Plug into Safety
During National Shed Week, the Electrical Safety Council is reminding people of the electrical safety issues in their sheds with their Plug into Safety campaign. “Of the top five ‘shed hazards’ identified below, three relate to electrical safety: storing mains-powered
Latest from The Salvager
This month sees the introduction of a new magazine. “Salvager” is by Rico Daniels from “The Salvager” and “Le Salvager” fame. In this first edition he tells a little about his history, about salvaging, Life in France including the problems
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Tags: magazine, Rico Daniels, Salvager
Things seen on holiday
Whilst I was on vacation I saw this rather unusual sundial. I did not count the dials but apparently there are a total of 51 of them. I also saw this metal gate with a very distinctive design. More info
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Tags: metal gates, Photo, Sundial
Winner of the shed of the year
It’s good to see that this year’s shed of the year winner is a workshop/studio. Jon Earl’s shed is an old First World War billet hut that’s been turned into a venue for recording acoustic music so he’s named it
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Junk Sculptures
As you might be aware I love seeing stuff welded together from old scraps. There’s lots of people who make such things, here’s a few I’ve found around the web. Junktures do things at a small scale with pieces for
Top Workshops
@unclewilco has kindly published the top sheds in each category for shed of the year. The top 5 in the Workshop/Studio category are: Songs from the shed Jon Earl,Clevedon N Somerset In The Shed Nicola Brown,Shrewsbury Jaggy paintbrush tattoo Dave
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Miller Welding Project Challenge – What Drives You?
Miller Welding are running a welding projects challenge for 2011. Submit your welding project to them before August 10, 2011 and you could win your choice of welders, clothing or plasma cutters. Judges are looking for creativity, quality of presentation
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Tags: Competition
Trustee from the Toolroom 1960
I was recommended the book Trustee from the Toolroom by a interesting chap who contacted me via twitter. or Trustee from the Toolroom (Kindle Edition) The book tells the story of Keith Stewart a ex-toolroom fitter who has decided to
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Tags: Shute, trustee from the toolroom
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
