Recent content by andyaus

3 down and 1 to go :) Today I made the mount for the vice, This one needed to go to the floor for obvious reasons ;) This vice has special importance to me as it is the vice that I grew up with from my Fathers shed in New Zealand, When we moved him out this was the only thing I really wanted to...

Well you have been a busy boy :) Very tidy Anth.

After pulling 5 barrow loads of dirt out, Leveling and compacting I cleaned and laid 350 pavers (the first recycling of the old driveway ) Swept and vibrated 160kg of mortar mix in to the gaps then wet and brushed. Will clean up the finished over the next days as the mortar should be kept moist...

Thanks, Yes I was hoping for this look while been functional to hide power cables and air lines while also still allowing this space to vent well :)

Every day I do a couple of jobs around the house while hanging out with my 3yo :) Today's workshop job was the 2 sections of pitch trim, I cut them to size on the saw bench then hole sawed and router'd the rest to finished. A few coats of painted and I installed after they had dried, Very pleased :)

Thanks mate, Yeah I probably have too many but they are my main hobby so I love working on them :) I cut out a lot of other distractions so I can focus on them once the shop is complete ;)

Hi All, Have been working on the details around the shop. Sorted out my compressor and air lines :)

Bumped in to my Sparky today and he hooked me up with some extra 6mm power cable to complete the rough in of the main sub board feed, It fought me a little but it's done. The most exciting thing is that I have taken Friday off and he is coming over to connected the Board and finally have stand...

The Devil is in the details 😄 This weekend I focused on all the finishing item's, I started by adding the discrete supports under the bench which has made all the difference :) Next I install all 18 power points, including the ones over the work bench :D Next up was the architraves in the clean...

Nice, I run all my cars, Just not like I'm a kid again hahahaha

Thanks, Yes it feels really nice inside and I'm really looking forward to it been completed so I can just enjoy it :) Cheers Anth, Yeah I have 2 on-roads but as you can tell I love the dirt hahahaha

Well I have completed a fair few of the item's on the to do list :) The carpet is down, the assembly bench is built and the rack display for my models is built. After a cleanup weekend last weekend, This weekend I got on with finishing the external door frame and decided to use the leftover...

Thank's mate, Progress made ;) I did a little in the shop tonight, Finally cleared off the Fab bench :D The next step is to remove all the machinery and repaint Grey to match the shop ;) Also completed the wiring to the 65" touchscreen and tested :D

So I top coated the shop walls yesterday and after work tonight I fitted up my signs from the old shop :) I still need to fit the trim between the top and tin and of course all the power points :P It's starting to look like a shop now after putting the stuff around the sides

Well that cleaned it up nicely mate :)