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1st November 2022, 12:38 PM #16
Down the south coast currently have a rental property in Shell Harbour. That will be our temporary spot when we move while the rural thing is sort out. It will be in that general area.
Lol yes the drive chain I was wondering when a comment would be made. Its not without its dramas as originally it had a 3 phase motor and VFD but the VFD died and this was the simplest way to get it up and running while figure out whats next. But with the contemplated move its hardly on top of the list and the grandkids no longer frequent the shed much if at all lately.Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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1st November 2022, 12:41 PM #17
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1st November 2022, 01:12 PM #18Mobyturns
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2nd November 2022, 08:18 PM #19Senior Member
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OK, here's my retirement present, built over a slab 6x6m carport 10 years ago. Layout has not changed much except for adding recycled kitchen cabinets down the left side about 5 years ago, and adding a 2.2m wood store on the outside left wall earlier this year. The shed was getting so full of timber that projects became impossible without shifting stuff around all the time. Should have done it years ago. My only shed regret is the 2hp Hare and Forbes 4" cyclone extractor system I installed at the start. I've never been sure whether its my poor installation set-up or the system but its not a particularly effective unit, even though i only use 1 machine at a time. I was about to change to a Clearvue 1800 when things went pear-shaped so still stuck with it. But one day...
We're on an acre so nearest neighbours are 100+m away, but I still installed decent noise and temperature insulation, probably overkill in hindsight. Anyway, like for many of us, my shed has been a sanctuary for making fun stuff. Two recent pieces: a Queensland maple chest of drawers with burl fronts for our newest grandson. Design is by Mike Pekovich from Fine Woodworking. Waterfall hall table has black bean top and silver ash legs - my experiment to see how to attach legs to a waterfall top.
Sorry, I seem to have real problems with getting phtotos to load ??
Cheers Charlie
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2nd November 2022, 09:46 PM #20
That in a nutshell is my problem - timber hoarding.
Being in Townsville we get our fair share of cyclone warnings etc. My hoard is "permitted" by my very tolerant wife Jen "as long as it can be stored inside when a cyclone comes." So, I do my best Dr Who's Tardis storage trick.
One thing I have found very handy is the "one trip" wire pallet cages which although they limit the length of timber stored to less than 1m in length they suit my needs for storing wood turning stock & blanks. They are stackable and when fully loaded can be mounted on a castored dolly platform single handed with minimal effort using some dunnage packing and a simple lever to raise the cages high enough to slide the dolly under.Mobyturns
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2nd November 2022, 11:22 PM #21Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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5th November 2022, 10:58 PM #22GOLD MEMBER
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6th November 2022, 07:30 AM #23
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6th November 2022, 08:48 AM #24
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Here is a photo of the outside of my workshop. A relatively tidy view from the outside...
Inside is another story! Not enough room in there to stand back and take a photograph.
The short version of a longer story about my workshop is that it was my professional pottery workshop before it progressively became my woodturning workshop. It still has all of my pottery equipment in there (large kilns, clay mixing machines, pugmills, pottery wheels) plus all of my woodturning gear nowadays. There literally isn't enough room for a second person to be anywhere in there with me when I'm working there. So, no chance of a photo that would make any sense.
I do have a second 'shed' with some allocated space that is a bit more organised in which I keep pieces that have been wet turned that are waiting to be re-turned and also some of my wood storage ...
Stay sharp and stay safe!
Neil
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8th November 2022, 09:29 PM #25
very few
I am Little different as I have virtually no half turned pieces waiting to dry. Just about all that I have is well seasoned and I havent turned a green piece of timber in years
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8th November 2022, 11:27 PM #26GOLD MEMBER
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This is a small workshop and how he does professional grade videos in there has everyone puzzled
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9th November 2022, 09:51 AM #27
That may change Hughie when you move to the country, where you will probably have plenty of storage space and someone offers you a very large freshly felled tree of a wood that you particularly like turning.
However, you may have enough seasoned wood in store to last you for the duration... and you will say, "No thanks, I already have more really nice seasoned wood than I will ever be able to turn in my lifetime"...Stay sharp and stay safe!
Neil
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9th November 2022, 10:08 AM #28
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9th November 2022, 10:05 PM #29
Maybe, I had friend who was on acreage in the Southern Highlands and where Blackwood grows in abundance. When ever he called I went and over time he showed what must be the biggest Blackwood tree in NSW if not the country, it stepped out with a girth of about 2.5m and the branches were around 1m. Old growth Blackwood is hard to pass up although the big one is still up and will probably remain so for many years to come.
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9th November 2022, 11:18 PM #30GOLD MEMBER
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