Random New Year Stuff

 I seem to have loads of projects on the go all at once. I'm working on a Elm Bow, but first I had to replace a corroded and leaky mixer tap in the kitchen which is always a longwinded job.
Quiz question for the viewers at home. Do the flexible hose tails on a new tap have compatable fittings with where the old ones connected?
(spoiler alert... no they don't)

Having done that I'm trying to make space in the garage for my nice new blue MIG welder that I got for Christmas, it works a treat and is nice and light. I'll be scrapping the old stick welder, that my brother gave me years ago, which he'd been given in turn, which weighs a ton (no one I know wants it... If you are close to Harlow it's free to anyone who turns up!). The welder came in a nice box made of stiff board which was made of two sheets of card with cardboard honey comb inbetween. The base of the box being thin ply. I'm cutting the box down to a better size as it no longer needs loads of packing foam. I could have made a new box, but it's interesting material to work with. I'm just butt joining everything together then wrapping the edges/corners with 2 layers off stiff paper (from inside a roll of Christmas wrapping paper) applied with pva glue, it may seem a bit perverse, but it's rather fun... a bit like the papier mache you did as kids, but this actually works 'cos it's decent paper, decent glue and I now have the skill and patience. Also I'm no longer the youngest in a troupe of siblings who has no idea what's going on!

I've got a few projects line up for the mig welder, one of which is to extend the roller support that I use whe running logs through the bandsaw. It's not quite tall enough or stable enough and rather than supporting the end of the log it usually ends up falling over. It's basically an "A "frame and I'll extend the legs to give it a wider base and raise the apex.
The garage is cluttered up with the TV that conked out, the old welder and a load of scrap that needs to go to the tip. I need to go to a carpet shop and get a cardboard tube in which to pack the wonky Yew ELB which has found a new home... at least that pays for the new TV.
So I'm keeping busy.
My new years resolution is to protect my metal health by leaving forums that are full of people on the front end of the Dunning Kruger curve (you may wish to Google it) and are incapable of understanding or appreciating sound helpful advice. I'll also try and avoid Facebook trolls... put your hands in the air and step away from the keyboard.