Author Archives: Olivier Dehon

Almost ready for holidays

About to go on holiday but feeling blue with all the rain in the UK and 50 years birthday bash coming soon….

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Sous-Vide Temperatures

Some Temperatures for sous-vide cooking from a couple of books.    

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Work with Beth

Easy

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Ski Racing !

Happy I can still race down a track…loved the family racing all together!    

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Cleaned the toilet !

It was a spring clean requirement!…    

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Trivet 2

Made a new Trivet design, inspired from some Pinterest boards I had visited months ago… Laser cut from 3mm Bamboo, then glued together to make 9mm thick, then sanded to 2000 grit to give nice feel and sheen. The fit … Continue reading

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Handlebars

Made a complete project with my XCarve. It all started with a friend who was trying to repair a second-hand child bicycle trainer. The handlebar was broken and glue was never going to work. The part is not very complicated but … Continue reading

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Making a Stool with X-Carve

My first true design of something for the Xcarve. There has been a few mistakes along the way and still have not managed to get a final product from the machine yet… I am close. The router bits, feeds and speeds … Continue reading

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Repairs for the pond

The electrics have been playing funny for a few months. The RCD is tripping the whole house when I use my Laser…I have been trying to understand what is the source of the problem exactly but simply cannot source a … Continue reading

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I got my Farmbot ! – must wait…

Got my Farmbot a couple of weeks ago [here], I must wait until the garden is all re-done to be able to build it into the glass house I am planning to install in the back of the garden. It … Continue reading

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Making a nice Ham for Aperitif

I have made some “Jambon a l’eau”, with the new meat slicer it is easy to make very thin slices which make a very nice aperitif for “after work” recovery. I buy a gammon which I cook in a big … Continue reading

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Perfect Meat Slicer !

I knew the best brand for a meat slicer was Berkel, but their machines are simply too expensive for a home user, until very recently when they introduced the Homeline. It is still very expensive so it took me a … Continue reading

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Curry Tree

I have some flowers on my curry tree!

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American Biscuit

Today for some reason, I had a very strong desire for American Biscuits…no idea why, but I certainly could not resist the urge to make some! Very simple if you have the right ingredients.           Ingredients … Continue reading

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Fast Slow Cooker

I love slow cooking food but it is too long to wait !…Here comes the fast slow cooker, essentially a pressure cooker mixed with a slow cooker or the opposite… 🙂 Perfect to make ribs….or bolognese sauce…       … Continue reading

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Fish food

Made a container for the fish food. It is simply a recycling of a coffee beans container which I have sand blasted then created a small cap in Bamboo and then laser cut.    

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Voronoi Lamp

I made this lamp during a weekend, getting used to the Fusion 360 software. I am now converted from the Inventor “old” days. I find that a lot of improvements that I would want to have in Inventor is now directly … Continue reading

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Playing with Fidgets

Just discovered a new world of fun toys. They are called fidgets, essentially things that you play with when you feel very fidgety. They are toys that you can take with you everywhere and can use to put your mind … Continue reading

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Golf Gifts

My Dad is preparing for the 2017 edition of a golf tournament he organises in France every year. As Mum and Dad were over for a few days, we had the opportunity to “show-off” the capabilities of the: Digital Fabrication … Continue reading

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A few of the things I made for Xmas

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