The Shed

Greg Vincent, editor@theshedmag.co.nz Karen Alexander, Chris Hall Jude Woodside Sarah Beresford, Odelia Schaare, Jo Knight Mark Gibson, Henry Khov, Stephen Philp, Day Barnes Dean Payne, dean.payn@parkside.co.nz Kealy Mathews Murray Grimwood, Jude Woo

Dear Greg, Thanks for a great The Shed issue 104. I am making a new woodworking bench myself, so I was interested in John Shaw’s approach to making one, but the article which really caught my eye was Murray Grimwood’s ‘The Ultimate Thermette?’. I hav

Dear Editor, I decided my old ni-cad-powered battery drills were past it so shouted myself a new Lipo/brushless 18-volt model. I would have liked a DeWALT but couldn’t justify the price at my age so bought a Bosch with a detachable chuck for drilling

The seven electronic components A beep speaker (12V DC) Header cables A momentary switch (ideally with an internal LED light) An off/on switch Anti-static wrist strap Silver oxide paste (often bundled with the CPU) Jeweller’s loupe or magnifying glas

Featuring 18 of the best projects from the last 10 years, The Best of The Shed includes all of our most popular projects. With step-by-step instructions, the 176-page book will take you through a variety of projects, including a pizza oven, a trailer

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Spring is here! The bleating of the lambs in the fields next door and my fruit trees all abloom tell me that. But the rain doesn’t seem to want to let up. In fact, it hasn’t really stopped raining since May. I know this because that was when I starte