The build is coming along just swimmingly! At the end of this video I have pretty much the entire frame complete. It’s all puttied up and sanded smooth. Though to be honest I could probably spend a bit more time sanding it if I wanted.… Read More »Building a Plywood Bandsaw – Part Two Frame
3 and a 1/2 years ago I decided I wanted to build a bandsaw, so I went and bought plans from Matthias Wandel over at woodgears.ca. So that means that for 3 and a half years I’ve been putting this build off because I’ve been… Read More »Building a Plywood Bandsaw
At last count, I have over 20,000 photos on my computer of my family and our the lives from the past ten years. I maybe have 10 photos actually printed out and on display around the house. I really want that to change, so this… Read More »A picture frame jig and some photo frames
Winter may not have arrived yet technically, but you wouldn’t know that from the chill greeting me in the mornings these days. I think I’ll be investing in a small heater for the workshop soon, it will just be too cold to enjoy being out… Read More »It’s programming time – Fit It – Mach II
It’s been a couple of years since our pet Cocoa passed away, and for the past few months I’ve been entertaining the idea of a new furry friend in the house. I’m very happy to say that this week we brought a new dog into… Read More »Building a doggy bowl stand for my new mate!
I don’t have too much to say this week, I’m on holiday with my family! We’ve headed up to the Gold Coast to visit family, enjoy some warm weather and check out the theme parks. In the days leading up to this trip i managed… Read More »Simple Shop Improvements
I’m currently on annual leave, it’s been a year since I’ve had some time off so I thought I’d take it while the kids were home from school. The problem is that I always end up regretting that I haven’t done enough, so I try… Read More »Out with the carpet, in with the floor boards!
A couple of months back a good friend of mine at work got me interested in a tv show I’d heard of, but never watched. It’s called Archer, it’s a cartoon, but it is definitely not for children. The humour is very dark and cheeky,… Read More »Pam Poovey Scrollsaw Art
Here’s a little more info about the tools in my shop, I’ll just focus on the ones which I show in my shop tour video from last week. If you are interested, the total value of tools came to be roughly $3000. That’s a bit… Read More »Some of my tools
I’ve had requests for a shop tour for a while now, but always thought it would be bit boring to sit through. But recently I had a mate come around who isn’t all that into woodworking; but who still seemed fascinated by all the stuff… Read More »Shop Tour – 2017
Inspiration Ever since I was little, I’ve loved the look of vintage radio sets. I never much cared for the crackly, low quality sound which came out of them, but I loved the look. I’ve not had a radio in the workshop since I rebuilt… Read More »‘Carlton Football Club’ Antique Style Shop Radio
These days I tend to only get shop time in on the weekends as I work a fairly regular monday to friday job. And a problem with that is that in Australia the main football competition, Aussie Rules (AFL), is played predominately on Saturday and… Read More »Building my Shop Radio