What "man jobs" have you done today?

@Mark A those Ashley chisels do look nice, you don't often see chisels come down to a fine edge like that any more, it's why I try to find old Sorby or Marples chisels as they where made properly.
Unfortunately an old second hand tool shop near me which would get them in is shutting down at Christmas, real shame as they had some gems in there.
I have a set of two cherry chisels which do hold a nice edge but they are more like fimer chisels than bevel edge.
 
Gah that sucks. I have seen old Marples/ward/sorby and some other Sheffield made chisels on ebay, but you end up paying high prices and can't always tell the condition from the pics. I keep meaning to get to a carboot sale as I can imagine there are some gems to find if you get there early.

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FFS, I knew the tool roll that came with the Ashley Isles chisels wouldn't last long, but I thought it might last longer than a few days.. I even stuffed some cotton wool in the bottom of the pockets to help protect the material. Is a leather tool roll the best solution for storing chisels? Or maybe I could make a box for them. I'm guessing them plastic edge protectors might be designed for thicker chisels and would just fall off.
 
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Removed this worktop as it was wedge in, trimmed it down and mounted it on battens. It had previously been smashed in so hard the bricks were damaged and I had a job getting it out and turned round.

What you can't see is how cramped the space is, shelving just out of shot and both gas and electric inlets on the left wall. Every time I do some work on my girlfriend's garage I come out angry :(
 
FFS, I knew the tool roll that came with the Ashley Isles chisels wouldn't last long, but I thought it might last longer than a few days.. I even stuffed some cotton wool in the bottom of the pockets to help protect the material. Is a leather tool roll the best solution for storing chisels? Or maybe I could make a box for them. I'm guessing them plastic edge protectors might be designed for thicker chisels and would just fall off.
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I just make masking tape caps for my chisels.
Wrap masking tape around the chisel sticky side outwards about an in down from the tip then go back over it again with the masking tape sticky side to sticky side.
makes a perfect fit cap and will stop your chisels cutting into your roll.
 
I finished the ceiling in the workshop and scrimed and plastered the walls. Will give it a few days to dry then it's time for a mist coat and some paint.
 
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Nice job on the panels, how will you know where to put them for best effect?
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They're not ideally located tbh but they do make a difference. The room is large and I'm trying to reduce reflections in the room in general and have position Rockwool slabs in other positions in the room (I will be making more panels in 2 other colours). There are constraints so the final configuration, whilst beneficial, will be far from perfect.

I was able to follow a more 'traditional' approach to acoustic treatment in my previous house - corner bass traps, panels at first reflection points etc - because the room size/shape/layout lent itself better to that. This room is much more of a challenge!

If the room suits it, this sort of treatment can be better than a major system/hardware upgrade in my experience.

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Adam said:
@Macca - Can you link to the storage solution you are using please? Would you recommend it?
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https://spacepro.co.uk/relax-information/

Was this system, think it's available from many places. Fiddly and the drawers took six hours to build and erect, stupidly the drawer brackets are loose and are behind the drawer sides so you have to line the brackets up then test fit the drawers, re align, repeat till you get it right. Painful is an understatement. I ended up making the holes much larger and using a washer to give me some tolerance :D i.e. bodging it

Now it's all together it's very nice and for a walk in wardrobe seems it's going to work well.
 
@ThereIs0nly0ne They looks awesome! I bet you saved a fair bit making them yourself. I'm thinking of making a cityscape baffle thing for the rear wall of my computer room as it's quite a small room. They are crazy money to buy, but you can download the plans for free and it's just a case of cutting square timber to the correct sizes and gluing onto a ply board.
 
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@ThereIs0nly0ne They looks awesome! I bet you saved a fair bit making them yourself. I'm thinking of making a cityscape baffle thing for the rear wall of my computer room as it's quite a small room. They are crazy money to buy, but you can download the plans for free and it's just a case of cutting square timber to the correct sizes and gluing onto a ply board.
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Thank you :) I probably will have saved money overall once I complete the 5 of them ... the Camira fabric is relatively expensive. To be honest, I don't mind as I'm really pleased with style of fabric and colours on offer plus my wife really likes them. It's good to have a decent choice.

I have thought about making a skyline diffuser as well but will need to get/borrow a mitre saw for that. If you do make one, I'd be really interested to see how it worked out!
 
Today has been mostly fixing the toilet. Every couple of years or so I get an issue with a build up of limescale on one of the seals which makes it "scream" when its flushed. Replacing the seal isn't a difficult job but this time I wasn't happy with things afterwards as it seemed like there was a leak in a different seal too ... fortunately I had a spare one of the whole mechanism so switched it out this afternoon.
 
replaced a CH radiator in the downstairs toilet not the easiest space to work in but got it out and replaced a 400x500 unit with a 500x500 which has a higher btu output. the old rad had quite a bit of rust externally so thought I'd replace it before i started gettting leaks. added some inhibitor to the system at the same time. but now i feel i should try to replace all the rads or maybe book in a power flush.
 
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