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Make-n-Do

Building a mezzanine stairs, part 1
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Building a mezzanine stairs – part 1

12/05/202127/07/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1018 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This is one of those projects you regret starting soon after you do – but stubbornness, or fear of failure drives you on to a happy ending.

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Building a mezzanine extension for timber storage
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Building a mezzanine extension to store long timbers

28/04/202101/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5042 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This was another of the big projects I did in my shed recently – creating a long-timbers storage space by extending the existing mezzanine.

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Epoxy-painting my workshop floor
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Epoxy coating my workshop floor

21/04/202101/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2283 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This was one of the major makeovers I did on small(ish) woodworking workshop – epoxy-coating the raw-concrete floor.

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Making Hayley's Christmas present
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Making a Zen Christmas present for a six-year-old

15/03/202101/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3331 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

It’s not easy making Christmas presents for grandkids – competing with shiny, noisy things that go ‘ping’.

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Spinning top made from Nana's wooden bits
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Making a spinning top from Nana’s wooden bits

05/03/202101/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1490 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

All I could think of for a three-year-old’s birthday present was a spinning top. And I made it from Nana’s wooden bits.

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Make-n-Do style clock for a bar
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Make-n-Do style clock for a bar

13/01/202121/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 979 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My daughter wanted a clock for the bar in her new home. She explained her design concept and I agreed to give it a go – Make-n-Do style.

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Hidden (shock) cost of a DIY demolition job

06/12/202021/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 796 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This job was a long time coming and a long time doing. I could see the cracks in the wall opening wider year after year.

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Fixing rust on the roof of my car

08/09/202021/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 938 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rust on your car creeps up on you over several years and you almost get used to looking at it. Until, one day, you actually decide to fix it.

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When signs say the best way forward is to start again

22/07/202004/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1248 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

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.

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A serious sign points to what’s next

17/07/202004/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 977 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

If 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.

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Power-tool powerbank on French cleat

12/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1229 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Six 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.

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My roving shop organiser – another free bitzer

11/07/202011/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 999 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This 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.

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Make-n-do with a near-free mitre-saw-table build

07/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 940 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Sometimes 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.

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Very convienient vertical storage system – French cleats

05/07/202005/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1881 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I am blessed to have a double-garage space to work in – BUT – since it also has to accomodate

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The scariest project I’ve ever tackled – Part 2

23/06/202024/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 887 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

If 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.

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The scariest project I ever did
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The scariest project I’ve ever tackled – Part 1

20/06/202024/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1490 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I 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.

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I got a new power tool and put it to good use straight away
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I got a new powertool – and put it to good use straight away

18/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 899 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie 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.

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Dismantling my old workbench to better use the space

15/06/202018/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 981 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

In 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.

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Bustin’ holes in the side of my house

12/06/202018/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1684 Views 4 Comments Make-n-Do

Not 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.

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I made a rock-solid bench for less than $40

05/06/202018/06/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1406 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Using scraps and  scrounges, I made myself a rock-solid wood-working bench that will serve me well for a long time to come.

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