Thread: Show us your bodgy DIY

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Absolute stellar job on that bath.

How many times did it fall out of your wheelbarrow on the way home?

She must be a keeper if she was still ready to go after waiting for Loops refurb as part of the foreplay.

Looks good Loops.


The bath not your penis.


Will you cover it up, or let it open for everyone to see?


The side of the bath, not your penis.

Life does throw up some conundrums.


The 8 floating shelfs for the Ferrari display in the living room actually come with adhesive pads.




Giving the option of fuxin' up the paint with 16 big pads, or drilling 16 small 3mm diameter holes into the wall.







The models are listed as around 280 grams, the shelves manufacture doesn't list any load baring capacity.

Sometimes those adhesive stickers hold good . I put a couple hooks on an eggshell painted wall. Just for a backpack and coat. I have been getting greedy and hanging the backpack when it's heavy af, at least 4 times the rated capacity and they are still holding strong

Originally Posted by Backspin

Sometimes those adhesive stickers hold good . I put a couple hooks on an eggshell painted wall. Just for a backpack and coat. I have been getting greedy and hanging the backpack when it's heavy af, at least 4 times the rated capacity and they are still holding strong

Well, I suppose we all need a bit of excitement in our lives once in a while.

Put up two, and was gonna leave them for a few days to make sure, but by gum they're solid and the glue feels and smells like it's banned in 196 countries and the life expectancy in the Xinjiang factory is less than 35.









Trimming the pad to be flush with the shelf at the cost of adhesive power is a thought.


Sofa, so good.

On the edge of my seat.

But before anyone tries it , i should add that installed them properly. I wiped the surface with a detergent based cleaner. Let it dry , and then used rubbing alcohol where the pads were going to be affixed. Then i held firm for a good while. Proper prep and workmanship makes all the difference

^^ The one on the right is higher.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

^^ The one on the right is higher.

Bugger.


It's an optical illusion, thankfully.



Or else me Chinese spirit level from the 20 baht shop is off.


2 more to go and it's a day well spent.

If sticking 16 stickers to a wall is DIY, I shall take today's DIY crown.

Now just need to sort out the lighting situation.












Well I think they look good.


Will have to research possible lighting options.

I can't handle this.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Well I think they look good.

It definitely looks better than I expected.

It turned out good. You never told me about your F1 car.

Originally Posted by Backspin

F1 car.

Schumacher's F310B from the 1997 season, I believe.

Ferrari F310 - Wikipedia








Today's DIY.


Glued a nail to the wall above them for Buddha



Who can look down, Enzo Ferrari like, at his wonderful creations.


Need to sort out some proper lighting, if you've got a bodge, Backy.

Your phone probably has a setting for taking level photos.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Your phone probably has a setting for taking level photos.

Well looky that. Just press on Gridlines and so it does.

Originally Posted by Backspin

The end of Loopers pecker is showing

Humble apologies for the unforeseen and unfortunate phallus photo-bomb. Didn't notice that he had sneaked in!

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

How many times did it fall out of your wheelbarrow on the way home?

It was a precarious journey requiring a couple of load re-adjustment pit-stops where I counterbalanced it with my pole-pruner but we made it in the end.

Originally Posted by Looper

Oven doors hangs half open as per design

With my refurbished oven up and running it is time to return my bench-top temporary oven back to K-Mart for a refund due to it suddenly and mysteriously having developed a defect.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Will have to research possible lighting options.

a real shame you didn't put mirrors behind them but you can resolve that when you move again.

Wrong fred

Replacing the switch gear at my new house in Edmonton. The house was built in 2005 yet it has these old style switches. That's strange. Some stubborn bastard must have liked the old style and requested them.

For the main level, I went with premium screwless wall plates.

New


Old

whilst you could technically term light switches as switch gear, its usual to just refer to light switched as switches

In my opinion, every light switch on the planet should be replaced with dimmer switches.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

In my opinion, every light switch on the planet should be replaced with dimmer switches.

This.

Every morning at 5am I'm blinded by the lights on the stairs.

Anyone got a bodge for realigning a pair of gardening sheers.

Went at a stump that had a bit too much girth, with a bit too much gusto and they twisted to the side.

12 inch sheers, the result is around a 2mm gap at the top after tightening the bolts to full Lulu.