What did Santa bring you?

[(*steve*)]

Santa left this for me:



What a thoughtful gift!

 

[davenn]

nothing

 

[Alec_t]

What a thoughtful gift!

For testing the turkey temperature?

 

[BobK]

Santa is literally feeding one of my other hobbies this year.

Bob

 

[shrtrnd]

My oldest boy said he thought I should have a 9mm, a clip, and some shells.
The package contained a 9mm ignition wrench, a paper clip, and 2 small seashells.
SOB is getting a lump of coal in his stocking next year.

 

[Harald Kapp]

I'v also been supplied with a "support" for one of my other hobbies.

But tinkering with electronics wasn't neglected either:

Silicone to withstand heat when soldering plus lots of "boxes" for keeping track of the small parts, some of the places even magnetic

 

[Harald Kapp]

Santa is literally feeding one of my other hobbies this year.

Have you ever tried to create your own starter? It's time consuming but rewarding.

 

[BobK]

@Harald Kapp,

I did! Funny story about that.

I got the skin off some grapes that grow in our yard with the powdery white stuff that I learned as yeast. I grew this for about 3 weeks, first just in water (the whole peel) then strained and adding flour, taking it through 5 or 6 feedings. Then I made a loaf. The taste was quite sour. I liked it, but the lovely wife Morticia did not. When I wasn't around, she threw away the starter!

The gift this year was to make up for that.

Is you little bench for wood carving? Morticia was taking lessons at one time and I made her a small bench very much like what you showed. Later we both made a full sized traditional workbench with dogs and vises.

Bob

 

[Harald Kapp]

I got the skin off some grapes that grow in our yard with the powdery white stuff that I learned as yeast.

I made mine from nothing but flour and water. The natural yeasts in the flour (and possibly in the air) were sufficient. After 3-4 days it was good for baking bread. The final experience was similar to yours: My wife didn't even try the bread
If you want to bring this to an engineering level, you may want to watch this.

Is you little bench for wood carving?

Exactly. Any kind of woodwork as I can't have a full sized workbench in my appartment.

 

[Kiwi]

10mm Ryobi battery drill/driver and box of bits.
Bottle of eau de toilette spray.
Hardware store vouchers(Bunnings).

 

[BobK]

Here is the small one I built on top of the full sized one. Excuse the messy workshop!

 

[bertus]

Hello,

@BobK , @Harald Kapp , If you are into woodworking , I have found a lot of magazines on The eye:
https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/Woodsmith/
Perhaps you will get some ideas from them.

Bertus