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I always forget the before photo… home made pizza again! Accidentally did a 6 day cold ferment with the dough but it turned out great!
#food #pizza #diy

Ich baue ein neues CD-Regal, weil da wo das hin soll das existierende Regal nicht hin passt. Und weil zwar eine Tauchsäge aber (noch) keine Kreissäge in der Garagenschreinerei existiert, habe ich heute eine Sägeschablone für die Regalbretter gebaut. Damit ich nicht jedes einzelne der ungefähr 20 Regalbretter ausmessen muss und alle Regalbretter gleich breit werden. #diy

Hanging blinds this afternoon. One down and two more to go. The learning curve was a bit steep on the first one, but that means the rest will go quickly. Might have time to squeeze in a nap.
#DIY #Privacy #HoneyDoList

#DIY Cola, part 2
https://karl-voit.at/2025/09/07/DIY-Cola-Part-2/
I've published the update on my first article on making soft drinks on your own. This time: a new Cola recipe usin…

Currently deciding if I want to carefully glue something in place from the outside of an enclosure or just squirt a whole stick of hot glue on the inside of an enclosure.
#diy #maker #glue

‘Death to #Spotify’: the #DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit Daniel Ek's ubiquitous but fiscally fkd and eternally exploitative music streaming app that pays artists a pittance of pennies or le$$ – and even le$$ still if they agree to be “playlisted” on its "Discovery" mode, which mostly rewards facel…

I just spent way too much time cutting, stripping, and straightening wires…
#maker #diy #electronics

I replaced the wireless thermostat on our heating system yesterday evening. Changed the relay box and all. Success! Heating works again. #diy

Today's #poolpond progress building the inner rock wall. Rock stacking. 🪨 🪨 🪨
#diy #backyardProject #pondlife #rocks

'Dinge die mit "H" beginnen ...' #FotoVorschlag Diese Handtasche hab ich selbst gemacht. War das Vilene Multibag Set, Stoff aus meinem Vorrat.
#diy #sewing

Half the paper is dried and being pressed flat and the rest needs another day to dry. I was hoping to get another batch done but work keeps getting in the way. 🙄
#diy #maker #paper

Die meisten Lötprojekte scheitern zuletzt an der Zinnhaftigkeit. #DIY

Ich suche nach einer Bezugsquelle für kleine Zuschnitte (30x40cm) von Schaumstoff-Platten h=2-3cm mit hoher Shore-Härte. Ideal 200 (20 kPa). Weiss da jemand was? #followerpower #maker #diy

Wie macht man köstliches #Apfelmus selbst? 🍏✨ Die Geschichte vom tapferen Apfelspaltenstampfer und seinem heroischen Kampf für sterilisierte Gläser findet ihr im Artikel. 🤣 Starte Dein eigenes Apfelmus-Projekt! 🍎🫙
#Apfelmus

Apfelmus selber machen: So geht's Schritt-für-Schritt
Apfelmus selber einwecken: So hält es sich mehrere Jahre

we are now on Stage 3 water restrictions! No fill *or* topping up of ponds or pools! So that definitely captures the #poolpond ;)
I'm going to go get an adapter for my little pond pump hose so it can hook up to a regular garden hose and we'll use all the #pool water for watering the gardens over the next few weeks until the rains truly return.
#Fire #PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #Water #ClimateChange #Drought #DIY #BackyardProject
https://socialbc.ca/@alberniweather/115036554816818531

I'm in my garage attic installing collar ties, as recommended by our house inspection. I'm trying to finish this morning while it's cool - 14 done and 6 more to go. The forecast is 27°C after lunch, and I don't want to be in that attic at that temperature.
#DIY #ClimateChange

Heute mache ich mir Rösti zum Abendessen. Kartoffeln hatte ich lange vernachlässigt. Kartoffeln, Zwiebel, Röststoffe davon, Butter und Käse.
Hmm, das wird lecker
#Kochen #DIY

A few weeks ago we decided the garden fence needed repainting. We bought a couple of big tins of wood stain paint and today I said "OK, I'll get that done this morning".
Have you ever over-estimated your abilities? I have.
It turns out that if you're not used to this sort of job, it takes about half an hour to paint a fence panel. And we have 14 of them in the garden.
Anyway, I've just finished the "quick morning job in the garden" now, at 6pm.
The fence looks bloody wonderful, though.
#DIY

Immer wieder faszinierend, wie routiniert man bei der Benutzung eines Elektrowerkzeugs wird, wenn man das Werkzeug regelmäßig benutzt. #kappsäge #diy

I spent a relaxing afternoon rewiring our light fixture for the dining room that was not yet installed after our move. Our new dining room is over 2 feet taller, which necessitated a new longer lamp cord and chain. Tomorrow, I might hang it... or I might not. Gotta pace myself.
#Retirement #DIY

I've got more design work to do but I am making good progress on the handheld two button controller.
#diy #maker #3Dprinting

I was thinking about making/sewing my own bag but I got stuck on the closure because I kept thinking about zippers... but that's the beauty of a roll top bag, all you need is a buckle!
Heck, I could probably just 3D print one. (Though they also seem to be really cheap to just purchase them.)
#maker #DIY

I don't think I have twisted off the cap for the cleanout since I bought the whole assembly... 5months? I only slid the end into the pipe in August so hadn't needed to screw off the cap. It took some leverage/persuasion to turn it.
But I was successful, and now the big filter can be drained. The water was actually higher than the bottom of the cap but no big deal, it's not really under any pressure.
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject #portalberni #gardening #pondlife

Hab' mir mal 'n Beutel McCain Pommes Extra knusprig für den Umluftofen aka Heißluftfriteuse gekauft.
Knusprig so lala ja, aber auch nicht überall.
Lecker? Nönö. Schmeckt alle so wie nach nichts. Die Majo hat das auch nicht rausgehauen.
Es geht doch echt nichts über Pommes aus Kartoffeln #DIY

emptied the pond overnight. We have had so much rain this past month! All are full. I am going to drain it all and keep it drained until I get the pumps wired and can habe them installed and running. Don't want the water to get stale and unhealthy.
I think I might hire a stone mason to build the wall.
moving the pump into the intake bay now. It should be empty by the time I am back from the day's ceremonies.
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject #portalberni #gardening #pondlife

Years ago I got these NeoPixel strips that did not come all attached with the ability to snap them apart *or* leave them as one big unit...
So I made a jig to hold them together so I can solder them all in series.
#maker #diy

This is the manifold typt thing that I am currently roughing together for the 2nd pump from the main pond.
The through pipe will go to the filter and the two offshoots will go to the bottom returns and side sorayers which are both meant to keep the water in the pond moving toward the pump bay and discourage settling on the bottom
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject

Handlebar brackets are done… I’ll mount the board on it tomorrow.
#maker #diy #3DPrinting

Whew! Mistakes were made, but I got the dashboard of the Beat Bike put together. I can now pedal to set the tempo while I live program the drum machine. (No video of programming yet because I had to hold the phone up high!)
#bikeTooter #diy

Sometimes you forget to measure something precisely but it all still works out in the end.
#3DPrinting #DIY #maker

It's time for building work. Uh ho.
The bedroom that has remained undecorated and mostly dark since I moved in more than 20 years ago will finally be stripped and rebuilt according to my specifications.
What is my specifications? Humm. Well. I live alone and nobody can tell me what to do so I'm doing it Tardis themed.
Mostly I built the shape of it in Blender last year and the tardis theme only popped out when I readdressed that design this spring with an eye to actual colors. Adding the frosted glass to the windows on the top cupboards is the main thing that sells it.
Here's the video I made for the builder.
#diy #interiorDesign #rebuild #bedroom #doctorWho #tardis

Making progress on this 3D printed handlebar clamp for the Beat Bike…
#diy #maker #3DPrinting

I'm starting to figure out the "dashboard" for the Beat Bike. I'll have the RD-6 mounted onto a 14"x11" board along with the battery pack for it, and the controller that gets input from the reed switch/magnet at the rear wheel.
The controller needs power, so I may add another battery to the right of it.
(Oh, laser cut banana for scale!)
1/2
#diy

pick up a rock
clean a rock
move a rock
place a rock
pick up a rock
clean a rock
move a rock
place a rock
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife

A little more progress on the Beat Bike… switch connected to controller with TRS cable.
#maker #diy #electronics

I got completely sidetracked by client work for the past week but I did finish my last batch of hand made recycled paper.
#diy #maker #paper

2/2 Then it was time to decide exactly how to create the manifold to direct the return water back into the pond or into the filter. I decided that I wanted the manifold to be well within the pond liner in case anything was leaking so I cut the black tube and extended the PVC to meet it into the main area of the pond.
One valve goes to the bottom return sprayers. One valve goes to what will be sprayers along the long edge of the pond. And the last valve allows water to go into the filter.
Note to self: at least one of these valves must be open at all times if I don't want to blow up the pump :-)
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife

In my garage, doing some renovation to turn it into a man cave. It will never see a vehicle inside again in my lifetime.
Listening to my #CountryMusic playlist to support this week's theme for #JukeboxFridayNight.
#MyPlaylist #DIY #Retirement
https://youtu.be/ypS96LGN6WY?si=9hFMlZ3ldcI8mv1c

Thank god it wasn't too hot today (only 27°C). It still felt like a million degrees in the hole as I pulled and shifted and adjusted the pond liner so it would lay flush against all the contours of the hole and gradually locked it in place with the gravel.
All the gravel bottom is in. The bottom plumbing fixtures are set. And I even managed to start playing with how the stairs might look/work.
I ran out of steam after shoveling/hauling/spreading the last load of gravel 🥵 🪏 🪨
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy #pondlife

Also... why!?! Well, I like to make weird stuff.
I plan to take this to Maker Faire Milwaukee... and maybe ride it around the neighborhood!?
And I gotta say, pedaling while programming a drum machine is a trip. I used to do it just sitting at a desk but hey, exercise while making beats? It's a win-win!
#bikeTooter

got home in the dark last night and left in the dark this morning but there has been #poolpond progress in my absence!
The fence builders started!
They augered post holes. They managed to not cut any pipes or wires in the frontyard pond... the holes are BIG.
Glad the fence is happening though. The rains have come with a vengeance and the ponds are filling fast! I wil feel much better knowing no one can get into the yard and be in danger of falling in.
#building #portalberni #diy #gardening

A little rearranging in the backyard to get stuff away from the fence lines. Builders coming on Wednesday for our new 6.5ft fence and gates!!! Eeee!!
(must keep kids out per-water-bylaw, and also discourage the munchy deer friends!)
A little rainy while I worked but it was nice. :)
Also took out the top of the tall white pipe. The joint is only 2 inches below the rocks. No one will melt having to unscrew the top with their hand in water. : )
#DIY #PoolPond #BackyardProject #Home #Today

Progress.
Attachments and hose lengths made final for the second pump. Caps drilled with holes for each return bottom outlet. Three loads of gravel dumped into the #poolpond for the floor. Then I realized there was a section of the wall near the yellow crate that was not actually touching the inner wall, meaning there was a gap. Not good. But the sun has broken through the morning fog so it’s too hot in the hole now to fix it. Will have to wait until Labour Day!
This weekend is the 1 year anniversary of renting the digger to make the holes! I am about where I figured I would be one year later :)
#backyardProject #diy #pond #pondlife #gardenpond

One more test of the Beat Bike, a bike that controls the tempo of a drum machine with your pedaling...
#maker #diy #music #synth