The Shed

New Year’s Eve is great don’t you think? The past is the past and how good is the next year gonna be? So much better, right? Part of all the optimism many of us feel on 31 December is due to planning to make some changes and setting some goals. I rar

Letter of the MONTH I recently read the painting article in my wife’s The Shed magazine (Issue No. 83). A pretty useful article but one aspect that did bother me was what wasn’t covered in terms of proper washing practice for buildings, roofs, or bru

If you are going to weld something, and especially if you want repeatability, you owe it to yourself to get a Rhino Cart TDQ612075-K1 modular fixturing station. This US-made welding table is special because of its system of stops, locks, chocks, and

More electrical equipment is coming out with safety or hazard-reducing components and welding equipment is no exception. Most welders have had a shock and laughed about it, but it can be serious. The voltage reduction device (VRD) is to welding machi

Selleys Storm Sealant is made with Sil-X advanced polymer technology so that it can be used on wet or dry surfaces, even in the rain, to stop leaks in an instant, with a cure time of 48 hours. It has excellent UV resistance and long-lasting flexibili

Once a year I collect all the knives from the kitchen and spend a day getting all of them sharp. Whenever I do this procedure, I am reminded of my friend Pete ‘The Knife’ Caulfield’s motto: “Everything sharpened except wit.” As a callow youth I spent