nnnnngggh - Etsy seem to be running a test, cropping square format photos into portrait, chopping the ends off my shelf photos I've tried mounting shelves vertically but everything falls off them /curse gravity

more #welding of #handmade coat rack frames. After grinding & spraying these will have a solid English oak shelf crafted & attached Other stuff going on means these are 3+ weeks away from the #etsy store, customsawdustco.etsy.com has plenty of other pieces in the meantime

made a start welding some of the coat rack bits I made yesterday (there are longer ones in the works too) (the red in the background is paint from earlier spraying, *not* the blood of my enemies)

It's raining!

It needs to be said, the telegraph has fought so hard and consistently and bravely to stabilise and reduce emissions, and now regretfully they have lost the war and have decided to throw in the towel. Not all Heroes wear capes.

replacing bandsaw blade as snapped another - to be fair my fault, they really don't like variable TPI blades when used vertically #metalwork

suspect the rise of pervert goggles/sex pest specs are going to drive a trend toward thinner framed/frameless specs among us regular speccy four-eyes have an opticians appt due, and in the past all i had to worry about was "do these make me look like Joe 90"

Graeme Swanson@swansonian.bsky.social · last wk.

As someone who wears glasses to not bump into things and regularly looks for them on the floor while behind me my friend and his dog run away from janitors dressed as ghosts I worry all glasses wearers will one day be assumed to be perverts.

today's archaeological find when clearing kitchen drawers - cat flea treatment with a 2007 expiry date we've moved house several times since 2007, packing & unpacking this each time

weather forecast suggests a 60% chance of rain at 6am so now I have to stay awake because I'm not sure I remember what rain is

one (only?) benefit of chronic insomnia is hearing the dawn chorus each morning it's been really thin on small birbs these last few days, almost entirely corvids, gulls, and pigeons - guessing/fearing the heat is proving devastating?

one day I'll stop moaning about welding in a greenhouse in full PPE in a heatwave, today is not that day Made a little jig to hold coat hooks in the right position as they're welded into a drilled flat bar

feeling there's some crossover between those saying £45 [off energy bills] is nothing/"won't even buy a meal" and the people who claim the poor don't know how to budget & how they could buy a sack of potatoes & batch cook to feed a family of 4 for a week with a tenner

despite being made of the finest cobwebs & soggy 1950s chipboard, the loft hatch lost its fight with gravity last night at 3am Was somewhat startling

is there anything to be said for bringing the muppets back on?

had a fab review (greatly appreciated) of this recently - was a stab at art deco style, an idea i'd like to return to one day, in hindsight bit too small for a spice rack but turns out ideal size to store yarn anyway, just one left @ £29 inc UK shipping customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

well this is a bit mad

Right. Attempted fraud news thread. Telling you in case someone tries it with you but I may come across as an idiot. Etsy sellers especially may want to hear this. Last night I was tired and knackered and really should have been in bed when I noticed an email on my Marswasrubbish prints account.

Imagine having two giant tummy fans.

Drunken shirtless man throwing himself into a hedge in despair near Midsomer Norton, i salute you, even as your fellow shirtless jeer and hoot. This is England.

Always feel a bit wanky calling my stuff "art" but fiercely stake a claim to "creative" so jumping aboard #PortfolioDay Make unique steel & oak furniture with a nod toward an industrial style in Cheltenham, UK Love to hear from customers, interior designers, set dressers customsawdustco.etsy.com

I'm still too chicken to get all the way through Event Horizon tho

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

cat has had enough of the heatwave & flakes out when he's not vociferously blaming us for it #caturday

Another #handmade build thread - this time for toilet roll holders because I sold out over the weekend because I keep forgetting how popular wiping your bum is First step: cut parts to length, the angle iron will now go in vinegar overnight to remove mill scale 🧵/1

so glad tor report latest & last season of The Bear (disney) is good (we're at 6/8 episodes down) - i liked the last couple of seasons but can see why many didn't, but this season is much pacier, punchier, funnier

generic plug for my handmade steel & oak shelves which allow you to temporarily store your things off the ground until the cat decides otherwise everything made from scratch in a leaky Cheltenham greenhouse customsawdustco.etsy.com

cat's sulking because I wouldn't let him play with the butterfly

Don’t think much of these Lindt rollers, not very tasty. They should’ve stuck to chocolate.

i'll be the first to admit i never really learnt how to instagram and don't really use it for much - but this is one of the reasons why

unsolicited stick pic