I recently participated in the free 8 day Craft Fairs and Design Markets bootcamp from The Nerdburgers by Monica Ng. While this is focused towards Fairs and markets it also covers online selling through Etsy and eBay. Monica designs and sells jewelry but really this makes minimal difference as it is still about items you are selling. Lesson […]
Author: Gary
I am an accountant who uses woodwork as a way to escape computers. I work in the back half of a tandem garage under the house; effectively a basement that also houses my wife’s car. I have a reasonable set of tools and am getting more into hand tools, mainly due to the lack of noise and dust minimization.
I live in Sydney Australia and am a active member of The Shire Woodworking Club, Cubby House Turners & Woodies Inc and The Traditional Tools Group Inc
Why Hugo’s Woodshop?
All decent website options with Gary were taken so I had to look for something else!
Hugo is our 3 year old Ragdoll cat who is very nosy and likes investigating the garage / workshop:
Shire Woodworking Club – Children’s Artistic Approach To Our Therapy Items
See page 6 in the Shire Woodworking Club’s September newsletter below regarding the latest toy donation to the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick . Some great photos of decorated gifts for the children the club provides to the Child Life and Music Therapists at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. Also on page 6 is a “Hope” […]
New purchase – Portable Light Tent for photography in the Workshop
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 […]
1930 Model A Roadster – Shire Woodworking Club
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.
SWC Wooden Trucks for Sydney Children’s Hospital
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.
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick Toy Delivery by Shire Woodworking Club
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 […]
Clocks, Clocks and more Clocks
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:
Wood toy garage – updated 2015 plank competition entry.
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 […]