The Shed is Eclectic, informed and always fascinating, there is something to interest everyone in The Shed. Aimed at those with a few tools and perhaps a few clues, this is the magazine for real sheddies. Packed with ideas, projects, advice and peeks into other people’s sheds.
Ya don’t know what ya don’t know
PREP BEFORE PAINT • IT SEEMS AN EASY TASK BUT LEARNING THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE AND THE RIGHT PRODUCTS TO USE WILL RESULT IN A SUPERIOR, LONG-LASTING JOB
Paint additives
The new window putties
Flexible fillers
Why do I have to repaint my house but not my car?
The roof
Fillers, hard and soft
Sometimes you should blame your tools
Drying times
Getting smart with strippers
Where else can you get good advice?
Plenty of show and plenty of go • FOR THREE MAHURANGI COLLEGE STUDENTS, THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM WITH THE EVOLOCITY CHALLENGE — NOT ENOUGH VELOCITY
Calling all agricultural innovations • FIELDAYS AWARDS OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEVER KIWIS
The Shed online
Letters
the sound of silence • A NEW SILENT CIRCULAR SAW BLADE PASSES THE TEST
CHILD’S ⋆PLAY⋆ • A RETIRED SHEDDIE’S HANDMADE EXPLODING DUNNIES AND WOODEN MOWERS GIVE LOTS OF ENJOYMENT
PURSUIT OF PERFECTION • FROM SCIENCE EXHIBITS AND MODELS, TO WINEMAKING, POTTERY, AND PAINTING A KEEN SHEDDIE HAS AN EYE FOR EXCELLENCE
The National Science-Technology Roadshow Trust
Disc sanders
Mrs Panckhurst’s shed
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PLAN FOR THE WORST, HOPE FOR THE BEST • PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A CURE WHEN IMPORTING EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT YOURSELF
MDF gears
Insect display case
Laser-cutter installation
Asteroid games
SHARING A SHED • AN EV CONVERSION HAS LED TO A CENTRE FOR LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE TO GET GOING ON THEIR OWN PROJECTS
For the farm
Attitude
Pushing on
TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC • CREATING A FANTASY JOY MACHINE WITH THE HELP OF A BBC MICRO BIT
The most challenging part
Online sources/references/software
Tail light to the rescue • REPLACING A DODGY CARAVAN TAIL LIGHT PROVES TO BE A TRICKY JOB
THE ULTIMATE CRAFTSMAN • A SURGEON USES HIS DOWNTIME TO RENOVATE HIS VILLA AND CREATE SUPERB PIECES OF FURNITURE
Machines
Cabinet and bifolding doors
Wardrobe
Staircase
Craftsmanship
MINI FARMS MASSIVE SUCCESS • A CHRISTMAS GIFT MADE IN THE SHED HAS LED TO A BOOMING TOY BUSINESS
Going viral
Tools
Making a rotary cow shed
Showing restraint • PART TWO OF OUR MILLING MACHINE SERIES: RESTRAINING MOVEMENT
FIT TO Travel • A UK COUPLE DO ALL THE WORK CUSTOMIZING A CAMPER VAN SO THAT IT’S PERFECT FOR THEIR ADVENTURES
Keeping an eye out
Kitchen: take two
MARKING AN OCCASION • MAKING A CROSS TO SCALE PROVES TO BE THE PERFECT GIFT
Bookcase
AN ELITE PROVENANCE • AN EXPERT IN HAND PRINTING HAS HIS LIMITED-EDITION BOOKS HELD IN COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD
Wunderkammer
Printing process
Three-dimensional lettering
New products
Shed back-issue order form
UNITED WE STAND