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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My weekend rainy day project: vacuum adapterfication

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Recent adventure involving actual kitchen sink.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Luggage rack allows for shenanigans, animal crates full of geese cause funny looks.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Saw a twin in the wild. Massive frbricated rear flares that would have hung 200m wider on each side of the tray

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I have broken search recommendations for a while.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Also road tripping, picking up electrons in Fielding.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Only place I could find the hydraulic fittings I needed for tractor was a speed shop... Should I put their sticker somewhere on it?

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

For some reason it's boosting my mental health to imagine that the blocks of wood are spray painted orange.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Long weekend energy crisis activities. Felled an old poplar shelter belt for garden mulch and firewood.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Pile of cat in the sauna to distract you from reactorbros.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Freehold, in spite of how far away it is, we share a boundary.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Snap :-) I built this recently to live at the bach

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Yeah it's a heavy beast for sure, only way to get these to go into the ground here

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Drilling pilot holes, complete with ladder start. For scale reference I'm 2m tall.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

What the business end of the drill steel looks like

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

New drill bit for the current greenhouse project at home. Size 12 foot for scale.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Learning the machine by doing simple stuff

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Here's what you had, the ground resistance is why you only had 180V. Often the resistance of a domestic earth stake can be hundreds of ohms

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

More PFAS off to meet the fiery furnace rather than sticking around forever.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Smart cat is smart when the fire is on.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Cat thinks that the sauna is entirely for her.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Trademe pickup electric mission.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Ridiculously photogenic country.

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Patrick Herd @patrickherd.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

She also has the 750cc version: it kiiind of fits central cup holders, fits in the door pocket bottle holder no trouble. Needs a big handbag

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