Monthly Archives: June 2016

DIY Tealight Holder

This DIY Tealight Holder will impress and light up your dining table, with this preety platform for battery lights – it’s so easy!

Check out this easy how-to video to create your own tealight holder or have a look at the photos below to see how easy it is to make this DIY Tealight Holder with step-by-step instructions.

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Step 1: Pencil and combination square

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Using a pencil and a combination square, measure and mark a line vertically down the centre of your timber. This will ensure that your candles are sitting in a straight line. My piece of timber is 69mm wide so I’ve set my combination square to 34mm.

Step 2: Measuring tape

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Using the measuring tape, mark 50mm from each end of the timber. This is where your left and right candles will sit. Then, place your tealights in a straight line in the centre of the timber, on the line you have created.

Step 3: Measure and mark

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Measure and mark an 80mm distance between each candle. Continue this process until you have six marks separated by an 80mm gap.

Step 4: Depth of the candle

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Measure the depth of the candle to determine where it sits on the forstner bit and start drilling the marked area. This top of the candle should be sitting flush with the timber. Repeat process.

Step 5: Sanding timber and staining timber

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Sand the timber and use a cloth to give it a stain. Make sure to wear latex gloves when applying to avoid staining your hands.

Step 6: 

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Once completely dry, drop the tealights in.

Final result: DIY Tealight Holder

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DIY Toothbrush Holder

This DIY Toothbrush Holder is so easy to make - you can even get the kids involved. Check out this how-to video to create your very own DIY Toothbrush Holder or have a look at the photos below see how easy it is to make this DIY Toothbrush Hol ... [read more]

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DIY Timber Drink Stand

A Timber Drink Stand to solve your dilemma when having a drink or eating food whilst watching some telly. Watch this how-to video where I show you how you too can create a Timber Drink Stand for your armchair. Have a look at the photos and ... [read more]

Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 5

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Here is another update on my project Follow the Build Part 5.

You would have read Follow the Build Part 4 where I was working on the floor frame. Well I’ve got to say, this is the ultimate in carpentry for me. The big ironbark timber (which you can see), have got that real pioneer building feel to it. It’s just what I love with 23 magnificent sticks of 300 x 300 ironbark. The cross member beams are at 6m long, perimeter beams at 4.5m and posts at 4m. The 6m beams weigh in about 2 tonnes so machinery is required to cut them. It’s too big for a circular saw so it’s a chain saw all the way.

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First thing to do is to cut and stand the posts onto a concrete pier with a handmade stirrup prepared below the deck. The pier has a screw pier in the middle of it going down about 3m. So affectively the hardwood posts is secured 3m below the surface. These need to be secure as they are the structural basis of the entire lounge, dining and kitchen area.

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The perimeter beams and cross member need to be cut precisely to slot into each other. This timber is expensive so measure 5 times and cut once and don’t stuff it up! Because the timber is so big and I’m using a chain saw I can have a tolerance of about 5 mls but of course trying to get it as good as possible is key. All the cross members and perimeter beams are all in contact with the top of the posts so all the load is not on just the brackets.

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Last thing to do is bolt the whole thing off and the finished product looks spectacular.

Well that’s it for the moment folks. Keep following the build and let me know your thoughts via my Scotty Cam Facebook Page.

Won’t be long till the next update so stay tuned for part 6 coming very soon…

 

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Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 6

BLUESCOPE STEEL FRAMES FOR THE BEDROOMS Here is another update on my project Follow the Build Part 6. You would have read in Follow the Build Part 5 which was all about iron bark posts and beams. Now I’ve always been a timber man when ... [read more]

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Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 4

FLOOR FRAME I'm back with another instalment of Mudgee - Follow the Build Part 4. You would have read in Follow the Build Part 3 piers setout. Whilst we're building the new house here at Mudgee, you would have seen the progress of my new b ... [read more]

DIY Timber Drink Stand

A Timber Drink Stand to solve your dilemma when having a drink or eating food whilst watching some telly.

Watch this how-to video where I show you how you too can create a Timber Drink Stand for your armchair.

Have a look at the photos and step-by-step process below to see how easy it is to make this Timber Drink Stand.

Begin With:

  • Measuring Tape
  • Pencil
  • 230mm x 19mm x 1m Hardwood Timber
  • Drop Saw
  • Drill
  • Screws
  • Cordless Planer
  • Sandpaper
  • Old Cloth
  • All-Weather Stain
  • Latex Gloves

Step 1: Use a measuring tape

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Use a measuring tape to measure the width of the arm on your armchair (mine is 92mm). Use a measuring tape and pencil to measure and mark 200mm from one end of the timber piece. From that mark, measure and mark another 200mm, then a final 150mm (change 150mm size depending on the width of your armchair).

Step 2:  Start cutting with a drop saw

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Use a drop saw to cut along the three lines. You should now have two 200mm timber pieces, these will be the arms, and one 150mm piece, this will be the top of the drink stand.

Step 3: Measure and mark your pieces

On the underside of the 150mm piece, measure 1cm in from one longer side, then measure and mark the width of the timber (19mm). From the 19mm point, measure and mark the width of the arm of your chair (92mm), then measure and mark another 19mm. You should now have two rectangles drawn on either side of the timber.

Step 4: Drill your holes

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Drill three evenly spaced holes on each rectangle on both side of the timber.

Step 5: Use a cordless planer

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Sand top timber piece, then use a cordless planer to neaten the edges.

Step 6: Stand arm pieces

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Stand two arm pieces up and place 150mm piece on top, lining pre-drilled holes with the top of the arms, creating an upside down “U” shape. Drill together using screws.

Step 7: Sand and stain timber

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Sand drink stand, then use an old cloth to stain timber. It’s a good idea if don’t want to get your hand stained to wear some latex gloves. All that’s left is to leave the timber to dry.

Final result: DIY Timber Drink Stand

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DIY Tealight Holder

This DIY Tealight Holder will impress and light up your dining table, with this preety platform for battery lights - it's so easy! Check out this easy how-to video to create your own tealight holder or have a look at the photos below to see ho ... [read more]

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DIY Peg Hat Rack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrrRCl5euQ An interchangeable timber peg board is a way to solve your messy hallway problem. Check out this how-to video to create this cracker of a rack to hang your hats, coats and umbrellas. Just change the p ... [read more]

Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 4

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I’m back with another instalment of Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 4. You would have read in Follow the Build Part 3 piers setout.

Whilst we’re building the new house here at Mudgee, you would have seen the progress of my new building project as I’ve gone along. I hope this project of mine is inspiring you to look at doing something for yourself. See below on where I’m up to and keep following my progress on Mudgee.

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You can see in the image I took above, the screw piers are all in with ant caps bolted off. We are now ready for the floor frame. I absolutely love this bit because it means your starting to come up out of the ground and you can finally stand on the deck of the house which will one day be the ground floor of my new home.

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LVL bearers (laminated timber beams) straight on the piers then 90 x 45 joists at 450mm centres. I gunned the joists down, trimmed everything up and now I’m ready for the best part of the job – mucking around with the recycled hardwood I’ve got coming for the lounge / dinning frame.

Keep following the build and let me know your thoughts via my Scotty Cam Facebook Page.

Won’t be long till the next update so stay tuned for part 5 coming very soon….

 

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Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 5

IRONBARK POSTS AND BEAMS Here is another update on my project Follow the Build Part 5. You would have read Follow the Build Part 4 where I was working on the floor frame. Well I’ve got to say, this is the ultimate in carpentry for me. T ... [read more]

Mudgee Build Part 3

Mudgee – Follow the Build Part 3

PIERS SETOUT Here is another update on my project – Follow the Build Part 3. You would have read in Follow the Build Part 2 which is all about excavation. Now that we have a good level site I’m getting into the set. It’s so importa ... [read more]