Thread: Rangier Rover's outdoor Wood Heater

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

That's pretty much all it took to clean his workshop , metal shaving and offcuts of mild steel
that needed to be swept off the floor , a Health and Safety Audit was conducted inside the workshop and a few Hazrd were Identified and removed.

Yeah,... I've got to agree there, I give my shed a good sweep out or vacuum every week or so when the wind is blowing in the right direction to stop any dust settling back on my cupboard tops etc. I'm also a bit of a fanatic about putting tools back on the board when a job is finished.

I do agree however a Clean and Tidy workshop tends to stifle creativity , Tony
has done an amazing job with the Oil Burner and Pics to follow when all complete.

I think that we'll have to start a "Mutual Admiration Society", just for the pair of you, with each giving the credit to the other.

You've both done a great job! I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished article.

Originally Posted by ozzirt

Yeah,... I've got to agree there, I give my shed a good sweep out or vacuum every week or so when the wind is blowing in the right direction to stop any dust settling back on my cupboard tops etc. I'm also a bit of a fanatic about putting tools back on the board when a job is finished.

I think that we'll have to start a "Mutual Admiration Society", just for the pair of you, with each giving the credit to the other.

You've both done a great job! I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished article.

I like the Sound of that , Aulro's Admiration Socity , I'll start with your Workshop I just looked at all the Tools you've got neatly hanging on the board That is a prime example of a well sorted work shop.





Think Tony should be taking Notes by now , He really needs a Board to mount all his Grinding/cutting Discs so we don't go looking for them

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Think Tony should be taking Notes by now , He really needs a Board to mount all his Grinding/cutting Discs so we don't go looking for them

Notes taken
I'm going to need a long wall Would be good though I need to get the back right section concreted first then move the whole lot back about 25 ft. I'll need another life span to sort all the handy stuff out.

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Notes taken
I'm going to need a long wall Would be good though I need to get the back right section concreted first then move the whole lot back about 25 ft. I'll need another life span to sort all the handy stuff out.

having made several tool boards, I have found that the simplest and easiest way out is to use 22mm chipboard or craft wood if you want to pay a bit more (not the standard 16mm). Give it multiple coats of paint as it will suck up the paint like a sponge for the first couple of coats, then lay your tools out on the floor with long tools at the top and the smaller tools at the bottom, this allows you to have the top of the board a foot or so higher than you can reach.

Try to put the things you use most, where they are most easily reached, with all of your smaller things like files, screwdriver sets and punches etc in a shelf along the bottom. I used a piece of "C" section fence rail/purlin for this.

To hold the tools I've used a variety of sizes of chipboard screws as they are much stronger than nails and not a lot more expensive, also the larger heads stop tools from vibrating off and falling on the floor when you are getting carried away with the hammer/air chisel etc.

This is the best constructed, cheapest and easiest to alter, (new tools) board I've had and I've tried several.

I refuse to post any pics of my shed,Im ashamed of it.
BUT times are changing.Shelving built,the boys Lathe installed.Sort out and tidy up to do.
Will post pics when its respectable.
Andrew

I cant even fart in my shed without choking a split second later its that small.

SWMBO wants to move to Busselton and tried to coax me by showing me adds of houses with workshops!

I'm slowly slipping......

Cheers

Andrew

Never, EVER, be ashamed of your shed!...

Think of all of the hours of pleasure it has given you, remember when it was all you could afford and you were just so tickled pink just to have it, the first time you ran the power cord out there and worked at night, thinking you were just the ants pants. Think of it as a tired old friend who deserves some recognition and glory in her latter days.

I just love working in my old shed immediately behind the "new' shed, I just feel comfortable there, plus I did ten times as much there than i have in the new "Zincalume toybox" as my better half calls it.


A place to feel comfortable, to house that bloody noisy compressor, to store your odds 'n' sods, and that small salvage heap, to sharpen chains and to do hot work and not worry about the floor.

To store all of that "come in handy" stuff, Rock drills and broken drill extractors, plumbing fittings and spare pieces of Buloke for making wooden mauls all of your cast off tools that might just come in handy, and offcuts of pipe and plate.

Mining and rescue gear, spare second hand electric and two stroke motors.... Old sheds are a treasure trove to be cherished and shown off to all and sundry,... and theres another corner with an old wooden bench yet....

Old Sheds, my chosen place of solace and unbridled pleasure... Love 'em!!!

I think you would fit in very well here I cant even get the camera into the other old work shop which was established pre WW2 and has items of similar vintage. Even a hand driven blackmith forge, and coke scoops etc.

Is that a small combustion heater in the top pic Looks like you may have small forge as well.