To help stop your bucket from leaking. Get some cotton string or rope. Soak the string in either beeswax or vegetable oil, and pack it the grooves on the underside of the bucket. Cross your fingers. Fill the bucket with water again and see if it leaks. A small string soaked in beeswax and packed in the grooves on the side of the bucket. May keep the bucket from leaking, fill with water and try again.
Just had a buddy ‘mate’ of mine ‘nick’ his thumb on his table saw the other day. Broke his thumb in two places and turned the meat into slaw. I bought him some push sticks two days too late. Be careful my friend! Our eyes aren’t what they used to be. :-) Great projects! Thanks for sharing.
Ha! That’s my “third hand” for stabilising a part when Tig welding. I made it from aluminium. It’s weighted so the finger puts pressure on a part to hold it in place.