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I was down at my daughter’s kindergarten last night- after the cleaners and painters had done their thing over the Xmas break, all the rolls of carpet and kids’ furniture and toys had been stacked, so was doing my bit putting them back in the main room. (Furniture being play fridges, play ironing boards, play [...]
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Chek out Barry Shield’s website, or his Etsy page for his USS Enterprise coffee table. Rather cool, although it might have a more limited audience, especially at $US3100! You could also find something suitable for your cat, such as this scratching pole, pictured on Imgur by Hobbitron Live long and prosper
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For regulars of this site, you’d know my preference for cyclonic dust collection. There is one time particularly, when a cyclone just won’t do it for you- when you’ve used it, and used it, and ignored it, and the bin has overfilled! Sure, we can lift the lid and check levels, but that is often [...]
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In the automotive industry (in particular), the feeler gauge is an invaluable tool for setting precise clearances. You can get a cheap one for a few bucks, or spend significantly more for ones with a huge range of sizes and smaller tolerances of error. I do use one in the workshop, but there are not [...]
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Convert Old TV Cabinets Into State of the Art Play Kitchens The linked article proposes an absolutely brilliant idea for old entertainment (aka CRT screen-based) units. Turning them into toy kitchens. Stunning work, and worth reading the background articles. Genuine congratulations to both for such amazing repurposing of old furniture, and irrespective, a couple of [...]
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Woodcraft (in the US ( ) ) have created a site for you to become more inspired about starting up a Woodcraft franchise owner. Sure would be tempting! $50,000 startup fee Total startup investment around $500,000-$600,000 Currently 76 franchises and 4 owned stores They take 5% Gross revenue, and you need to have at least [...]
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Issue 3 (otherwise known as Issue 1, 2012) of ManSpace is out now. Still a massive $6.95, or $5 for subscribers. An interesting effect on the cover with selective varnishing to highlight details in the images and text. I have a couple of articles in the current issue: (there are obviously a lot more articles [...]
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Kindergarten is about to start again, so typically, I have a few jobs I promised that have been left until the 11th hour. Not much to do – a few of my road signs from last year that need running repairs (turns out 4/5 year old boys are more into javelin or whacking things than [...]
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23 January 2012. My daughter’s 5th birthday, celebrated with a large party of family and friends a couple of days ago, and on her actual birthday with grandparents, lots more presents, and time. For a year or so before Jessica was born, I was heavily invested (timewise) in the Australian Woodwork Forums, moderating, writing and [...]
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Well it didn’t take long (in fact pretty much immediately, but I was waiting for the deal to be complete), but the spare Torque Workkcentre I was selling has now gone to a new, enthusiastic home. We spent some time looking at the Torque, then did some other talking – about woodworking, websites and everything [...]
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