The Joy of Upcycling (into a Dust Sniper)
One of the best things ever is when you can change the context of an object and make it live again. There is something special about thinking up a new use for something other people have deemed...
View ArticleThe confidence to use every last scrap
For over a year now I have been going to a ‘make and mend’ sewing sessions, run by the ever-inspiring Carys of Wench (a clothing label). Looking back, I can see that in this relatively short period I...
View ArticleSwitching to upcycled
Light is good. Dark is dangerous, in the workshop at least. As I have been working out on/in the ‘shop ’til quite late many evenings over the Winter, getting some proper lighting going on will be quite...
View ArticleConduit-Shelving Instructable
We’ve written up an instructable about how we made our conduit-shelf project, which we have been using in the FE workshop for some time. It is basically a weld up of some reclaimed heavy duty metal...
View ArticleTurning Scrap Car Parts into Funky Upcycled Furniture
This week we are finishing off the breakfast bar with some up-cycled car parts! I’ll not pretend I knew I was going to use scrap car parts for this project – the idea occurred to me as I was...
View ArticleMending Stove top Ecofan’s Achilles Heel
If you use a wood stove to heat your workshop of house, you will know it is very different to other kinds of heating systems. On of the problems is that unless it is plumbed into a water circulating...
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