Tape storage taped
Tapes of various types and widths are to be found in most workshops… masking tape, painters tape, duct tape, and so on. So what’s an easy…
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Wheeler dealer
Instead of circling your workpiece as you apply a sprayed finish, why not have the workpiece itself do the circling with this handy painter’s wheel…
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Roll out the mini-barrel
This is a play on a full-size barrel-type pot-plant, but designed to fit an indoor pot-plant while disguising your pot-plant’s pot and tray, which don’t tend…
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Just what you need for sanding large areas… a large sanding pad
When you need to sand large surfaces to get rid of high spots and rough areas, this large sanding pad will be very useful.
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A simple pool cover storage rack
When you don’t need to cover your pool you need to have somewhere to store your pool cover if it is a solid one like the…
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It’s true! There can be a highlight to every blackout!
Power outages are going to be with us for … so here we show you how to create a highlight for yourself for every blackout.
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How to build a table Part 2
This is the second part of the feature on how to make the meranti/SA pine table and in this part we deal with the legs, the…
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How to make a table Part 1
Here’s a table that mixes meranti of various shades with SA pine for a new look. It can be used as a side table or as…
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In the centre… Mr Venter every time!
If you have ever tried drilling holes dead centre in a piece of timber, now you can do it without measuring with this handy device (patent…
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It will be a dry, bright season!
We have just recently published a feature on using a wall space heater as a frame-mounted portable room warmer for anywhere in the home, but then…
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Warmth where you want it and in total silence!
This project takes a different look at wall heaters to give you warmth right where you want it… and without any whirring fans or hissing gas…
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Making light of reading in bed
So what do you do when your new mattress means your bedside light is too low and you have to read in the shadow of your…
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No more washing-day moving blues
Your laundry hamper isn’t always where you need it and you either have to unload it to take to the washing machine, or lug it through…
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Your very own leisure centre… magazine rack & side table
Why not make up this handy dual-purpose side table that […]
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Simple fixes replacing shelf edging
Replacing damaged shelf edging is one of the easiest and […]
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