scottyfromtherigs
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Hi, my name is Scott, old? retired rig mechanic, hence my user name, scottyfromtherigs....started as a joke many years ago, and at least among my offshore mates, the monika kind of stuck... haha.
I moved from Perth in Western Australia, down to the south west corner of the state, approx. 5 years ago, bought a 100 year old house, with no shed other than the old garden shed out the back, 10feet by 10feet of mouldy misery. Forthwith, now known as the scary shed.
After about two years, finally cleared enough trees and vegetation to build a decent workshop, approx. 6 meters x 5.4 meters, not the biggest, but by far the best and largest workshop I've ever had, so I'm happy with that.
In this workshop, I go about my hobby of restoring and maintaining my seemingly ever expanding fleet of classic cars and motorcycle (1). I own a 1966 Mustang, had this since 2000 and it came from California. Next, I have two Volkswagen's, a 1965 spit window Kombi (under restoration) and a 1973 Kombi, which is partly my daily driver. Only the Mustang, the 65 Kombi and my motorcycle (a 1942 741 Indian, currently also under restoration) reside in the workshop. My 73 Kombi lives out in the carport, next to my wife's car.
The 100 year old house demands a fair bit of my time. It is a brick front wall, and all remaining walls are cedar clad, over a jarrah timber frame, Jarrah being a West Australian hard wood. Originally, the house was a two room cottage, and sometime in the '70s, was extended into a two bedroom house. Structurally, the house is good, and it has a tin roof.
My old man was a carpenter, and I am reasonably competent enough with wood work, to get by around the house doing odd jobs here and there. I guess some skills rubbed off the old man and I managed to pick up a little along the way. Rest his soul. I have a wood working area, seperate to my workshop, at the side of the house, under a bull nose verandah, that keeps my gear out of the weather. I have all his old woodworking tools, plus some much older tooling from my grandfather, also a carpenter.
Well, I'm in danger of waffling on, so I will wind up the intro. Cheers, thanks for reading, looking forward to participating in the forum! Scott
I moved from Perth in Western Australia, down to the south west corner of the state, approx. 5 years ago, bought a 100 year old house, with no shed other than the old garden shed out the back, 10feet by 10feet of mouldy misery. Forthwith, now known as the scary shed.
After about two years, finally cleared enough trees and vegetation to build a decent workshop, approx. 6 meters x 5.4 meters, not the biggest, but by far the best and largest workshop I've ever had, so I'm happy with that.
In this workshop, I go about my hobby of restoring and maintaining my seemingly ever expanding fleet of classic cars and motorcycle (1). I own a 1966 Mustang, had this since 2000 and it came from California. Next, I have two Volkswagen's, a 1965 spit window Kombi (under restoration) and a 1973 Kombi, which is partly my daily driver. Only the Mustang, the 65 Kombi and my motorcycle (a 1942 741 Indian, currently also under restoration) reside in the workshop. My 73 Kombi lives out in the carport, next to my wife's car.
The 100 year old house demands a fair bit of my time. It is a brick front wall, and all remaining walls are cedar clad, over a jarrah timber frame, Jarrah being a West Australian hard wood. Originally, the house was a two room cottage, and sometime in the '70s, was extended into a two bedroom house. Structurally, the house is good, and it has a tin roof.
My old man was a carpenter, and I am reasonably competent enough with wood work, to get by around the house doing odd jobs here and there. I guess some skills rubbed off the old man and I managed to pick up a little along the way. Rest his soul. I have a wood working area, seperate to my workshop, at the side of the house, under a bull nose verandah, that keeps my gear out of the weather. I have all his old woodworking tools, plus some much older tooling from my grandfather, also a carpenter.
Well, I'm in danger of waffling on, so I will wind up the intro. Cheers, thanks for reading, looking forward to participating in the forum! Scott