Mad Taff

I am just pickling some beetroot. Really easy you just need Beetroot and Vinegar oh and a jar to store it in.

Me and my kite buggy on Swansea bay early 2000 made the film in 2007 and thought it was time to upload it. Remember no action cams high def phone cameras this was done on a video camera that takes tape, so quality not the best. I was really just cleaning up files and stuff and have found some finished or half finished videos and thought i would upload some of them.

A few folks asked what I make my Intros with, so I though I would do a quick video showing how I do it, though this is not a how to, the film is sped up. This is just for an idea I have, this is very rough, just a test to see if it will look ok (it looks amazing in my mind, way beyond my skill level with these programs lol). I use several programs Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop and Corel Video Studio. As I said this is very rough and just to make sure my imagination is not surpassing my ability. It will need a lot more work to be a finished intro. So hope you enjoy, Thumbs up if you like. Subscribe if you want to see more random videos.

Just me making some plum jam from the Plum trees in our garden. They always produce a lot of fruit and it’s not possible to eat them all fresh so we make some jam. Recipe: You need weight for weight Plums (stone removed) and sugar. 100ml water 1 Tbls lemon juice per Kg A knob of unsalted butter (personal choice) does not change taste but helps with the frothing when boiling. Stone the plums and put in a heavy bottom pot Put on high heat Add water Bring to boil Turn down and simmer for 30 -40 minutes or until plums are soft Blend for extra smooth jam Add sugar quarter at a time and stir thoroughly until dissolved Bring to a rolling boil Test with thermometer needs to reach 105C for 5mins to set If you do not have a thermometer then you can do the plate test (see Google) When ready sterilize 7 jam jars (for 2Kg) and pour jam in Seal date and eat. Hope you enjoy Thanks for watching.

Still loads to do in the garden and spring has sprung so time to plant and removing some trees. Also finish off the Bamboo and some other stuff that needed doing. Still have not come up with any ideas for a better intro so will keep working on that. So hope you enjoy and please hit the Like or Subscribe for more.

Just a quick video to answer some comments and also an update on why no uploads for a while. Also what is coming next? So I am still about and I will be uploading more videos hopefully on a more regular basis than I have been and hope you are interested in the different things I like to do. If you are a LIKE would be great or SUBSCRIBE for more. Thanks for watching.

So time to start putting in some storage under the printer benches so I can continue to sort and finish the workshop, Though it does seem like I have too much stuff and need to have a decent sort out and throw out a lot of things I have stored like 250gig HDD’s and old power supplies. Anyway hope you enjoy and please hit the like if you do or Subscribe for more. Thanks for watching.

So bit of a mix as we are having a new hot water tank installed and also having it moved under the house. I have finally made a start on framing out the garage area for a computer room. Part of the problem is organizing all my stuff so I can make space to do all the jobs that need doing. This is Episode 2 of the workshop as the printer room was meant to be Episode 1 and I titled it wrong. Still a load more work to do and we have started to make plans on what we are going to do with the gardens like outdoor areas, sheds and veggie patch. So hope you enjoy, Subscribe for more and a like would be great.

Time to sort the room for the 3D printers; it’s a mess. No lights, full of rubbish and it’s hard to film in such a small room. I am trying to save money so I am recycling a lot of wood and other stuff that I kept after finishing the shed and the last house, the materials I am buying are either recycled or seconds from a great second-hand builders yard in Whangarei and it’s a lot cheaper and it’s just a room for printers. I am also having some random issues with the LED lights and the shutter speed on the cameras, sometimes it causes stripping / flickering and then others it does not, so sorry for any bits of film that are well rough. I will do some testing once I have time. So now I can set my printers back up and get some prints going, I have a lot I want to do. Hope you enjoy.

So summer is here which means time to sort some more stuff out in the garden. I decided to start with this old dilapidated retaining. The banks are stable but the old wood and bare earth don’t look so good hence retaining time. Hope you enjoy, still a load more to do around the section. Thanks for watching Hit the like if you enjoyed and SUBSCRIBE for more.

So another garden video sorry it’s been so long but we are having a heat wave and have not had rain for over 4 months so the ground is like concrete and my cameras keep overheating so this is a bit of time-lapse and then video of what I have been doing, not a lot as its toooooo hot. You can see the grass going from green to brown through the video as the drought takes hold. We also had the smoke form the Australian fires got dark at mid-day and the light had funny orange glow, picture at end of video. Anyway SUBSCRIBE for more or hit like Like button if you enjoyed. Thanks for watching.

So just a quick video for Christmas did a refurbish of our toilet and made some shelves and put them up guess its refurbish the bathroom next. It all seems a bit Déjà vu but no I have done all this in the house before this one lol. Hope you enjoy. Hope everybody has a good Xmas this year and like and subscribe for more.

So just finishing off the little bits and adding some things we had not thought about at the start. So I will be mixing in workshop videos over the next few months and more garden jobs as I get to them. Hope you enjoy. Like and Subscribe if you do. Thanks for watching.

So now its time to get all the finishing bits done around the out door area. then i need to make some stuff for the deck like a wood oven and a table but still finishing the workshop so that will be over the next few weeks. So hope you enjoyed please like or subscribe for more.

So now all the area is clear and ready it's time to put the new Deck in. This was a long day and a half but now it looks really nice so just some finishing off work after this and some things to buy and build for the area. But need to finish lining the workshop so that will probably be the next video maybe. Hope you enjoy thanks for watching subscribe for more and like if you did.

The next part is to get the area ready and remove the pond so its ready for the decking and a BBQ area, then loads to do so summer is on its way and should get through all this pretty quick. Hope you enjoy, subscribe for more hit the like if you enjoyed. Cheers

So crazy year and way behind, months in lock-down and unable to buy anything even online then I fell butted a floor and had a serious concussion that took 12 weeks to get over so time to get back to the work that needs doing oh and filming and making videos lol. Time to make a start on the outdoor area but first we need to repair the fence. Hope you enjoy. I will be getting back to more regular uploads now we can actually do stuff. Subscribe for more or hit the like if you enjoyed.

So something a bit different, unboxing of a new band saw and what I think about it. 1:16 Whats in the box 2:55 Stand 5:27 Why you need to do an initial setup for first use 6:38 Band position on wheel 8:06 Blade tension 9:46 Setting the blade guides top and bottom 12:36 Final installation of parts 15:17 Cutting with fence 16:10 Cutting with slide miter 17:11 Free hand cutting 17:58 How thin will it cut (Spoiler: you could cut veneer no problem 19:37 Conclusion This is a mid-range priced home hobby type band saw and I am very impressed with it so far. Hope you enjoy and sub for more.

This is the first video of us starting to get things sorted around the new property. So this is more what we have to do not what we want to do at the moment. You know all the things that a new property needs doing as the last owners did not bother? So power washing, pruning and some odd jobs. Lots more coming as spring and summer roll in. so enjoy

So I decided I would like to Time-lapse 3D prints but that takes some electronics and some Gcode to make the printer move the print head out of the way so a photo can be taken of the print morphing out of the print bed. So this is a video of me having a go at making a time-lapse rig for my Tevo Tornado printer. I am using a hall sensor and a relay connected to an Arduino Nano to fire the camera shutter. I have had to print some parts write some code and Gcode to make this work but the results at the end are pretty good so I will improve it and do some time lapse prints. Oh I am talking through the whole video sorry lol. Thanks for watching subscribe to see more or like if you enjoyed.Links to prints and parts.Ender 3 time-lapse rig - Devin Monteshttps://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-timelapse-rig-ender-3-and-similar-printers-74180Han Solo in Carbonite - Hidden Box and Bookend - by WeeksBhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3298819Twisted Heart Vase – by Gyrobothttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:42570thingiverse websitehttps://www.thingiverse.com/

So its lock-down and I need to get some little things I have been meaning to do in the printer room. Just putting up some stuff like shelves and making something to store all my camera equipment in. Hope you enjoy, hit like if you did or subscribe for more. Thanks for watching.

So I have a load of ply wood cut offs from all the shelving and stuff I have been doing so thought I would try and make something from them. So I decided to make a workbench that I could use for building stuff on and working on 3D prints and stuff. So a time lapse of me making and spraying the workbench. Sorry for the flickering on the first part but have finally sorted so should not happen anymore. Anyway hope you enjoy hit the like if you do or the SUBSCRIBE to see more.

So it is time to upgrade to a new PC the one I use as my main PC is now over 5 years old and starting to feel its age. I did film the build but got carried away with the build rather than the filming but as we are in lock down I have done the best I can with the video I had. Hope you enjoy and hit the LIKE if you did or SUBSCRIBE for more. Parts: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core,24 Threads Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 UD ATX Memory: 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series Gcard: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Windforce 8GB SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 (2280),NVMe SSD Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Air Black ATX MidTower Gaming Case Fans: Cooler Master 4 X 120mm Case Fan Fan Controller: Cooler Master ARGB & PWM HUB 1 to 6 Port

Spring has sprung and we want to grow some veggies but as we have only just moved in and we are getting used to the property and deciding how we would like to layout the gardens and decks we don’t want to dig an area for growing and then change our mind later so have decided to make some small grow boxes for this year and then we can use else where one we start to put in the features that we want. Hope you enjoy, hit the like if you did or subscribe for more.

So lock down has given me time to test and print some 3D time-lapse as it can take a while so here are a few of my first tests: 01:20 Moon - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2771919/files 01:40 Pikachu - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:376601 02:05 Big Pikachu - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:376601 (scaled) 03:13 My Head – Me done by ME lol 04:33 Han Solo in Carbonite (Finished Model) made up from several STL’s available on the web So hope you enjoy, SUBSCRIBE for more or hit LIKE if you enjoyed. Thanks for watching.