Wet Sand

A blog about everything that interests me. Woodworking, Engineering, Travel, Society, Architecture, Nature, Design and more.

28 August 2014

Boring!

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The next piece of furniture awaiting repair and restoration is Wardrobe No. 2, another oak piece.  It also appears to be locally made, with ...
12 August 2014

Wardrobe No. 1

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The latest project to leave the workshop and head into the house is this oak wardrobe. It was purchased on auction site TradeMe f...
02 August 2014

Armchair Restoration

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This project has been simmering away since May last year when I started a furniture restoration course with Johan Van Westen at In Studio . ...
01 August 2014

Space-walking Over New Zealand

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Cool photo of a space walk on the International Space Station as it passes over NZ.  Christchurch, Farewell Spit, Malborough Sounds and the ...
30 July 2014

Computers I Once Knew

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When I was about twelve I got my first computer, a ZX81 made by Sinclair, in Scotland of all places. Wikipedia The purchase price was N...
25 March 2014

Entertainment Unit Part 2

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Here is the completed entertainment unit in place. Completed unit The simple plywood doors run in an aluminium channel routed into ...

Another Beautiful Misty Autumn Morning

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Taken from the same spot as the previous blog, outside our bedroom window.  We are very lucky to live where we do.
18 March 2014

View From The Bedroom This Morning

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17 March 2014

Entertainment Unit Part 1

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This is a project that I have been working on sporadically for the last few months.  It's a built-in entertainment unit for our living a...
27 February 2014

Roofs 101

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The roof on your house performs a few different tasks, the main one being to shed rainwater effectively (at least in New Zealand, where it c...
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