Chicken nest box

I had grand plans to make small portable nest boxes with egg collection drawers, however when estimating the amount of wood required I soon realized it was going to take a lot more wood than I thought. I had this old box on legs I made about 10 years ago that needed rescuing before nature

Wooden House sign

The wood came from an old kitchen worktop that had been lying outside for about 10 years, it was made from sections that were biscuit joined together. The first task was to cut it down to a usable size, then cut away where the joins were, so I was left with only solid wood. Next

My chickens

Here are my new batch of chickens I got this year, I was originally wanting small bantam chickens, having them previously and only the one of them left remaining to keep her company. I tried hatching “Dutch bantam” eggs bought online several times with no luck, so I scoured though gumtree waiting for the opportunity,

Restoring a Parkinson’s Perfect vice No.15

Got this for a new project and because I have been wanting a wood vice for quite a while, I’m so glad I waited as this was a pleasure to restore with very little work needed ! And I did not even need to take it apart to finish it, so it took less than