danny.s
22nd April 2011, 10:28 PM
G'day everyone, I'm Danny.
I've been reading the forum for quite a while and thought it was time to register and join the conversation.
I live in beautiful Cockatoo in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne. We had a house built 12 years ago and I've been working on it ever since. I've closed over doors, put new ones in, reno'd the kitchen, completed a 8m x 5m extension doing everything except electrical and stopping the plaster, built 2 large decks, a barbeque, a 7 x 7 gable roofed carport, did my own inground pool from start to finish, lots of retaining walls, pergola out the back, and numerous fiddly things. I can do decent quality work but am painfully slow. Still, I work for nothing so speed is not that important I suppose.
I did this because whilst I am an office worker I REALLY love building stuff! Got a dad and two brothers who are chippies so I'm never short of good advice - and good tools. There is simply no way I could ever afford what I have if I had to pay someone to do it.
I'm done with the big stuff now and am looking to get into more precision work like furniture and cabinetry. I've never had a workshop. My collection of tools, whilst not huge, is scattered everywhere. So I hit up the bank for some more money and this winter I am getting a 9 x 7 shed. No cars. Just my tools and my mower and my little trailer. Maybe a couch and a beer fridge. So the first project will be workbenches. The missus will be happy because then I can get rid of the brand new Makita table saw that is currently in it's box - in the house! Got it for my 40th. Also got a 5 set of Stanley top end chisels. So looking forward to playing with them having only ever had cheap crappy ones before.
Anyway enough about me. I'm off to search for threads on workbenches. I want to build one with a recess for the drop saw. Thanks for listening.
Danny
I've been reading the forum for quite a while and thought it was time to register and join the conversation.
I live in beautiful Cockatoo in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne. We had a house built 12 years ago and I've been working on it ever since. I've closed over doors, put new ones in, reno'd the kitchen, completed a 8m x 5m extension doing everything except electrical and stopping the plaster, built 2 large decks, a barbeque, a 7 x 7 gable roofed carport, did my own inground pool from start to finish, lots of retaining walls, pergola out the back, and numerous fiddly things. I can do decent quality work but am painfully slow. Still, I work for nothing so speed is not that important I suppose.
I did this because whilst I am an office worker I REALLY love building stuff! Got a dad and two brothers who are chippies so I'm never short of good advice - and good tools. There is simply no way I could ever afford what I have if I had to pay someone to do it.
I'm done with the big stuff now and am looking to get into more precision work like furniture and cabinetry. I've never had a workshop. My collection of tools, whilst not huge, is scattered everywhere. So I hit up the bank for some more money and this winter I am getting a 9 x 7 shed. No cars. Just my tools and my mower and my little trailer. Maybe a couch and a beer fridge. So the first project will be workbenches. The missus will be happy because then I can get rid of the brand new Makita table saw that is currently in it's box - in the house! Got it for my 40th. Also got a 5 set of Stanley top end chisels. So looking forward to playing with them having only ever had cheap crappy ones before.
Anyway enough about me. I'm off to search for threads on workbenches. I want to build one with a recess for the drop saw. Thanks for listening.
Danny