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Stanley
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Posted -  25/11/2004  :  14:20
I've always been fascinated by the things people do in their spare time when they can do exactly what they want to do. Men and sheds are a particularly fertile field. Women tend to do their thing in the comfort of the house.



I was delighted to see Andy's picture of the clock movement he has made.







It struck me that we could perhaps start a new topic devoted to spare time skill. So Andy starts it off and my contribution is this:







It's a small steam engine made from scratch and is based on the Stuart 5A but a longer stroke. One of these will drive a 14 foot boat with steam at 250psi. By the way, we don't like to call them models, it's exactly the same construction and materials as a full size engine, just smaller. So come on out there, let's hear about what you make in your spare time. I reckon we could be in for some surprises!


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Posted - 16/01/2010 : 12:28
Don't get too cold in there, funny I wondered if it would.


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Posted - 17/01/2010 : 05:56
No problems about that Belle. Centrally heated and never drops below 50F to keep it dry. If I open the door from the kitchen it soon gets to 60+F and that's fine for working. Time I went in there again. Will make myself do it after Vol IV is published in February.


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Posted - 17/01/2010 : 11:23
I've got the garage (the car stands outside) but it isn't heated. But working from home means Janet and I each have a room as an office and she says that my office is also my shed. In the absence of a shed I can recommend a room used as an `office', and even better a room each - very good for maintaining marital harmony (although it might mean no spare bedrooms).


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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 06:50
Mary and I had a big spare room and had 'partner's desks' that worked well for us but we were both doing similar work. If I'd been tin-bashing it wouldn't have worked.


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belle
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Posted - 19/01/2010 : 10:38
Deadly makes the whole house his shed...we must move before he retires as we have no rrom for a shed in our yard here.


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Posted - 19/01/2010 : 16:01
Separate houses Belle with connecting door?


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Posted - 16/02/2010 : 16:45
There was a knock on the door today, it was a man with a problem. He needed a recess turning in a casting off a 1964 Ford Major tractor so he could fit a thermostat. So I was dragged into the shed quite unexpectedly and enjoyed it. He was really pleased because it was a big problem till he remembered me and I was pleased because that's what a shed is all about for me, the ability to solve mechanical problems. I sat down with my book again feeling like renaissance man.


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Posted - 16/02/2010 : 17:06
Stanley, that solution has often crossed my mind but I would just be wondering what the neighbours were up to everytime I heard a noise!


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Posted - 17/02/2010 : 05:47
It all depends what the noise is Belle...


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Posted - 28/02/2010 : 07:03
I've brought the Shed back to the top for Aggie who was talking about rescuing old stuff by repairing it.


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Posted - 17/08/2010 : 06:23
I noted this morning how many hits Shed Culture still gets even though I haven't been in there for yonks. I'm spending far too much time emptying my head into books so I can put them into the library (A different sort of 'legacy' ploy than Blair's!). The good news is that my fingers are getting itchy again especially since last week when I had a sparks in and re-arranged all the lighting by doubling up on fluorescents and re-positioning them. I had to go in the following day to clear up and realised how much I was missing it. Apart from anything else it's different muscles being used, watch this space.

One other thing, the advantages of having a heated shed stand out. A thin film of oil on everything and not a sign of rust, always the big problem with detached sheds.


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Posted - 20/11/2010 : 08:55
There is news. I'll leave you to decide whether it's good or bad. I've finished two years solid writing and while I have another big project brewing up and starting on Monday I'm going to spend less time reading in the afternoons and more time in the Shed. I would have felt guilty before but now it is fine. Watch this space. (Again!) The improved lighting will be a bonus.


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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 06:34
The reearch is still taking too much time but yesterday I was in the shed all morning! My butcher Stewart had a problem with his table legs damaging the very expensive new floor covering he has had installed for better hygeine. Solution was eight wood blocks with a hole to accept the original bolt for the levelling foot on the table leg. Reinforced with a large washer to stop the sharp edges digging in. 3" sqare blocks of recycled oak, hard as nails! The four jaw chuck was just the thing for holding them and a parting tool for making the recess on top for the washer. Dead crude but no complaints as yet!  Not precision engineering but a useful task. My legs ached after four hours standing up!


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Posted - 17/02/2011 : 10:27
You'll be alright for meat for the next few weeks!


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Posted - 18/02/2011 : 05:25
That could well be true Tiz. Butcher's day today so I'll find out if the solution worked!


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