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

INTERESTS

THE TOOL ROOM • At home with vintage hand-tool collector Des Barnes

Letters to the editor

Spuds for Christmas • A trip to a sawmill helps out with Christmas lunch

THE SHED ONLINE

Hang out on your own DIY swing chair!

MAKING A ROUTER BOWL • Without a lathe, and not necessarily round

Congratulations to the winners of our Christmas issue prize promotion

DIY - AI • You can’t stop progress, but embracing something you do not understand is difficult. Nigel Young does the hard yards for us sheddies by trying out a couple of AI software programs to see if they will assist or hinder us in our workshops

THE ENGINE AND GEAR-BOX GO INTO THE FRAME Part 3 • It’s time to fit the engine and gear-box into the frame. In this instalment, Peter pulls the gear-box apart to assess its condition, then repair it. There are painting decisions to be made and the frame pieces start to come together

MENZSHED NEW PLYMOUTH • This Taranaki MenzShed was on the verge of closure in 2019, but now, thanks to a small, dedicated team, it is flourishing like never before

THE Shed QUIZ NO. 2 • You’ve got a shed, and you know how to use it – but do you really understand how everything works? Test your sheddie knowledge here

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CHRIS GORDON MAKES … ED ROTH’S SIDEWALK SURFER • A trip to the dairy in the 1960s for bubblegum launched a lifelong interest in the renowned hot rod illustrator Ed Roth. Chris’s latest project is an inspired, electric-powered version of this classic skateboard

SPRAG BEARINGS

ED ‘BIG DADDY’ ROTH

THE ART OF BEING A GOOD MIXER • Murray has had a very busy summer but has found the time to restore a vintage cake mixer – and finds James May offers some inspiration for his project

DISPLAY • In this instalment in our series on Arduino basics, we discuss displays, what to choose, and how best to use them – LED, LCD, TFT, OLED, and more

A 24-DRAWER CABINET FOR YOUR SHED • Even if you are lucky enough to have a huge shed, you still need to organise your storage to avoid chaos

THREE DAYS • Never underestimate the time you spend with a person; it can be life changing for them

PAUL’S SHED • This small-town shed is home to a workshop, various cars, hot rods, and an extensive collection of advertising signs. The advertising signs relate to a broad range of products, from biscuits to bicycles, ice cream to colas and oil companies. It also doubles as a home. It may be sheddie heaven

VITREOUS ENAMEL–ON–STEEL SIGNS

Bookcase

Where have all the blowers gone? • Jude laments our current lot of politicians, both here and abroad, who are neither great orators nor have any semblance of, or even a smidgen of, wit