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Topics with Label: Recycling and Upcycling

grazsmith
Getting Established
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Many years ago mu wife - bless her heart - purchased online a set of draws + tool box on casters combo. The item arrived damaged so wifey complained ...

mich1972
Kind of a Big Deal
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Good afternoon Workshop Community Friends. I didn’t want to get rid of the two metal cabinets we have been using in our Shed. But I certainly didn’t w ...

Faiz
Finding My Feet
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Hi Team, new to building things and wanted to build a shed in a corner given by my wife  to use as my area ...approx 200 L × 90 width × 120 cm heigh ...

peterh450
Finding My Feet
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Somewhere comfortable to sit and enjoy the sun. Recycled pallets stained with teak deck oil.

robchin
Becoming a Leader
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So haven't been in the workshop for a while. Thought I'd share these little ones. Made from scraps of wood from other projects, rescued wood and old d ...

Splodg
Growing in Experience
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Hi, there are heaps of awesome workshop projects here, so I thought I would mention an awesome CAD computer program I use.The program is part of a fre ...

Super_D
Becoming a Leader
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Christmas is coming and I have been making some Christmas presents with my Co2 laser.This is a little jewellery box cut and engraved on 3ply from Bunn ...

jennih
Cultivating a Following
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The house I bought used to have a pool and there is a big sand filter in my shed. Any ideas what I could do in my garden to use this - pond, water fea ...

MargnFrank
Cultivating a Following
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We needed a sink downstairs in our garage. A friend built us a fabulous storage area with a workbench and sink stand. We have just about finished pain ...

Dave-1
Home Improvement Guru
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This was the second step to retrofitting my garage to become a Libary. Surprisingly removing the garage door and the fixed shelving was easy. Was ju ...

Dave-1
Home Improvement Guru
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May

After Retrofitting the garage to be a Libary I had water entering the room, as in a LOT of water when it poured rain. This is the story of how I fixed ...

Dave-1
Home Improvement Guru
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May

I had water entering my garage after I had put up false walls and retrofitted it. I had found a couple of points that were leaking but I still had a q ...

Dave-1
Home Improvement Guru
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This project is the result of the first experiment I did to see if the discs help regulate heat and heat loss. This is the first inference as I do h ...

MsCharlie
Cultivating a Following
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I have a flatpack shelving unit that I want to convert into a cat tower by cutting some cat-sized holes in some of the shelves and separator pieces (f ...

MartiPedia
Making a Splash
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I absolutely love restoration projects. Facebook is riddled with things is desperate need of some TLC, some diamonds in the rough which, with a little ...

Ben54
Just Starting Out
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I just read about some guy wanted to remove rust from his fathers old tools, well I used to make, restore and repair furniture, i worked from home and ...

Lottle87
Just Starting Out
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Hello all, I've recently collected a bunch of pallets from bunnings stores around my area to reuse and make furniture with. I've heard plenty about Me ...

fiddlerdan
Getting Established
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Chladni plates refer to a vibrating plate onto which fine particles like tea, sand or salt are placed. The plate is then vibrated by a speaker directl ...

tubebender
Getting Established
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I’m told by the maritime museum that the wheel is approximately 200 years old but the previous owner painted it with lead paint and my thoughts are th ...

misszara
Growing in Experience
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I did this project entirely solo (minus light installation) to prove to myself that I could do it. The bench is the original bench and vice from what ...

Sugar
Having an Impact
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Hi guys I got this piece of furniture from FB marketplace for free. I picked up this thinking that I could give a new life to this. Turns out that my ...

mb_580
Having an Impact
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Hi everyone, happy new year to all, I made a workbench to organising my tools and clean-up my garage during last week (first week of holiday). I thou ...

cindyh68
Cultivating a Following
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 Completed Shed 3x3m upcycled project  Before: tin roof structure over old unused child's sandpit. The coppers logs were replaced with square tim ...

Pklebano
Having an Impact
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