Wet Sand

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25 May 2021

Vintage Tesla charging station spotted in Cardrona

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27 February 2021

Recent Projects

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  How quickly time flies, even in the midst of a never-ending pandemic.  The workshop has not been idle though.  A couple of herb boxes were...
09 November 2020

How do you like them Onions?

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  On the way back from a recent trip to Waitomo for some abseiling fun we stopped off at the Classic Museum in Hamilton.  On display were ex...
22 September 2020

Gather Round the Wireless

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  My brother-in-law gave us two mid-century radios from a house clearance a while back.  After evicting the borer from the cabinets, the inn...
27 August 2020

Offcuts and Offcut Offcuts

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  The plank used to make the lazy Susan was 40mm thick and was split in two to make the 20mm platter.  After resawing, jointing, thicknessin...
24 August 2020

Misty morning

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  View from bed.
20 August 2020

Around we go again

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  Lockdown Number 2.  Off to the wood stack to see what there is - some nice figured rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum).  Perfect for a lazy Susan...
12 August 2020

Pretty Weighty Jetty but not Muddy or Wet(ty)

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  A pond needs a jetty, but who wants to stand around in muddy water to build it?  So it was off to the workshop to frame it up undercover. ...
21 April 2020

What's in the scrap bin?

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Here are a couple of small projects for those lockdown Microsoft Teams meetings, Zoom sessions and FaceTime catchups. Both made from sc...
10 April 2020

Barstool Upgrade

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I bought a cheap second-hand barstool on TradeMe a few years ago for my standing desk.  Lately, it has migrated to the workshop to give a bi...
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