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
If you’ve been here recently you’ll know that a couple of months back I had to sadly put my dog Cocoa down. I thought it was fair that the first project I get back in the shop and work on since then, was something to… Read More »Box Joint Photo Frame
My shopvac isn’t very high quality and a proper dust collection system is a long way off for me, but I’m sick of tasting pine with my evening meal. And I can’t leave anything in my shop without a thick coating of dust forming… Read More »Contractor Saw Dust Enclosure
Here’s a few photos of the Chair Rack build. There wasn’t a plan beforehand and measurements were made to fit the chairs I have, so I’m not sure that any plans are needed; but let me know if you want some and I’ll put something… Read More »Chair Rack Build Gallery
The past couple of months, I’ve had to make a few trips to A&R Secondhand Dealers, a second hand building supply store that is near me. I’ve picked up some cheap timber, a window frame and the sheet metal for my garage from there. Each… Read More »Let there be light
My sparky came around last week to run the wiring for the garage. It was only after he ran all the cords that we stepped back and realised what I’d asked him to do – install 19 power points in my garage! The whole garage… Read More »How many is too many?
So the next problem to face was the corrugated iron roof. I had planned to replace a couple of sheets where I knew the join had a fair bit of rust on it, but on the whole I thought the roof was in OK condition.… Read More »My Rusty Roof
As a result of a busy schedule involving two jobs, house repairs, the garage upgrade, 3 kids home on school holidays and other pressing matters, I’ve managed to let 3 weeks slide without updating the site! Apologies! Without further ado, here is where the #garage2workshop… Read More »Finally some progress…
Here’s some more progress on the garage conversion project. I spent the majority of the past couple of weeks labouring for my builder brother in law during the day, so I was pretty much spent when I made it home each night. Nonetheless, I managed… Read More »Garage to Workshop Build – part 2
Some garage stats for you. Currently: Entirely my domain, wife has no desire to use it at all. Roughly 9.3m x 3.3m (or even more roughly 30ft x 11ft). Has plenty of power, rated to around 40amp, but only 3 outlets and 2 working lights.… Read More »Garage to Workshop Build – part 1