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Oh-oh, she planted her snips
The missus came in yesterday looking disturbed. In her hand, one of her prized "lady tools", the Kent and Stowe pruning snips, jaws...
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kimhuntauthor
- Oct 27
- 5 min
Surprise Topper for the Mini-Truck
On a recent trip, parked up by the sea, I got talking with a friendly fellow who had noticed my camper and pick-up in the past. He was...
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kimhuntauthor
- Sep 19
- 2 min
Between Deluges
I've never had a proper workshop, a dry organised place to keep tools where there's clean bench-space to work on projects. Having lived...
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kimhuntauthor
- Jun 5
- 2 min
“You’re not putting anything ruched in my chook-shed”
After putting a cob plaster coating on the lower earthbag walls, I lined the ceiling with the same hessian I’d used in my stealth camper....
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kimhuntauthor
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Start the day with Cob
We’re making a few changes around the garden and sheds for my new workshop space and I’m turning an old hut into the new chook house,...
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kimhuntauthor
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Tweakin' the Lil Monster *
After several trips with the little beast, I figured it could ride better. The inside is cozy and dry and everything works well as a...
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kimhuntauthor
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Six Little Creatures
We’d just dropped a 17m high holly tree at a friend’s property. The massive trunk split in two when it thumped into the ground and...
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kimhuntauthor
- Dec 11, 2021
- 3 min
A surprising use for pegs. This week in the garden and carport.
"Where's Sticky?" The missus asked. Well, here's Sticky's little niece or distant cousin. Colour does seem to indicate familial...
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kimhuntauthor
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Classic Car Projects from the Dim, Dark Past.
My god, look at that hair. This is a dusty EK Holden I found in a shed out in western NSW. The engine was seized because someone did an...
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kimhuntauthor
- Oct 9, 2021
- 1 min
The Announcement
Off-grid and off-line, I was on the maiden voyage having towed the stealth camper to a bushland reserve. Parked up with the canine...
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kimhuntauthor
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Maiden Voyage
Sleet and rain. Well, I'd always said I'd be satisfied the pod was watertight once I'd driven at 90 kph in a torrential downpour, and the...
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kimhuntauthor
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
The Stealth Camper Build-Part 2: Interior
So far so good, the exterior shell seems watertight, Time to make the inside cosy. On the floor I used lightweight foam flooring squares...
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kimhuntauthor
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Stealth Camper Build-Part 1
Sometimes, you just have to get away, and when I go, I like to get isolated. The car isn't very comfortable to sleep in, so, I figured...
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kimhuntauthor
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
Saturday morning adjustments.
The engine had a slight miss at idle and it was getting decidedly lumpy. I did some preliminary checks and narrowed the miss down to No 3...
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kimhuntauthor
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
Neopol; new bottle, same wonder gunk.
A bit of spit and polish was called for this week as I was chauffeuring the missus and one of the grande dames of NZ ceramics to the NZ...
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kimhuntauthor
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Best use of royalty payments; a new set of mags.
Bit of a mission actually getting them on the hubs though. First problem, the front wheels were hitting the tie-rod ends so I had to...
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kimhuntauthor
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
Evidence, nectar thief.
"...using their short beaks to pierce the base of a flower and access the nectar."
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kimhuntauthor
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Special Effects.
"...having forgotten that you previously sprayed another vehicle black..."
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kimhuntauthor
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Bikes I have known and loved
My dog Sophie rode down inside my leather jacket as a pup,
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kimhuntauthor
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1 min
XMmmmmm Ford
I once owned a 1964 metallic blue XM Ford 4-door sedan, like the one in the image above by Ben Hosking, They're a bit harder to come by...
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