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16/12/2022

How to make a Christmas Santa’s sleigh

Christmas Santa Sleigh Are you wanting to learn how to make a Christmas Santa’s sleigh? We have gathered Christmas sleigh ideas for you. You can make a Christmas sleigh from many materials, wood, clay, paper, cardboard and countless other materials. The first sleighs we’ll look at are made of wood, it may be plywood, or MDF or pallet wood. Wooden...

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16/08/2022

How to make an electric planer sled

How to make an electric planer sled Do you need to plane a wide board or timber slab? Check out this fantastic idea, by J-Woodworking, how to build an electric planer sled. Ever thought using a router to plane smooth a slab or wide board would take a fair length of time. Why knot use your electric planer. This is...

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26/11/2021

5 ways to use a car jack in the workshop

We’ll show you 5 ways to use a car jack in your workshop. Getting your hands on an old scissor lift car jack is easy. There are many ways you can use these in or around your home or workshop. 1. Bench Clamp Here’s an idea from Men’s Craft. The video shows how to build a clamp for gluing up...

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08/02/2021

What is a drill press?

A drill press is a stationary power tool designed to drill precise holes in wood or metal. A drill press is a power tool designed to bore accurate holes in wood, metal or plastic. There are 2 types of drill press, bench-top and stationery. Bench-top drill presses are used by handymen and stationery drill press are used in industrial situations....

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17/11/2020

DIY How to build a timber fence

I’ll show you how to build a timber fence to define your home’s boundary. Timber fences are a classic DIY project most handymen can achieve. Planning your fence Consider what you want your timber fence to look like and what the fences main objective. You should consult your neighbour regarding the fence height and costs. Neighbours may agree to help...

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13/10/2019

Build a Cubby House

I will show how to build a cubby house. This will include a time line and photos of progress. The cost of this cubby house was kept to a minimum using recycled pallet wood for the exterior cladding and flooring and wood that lying around. It took a couple of days to cut all the chamfer boards on a table...

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09/08/2019

DIY How to make a raised vegetable garden box from pallets

DIY How to make a raised vegetable garden box from pallets Follow the steps in this post to DIY how to make a raised vegetable garden box. What you will need Follow the steps in this post to DIY how to make a raised vegetable garden box. You will need to get 2 pallets to dismantle and recycle to make...

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25/07/2019

How to make pallet wood weatherboards

In this post, I will show you how to make weatherboards from pallet wood. Weatherboards made from pallet wood are a useful way to recycle old pallets. I have used these for garden sheds and playhouses for the grand kids. Pallets You can find pallets all over the place for free. Pallets vary in size,they are usually 1165mm by 1165mm...

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28/06/2019

How to paint your house exterior

Painting your house exterior is one of the easiest ways to spruce up your home and add value. Painting your house exterior yourself will save you mega bucks. Labor is the expensive part of painting. A professional painter will charge around $50.00 per hour for labor, and the average total for a exterior paint job starts around $2500. You can...

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