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A big shed

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Created by Bento > 9 months ago, 16 May 2011
doggie
WA, 15849 posts
17 May 2011 1:28PM
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Your handy with a welder buster, why pay $1000 when you could have made one??

Ben 555
NSW, 453 posts
17 May 2011 5:00PM
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Gold Gentleman Pure gold

Recently was doing some work in my cousins shed, a glorious affair, with a titty girl calender from 1989, a time when we were just old enough to have our own work space.

Hours passed as we worked away - it was bliss. It was rudely interupted by my wife asking when we intended to call it a day (daughters birthday party the following day) as "you have commitments you know".

She then glanced across at the calender of dreams and said "and why dont you take that calender down its not 1989 any more and look heres a trading post from 1992"

My cousin in his dry humour laughed "I gauge inflation from those trading posts and that girls breasts have stayed as pert as the day she was put up there"

Cue much laughing by all - with my wife even sitting in the couch for 10 minutes before returning with me home.


BabaORiley
WA, 434 posts
17 May 2011 4:02PM
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busterwa said...

Got hold of an open fireplace off of gumtree (1000 bucks) never used but sat outside so i refurbished it to go into ma new home ;-) turned out a treat ...
You can save alot of $$$$ If you have a good shed.



example...






need a fireplace that can cook up a pea and ham soup or killer casserole on the top of it. That sucker will be good for old style jaffles or some marshmellows....

Anyhows here is my shed

maybe small but still the best place to get away from the ball and chain and grommies.....

Prawnhead
NSW, 1317 posts
17 May 2011 6:29PM
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japie said...

doggie said...

And you must NEVER let your wife/girlfriend clean it, EVER!!


If you have no wife or girlfriend you do not need a shed. The drawback is the house begins to look like what your shed would if you had a girlfriend or wife.


i must be living in a 4 bedroom shed

luckily i have some storage room under the house
i started to compile a list and maybe post some photos but , pretty well have at least one of everything covered in this topic and a spare just in case , but it was starting to look like i was bragging
my environmental contribution is comfortably drinking a garage/shed temp beer after banishing the beer fridge (gasp! and the power bill is getting a bit out of hand for one person) if i can't be bothered going back upstairs to the big shed where the real fridge resides .....

busterwa
3777 posts
17 May 2011 4:56PM
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doggie said...

Your handy with a welder buster, why pay $1000 when you could have made one??


haven't got the equipment to bend 8&6mm plate! think on a rough quote its 150 bucks to send it out per bend.
you just cant compete with Chinese imports hey...

If you cleaned it you wouldn't be able to find anything.

The socket monster always seems to nick the 10 13 17mm half inch drive sockets out of the set.

hey BabaORiley you shed seems really organized ;-)

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
17 May 2011 8:51PM
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cisco said...

nebbian said...

The only essential item that every shed must have is a SOLID workbench, with a vice attached.

Everything else is just gravy


You have nailed it there nebbs. This is mine. All steel and dynabolted to the floor.





you are a sick man cisco , how can you have only 1 layer of tools and jobs on a bench, you are not normal
only the sewing table is supposed to be kept clean( when sewing sails) otherwise it is allowed to build up when building a project

busterwa
3777 posts
17 May 2011 9:47PM
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I think after all the red thumbs last week over the obh death squid lips i just wanted to post pictures to justify my existence.
Im not a dumb idiot i work hard and although i dont live in the center of a capitol city and go to the pub everyday i have other things that i work on. truth is its ok to have a big shed but its costs us 80 bucks to get to the nearest bus station and transport.
Life is very diverse in Australia different for people. I dont understand city living nor could live there I guess it was bad for me to be judgmental but yes "i do live in a box" and im quite happy living here ;-)
Living in rural Australia has its advantages aswell.

Mark _australia
WA, 22343 posts
17 May 2011 10:11PM
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busterwa said...

doggie said...

Your handy with a welder buster, why pay $1000 when you could have made one??


haven't got the equipment to bend 8&6mm plate! think on a rough quote its 150 bucks to send it out per bend.



Run an angle grinder along the line so u cut 3/4 of the way through, bend and weld. Done

cisco
QLD, 12324 posts
18 May 2011 3:12AM
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patsken said...

cisco said...

nebbian said...

The only essential item that every shed must have is a SOLID workbench, with a vice attached.

Everything else is just gravy


You have nailed it there nebbs. This is mine. All steel and dynabolted to the floor.









WWAAAAYYYY too neat to be a real shed....


NNAAAAHHHH. Ya gotta have it neat so ya can do technical sh1t like this:-



And end up with sexy sh1t like this:-



and don't listen to a word that "landyacht" bugger says.

actiomax
NSW, 1575 posts
18 May 2011 8:13AM
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Sheds are like black holes the bigger they are the more crap they seem to suck into them never to see the light again.I seem to be on a never ending mission to get rid of crap from shed.Half the stuff from the house gets dumped into my shed were in im suposed to store it until its required again .All i can say is thank god her sisters pregante & i get to clean out all the stored gear from our kids when they were babies .Ive been wanting to get rid of this stuff for yrs. While i might be able to get away from wife the four kids think my shed is the best place to play & my tools are toys & everything in the shed can be used to make whatever crazy idea they come up with next .This used to drive me insane but i have learned to put up with it .And i now check the garden for missing tools because thats were they have been turning up .I still find it hard to make furniture when they are racing bikes & scooters around the shed so if im working on furniture there is no racing & no swinging of the rope swing hope you kids read this.

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
18 May 2011 9:45AM
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cisco said...

patsken said...

cisco said...

nebbian said...

The only essential item that every shed must have is a SOLID workbench, with a vice attached.

Everything else is just gravy


You have nailed it there nebbs. This is mine. All steel and dynabolted to the floor.









WWAAAAYYYY too neat to be a real shed....


NNAAAAHHHH. Ya gotta have it neat so ya can do technical sh1t like this:-



And end up with sexy sh1t like this:-



and don't listen to a word that "landyacht" bugger says.




That looks all very square cisco

longwinded
WA, 344 posts
19 May 2011 12:57AM
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Buster,
Why are you using bricks? The purpose of a fire is to heat a "sink".

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
19 May 2011 10:54AM
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Promogirl, please do not read this post
all this shed talk , and a rainy day or 2 led to me cleaning up and re-arranging my home shed. when Id finished there was an 18' long space left near the door.
in a bizzare twist of fate I have a 16' wooden boat cluttering up the yard shed .
from the scrap pile of wheels and steel i whipped up a small jinker, and now saturday has been booked as moving day the boat has been sitting for 5 years waiting for time and tide so thanks for the inspiration guys.

CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
19 May 2011 1:20PM
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Used to hang in a mates shed a lot. More of a leisure setting than workspace.

Complete with comfortable couches fridge, Vinyl record player, full stereo, guitars, bongos, amps, waterpipe etc etc. All the boys used to stop in as they went past, you get the picture.

Anyway after a few too many beers and what have you one night we got out the guitars and paper and wrote a Celibate Rifles inspired song.

I forget all the words but it started out like this:

The Shed
The Shed is the answer
The Shed
The Shed is the answer

Whether its a Titan or Ranbuild Deluxe
The Shed
The Shed is the answer

I forget the rest but it made us laugh and I must get the rest of the words off my mate if he remembers as well.

Geez I loved being 21 on the Gold Coast!

cRAZY Canuk
NSW, 2528 posts
19 May 2011 2:00PM
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Love the bench Cisco - Only thing I'm missing.

Been cleaning and organizing the garage/storageroom so I can get in there and do important "stuff" build boards, fix bikes, tinker with bikes - generally a quick trip to do something results in a 4-5 hour disapearing act and a 6 pack of Coopers Vintage.



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