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2017-06-29 22:44
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anvil
2018-05-22 11:42
Making a railroad track anvil
Anvils are very expensive, besides bring a large lump of steel, second hand anvils are often quite old, so despite being beat up and damaged they attract a premium. I eventually plan to acquire a new anvil,
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rope
2018-01-04 02:11
Various native fibres made into rope
I have been experimenting with some locally available plant to extract fibre to make string and rope for fun. I have always been interested in self sufficiency and wondered how rope was made, it is something
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anvil
2018-01-02 04:05
Building an anvil stand
I needed a heavy stand to hold an anvil and had some old red gum fence posts and treated pine laying around. The wood grain came up nice after a bit of sanding but I didn’ try to hard as it will get banged
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firebricks
2017-12-26 22:03
Homemade Fire Bricks
I have been been working on some recipes to make a homemade refractory fire brick. Initially I was building them with sand and clay and they would just crack when I fired them. Then I discovered sodium
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flamingo
2017-12-25 11:09
Flamingo from Adelaide Zoo
A flamingo sleeping maybe, at the Adelaide Zoo. I think there used to emote but one died just recently.
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wildflowers
2017-12-25 10:50
Interesting photos
Grass tree in full flower. Hops creeping up a steel pole. Bark on a gum tree.
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blacksmithing
2017-12-25 10:39
Building a small propane forge - Part 3
I have recast the top panel institu and it seems much more successful. No sign of cracking like last time. A toilet roll holder makes a good mould for the burner hole. I tested its heat resistance by using
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blacksmithing
2017-12-24 11:02
Building a small propane forge - Part 2
The refractory set and I successfully stripped out the cardboard mounds. It came out pretty good except for the roof panel, which has cracked a little and is in no way a close enough fit, so will have
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blacksmithing
2017-12-23 10:40
Building a Small propane forge - Part 1
I started with a small foundry to melt aluminium, but I have grown out of this for a number of reasons. Firstly summer is here and open charcoal fires don’t mix well in Australia. Also, the refractory
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gold
2017-10-04 03:21
Gold Cradle
I was cleaning out a part of the yard and deciding what to do with some scrap timber. So I thought I would finally get around to making a gold rocker cradle on a nice Saturday afternoon. I have been
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photography
2017-09-10 03:18
Unusual little bee
I came across a tiny little busy bee in the garden yesterday, it was buzzing around what we call sour sops here. It had unusual markings on it, not sure if it is a type of native bee but very similar to
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photography
2017-09-09 08:46
Fly with iridescence on a lemon
Was looking around in the garden and found a fly with iridescent wings sunning itself on a lemon!
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photography
2017-09-09 07:06
Tiny brown spider on a leaf
I was looking at some bees flying around some flowers in the garden and I noticed this little guy hiding in plain sight. Does anyone out there in steemit land know anything about spiders and what type
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bitcoin
2017-09-04 10:48
North Korea Nuke test tried to influence the price of bitcoin
Image credi Ok, so here is a wild theory not based on any fact at all, it is pure conjecture! So what if North Korea, being possibly tied up in the dirty side of bitcoin such as money laundering etc, seeing
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photography
2017-08-30 03:22
Gnarled old stump
I came across this old stump that has really interesting patterns in the wood!
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photography
2017-08-30 03:17
Wildflowers are coming in bloom
Walking through a conservation park at the weekend I came across lots of wildflower, just starting to bloom, Spring is coming! Hakea Grevillea
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lava
2017-08-27 10:52
Trying to make homemade lava
So after successfully melting aluminium and copper, I thought I would try to melt some rocks to make home made lava, although I expected glass of some type. I got the furnace nice and hot, I had to get
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photography
2017-08-22 22:58
Wattles in the bush
I love this time of year when the wattles start to flower and light up the bush. This is a closeup of the golden wattle. The Kangaroo Thorn wattle is a scrub rather than a tree. It's flowers are much more
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crytocurrency
2017-08-22 13:37
NEM Faucet
I have been using this faucet for a couple of months, it is basically the only faucet I could find for NEM tokens. The payouts are based on a random percentage and they are low most of the time, but I
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casting
2017-08-20 05:38
Mini copper and aluminium foundry
So, after a couple of previous attempts, and a slightly larger foundry - a 12 litre steel bucket instead of the 10 litre one I had before, with a better placed air intake, I have great success melting
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