I inherited an old bandsaw from my grandfather which worked but needed serious TLC. The wooden stand was trashed and the belt mounting was non-existent. Time to make a new one. Didn't help I had to fit it in the back of a 350z.. [ngg src="galleries" ids="404"...
This bandsaw came from my grandads shed. Was completely falling apart and always tripped the breakers in the house. After 3yrs sitting in my sisters garage it was time to bring it back to life and put it back into service. Starting Condition The starting condition was...
When I was going through and cleaning my poppa's shed, I came across some old hand planes in bad condition that I knew nobody else in the family would get it or care about them, so I was determined to bring them back to life and add them to my tool set ( I actually...
My parents had a bad habit of renovating houses when I was growing up and one thing that came from it was a lot of reclaimed rimu timber from old kitchens, old wall studs, benches and shelves. Lucky for me, my grandad was a bit of a hoarder of nice timber and as he...
As my console and retro gaming obsession began to take hold and with my tiny room to hold it all I had to come up with a easy setup solution. Luckily I had the chance to grab all the left over rimu timber from my poppa's old shed from our previous projects. Sizing it...
As did most people, around 2015-2016 I got introduced to Cards Against Humanity, one of the best party games ever. But unlike everyone else, I always go over board when I get into something new. So when I got hooked to the game a went a purchased every single...
This project turned out so well I just can't believe it was put together in a night whilst drinking too much bourbon and rum. How it started It all started when I wanted a beer pong table for my leaving party / birthday party. But I couldn't just have any old table,...
With the state of my little workstation I was in dire need of an all-in-one self contained storage unit. Everything at the stores was not the right fit or very expensive. The Planning A bit of doodling on a bit of paper and I figured out a way to get all the bits I...
Seems all my projects are music related. After the dumping of some great records on my desk from a friends mother I very soon ran out of ways to store them, even with my new alphabetical dividers it was getting annoying to sort through them. [ngg src="galleries"...