When signs say the best way forward is to start again
One of life’s great lessons is to recognise when something you’ve put your heart and soul into for days just isn’t good enough – and start again.
Read moreOne of life’s great lessons is to recognise when something you’ve put your heart and soul into for days just isn’t good enough – and start again.
Read moreIf you’re a hoarder like me, you’ll have a piece of wood lying around always whispering – “I’ll come in handy for a nice job one day”. Well today’s the day.
Read moreSix hours of work in a six minutes of video – that’s a power trip! But, seriously, this powerbank for my power tools is a real asset in my wood shop.
Read moreThis project combines a free table I picked up from FB, with a bedside locker I found on the road – complete with someone else’s rubbish and spiders.
Read moreSometimes you just have to start over – which is the lesson in this video, as I take two attempts to make a near-free miter-saw table.
Read moreI am blessed to have a double-garage space to work in – BUT – since it also has to accomodate
Read moreIf you were left on the edge of a cliff with my last video – The scariest project I’ve ever tackled – welcome back for part2 and final of this epic project.
Read moreI did a very scary project in my shed last year. I wasn’t scared at the time, but looking at the footage now in editing, maybe I should have been.
Read moreRosie bought me a new powertool recently – a planer thicknesser – and it has served me very well on many projects thus far in my wood shop.
Read moreIn the fourth video of my new Make-n-Do series, I demolish my original, built-in workbench, now that I have a rock-solid bench on wheels.
Read moreNot clickbait – I seriously did bust a huge hole in the side of my two-storey brick-veneer house (on purpose) – and the house is still standing.
Read moreUsing scraps and scrounges, I made myself a rock-solid wood-working bench that will serve me well for a long time to come.
Read moreI’m starting a new vlog series from the editor’s wood shed called Make-n-Do, which = making do with limited cheapass tools and because doing makes better.
Read more