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.

The Shed

WE ALL NEED A GOOD PLAN

CUTTING EDGE • The craft of blade-making is thought to date back to long before the emergence of modern humans; even today, both in New Zealand and throughout the world, blade-smiths still have a passion for this ancient tradition

Colin Nicol • CNi Knives // Tapanui, Southland

Steve Martin • Martin Custom Knives // Nelson region

Stuart Johnson • SJ Johnson Knives Havelock, Marlborough Sounds

Hugo Kappes • Centurion Knife Works Rukuhia, Ōhaupō, Waikato

Caleb Smit • Fehu Forge // Hikurangi, Northland

AJ Prime • Prime Artisan Knives // Cable Bay, Te Tai Tokerau

Benjamin Madden • Off Track Art Knives Wairarapa

Michael Campbell • Gwaza Knives // Taupo

David Tolmay • Tolmay Customs // Levin

Nick Turner • Heorot Knives // West Melton, Canterbury

Eddie Gunter • Eddie Gunter Knives, // Auckland

Hayden Scott • Champion Knives // West Auckland

Liam Croft • HjálmrJárn Blades //Tinui, Wairarapa

Shaun Roodt • Ronin Knives //Auckland

Bruce Stuart • Lost Arts Knife-Making School //Clevedon, Auckland

Shane Minnear • Geraldine Forge and Blades //Geraldine, South Canterbury

Brent Sandow • Brent Sandow Knives //Nelson

Geo Grobbelaar • Telumanis Blade & Tool //New Plymouth

Leif Haseltine • Haseltine Knives //Waitara, Taranaki

Willie van Niekerk and Angela Martin • Kiwi Blade Knives //Auckland

Liam Walle • Liam Valla Knives //Little Barrier Island

Justin Williams • Judge Handmade Knives //Waitakere Ranges, Auckland

Justin Stockbridge • All Fired Up //Waikato

Paul Mercer • Mercer Metal Craft & Edge Works //South Canterbury

Matt James • Damascus //Taupo

Tony Pidgeon • Southern Alps Trophy Hunting NZ Ltd //Geraldine

Marcos Doran • Custom Knife Worx //Papatoetoe, Auckland

Caden Bostic • Nedfly Knives //Wellington

Stu Lind • Rule Nine Knives //Halcombe, Manawatu-Whanganui

Tyler Ackland • Tyler Ackland Knives // Little River, Christchurch

Richard van Dijk • Hoiho Forge // Motueka

Simon Walker • SGW Knives // West Auckland

Rick Jochem • RJ Knives // Palmerston North

Skye Eilers • Skye Eilers Knives // West Auckland

Lena and Shea Stackhouse • Stackhouse Knives // Upper Hutt, Wellington

Simon Dobbie • ATE Knives // Auckland

LIFE RETURNS TO NORMAL • Canterbury swap meet comes out of hibernation

THE SHED ONLINE

PAINTING TIPS FROM THE RESENE EXPERTS

Letters to the editor

KIWI INGENUITY • A lifetime of technical innovation, experimentation, and creativity was jump-started by woodwork and metalwork lessons at intermediate school

Finishes used on the hull of the Milford 20

Cannons in the Musket Wars and New Zealand Wars

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The tool shed

ALIBRE 101 PART 4 • In part four, we learn to take advantage of the clever features of the Alibre Atom 3D software to create a vee pulley

USING BRAIN WHEN BRAWN ISN’T AVAILABLE • Some of the unavoidable problems that come with ageing can be circumvented by smart thinking and innovation

Notes on use of the device

Rules for use

MUSIC MAKERS •...