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Kids rocking horse
all mdf for inside of treated ply for out side . This one mad from scraps of 18mm mdf plans available off the internet message me and I will send you links can be made from two quarter sheets, easy to pop in car, I used some 16mm dowel for the handles available from Bunnings. I got a 900mm of dowel smallest length and may…
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Billy cart hand truck wheelbarrow for toddlers
I couldn’t get a Caterpillar sticker, or even a Karcher, or de Walt sticker to go on this some have left it plain. I’ll send you dimensions if you want but basically it’s pretty simple to guess your size. I’ve found some stuff on the web and will include those as a guide. The littlies love them I’ve made two a pink no…
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Butterfly (Monarch) for the house, fence, garden
A lovely. onar h for the side of the house or fence …. Remember when Gran had one ??? I collected the plans for these from a gardening magazine and will happily send on to you The body is some pine waste from Bunnings Trade (they call it dunnage) will charge a token amount of may even give you it for free. This was a piece…
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How to organise all my drill bits
My local MAKEROOM guy came to my aid . Nigel had the same problem of storing all your bits in one easy to get place. And an easy way to sort themas the numerals their size tend to be very difficult to read for some of us. He made. Colourful face plates for each drawer with the size label on it and then drilled a hole…
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How to brighten up that old outdoor furniture
Have no fear and take a risk. I had an old bench seat that was pretty shagged after years in the weather numerous pot plants decorating it. It resembled my neighbours but two slats had rotted through and a handle was falling off. Some slats in the back had rotted out. It’s was destined for the bin but I needed something to…
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Folding outdoor laundry basket table
This clever little laundry basket table folds away against the fence when not in use. The project I got some old fence palings I had under the house and screwed them together to make a tabletop hinged to the fence at one end and hinged to two legs long enough to touch the ground at the other. A bit of blue strap and –…
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Trike pot plant holder
This little wooden tricycle makes an adorable pot plant holder suitable for indoors and out. The project I’ve made two of these. One I left bare treated pine, but this one I wanted to tart up a bit. I made the wheels by using the two biggest hole saws I had. I made the hubs with a small one. Then I just drilled holes right…
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ANZAC tribute
This year I felt that I needed to go to more effort for ANZAC day. So I’ve enlarged an image I found and using some 12 mm non structural ply 1/4 sheet (1200*60) from Bunnings I drew him out using some old carbon paper I had. ( I should have used treated ply to weather longer but he’s not going to be permanently outside…
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Trike pot plant holder
I’ve made two of these one I left bare treated pine and this one that I wanted to tart up a bit. The wheels are made by using the two biggest hole saws I had. The hubs were made with a small one. Then I just drilled holes right through the hub and glued 6mm dowel in. When dry I cut the dowels to fit the rim and glued them…
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Antipasto or charcuterie boards
The perfect way to serve those little titbits to your friends over summer inside or out. I’ve used untreated pine boards from Bunnings and in particular Seles finger jointed 450 and 600 mm wide pine panels. these give great choice for drawing a shape you like. I’ve cut out shark (sharkcuterie after all) 😀 a penguin and sea…
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Novelty hooks for clothes
These were cut out with my Ryobi jigsaw from 150x18 pine. Have a short block of 20-30 mm pine dowel and 6mmx50mm hanger bolts (pictured) glued with araldite into the dowel. they can be hand screwed into dry wall with an anchor or into a hole in timber 4.5 -5 mm dia. paint in colours you like and make the shape as big or…
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Door knocker for home or office
Hands free well minimal finger contact means this little knocker delivers maximum punch and gets attention. in fact responses to date have been almost immediate and thankfully I screwed it to the door frame so it cant be easily removed I have noticed the ball has been tucked away sometimes so if I’m going past I like to…
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D.I.Y. pucket table hockey
The grand children 11 and 9 are competitive and this is a great game to keep them off the iPad for a while dimensions etc I downloaded off the web and they put it through its paces the materials were all easily available at my local Bunnings and included untreated 32-35mm dowel, 45x18 pine, a quarter sheet of 4.75 mm mdf…
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Getting started with essential tools for beginners
This may seem a little strange as dad or brother usually gives you, lends you, or has in his some tools that you just grab when he is out. But where to start for your self is good tidy way to get yourself interested and from what I see on advisory web pages etc indicates it’s quite hard to know what you really need.…
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Decorative bull horns
Let me know if you’d like the pattern I found on the internet the horn tips are 500mm approx wide, three easy to cut parts and a metal ring. I used a Ryobi jigsaw to cut the shapes out and Ryobi multi tool to cut out the notch for the ring (36-40mm). the timber was sanded pine or sanded finger jointed acacia. I’ve used…
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How to always find the end of your masking tape
If you’re anything like normal (My excuse) I always tear masking tape etc off and when I go for the next piece I have to run my nail around the roll often a second time to find that pesky end. Well this great idea solves both issues and leaves it ready for next time easy to find and lift. I came across this tip last week…
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Stirring paddle spoon - time filler and little cash earner
From some 50 year old rimu (red pine) I cut off the nailed and daggy bits and with my ryobi circular saw cut the 1 inch 4x1 in half and used my ryobi plane to get the thickness to around 4mm. Marked out the spoons and cut out with jigsaw. Sanding to finish. Also did the same with some 10 mm untreated pine from Bunnings (…
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Grandson asked for a desk for his birthday
Using quarter sheets of mdf from Bunnings (18mm) easy to fit in the car cut these to make the desk fit 1000 long 400 deep to match the flat pack Bunnings sell and 730 work height. Screwed two shelves under neat and made a box (black) for under the desk. The shelves I cut to give home some shelving and made the top 400 deep…
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How to make a Bunnings DIY birdhouse
I was lucky to be given a Bunnings Kids DIY birdhouse I thought it would be fun to make it up but first sorry Bunnings MDF won’t stand being outside for very long. be interesting to see how good paint can extend this. two sides 3 mm mdf, a top and bottom 3mm mdf, and front and back panels 9mm and a perch. to increase…
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Laundry basket table
Using some old fence palings I had under the house I screwed them together to make a table top hinged to the fence at the bottom and hinged a Frame of two cross supportS and two legs long enough to touch the ground. A bit of blue strap and voila!. A table then two scraps of cutoff and I don’t know a technical name but now…
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how to make a continuity tester another MAKEROOM project arrives in the mail
this weeks make your own project has arrived ... the instructions are on line at MAKEROOM and I’ll make a start on this next week. well it was raining and I was looking for something to keep my attention so started this and finished it today thanks to MAKEROOM Nigel and his trusty on line lesson..Nigel’s helpfully lessons…
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How to build a Bunnings kids diy BIRD house
I was lucky to be given a Bunnings Kids DIY Birdhouse to build . sorry Bunnings MDF won’t last long in Wellington New Zealand hurricanes, rain wind and earthquakes. so I gave all the pieces an$ good coat of British paints water based 4 in 1 sealer primer undercoat. and blocker see what I did there? Haha. Mine is tinted by…
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How to make a KUBB set - Viking bowls
An easy project and cheap as. Here’s an offical picture off the net thanks to Wikipedia. I left my king at 4*4 rather than cutting down to 90*90 mm. Bowls here are round. Fancy sets are on line for big bucks mad out of hardwoods etc but research suggests weights used generally mean pine is most suitable. I purchased some…
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how to renovate an old garden ornament wagon wheel
I have this screwed to the fence with a solar spotlight lighting it most nights depending on how much sun we get. i decided it see below) need a lift and a 10000 k service so took this Weathered and worn wheel and sanded it down reprimed it and gave it two top coats of water based enamel and gave it a blue highlight by…
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Ampliflier kit for my granddaughter
My grandson goes to make room Wellington (www.makeroomwellington.nz) Where Nigel runs a STEM educational programme - Science Technolgy Electronics and Mathematics. My grandson loves it and made one of these (not pink) over two or three weeks. I loved it and thought I’d make one for his sister, hence the pink which I…
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Doughnut board for a dinner party
T a young girl friend explained what she was after and I quickly knocked this up from some MDF I had and some dowel almost too big but that was what I had a hand. Would suggest 10-12 mm dowel all got painted but could look great on ply stained of clear. Hang doughnuts on each leg friends help themselves
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wood chopper whirligig for the kids
Son has a Stihl chainsaw and loves Getting firewood for the winter So .... made this blades are stihl saws Bobby an axe
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simple easel for my good wife to paint during lockdown
Had some scraps of 12 mm ply and cut this out keeping it simple as. Her indoor is happy as could paint on a raised angle. Don’t know angles etc but can get them if you message me.
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boot pull
Used a pallet tossed out by Bunnings and made this for helping get the boots off (bit hard to get down there now old gramp). Tried printing a image onto the top by getting a laser print of boot tread gluing it on. Face down with pva glue and when dry soaking paper off and rubbing it away. Finally a clear coat of water…
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My first garden “windmill” - a Spitfire about 400mm wingspan flies out one misty morning on patrol
I got it into my head I needed to make some windmill to at least use the windy location we live in.
