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The Shed September/October 2021 Issue 98 is on sale today throughout Australia

20 September 2021

Our cover story in this issue of The Shed magazine is on a Whanganui junk artist and bronze sculptor who uses various methods to achieve his pieces. Glen Macmillan works between his two sheds creating sculptures from recycled waste. His junk of choice is gardening tools, landscaping equipment, and farming equipment — particularly the older kind of hand tools that were made to last and had a bit of styling

Make a handy English wheel

14 September 2021

So it was time to start fabricating my own parts and for that I would need a so-called English wheel machine to mould the tank, guards, seat pan etc. But buying such a machine was “off the budget” as they come with a hefty price tag.
The next option was to build one. With not a lot of plans available, I could see that I’d have some homework to do.

Gasless wire welding is a breeze

25 August 2021

Gasless welding using a flux-cored wire is a MIG welding process that relies on a continuous, tubular wire feed. Gasless wire welding was originally designed as a replacement for stick welding, mostly for use outside where protecting gases could be blown away by the wind and higher productivity was necessary.

Video of glass making toolmaker, David Etchells

24 August 2021

This video of our cover story from the May/June 2021 Issue No. 96 of The Shed is about a sheddie who decided to avoid spending a fortune on tools for his new career and instead make his own.
Why? Because he could, it saved waiting months for delivery in these Covid-ravaged times, and there were considerable savings to be had. David Etchells is assistant to Fran Anderton in her glass-blowing business in Whanganui. He has brought some of his sheddie skills to Fran’s workshop that sees them using the tools that David has made to create amazing blown-glass products.
David shows us some unique tools specific for making glass and how he makes them.

Video of dolls house makers, Peter and Lynda Brocklehurst

19 August 2021

In The Shed January/February Issue 94, we featured these amazing dolls house builders from Christchurch.

Elegant planter box on a tablesaw

18 August 2021

The “Leader of the Opposition” has pointed me to the great outdoors and is making noises about things to house the shrubbery that materialises from the garden centre every weekend

The Shed September/October 2021 Issue 98 is on sale now

9 August 2021

Glen Macmillan works between his two sheds creating sculptures from recycled waste. His junk of choice is gardening tools, landscaping equipment, and farming equipment — particularly the older kind of hand tools that were made to last and had a bit of styling.

It’s a cinch

3 August 2021

Make your life easier with the Tusk Carbide Burr.

The Shed July/August 2021 Issue 97, on sale now across Australia

1 August 2021

Restoring motorbikes is what South Island sheddie Hayden Tasker loves to do in his workshop, but not just any motorbike.

Brazing and soldering

28 July 2021

Brazing can be described as the joining of two or more pieces of base metals together using a copper or silver-based filler rod.

Making a die nut

26 July 2021

A die nut is created with interrupted sections of thread around its internal diameter. Die nuts are simply screwed onto the threaded part. As they are wound down, they cut away any of the screw thread that is bruised (bent over) or out of line. A die nut cuts irregularities and scrapes off the dirt from the thread it is being used on so needs cutting edges, which are formed by the cut-away places.

We want your shed for our 2022 The Shed calendar

24 July 2021

We are now calling for entries for your shed to be featured in our 2022 The Shed Calendar.

A versatile set of drawers

21 July 2021

I have constructed this project to demonstrate the concept of modular design for a set of drawers.
A modular concept allows you to design drawer space to fit your needs. You can add on or change the layout to suit, or you could mix them with shelves to make up modules to fit an awkward space or just to express your creativity.

The making of Gloribelle

8 July 2021

A replica steam engine that made its first appearance at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway near Auckland in 2013 was much more than just another piece of interesting machinery. Built to mark 300 years since what was believed to be Thomas Newcomen’s first engine, made in 1712, it celebrates an invention that contributed significantly to the industrial revolution.

Turning out a crescent clock

22 June 2021

A crescent clock looks at its best if it is made from a stylish native timber.
For this project, I used a kauri block. When you come to select the wood which will be prominently on display in the living room or dining room, for preference choose a piece of timber that has a distinctive grain.

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