The Shed

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.

LARRIKINS

The Shed

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN, FORD EVERY STREAM • MEET A MAN WHO LIVES LIFE ON THE EDGE, LITERALLY

The winch truck

Health & safety

Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge

Like father, like son

AN IDEA FACTORY • AN AUCKLAND ENGINEER IS KEEN TO HELP FOSTER INNOVATION BY OFFERING THE SPACE AND THE TOOLS FOR IT TO HAPPEN

WHAT’S HAPPENING ONLINE AT THE-SHED.NZ?

Letters

KIWI COMPANY REINVENTS DRILL PRESS • HOW MUCH BETTER CAN A DRILL PRESS BE? WAAAY BETTER — WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE A NOVA DRILL PRESS IN ACTION

SUBSCRIBE OR RESUBSCRIBE TO BE IN TO WIN ONE OF 30 COPIES OF THE BEST OF Shed

BASIC WELDING TECHNIQUE • PART SIX IN A SERIES ON HOW TO WELD

TRASH TO TREASURE • NIGEL YOUNG BUILDS A ROTARY SANDER FROM BITS HE FINDS LYING AROUND HIS SHED

The tool shed

RINGING IN THE CHANGES — PART TWO • TAKE A 50-YEAR-OLD PHONE — IT’S NOT ABOUT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT IT CAN BECOME

CAN HE BUILD IT? YES HE CAN • BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE THE ENGINEER OUT OF THE MAN — BOB HULME BRINGS HIS FASTIDIOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL TO BUILDING A KITSET SHED

THE MOUNTAIN MEN GATHER • DANIEL BOONE RIDES AGAIN — IN THE KING COUNTRY

GREEN-HOPPED BEER • FOR A BRIEF MOMENT EACH YEAR, LUCKY BREWERS CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON A VERY SPECIAL INGREDIENT

COLLAR THE CRIM, 2020 STYLE • A GPS TRACKER CAN REDUCE THE ODDS OF LOSING YOUR PRECIOUS VEHICLE TO THIEVES — OR AT LEAST HELP YOU GET IT BACK

WHAT A BUZZ • UNEXPECTED GUESTS PROVIDE FOOD FOR THOUGHT

BRING BACK THE CANE • WHETHER IT’S TO BE A GIFT FOR AN INFIRM FRIEND OR AN INDISPENSABLE AID IN NEGOTIATING A TRICKY TRACK, CREATING A WALKING STICK CAN BE A REWARDING PROJECT

GOING BY TRAIN: THE COMPLETE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS STORY

GETTING STARTED — A GUIDE TO MICROPYTHON • TAKING A FURTHER STEP INTO THE WORLD OF PROGRAMMING

MISSED AN ISSUE? STORAGE BINDERS

ANCIENT CRAFT BRINGS NEW LIFE • I WENT DOWN TO LAWRENCE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF FINDING SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY LIFE AND CAME AWAY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I’D FOUND IT

The Hattersley Domestic Weaving System

STAYING IN • IS A PARKING OFFENCE REALLY DESERVING OF THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT?