DavidP

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I'm on 1.0.275 and the app crashes upon startup. I also got a system warning about the app using a lot of background battery power.

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Eastern Bluebird Eggs (midwest.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by DavidP@midwest.social to c/birding@lemmy.world
 

House Sparrow have always been a problem with our bluebird boxes so we were very happy to see a clutch of eggs in one of them! ๐Ÿคž

In the Chickadee box they've added layers of grass and animal hair.

 

Someone is starting a moss nest in one of our bluebird boxes. Any ideas what it could be? My googling is failing me.

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you know how the driver came across the bird?

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago (7 children)

What do you have?

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

What's on Ford's head?

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How's PLA for exposure to occasional moisture? I was thinking of printing a holder for a shaving stick.

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very weird, this guy seems to have moved into our garage. Just saw it again!

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I saw my first Praying Mantis yesterday.

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At my wife's church people honk at each each other trying to get out of the parking lot. Brotherly love lasts about one minute after leaving the building.

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've also wondered about Ixonia's unique name! Thanks for the owl and knowledge ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago

They work very well. We've been using a set for four years now.

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is what I did for you our kids. Used a bull nose but in a router for the engraving. The graduations were done with a straightedge while the numbers were freehanded over pencil lines.

I then spray painted it black and sanded off the paint from the flat surfaces, leaving it paint in the engraving troughs.

Their heights are simply penciled on.

We're pretty pleased with it. It looks nice and doesn't feel out of place.

[โ€“] DavidP@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the hamster & wine bottle decor

 

Phone photo of an group of bluebird young. Bluebirds have kept control of one of our nest boxes for about a month now and it's great to see a fruitful result!

I try to leave them alone so this is the first time I've peeked in there.

 

Our bathroom has very little extra floor space so the scale has been leaning up against the wall.

Taking adavtage of extra wall space behind the door to safely store the scale.

I constructed it like a very short drawer. Cherry sides with 3/16" plywood bottom.

 

A small table for our toddler to draw on and ruin ๐Ÿ˜Š Solid maple build with mortise & tenon aprons. The top was bookmatched from a piece of 8/4.

Finish was three coats of amber shellac for color and seal followed by three of wipe-on poly for durability.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by DavidP@midwest.social to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
 

Knocked out this medium sized salad bowl the other day. The blank had been sitting around for at least five years!

 

I made this a few years ago to speed-turn the L-bolts in our Christmas tree stand. They are stiff and super putzy to operate by hand.

 

I finally got a #7 and needed a place to keep it. My #5-1/2 fit into a drawer so I never needed large plane till until now.

Often these kind of tool cabinets are elaborate masterpieces made from treasured hardwood felled by one's grandfather; not this one, it's made from scrap plywood and gets the job done. I have two little ones that don't leave me much shop time right now.

The box is about 25" wide, 15" wide, and 10" deep. Piano hinge for the door with a rare earth magnet catch.

Drawer box dado corners with everything else being screwed on for future adjustability.

The till is simply leaned up against the back wall and screwed in place.

 

I'm very much hoping they bring back the Hot Braised Pork!

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Child's Toy Train Set (midwest.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by DavidP@midwest.social to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
 

Made this child's train set for my two year old. It's all scrap cherry. The wheels are 1.25" in diameter while the bases are 1.5" wide.

The wheels are nailed into pre-drilled holes.

The hitches are sort of a half lap joint with the top half holding a dowel.

 
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