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Post a photo of the last thing you made...

At the risk of bringing this thread down a level, I'm gonna share my 'makings' yet againb😆. So the shed we had erected 10 years ago, was put up in a rush as I we had just moved in and were just 'making do'. As a result it was not only put on a slant, it was not not built by myself and nor were the timber bearers treated or having any sort of damp proof sheet/membrane tacked to them.

Now in an attempt to stop it rotting away before (my long term project, now coming close) I manage to build a brick building around it. I've started adding some 'items'. Also the roof needed a bit of a repair. So, in pictures (sides removed and linger length of rough sawn treated batten added, extra roofing felt blow torched under the old failing one etc).

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The front end is gonna have the t&g removed. Then an additional front added but this time nice and plumb. Paving slabs will hopefully get removed tomorrow and then made level after getting rid of some of the hardcore/muck. Actually will probs keep the hard-core come to think of it..

Old battens holding the edges of the felt down had basically rotted away after constant exposure to the one side. Maybe me not treating it regularly hasn't helped but I've tried.20260525_212248(0).jpg20260525_212249.jpg20260525_212231.jpg
 
Shafiq, do you have a pic of the brick building around the shed or do you mean you are raising the perimeter of the shed with bricks ?
 
duke said:
Shafiq, do you have a pic of the brick building around the shed or do you mean you are raising the perimeter of the shed with bricks ?
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Yes. Around that current shed once I have put a little extension on the front and bring it straight (as well as give me some extra storage space for now) I'll be digging down for a 15m² brick building base. Dig down at least 35cm (at the front of the shed to bring it level with the path at the back of the shed, where the fence sits which will be the back wall/bricks) and then some to pour in concrete and make some footings.

Then hopefully start building upwards slowly (the learning curve of brick buildings and all that) using the Alan G drawings as a rough guide for what/where I want what. I'll try and draw a pic 🫣😆.
 
Cabinetman said:
I’m just imagining trying to remove the shed from within a brick surround?
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Yes, you're right there. Might have to rethink that a little and (hopefully by then have a canopy nearer/attached to the outhouse) store the shed stuff elsewhere whilst I dismantle it when I can still get to it (mainly the roof I suppose). Otherwise space would be a bit tight though not impossible if I just smash everything from inside it (carefully).
 
@dukeit just occurred to me that my laughing face might get taken incorrectly. I wasn't laughing at the fact I was asked if I had a drawing. I was just thinking at how terrible my stick drawings are these days and how to jot whats in my brain down on paper.

Anyway, still a few niggles going on with my plans but, taking the project a little at a time. Managed to clear loads of mud today and make the floor level. Then decided I could maybe make the footprint a touch wider. Here goes, and if it all goes to pot then so be it 😃

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From where I am stood looks like top soil. But its the sharp sand that I removed. Coming to think about it now, it was so cool having my shed base done by a landscaper. Hardly any concrete I need to think about clearing/knocking awa..
 
This is a very cool thread.

I can't remember the last woodworking related thing I made, but I did put my hands to a little bit of art work last year - not sure if this counts. Please delete if it doesn't.

My good lady and I lived in the daughter's house for a while (we were in between moves - long story), and I went about decorating/general tarting up of the old house in preperation of selling. The small kitchen with a high ceiling presented a dull space above the wall cupboards, so I sketched and painted this simple mural of an Apline scene during sunrise, or could be a sunset. I used Homebase emulsion tester paints.
 

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I've been making some tessellations to fit into a base (that I will mill on the CNC) as a child's, or adult', educational toy.

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As you can see, I've been having trouble with my isosceles triangles. The pentagons, hexagons, squares and rectangles were all cut on the Kapex, but I've cut the ITs (I'm not trying to spell that again!) on the bandsaw, and the mitre gauge isn't so accurate. They're only about 0.5 degree out, but I think the rounding over of all the remaining edges will disguise that.
 
Malc2098 said:
I've been making some tessellations to fit into a base (that I will mill on the CNC) as a child's, or adult', educational toy.

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As you can see, I've been having trouble with my isosceles triangles. The pentagons, hexagons, squares and rectangles were all cut on the Kapex, but I've cut the ITs (I'm not trying to spell that again!) on the bandsaw, and the mitre gauge isn't so accurate. They're only about 0.5 degree out, but I think the rounding over of all the remaining edges will disguise that.
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Hey gezeer, it deonst mettar how we spel wrods, it all mekas secne in tit end. 😀

Nice work chap. 😍
 
Another good answer to the "what can I do with offcuts?" question!
 
AndyT said:
Another good answer to the "what can I do with offcuts?" question!
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Much of the stuff I've been making this year has been from offcuts of timber I've been using for my instruments, or the parts of the timbers not good enough for the instruments, but are good enough in smaller sizes.

i still hate throwing away the offcuts from these.
 
Remember these…….

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……well, when the temperature lowers enough in the workshop so I can work in there, I will have to mill the bases for the shapes to fit in.


So I sit indoors with all the doors and windows open and plan stuff on the laptop.
 
Remember when it rained some time ago? Well our back gutter overflowed, when I got up to look at the problem, the top of the swan neck had clogged. This has happened before, the gutter is not full of debris but it collects there so I made this.PXL_20260626_200523484.MP.jpg

And plugged it in the opening.PXL_20260626_200725498.MP.jpgi hope this will stop the pipe from filling up as it's a pain to clear it out, if the debris is just in the gutter it should be easier to remove.
 
One of my recuperation projects was some boxes for power carving tools. So I have made 3 boxes. Two are virtually the same size and one larger oblong but basically the same construction. Reclaimed oak, finger joints with plywood top and bottom. I bought some very cheap box hinges that are designed to stay open 4 pair cost me £6 as opposed to over £200 if I had used Smart hinges. I had low expectations so was pleasantly surprised that they work. Also I was very pleased with how easy they were to fit. Just a stop on the router table. I was even more surprised that they do a good job of aligning the box top and bottom. None of the faff you get with butt hinges.
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