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It was old iron so it took 4 f clamps against the corner post to bend the iron and 6 100mm batten screws to hold them. good fun nice clean edge. Oils some great memories of high energy concerts with the crowd signing then running into 6 encores to deal with the energy. not a country that gives...

Having almost completed the largest most complex structure ever seen on this forum, move over concrete underground, it has all actually started to get garage related. The backyard wardrobe aka craft store now known as the studio, has allowed the garage to be emptied of stored items. Progress to...

I understand your point of view about dollars for material just not going to happen but lots of free labour yourself ! I am in a similar situation. The starting point is what can you scrounge. Metal is a good DIY solution for a roof, round here it would be span deck or corrugated often available...

love the look :)

Ah working with corrugated iron when it is 35- 39 celsius. Slowly :)

I am 42 and looking at retraining. I think we have a few times in life where things do not work out and we start again from scratch. Certainly a physical trade but a lot of the hand neck shoulder issues can be dealt with through stretching and massage. Enjoyed the job but not the people I...

Jawhorse - never sure about all the copies. I like the original invented by Triton Tools - Superjaws. Either way with a ton of clamping pressure mine gets used all the time. As does my poor mans copy of a workmate :)

More progress found a seconds building materials supplier about 2 and half hours away. Scored treated ply for the floor half price at $80 a sheet, a new backdoor so that the current door and window unit can be donated to the shed. Plus some 70x20mm decking for wall battens. My thanks to...

great job good to see a bit of manual labour ! I have always enjoyed digging great exercise and free endorphine high to boot :) watched some plumbers the other day trying to do a small job in rock they only had a small spade in the truck. Us diggers are better equipped mattock, rock pick light...

Not the best of weekends, but some progress late in the day Old galvanized iron circa 1970 donated by a friend, mongrel to cut gave the excalibur shears a good workout. The shears fly through modern zincalume, this stuff was a 2 man wrestle. 4 to go

Thanks occupantRJ, it is around here to, this one will be filled with the other half's craft supplies. Another common use for a wardrobe :) Given the era of the house the wardrobes would have been furniture not built in, which is why the two bedrooms are 5500mm x 4200mm (18ftx14ft).

Framing - cypress posts, treated timber. Around here most housing framing timber is radiata pine. Laughingly called structural it bends like a banana. Steel is the best option, but the budget is tight At this point the wardrobe served its next function of being a lighting rod to the whingers...

From the ground up (before pics currently missing) Simple post and beam structure 6 footings, site falls 700mm along the 5400mm length of the building Completed footing, I like digging and had removed about 2 cubic metres of soil at this point. Half the footings the concrete was mixed by...

There comes a time when the projects on this site inspire lurkers to tackle a bit of organisation. Weaving projects together and chasing the aim of multiple uses for all projects; a plan formed. The house is a 2 bedroom 1920's art deco workers cottage (interesting low status deco as opposed to...

excalibur shears from excalibur tools also do a fibre cement shear

Thank You Don attached to my hip for nine years, so quite a gap, miss the mayhem :)

Vale Jonah (05/2003 - 17/10/2012) Go hard - never grow old

Sorry have an annoying sense of humour, my location is a cryptic puzzle provided by location information and signature line.... Basic difference from memory is, you 120/240v split phase versus us 240v single phase thus giving you 240v across the phase potential, dredging that up could be good...

electrical theory is fine different countries different systems. curious about 120 v as our supply is all 240v active to neutral appliances are more likely double insulated than earthed. we step up to 415v 3 phase from 240volt 1 phase. round here functional earth is neutral protective earth is...

not familiar with 120v wiring so I am missing something here. 2 120v actives to give approx 220-240v and a neutral. So I would initially think the 4 pin plug is for an earthed appliance and the three pin for a double insulated appliance ? regardless of 3 or 4 pin your circuit is always active to...