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Posted on12/05/202113/06/2021

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Old Tools

Posted on12/05/202121/05/2025

People still ask me what tools I started out with and do I still have them, so I have kept track of some of the tools I no longer use or I have had in Read More …

Star Wars – IncredaBuilds

Posted on11/05/202103/06/2021

: BB-8

: Tie Fighter & X-Wing Fighter Millennium Falcon

: Millennium Falcon

: Tie Fighter

: Star Destroyer

: A-Wing

: X-Wing Fighter

: AT-ACT – Rouge One

: AT-ACT – Rouge One

: A-Wing

: BB-8

: A-Wing

: Tie Fighter & X-Wing Fighter Millennium Falcon

: AT-ACT – Rouge One

: Millennium Falcon

: Resistance Bomber

: Star Destroyer

: R2-D2

: Star Destroyer

: R2-D2

: BB-8 and R2-D2

: Resistance Bomber

: X-Wing Fighter

: X-Wing Fighter

: Tie Fighter

: Tie Fighter

: Resistance Bomber

: Star Destroyer

: Tie Fighter & X-Wing Fighter

: R2-D2

: X-Wing Fighter

: A-Wing

: Millennium Falcon

So I bought the “Kreg Accu-Cut”

Posted on09/05/202102/06/2021

So I bought the “Kreg Accu-Cut” and the “Kreg Rip-Cut” for the circular saws, I also bought the “Kreg Precision Bandsaw Fence”. I also have other Kreg Jigs and bits and bobs.

Star Wars – Shop Builds

Posted on03/05/202103/06/2021

Kit build from “Incredi-Builds” of an X-Wing

Posted on02/05/202102/06/2021

I built a IncrediBuilds (an official Disney product apparently) mini X-Wing fighter. It is all laser cut out and you just have to assemble it. While it was fiddley putting it together, overall it was Read More …

Around the House

Posted on30/04/202125/09/2021

: SAMSUNG

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: Bog the walls.

: Expander foam filling in gap between kitchen Island and wall

: Fresh new look.

: DONE… next job… lol

: Following weekend… paint the darn thing… uh as bad as sanding. Just the top board and doors as well as the corner for the gibb edge. The fridge space should be able to take the average size fridge…

: Fridge, freezer back in place, one set of shelves done.

: Fridge section sealed and painted.

: ummm!

: Painted and smaller bench and shelves put in behind the bar.

: Behind the bar

: Lino laid even goes up under the sliding door and all.

: Starting to stock the bar.

: Just needs the rest of the balustrades

: What bits where now…??? (doesn’t look level but it is… lol)

: Installing the insulation.

: Installing and nailing in holding nails.

: Installing and nailing in holding nails.

: Pink Batts over top of the original insul-fluff…

: Nail plated Bourbon o’clock time.

: Nail plate

: Put in temporary stay pile I had to knock into place and then nail plate it in. It ain’t going anywhere… if it is then the rest of the house is moving with it and I can’t stop that :-/

: I do need to tweak the angle of the roll a little for the top ramp but as you can see I don’t have a lot of room. I have about a spare 5mm to raise the angle. I can’t just lower the back as then the can won’t roll forward. Hopefully it will be enough. It holds nine cans. If you take from the bottom the will roll the next can in. This is good for rotating your cans as the oldest then gets used.

: Go to the camera and find the three pictures of Central Otago and get the them enlarged. Put in to frame and re-seal back. Now the three pictures we took look like a bought set.

Shop Made Tools, Jigs & Storage

Posted on29/04/202130/06/2021

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: Connect to vacuum. Actually the photo is not the best angle on the lower blast gate there are two hoses coming into it, one from the chute and one from the main port. All I have to do now is tidy it all up. Seems to work so far… 🙂

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: The old clamp rack and shelf now on the french cleat. The blue peg board is also hung using a french cleat.

: Done… no screwing it to the wall… it just hangs on the cleat that is already secured to the wall. If I want to move the shelf I just move to another part of the cleat system in the shop

ANZAC Projects

Posted on28/04/202129/04/2021

Projects

Posted on28/04/202111/12/20221 Comment

: Fresh new look.

: Painted and smaller bench and shelves put in behind the bar.

: Concrete in.

: Stain with Rosewood stain.

: Go up stairs to the vinyl cutter and there we have it. Took about 30minutes to make. We delivered it the same night and the laughs were good.

: Front support. Leaving enough stop sliding and room to remove the jars easily. (it is going in the pantry after all)

: I do need to tweak the angle of the roll a little for the top ramp but as you can see I don’t have a lot of room. I have about a spare 5mm to raise the angle. I can’t just lower the back as then the can won’t roll forward. Hopefully it will be enough. It holds nine cans. If you take from the bottom the will roll the next can in. This is good for rotating your cans as the oldest then gets used.

: Go to the camera and find the three pictures of Central Otago and get the them enlarged. Put in to frame and re-seal back. Now the three pictures we took look like a bought set.

: Add the coasters to the coaster holder… and done. This took about 20 minutes to make and 10 minutes of that was finding the right bit of scrap wood. If you don’t have dowel you can buy a short length for about $2.00 from your local supplier ie; in NZ Mitre10Mega or Bunnings

: Perfect. A lot tidier an a couple of spare slots for new chisels.

: Very easy to hang shelf

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: Rehang out on the entertainment deck.

: Add a bit of 1220 x 600 x 18mm ply to the top… ‘villa’ a work bench… but it is not finished yet.

: One way or the other way…

: It was build with scrap wood I had scored from a builders clean that was in the skip.

: Pallet stool

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: GE DIGITAL CAMERA

: Xaria Creates product tag etched and cut on the xTool D1

: We made so several awards for Southern Rider (best bike, furthest traveled, direst bike, etc)

: Aluminum business used as a display tag

: Engraving the layout

: Older cutting board with Xaria Creates logo.

: Aluminum business cards

: A metal dog name tag

: Aluminum business used as a display tag

: A front door sign painted MDT with outdoor vinyl signage

: Bamboo Pens etched with names

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