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.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

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AT THE SHARP END • WHETHER YOU’RE AN ASPIRING ERNEST HEMINGWAY, A KEEN CHEF, OR JUST A LOVER OF FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP, THIS DESCRIPTION OF A SANDOW KNIFE WILL SURELY LURE YOU IN

Exotic handles

Raising the game

Tools for Africa

A jewelled folder

Subscription prize

WORKSHOP BUILDS A BETTER ECONOMY • IN A COSY BACK ROOM, A REVOLUTION IS FOMENTING, ONE RABBET CUT AT A TIME

WHAT’S HAPPENING ONLINE AT THE-SHED.NZ? • Every week we upload new content on The Shed website to add to the hundreds of articles and videos already on the site for readers to discover, learn from, and enjoy. The past two months’ uploads include:

Letter of the MONTH

MAKE YOUR HOME A SMART HOME PART 2 • THIS MONTH’S SMART HOME PROJECT DRAWS ON SHEDDIES’ EXTENSIVE SKILLS TO CREATE AN AUTOMATED DOOR OPENER

SUBSCRIBE OR RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO BE IN TO WIN A HANDMADE SANDOW KNIFE! • ONE LUCKY SUBSCRIBER WILL RECEIVE THEIR OWN MASTER CHEF KITCHEN KNIFE FROM NEW ZEALAND’S LEADING EXPONENT OF THE ART OF KNIFE MAKING, BRENT SANDOW.

Father’s Day gift guide

IONA TINY HOUSE A BLEND OF OLD & NEW PART 2 • IONA, A TINY HOUSE ON THE BANKS OF THE WHANGANUI RIVER, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT ELINOR MCDOUALL, IS UNUSUAL ON SEVERAL COUNTS. THE HULL OF A 1920S BOAT WAS TURNED ON ITS SIDE TO FORM THE BACKBONE, OR SHELL, WITHIN WHICH A STUDIO-TYPE DWELLING WAS BUILT. THIS SECOND AND FINAL ARTICLE LOOKS AT THE INTERIOR LAYOUT AND THE SPECIALIST JOINERY AND COPPER WORK

NO MORE EXCUSES … • IF LESS IS MORE, THEN THIS PROJECT IS COLOSSAL

THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF TEMPERATURE • FERMENTING AT THE OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE MAKES FOR A MOUTH-WATERING BREW

Recipe: NZ Pilsner

A LONGCASE CLOCK RESTORATION • EMIL NYE ENLISTS HIS SKILLS TO REHABILITATE A CLOCK THAT WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME AS COOK WAS MAKING HIS FIRST VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND

KEEPING HISTORY ALIVE • ROTORUA SETTLERS AND STEAM MUSEUM

GROWING OUR CAPACITANCE • LOCKDOWN PROMPTS MUSINGS ABOUT RESILIENCE AND PASSING KNOWLEDGE ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION

KZ Lockdown completed and renamed

GETTING CREATIVE • IT’S NOT ONLY NECESSITY THAT IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION; PASSION CAN ALSO PLAY A PART

MAGIC RADIO PART 1 • ADDING NEW TECH FEATURES TO A CLASSIC FAVOURITE

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE OR JUST DIFFICULT • LATERAL THINKING AND SOME GRUNT RESCUE TIMBER FROM THE FIREWOOD PILE

PLEASANT POINT RAILWAY • ENTHUSIASTS ENABLE A PEEK INTO A MORE ROMANTIC PAST

Young volunteers

Fairlie Branch line

Movie nights

TARA MCLEOD: A TYPOGRAPHIC JOURNEY • HIGHLIGHTING THE CREATIVE ENDEAVOURS OF A MASTER PRINTER

Bookcase

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THE FAB LAB VOLUNTEER • REINVENTING THE VITAL ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND LEARNING