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First Steps in Organizing a Workshop
A neat, well-organized workshop is the dream of many do-it-yourselfers and professionals. A corner in a room or garage is all you need to start setting up your workshop. If you plan to spend your time there often, then it
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Tags: Lighting, Organisation, Setting Up, Sponsored, Ventilation
Workshop layout
This week I painted up the next 2 boards for the workshop benches. So I should have these up and usable by the end of the week. Having reviewed the location of the power sockets and also thought about how
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House and Workshop
It has been a busy few weeks with some key autumn maintenance jobs on the house. Primarily cleaning out the gutters. Armed with a new ladder and a standoff, I headed up to clean out the lower level gutters. Some
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A new beginning
Back in January 2008, I set myself a challenge to have the Workshopshed up and running by my birthday in March. I just about achieved that and had a bench built for the lathe. This week I moved into the
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The Workshopshed is dead, long live the Workshopshed
This is my last post from the original Workshopshed. All the tools and materials are boxed up, ready for a move to Scotland. Over the last 13 years, I’ve spent many happy days in the shed and it’s allowed me
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A new home for Workshopshed
There are some radical changes for the workshopshed. I’m currently boxing up the tools and materials so I can relocate to a new workshop.
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Tags: Cleaning, dust extraction, gas, Sponsored
Shed of the year 2020 – Finalists
This year marks the 20th year of readersheds, a website setup by Andrew Wilcox aka Uncle Wilco for people to celebrate their sheds. That spawned the shed of the year competition in 2007 which even spent a few years on
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Tags: Shed of the Year
Extractor Fan
As mentioned on the Guild of Makers Conference post, I picked up an extractor fan at the swap meet. This was a powerful dual blower style fan with a timer and an external trigger. There’s also a microswitch that controls
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Tags: extractor fan, fumes
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
