10min hack. #3 wine bottle holder

Take a board, that ones about 45cm long.

Cut the bottom at an angle. 21 degree in this case. 

Drill 1.5 inch hole in the top. 

Spray varnish x 2 coats. 

Pat self on head for a job well done. 

10min hack. #2. Sandpaper storage.

Problem:

My sandpaper draw was a mess. The was heaps of sandpaper in there and it took forever to find and I kept ripping sheets of it getting it out. 

Solution:

A3 display book! Protects the sheets, in order of grit, holds plenty of sandpaper and keeps draw neat. Also if you write the git # when cutting small sections of a large sheet, there's no more asking yourself which git is this that I'm holding in my hand. (Its difficult to tell the finer wet n dry paper apart)

Win!

10min hack. #1. Lawn aerator

Problem:

There's a patch of grass that's dying due to soil compaction secondary to getting driven on often. 

Solution:

Lawn aerator. 

Using some weird broom thing that I found in shed + really long nails = 

 Lawn aerator!

Pressure washer hose reel

I brought a pressure washer a while back, and a feature that I weighted heavily was a long hose. The one I ended up with has a 7m hose which is good but not great. I couldn't make it all round the car in one pass and cleaning the deck meant dragging the thing up a flight of stairs. Last time I made a trip to the hardware store I was looking at a genuine hose but the price made me look else ware. I came across a generic one at a reasonable price and bought it. Now armed with 17m of hose I can clean the deck and the car without moving the unit. Perfect. (the only downside is there is some pressure loss. Doesn't really mater when clearing the car or deck)

I had another reel lying around, but it was too big. It did however have a nice sized tube that i hacked out of it. Using my circle cutting jig i cut two circles out of MDF. The two circles are joined together with three long bots that i nicked from the other reel. They didn't have threads where i needed them, so this gave me an excuse to try out my tap and die set. After (most) of the bits were painted (badly) i put it together.

And done! Once the paint hardens i'll be able to give it a run. Happy times.


Till next time

Alister