Purchased this from Photo-Shop-Studio in Sydney to use for my woodwork photography. I was having difficulty getting decent shots without background clutter and shop lighting is not great for photography. Not that I take a lot of photos but $95 total was not too much of an investment for a significant improvement. The tent folds up into […]
Warwick Tame presented his latest creation, “A Model Roadster” at the February club day. Details and photos are on Page 3 in the attached newsletter.
Shire Woodworking Club’s Wooden Fendered Trucks for Sydney Children’s Hospital. Interesting article by Barry in the June Sawdust & shavings newsletter about the history of the trucks with photos of the inspiration.
Extract from August newsletter (my trucks are on the left side in the middle): Delivery on Friday 22 July of 217 items for the Child Life and Music Therapists at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. They are are always grateful for contributions to their work with the young patients in their care. Charitable Toy & Item […]
The Shire Woodworking Club June maxi-day was clock day where members brought in clocks they had made or wood like to make. There was a diverse mix of clocks as per the photos in the newsletter:
I submitted this toy garage as my 2015 entry for the Shire Woodworking Club Plank Competition: It is completely made from a plank of radiata pine with domino’s and dowels. Main feedback was that it wasn’t easily identifiable as a toy garage and looked incomplete. I changed the paint on the top and base plus […]
I have a 30-40 minute drive to work so have quite a bit of time to listen to podcasts in the car, some that I listen to regularly are: Wood Talk 316 podcasts to date Almost the original woodworking podcast; I found this a couple of years ago and went back and listened to all […]
I am making this from plans from toysandjoys but I have turned the engine which should look better. Not sure about the wheels yet, will probably end up using the ones provided with the plan. Dimensioning the timber is the challenge and making my 10/20 drum sander work hard. I have got most of the pieces the […]