentioned last week; maybe I'll even get it done for my check-in with the designer on Saturday.
MakersHourQuestions
in reply to Alex is Adjusting • • •@WizardOfDocs
Well done on the shawl.
I am not looking forward to mover quotes!
#MakersHour
Quixoticgeek
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •A1 hi. I'm Quixoticgeek, a maker in the Netherlands.
This week I've been working on my next big project, which has involved cutting a lot of steel to the right sizes. Still have two more packages of steel to process before I can get the high temp hot glue gun out and start welding it all together.
#MakersHour
MakersHourQuestions
in reply to Quixoticgeek • • •@quixoticgeek
I do love a bit of high temp hot glue.
This week I TIG welded a stainless steel trowel back to its handle for #RepairCafe. But for lack of stainless steel filler rod I used a stainless steel cable tie!
I was surprised that it worked so well.
#MakersHour
Quixoticgeek
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •MakersHourQuestions
in reply to Quixoticgeek • • •@quixoticgeek
I learnt to weld properly at college about 30 years ago (first welding over 40 years ago, but self taught) and I didn't get on with TIG at first, but I did like Oxy- acethelyne. Eventually I realised that they worked in very similar ways and so I chanced upon a second hand TIG machine in a junk shop and have been using ever since as my workshop machine.
#MakersHour
Quixoticgeek
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •MakersHourQuestions
in reply to Quixoticgeek • • •@quixoticgeek
I feel it is very much one that needs a teacher. You can 'figure it out' from YouTube, but a teacher really makes a difference.
I found it a really good way to mellow and slow down a bit when welding. Can't do it if you're feeling all jittery and hyped.
#MakersHour
Ted
in reply to Quixoticgeek • • •Ted
in reply to Quixoticgeek • • •@quixoticgeek With high temp hot glue, I'm not sure if you mean MIG, which does feel like that, or actual glue.
I've helped an artist who does hot glue his metal sculptures first, and then after patterns are adjusted to satisfaction then he welds -> instagram.com/spooky_epiic/p/C… later became instagram.com/spooky_epiic/p/C…
Ted Schundler on Instagram: "different dust-destined designs"
InstagramQuixoticgeek
in reply to Ted • • •Oleastre
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • •Hi everyone,
Apart from work, i have been busy converting an old cistern buried in the garden into an irrigation system for my veggies, connecting to a roof nearby and some drip lines.
I planted shallots and potatoes today too.
Have a nice evening,
#makershour
like this
Alex is Adjusting, Andy and Maaike like this.
MakersHourQuestions reshared this.
MakersHourQuestions
in reply to Oleastre • • •@oleastre
Nice being able to set up your rainwater harvesting and putting it to good use.
#MakersHour
Dr Footleg (he/him)
in reply to MakersHourQuestions • • •Michelle / The Giddy Stitcher
in reply to Dr Footleg (he/him) • • •