7 October 2025
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In the past, I’ve had success printing small containers in what is known as spiral vase mode. Unlike regular printing, which breaks a model into many discrete layers, vase mode creates a base and then builds the rest with a … Continue reading
20 February 2024
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When I got my tuba, I also got a trumpet and a marching euphonium (which looks like a massive cornet). Tuba is the one I’ve been learning properly but I thought I’d get the trumpet out today and see if … Continue reading
4 January 2024
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I mentioned yesterday that the reef knot was one of my standbys. After a bit of time playing with the knots in the knot book I’ve had on my shelf for a long time, I realised that what I’ve been … Continue reading
3 January 2024
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For a long time, I’ve been aware that my ability to tie knots is limited. I’ve got a few I can do easily, like the shoelace bow (pretty much every day for decades) or the reef knot (my standard when … Continue reading
24 February 2023
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I’ve recently been giving a friend some informal banjo lessons. Anyone who knows banjo playing and knows my banjo playing is probably wondering how that is working out as the truth is that I’ve been more of a banjo owner … Continue reading
30 October 2022
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Gosh, that was a long day. Not long after 9:30am this morning I was setting up to lead the music at church and not long before 9:30pm I was finally getting home to unload after having spend a long afternoon … Continue reading
6 April 2022
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When I joined the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra towards the end of last year, it was to bring my sight reading skills up to scratch. They are definitely improving although I’m a long way from being able to pull a … Continue reading
16 February 2022
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A while ago, I signed up with bass education site Scott’s Bass Lessons. There’s a wealth of learning material on there, which tends to go further and have more structure than random videos picked off the internet. It also has … Continue reading
26 January 2022
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I may make my debut playing keys in public this Sunday morning. Our sound engineer is suffering with a heavy cold at the moment so I could end up flying the desk instead but, if not, I might sit at … Continue reading
11 September 2021
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I wonder what a lecture theatre sounds like today? When I was a student, the sound of the lecturer was accompanied by the scratch of pens on paper. If we wanted to reflect on what we’d heard — and to … Continue reading