Just got a dremel for an unrelated job and thought I should do something fun with it. Got a large bundle of cheap off brand bits as I don't really know which ones are going to be most useful.

Using a scrap offcut of wood, there are still some rusty nails in it! This morning I wanted to practice carving straight and curved lines in the wood. It isn't quite as easy as I thought, the wood grain changes the amount of resistance to movement and can push it to the side or slow down how fast its cutting.

The board is about 1.5cm thick, I also tried using one of the cutting discs, it seemed to cut alright but broke in half when I turned the dremel off. Got over 100 of them though. This board might be a little thick to use with these small cutting discs, pretty sure I would need the larger ones but I don't see any in the set I bought.

Once I feel more confident in holding the dremel steady I would like to try making something decorative. Probably start with a coaster as that is something small to get started with. Then look at oils for it too. Leaning towards plywood as it is more affordable, although this scrap wood is free and hasn't rotten too much yet. Might be worth sanding it to see what it feels like.

Got an allotment in the UK, around 100m² of usable growing space currently and I am looking to try and water it more efficiently.

Some ideas I find online are like sticking a water bottle in or with a fabric wick to water soil or pots. This would be highly impractical on such a large area.

Seen some interesting ideas that work for raised beds, but I don't really have the budget or materials to make raised beds without losing most of my space in the process.

Water reservoirs that you can top up sound appealing if that is possible. I don't mind quite a bit of work or a lot of digging. But I don't want something that will cost lots of money. Soaker hoses would cost 3 figures to cover an area this large, plus we are not allowed to leave hoses unattended.

I don't have a car to transport heavy materials and my plot isn't by the road so even if I did it would be impractical.

Just replaced the front brake of my bike, its terrible. It can barely even stop the wheel against me pedaling. The back brake is still using the original pad and doing a significantly better job.

All I did was remove the old one and put the new one in. Adjust the brake position slightly to avoid rubbing when the wheel spins.

Does it take time for a new brake pad to wear in at all? Is there something else worth trying? Its terrible currently.