This week I have been processing some of the items from the “Resource Dept”. The result is that the shed is a bigger mess than I would like it to be! Having finished the GB400 (it is now fully registered and running beautifully, thanks to Scotts Motorcycles) I have returned to a project that I [...]

Over the years I have managed to pick up a number of old card index drawers. Some from schools I taught at, some from a college I went to, and some on the side of the road. As everyone went to computers the old card index cabinets became out dated. Mine are below! When the [...]

The mower that we will be repairing at our August Shed Night and Ebaying for charity will be helping raise money for Save our Sons. This organisation raises money to help combat muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy almost always occurs in male children. We will let people know through the blog here when the mower goes [...]

Below is a fridge that a mate kindly donated to my shed. He found it on the side of the road (I taught him to do that) and thought it would make a great tool cupboard. I thought I would plug it in to see if it worked. I did not expect it to, but [...]

On our coming shed night in August we hope to fix up an old mower that got dumped outside our house a few weeks back. This is it below! After I dragged it in off the street I checked the oil and fuel. It had some of each, in the appropriate place! I pulled the [...]

Here are some pictures of what I have previously used as a motorcycle workbench. It involved loading the bike up a ramp, and was really only practical with very light bikes. It is pictured with an old 1973 Honda XL175 I used to own. Even with a small bike it was not very steady and [...]

Above is a picture of my power hacksaw. It is a Lotze brand saw. I saw one on Ebay not long ago that was exactly the same, but I have never been able to find out much information about them. This one came to me off the side of the road and was unable to [...]