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Prepping for the electrician

11/04/202611/04/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 491 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

I still haven’t called the electrician. Something was in my head, holding me back. Then it hit me – and

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Spring cleaning

04/04/202604/04/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 389 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This video is more of a “what I did off camera” report. Some jobs are just too boring to film.

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Bunker bench wood trim pt2

28/03/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 461 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This video, while not terribly exciting visually, feels a lot like progress to me. I finish the wood trim on

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Building a new pub wall in my shed

21/03/202621/03/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 501 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I built a small pub in the corner of my shed more than a year ago. But its back wall

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Making a trap door for my lift shaft

14/03/202614/03/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 589 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

The trapdoor over my lift shaft wasn’t a priority, but I decided to do it anyway. Main reason being that

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Adding edge trimmings

07/03/202607/03/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 460 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Getting down to the ‘fiddly bits’ of a project is both encouraging and frustrating. Encouraging because I’m obviously on the

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Dominos and grinding

28/02/202628/02/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 474 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I had some old electronics in my shed, awaiting disposal, for several years. My recent cleanup and declutter forced me

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Inertia and bargains

21/02/202621/02/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 537 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I had a slow week this week. The heat and humidity was one obstacle – and a mental block the

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Grafting and grinding

14/02/202614/02/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 641 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

This week’s work was more of an effort than it should have been. As usual, the issues were of my

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Prize idiot (nearly) installs dust collector

07/02/202607/02/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 694 Views 0 Comments

I’ve been plugging away with the dust collector move. It’s not a big deal – or shouldn’t be. All I’m

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Dust collector move pt2

31/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 778 Views 2 Comments

Moving a dust collector is no small task. Preparations for the move are dangerously dusty in themselves. The hardest, dustiest

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Preparing to move my dust collector

25/01/202625/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 677 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

To progress my basement project, I’m upstairs preparing to move and re-build my dust-collection system. Reason being, the dust collector

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Fixing my forklift

17/01/202617/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 833 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Remember that red hand-operated forklift I bought a little while ago – the one that wouldn’t wheel with a load

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Hanging my new door

10/01/202610/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 859 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

A door probably shouldn’t take this long to finish. But, since it’s my first time making a door, I guess

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Installing a 2025 time capsule

03/01/202603/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 711 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I started this element of my bunker build more than six months ago. But, of course, I had to hold

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Doors and distractions

20/12/202520/12/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1231 Views 2 Comments

Some weeks don’t go to plan. This past week was full of distractions. First, my brother needed me for two

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Make a door from rotten old fence

13/12/202514/12/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1195 Views 0 Comments

This week I make door panels from dirty, ‘rotten’, old fence palings. It’s unbelievable how much beauty is hidden beneath

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Dodgy door joinery

06/12/202506/12/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1534 Views 1 Comment

My little back-room space in the basement is shaping up nicely – especially since it started out as a nondescript

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My bunker backroom

30/11/202530/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1001 Views 1 Comment

The little space at the back of the bunker – behind the ‘shield walls’ – is shaping up nicely. Instead of

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Dealing with my piles (of dirt)

22/11/202522/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 783 Views 0 Comments

OK – I can’t put it off any longer – I have to re-arrange the piles of dirt on my driveway. It’s

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