Cut my fire in half.

Hi all been doing a little bit more work on the van or should I say in the van.
This time I have been cutting the Providence  gas fire in half that the one I paid £300 for a few months ago I knew that I was going to do this before I got the fire.
When the fire arrived I had no other option because of the size of the fire if you have been following my blog you know that I took one of the benches out in order to make a little living room with a chair and table. Leaving the fire full size would not allow me to do this I could of got round this by getting a smaller Valour gas fire but there not the best looking things.
I priced having the fire cut by a black-smith which I was quoted £300 inc Vat, but being me and not able to sit still for long thought i would have ago myself.
Having made and sold a few log burners made from old gas bottles in the past the work is not a problem, however not having any tools other than a junior hacksaw might be.
Not wanting to go and buy more tools  due lack of storage I decided to cut it with a junior hacksaw
no joke I cut the whole job with just the hacksaw and when I needed too, taking the blade out of the holder and just use the blade itself.  It was hard work cutting the thin side panels but cutting the top and the base was not that hard took me two days to do but well worth the effort.
The end result will be well worth the hard work and make my life a little better.

Video
Cutting my gas fire in half.

Just Having a whinge today

Hi all just having a whinge today, sorry for not doing much of anything at the moment just going through a is it all worth it thing  its nothing to do with the van life its to do with the time and effort am putting into this blog and others. Along with the hobby ( making the guitars ) its not really giving me any time to pursue my other interest like photography, fishing, walking,.
I some times feel I must keep doing you tube and the blogs but to be honest with you this blog has only attracted 11 followers yet it has had nearly 15,000 views worldwide and my you tube has 455 followers and 123,000 which is good working off grid can be very restricted at time IE battery power and wifi connection along with the massive up load times of some videos not only is it time consuming its also very frustrating for me,knowing that i am not giving it all the attention it needs and deserves.
 I need to find another selling outlet for my guitars not wanting to use EBay and the likes I,am in the process at building a web shop for selling my cigar box guitars along with a blog just for SBBG.UK .
some where along the line something has to give but which well thats my whinge over with for now comments are welcome. 

Fretless 3 string guitar

This is a very nice frettless 3 string guitar made from half a chessboard for the back and a food warmer plate on the front is has a piezo stick pickup along with a volume control