Category Archives: Projects

Jigsaw table

Posted on 08/04/2014 by AlanM52

Decided to make a jigsaw table which is basically a upside down jigsaw with the blade poking up through the top of a box. Not much planning beforehand so to get started let’s route out the top for a insert.

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Laminar flow water jet

Posted on 28/02/2014 by AlanM52

My first attempt at this and with the hot weather we are having lately not a bad time to play with water.

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Laminar flow water jet

Posted on 28/02/2014 by AlanM52

First test.

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Motion sensor for water feature

Posted on 26/01/2014 by AlanM52

As posted earlier we purchased a Cascading Barrels Water Feature from Masters for the front porch and after a few days of usage it occurred to me that I would like to have the water feature turn on automatically when … Continue reading →

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Laminar flow water jet

Posted on 05/03/2013 by AlanM52

That looks pretty good – minimal disturbance.

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Bamboo water spout

Posted on 17/05/2012 by AlanM52

Wooden barrel with classic bamboo water spout.

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Bamboo Shishi Odoshi (Deer Chaser)

Posted on 27/04/2012 by AlanM52

We are ready to add water…tomorrow, enough for tonight. I will need to go through a balance exercise by cutting slices off the end of the main tube until the thing see-saws reliably. More to come…

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Gazebo paving – Part 3

Posted on 17/04/2012 by AlanM52

We are almost done, someone at Bunnings can’t count. I am short one 200×200 but have four extra 400×200 pavers?         Well…fortunately that works out for me as two of the larger ones cracked while walking around … Continue reading →

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Gazebo paving – Part 2

Posted on 16/04/2012 by AlanM52

Picking up from where we left off the first row is done.          

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Gazebo paving – Part 1

Posted on 16/04/2012 by AlanM52

Finally doing something about paving the gazebo area. The chooks won’t be happy as this was a nice dry area for them to shelter and even dust during wet weather. The paved area is 3 x 3 meters and I … Continue reading →

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