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by Ian Holmes

The weather had been b—- awful. Rain, rain rain. 2½” on Friday alone. So I thought “I’ll build myself a micro.”

So here for your delectation is “Tenwr Mine”, so called because that is about all the time I invested in her during a wet weekend.

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Not truly “finished” of course. I can put a bit of clutter in there even in this small space, bit of pipework etc, need to disguise the entrance to the sector plate too …

The whole thing is 22″ by 6″ so it is less than 1 sq. ft. That was what I wanted to do. I’m pretty pleased.

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Update

I went down into the workshop about 7.30 this morning (11th October).

I emerged at about noon for lunch. I sat back and look at what I had achieved.

I was so pleased I give you this sneak preview. I still have a few bits to get done. Like that wire mesh fencing and the hand pump for the fuel oil drum …

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  • About Ian: Lincolnshire Lad Ian is doing valuable missionary work, bringing colour and humour (and especially the letter "u") to Minnesota. Among his other claims to fame are that he's the brains behind Gnine website. For more of Ian's sensible Gn15 work, visit his website.
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  • This article was published on Monday, October 7th, 2002
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