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So, who's made anything in a proper british bloke in a shed kind of way?
Lets see your Heath Robinson contraptions, like McMoonter's log splitter
(Oh, I have nothing to show before you ask)
I made a full suspension mountain bike, but it's too ugly to show, plus the grass needed cutting.
I don't think anything's going to beat that splitter.
Not quite what you're asking for, but in terms of 'making the best with the tools you have available,' I once went camping and, late at night after a few beers I discovered that whilst I'd packed an airbed, I'd left the end cap at home.
Scrabbling around to find some means of securing it, I found a rubber mallet and a AA Maglite.
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Stayed secure all night, that did.
I once went camping
I packed an airbed
Thats not camping. I bet you slept in a caravan aswell.
LED lights in a variety of sizes?
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Thats not camping. I bet you slept in a caravan aswell.
It was a few years ago, before I discovered Alpkit.
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I misread the title, but I started so I'll finish.