What did you do in your shed / man cave today?

[duggie]

I have started build a mezzanine floor/large overhead shelf into my shed.

I have to much stuff cluttering up the shed floor and I want my shed back , so this will allow me to pack/stack stuff away and return my floor space.










The stairs will be able to be winched up

[duggie]

Pretty happy , Stage 1 of the mezzanine floor/large overhead shelf is completed .






Now getting started on Stage 2 - building a set of 2 full length shelves against the wall up on the mezzanine floor.



Lifting one of my mig welders up yo the mezzanine floor.

[D4D]

Show off, nice job

[Craig Tomkinson]

Great work Duggie, nice shed too, I have mates at the Barra farm at Dulatin, Craig

[fergy]

how much have you hadon the gantry duggie?

[duggie]

how much have you hadon the gantry duggie?

Hi fergy ,

The big yellow traveling gantry can and has lifted a Commodore sedan car and has no problem lifting my Trackabout trailer .

The smaller gantry that the welder is hanging from will lift half a tonne.

G'day Craig Tomkinson,

I assume that you mean Julatin, and thanks for your comment.

Show off, nice job

Hi D4D ,

Isn't that what this thread is all about ?

[Craig Tomkinson]

Yes Mate that's the One Sorry,,  Old snow Bostock and his family own the barra farm there, Craig 

[paceman]

made some new lights for the annex (newer 5630 LED's) and a new reading light for the missus:

[archer63]

Nice job Paceman....if I may be sold bold to ask....could you please advise how you did it and with what ?

Cheers
Rob

[paceman]

Nice job Paceman....if I may be sold bold to ask....could you please advise how you did it and with what ?

Cheers
Rob

no boldness required...

1m pvc pipe, with two coats each of british paints 'sprayeasy paint & prime' and clear acrylic...  the black is only because i'm a bit OCD and i think it looks better...

strip of 5630 led's with a tail soldered on at each end of the strip and then an anderson powerpole connection on each tail.

the tails are fed through a rubber stopper at each end of the pipe and the pipe is covered with clear heatshrink. 

similar setup with the reading light, only that there is a tail at one end and then covered with clear heatshrink.  this pole is one of two short support poles for the large wall next to our bed in the camper.  i took the crappy C-clips off them and replaced with U-clips... the reading light has a dimmer for it as well, so it isn't too bright...



the dimmers use a thinner wire, so i have to strip more back and fold it on itself three or four times to get a good crimp on the anderson powerpole.


all up, each annex light cost me about $10 to make, which is much cheaper than a bought one of the same length and i don't mind making them. 

hope this answers your question, but happy to be more specific, if necessary...

[GGV8Cruza]

Got the beer fridge repaired in Leesa's shed ready for the arrival of the Northeners coming down for the National Meet at Mansfield

GG

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[Steffo1]

Got the beer fridge repaired in Leesa's shed ready for the arrival of the Northeners coming down for the National Meet at Mansfield

GG

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Aaaah! Someone bringing some decent beer down for you, ay? 
Steve

[Rusty]

Got the beer fridge repaired in Leesa's shed ready for the arrival of the Northeners coming down for the National Meet at Mansfield

GG

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is it full yet ? Just a heads up Brett likes Great northen super crisp

Rusty

[Bad Scott]

is it full yet ? Just a heads up Brett likes Great northen super crisp

Rusty

And Bundy, and I'm not far from GG's place


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[Rumpig]

Not the shed but in the house....spent 5 hours on an orbital sander yesterday sanding the floor in my new office I have built. The size of the office didn't justify hiring a big floor sander, that and I'm being a tight arse on the budget / trying to do this job as cheap as possible. This arvo I put the first coat of  clear varnish or what ever you call it on the floor (would have done it yesterday but a mates BBQ beckoned), won't be long and I can move the furniture in ...just got to finish the floor, varnish the timber mounting blocks for light switches and power points, and then get the electrics fitted off.

[UIZ733]

Not the shed but in the house....spent 5 hours on an orbital sander yesterday sanding the floor in my new office I have built. The size of the office didn't justify hiring a big floor sander, that and I'm being a tight arse on the budget / trying to do this job as cheap as possible. This arvo I put the first coat of  clear varnish or what ever you call it on the floor (would have done it yesterday but a mates BBQ beckoned), won't be long and I can move the furniture in ...just got to finish the floor, varnish the timber mounting blocks for light switches and power points, and then get the electrics fitted off.

[Rumpig]

no lights in that room currently, so will try grabbing some during daylight hours

[Rumpig]

here's about the best i could get on my phone this arvo...second coat of varnish is done on the floor, now need to stain the timber mounting blocks this week and try and get them fitted off on the weekend

[duggie]

I have finished building the shelves and added a hand rail to the steps on the mezzanine floor that I have been working on.

Next up is to get my shed floor back and stack the s#!t ( good stuff ) up on the shelves and mezzanine floor area.

[GeoffA]

Looking good duggie 

[duggie]

Thanks Geoff,

Time to sort out some crap and clean up me shed.

[GeoffA]

Time to sort out some crap and clean up me shed.

...again??

Seems like I could do that weekly....

[duggie]

...again??

Seems like I could do that weekly....

[speewa158]

Thanks Geoff,

Time to sort out some crap and clean up me shed.

Should have built it a Proper size to start with , then you crap would have to be spread out thinner           

[Fizzie]

I have finished building the shelves and added a hand rail to the steps on the mezzanine floor that I have been working on.

Next up is to get my shed floor back and stack the s#!t ( good stuff ) up on the shelves and floor mezzanine floor area.

Awesome work Duggie!

Now you'll have to very carefully work out exactly what obscure item you're going to need next, so you can make sure it's packed away right down the other end of the messanine, against the wall, with other stuff in front of & on top of it!

Just how big is that shed anyway (Ask's the bloke that spent part of yesterday shopping for a 1.8 x .8 lawn locker )