Musings Archives - Ursus Volans

New Year’s Eve

With the high voltage work completed it was back into the office this afternoon to bring up the network and servers. Unfortunately the installation engineers…

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Rapesco Supaclips

It’s been nearly two months since my last post, and in that time I have done nothing on the van, though we have made some…

Day 210: Cupboards and lobotomies

I only managed a few hours on the van this weekend due to major shopping excursions on Saturday and incessant rain today. Whilst the picture does not…

Day 183: Not so grand tidy-up

I was quite surprised to get a phone call from the Timberyard this morning to say my sheet of 6mm Birch faced ply was in,…

Day 178: Window reveal

When we got home on Monday we were hit by a major power cut. Apparently this was due to a major substation failure which blacked…

Day 167: Illogical pricing

I picked up my adhesive from the timber yard this morning along with some hinges for the house internal kitchen door and for the toilet…

Day 166: Unmentionables

I did have before and after photos for today’s blog but since I know some of my regular readers read this blog over breakfast or…

Day 165: Complicated holes

This evening I routed the holes for the concealed bolts in the moving section of the cubicle wall. Talk about complicated, there are thirteen separate…

Day 51:Orders and Quotation Requests

This morning I emailed the tank drawing along with a request for a quote to a company with an e-bay shop who also get a…

Day 50: Measuring up

With the insulation almost done, and just two sections to be fitted to the ceiling my thoughts have now turned to the floor, however before…