Shed 2 (The Gazebo)

There were so many damaged roofs that the islands have run out of spare tiles, and we'll all have to wait until the sea is calm enough for the freight ship to dock (not just with tiles, but food etc too, obviously.)

chopper wrote: Stool Man wrote: Outer Hebrides. I moved up here from London a few months ago. Wow, no wonder you've had bad weather, there were some really strong winds around Stornoway recently. Hope everything gets sorted out for you. Whereabouts exactly are you? - my wife has been to Lewis and thought it was wonderful. It's a place I'd like to visit at some point (well, you've put me off a bit but still...).

I'm at the southernmost tip of south Harris.  It's all amazing here usually.
I saw somebody's shipping container had been rolled over onto their car.  It takes something special to roll a shipping container.


Edited by Stool Man - January 14 2015 at 10:27

Have you ever thought of replacing the steel strings with nylon strings?

If different gages of weed whacker nylon string were used I think it would provide more sound. I am interested in the process because it seems really open to using different materials. I am interested in building an upright free standing version to place somewhere in the yard. i am sure the neighbors will be thrilled. Any imput?

Thanks looks great. I like the look of wood.

Aye, my weed-whacker is a machete, though more often than not the weeds win. 

 I don't think that Black & Decker or Husqvarna put "Weed Whacker" on their packaging, even in the colonies.

 

I heard in Australia they are called whipper snippers.

timothy leary wrote: I heard in Australia they are called whipper snippers.

I'm not Australian but I live there and yes, I think you're right. They can of course be pressed into service as a dicincentive for the indigenous whipper snappers to ever encroach on your property ever again (but you never heard that from me right?...)

Exactly ten years ago, in January 2005, I made the decision to explore the world of Progressive Rock.  With the exception of Pink Floyd, who I grew up with from the age of ten, I'd always avoided prog and instead listened to classic rock & pop, blues, avant garde weirdo nonsense, and numerous other sorts.  I'd had a few of the obvious albums over the years, but not many at all, and rarely more than one album by any band apart from Floyd. 
On making my decision, the first bands I newly discovered that I loved were Traffic, Jethro Tull, Caravan, and Focus.  And then I discovered this place, and here we are