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How to add contactless payment to your clothes
Contactless payment is awesome, but most miss its true potential. This project is about putting magical payment abilities right into your clothing.
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Making a Bottle Garden
Bottle gardens – first popular in the 1960s and 1970s – are ripe for a comeback. Especially for those habitual houseplant killers, such as myself. The sealed or semi-sealed nature of a bottle garden makes it an excellent low-maintenance way to bring a little greenery into your home.
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Buy project tools and materials
Life is too short to use cheap tools or rubbish materials.
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Welding project – Garden ornament Cat
This was one of those projects that came together really well out of a little inspiration and some creative constraints. I didn’t track how long it took, but I think probably less than 2 hours.
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Maker Geek Gear – clothes, glasses, notepads
One of my favourite t-shirts is one that my wife made for me that features a logo for this site. It also features a hand-painted QR code that actually worked! However as that shirt ages and starts to fade I thought it would be interesting to look into getting other clothes with custom designs. So…
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Learning to weld – 2 simple projects
I have long had a desire to try welding. As much as I enjoy wood work, and the natural beauty of wood. There is an interest in the sheer lightweight strength of metal and the fairly fast fabrication associated with welding.
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Windows and doors – a cautionary tale
One of the major things we wanted to do to the house when we bought it was to replace all the old windows/doors. Getting this done turned into quite a saga.If you live in Royston, I’d strongly advise against using Manor Windows.
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Considerations in complete kitchen replacement
In the last week I have completed removal of the old kitchen, so I now have a large empty room, and it is time to start putting things back together.
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DIY skills – level up – Removing a wall
Last weekend I levelled up my DIY ability.I’ve done a fair number of DIY tasks over the years, from the relatively mundane painting walls up to things a little more interesting such as building decking, and even once I built a raised pond, which involved digging foundations, pouring concrete and brick laying. However, last weekend…