Showing posts with label Compass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compass. Show all posts

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Peekaboo!

Mason spent the day at our place today and he got a treat.

My bonsai is sick mon. For some reason it's dieing since 2 weeks now. I can't bring it back to life. Unless this is normal and it's just dropping leaves coz it's getting colder now. But I don't believe this type of tree should do this. It's a bit of a pity.

The mandarins are coming along. When we came here 6 months ago they were dark green and pea-sized. Give them another 3 months and I guess they can be eaten...

I have to make a prototype of a part of my coffee table train track. I'm not very experienced with these things and I want to prepare well. At least I know how to operate this machine so that's one worry less.

I cleaned up a bit in Tony's workshop. I like to be tidy. I even swiped the floor when I was done. Something they taught me in school and I feel better in a tidy workshop.

In between we went to Bunnings for supplies and then to Office works and then to the mall where we saw this car.

I needed to draw big circles. Hardcore DIY-ers will tell you to use a piece of wire. Or to get one piece of wood with a nail at one end and a hole for a pencil at the other end.

Somehow those solutions sound too shonky to me and therefore I decided to make a giant compass. It took a few hours and details can be viewed here. It works perfect and it was fun to make!

This photo is for Kees. He recently inquired if I took this hat with me or if I ditched it before flying here. Granted, I could have taken something more useful with me on my journey but hey, I like the hat :-)

Peekaboo!