tortron Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Fluffcat is gona love cleaning the cobwebs out of that shed for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Fluffcat spent majority of today nestled between the wall and one of the windows leaning against it, sprawled out on a piece of carpet with a gentle breeze. Very relaxed... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Sweet sweet project Alex. This ready for the grand reveal yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Ha- just been putting the flashings up today and have now discovered that contour roofing have buggered that up too- two long items missing!!! Dear lord. How crap can a company be?... I must update this thread anyway- we even have an amazing new long drop location which I must show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Gotta love a long drop.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Have you got an streams on the property Alex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Not really a stream. Well a tiny one fed by springs. We have found about 7 springs so far and no doubt more. Water supply is from just two of them. Comes down through Takaka hill and very clean/clear/lush. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Gotta love a nice spring fed supply. Pity you don't have anything sizable. Iv been looking at water turbine setups made from smart drive washing machine motors, would be awesome to set up your own private hydro power scheme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 There is a decent stream over the road but I think you need a decent head of water to really get them working well. Solar around these parts works pretty well. The truck is running full time off 12volt and solar. Just 240v for the kettle and toaster because it works out cheaper than gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Yeah 10m plus is needed for the pelton wheel kits. Is the shed going to be grid connected for welder etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I have a friend who owns a bush block near here he rents out The tenant imports windmills they do the job nicely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Yeah 10m plus is needed for the pelton wheel kits. Is the shed going to be grid connected for welder etc Yeah we connected up. Had to pay that ridiculous $2000 levy but no choice..rock and hard place. Need to sort out lighting and plug layout and then design circuit. Will update thread with photos soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddy415 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 About due for an update I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Haven't you heard? Hannah and Alex have moved to Hollywood to star in Fast and Furious 8. I'm looking forward to seeing the preview. I've heard it has a Viva in it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 About due for an update I think. Photos of have been loaded. Will sit down tonight and do a little update because it has been a while! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted February 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow- its been a while since I wrote some stuff about dirt, gorse and sheds. So here I am. It has been a busy last few months sorting out many things. I have not been working much in this time, well not paid work that is. I have certainly been on my feet rushing about here and there trying to get stuff done in some sort of order so we can start getting a little business going. What we want to do more than anything is just build or fix things for people from the comfort and convenience of our own workshop charging a fair enough rate that will allow us to continue on with a pretty cruisy relaxed lifestyle out here. I am sure that is what most here on oldschool want though- most I have met so far have not been chasing silly big monies but instead want enough to play with old cars and shit. So that's us. With this in mind I had to continue on getting the shed up and once it was up I have been full on trying to set it up neatly in fashion I've always wanted before taking on any proper 'paid' work. Sam will attest to this...his Celica has been sitting here for ages while I get stuff unpacked and sorted away. I promise you Sam that I will soon remove all them big chunks of air from your/Janes car and replace them with steel. Phew- that was a big chunk of words. Here's a photo.. Yep- that's our workshop all pretty much finished. The very eagle eyed will spot a few flashings missing. I have to finish them plus fit a really awesome cat themed wind vane my parents gave us. But yeah, the shed is up and what a relief that is! Its been a few months of ups and downs mainly to do with the shed supplier being totally useless. But that's all over now and in the past. So moving on its all inside fitting out work now. First thing was to get a heap of plywood delivered and line it out. This instantly transformed the feel! its also going to help heaps as extra bracing although the shed feels solid as without it. After the ply was up I built was a place to sit with our coffee and ponder ideas in the sunshine. Using a variety of Rimu bits kicking about I made this bench.. More recently I have parked a little breville espresso machine on top- one that my parents threw out because it leaks badly. I'll put up with that for nice coffee in the workshop Now I am part German. Only an eighth but I think enough to make me get off just a little on organisation, ergonomics and efficiency. At times, often, this conflicts with my mums she'll be right kiwi hippy cruisy slant. Hannah is also a tidy freak so the workshop has to be as well organised as possible. Especially if we want people to come along to see us and be potential customers. I hate messy workshops! I hate spending ages looking for tools or stock when it should be in its place and easy to find. Especially if a good customer is paying for this time. Not on in my book. So for the last few weeks in between entertaining guests and trying to enjoy some of this summer after missing out on December and much of Jan to building the workshop etc I have been organising all of our stuff. We had to make several trips over to Blenheim to help my parents move house. While there each time we would bring back a load of stuff that was stored there. We also took down the little plywood shed we had built before we started building the housetruck. All this stuff ended up in a big pile on the workshop floor. This pile had me in hives with the general messyness. Plus we had to make the place a little bit tidy for the visit from the smoking tire crew. So I made some big shelves. Many of the boxes my parents had used to move house were a perfect size for these shelves but they were covered in print as they got them from macdonalds. I turned them all inside out and re-glued them. Now I had a load of neat matched brown boxes. Awesome! So I organised shit and stacked shelves.. I also built a big sturdy bench. Then I covered the top with a sheet of 4mm thick steel. Its great. Really happy with it. You can see to the right in the above image a big steel table. That was the frame we found in the scrub next to the drive. Its burly and has industrial grade castor wheels with grease nipples. It was an awesome find. So I cleaned it up and welded the other half of the sheet of steel to it. So a 2.4 m long heavy roll around workbench. You could put a car on it. So cool. I love it. My last thing to build was something ive had in mind for ages- well before building the shed. I always find storing paint cans, spray cans, screws, bolts etc, seldom used special tools- all the little things that clog up shelves and work tops getting in the way. So I wanted to get this stored out of sight and safe from errant grinding or welding sparks. I built this unit. Made use of spare Rimu offcuts for the door.. which opens to this.. Yeah Im pretty happy with that it must be said. Amazing how much stuff it holds and how clear it makes every where else. We have built another bench- a bit smaller and with a Rimu top. Its in what will be the bicycle area. That area will be sectioned off and solely for our many pushbikes and keeping them on the road (or on the dirt..) Last night Hannah started varnishing the bench tops and the doors. They already look so much better after ust one thinned down prime coat.. Once the building has been signed off we'll start doing the electrics. We'll do as much as we can but will have to get an electrician to connect our switch board to the main meter box and then test/sign the lot off. Already have local guy who is helpful as. Later in the year we can start building the mezzanine floor. This I am really looking forward to! Plus looking forward to painting the plywood and finishing off all the doorways/windows etc with some feature wood. Other things have been happening away from the shed. WE moved the long drop away from where it was - which was a bit too close to the truck to be healthy. Up the hill a bit and in the bush surrounded by big ferns. This involved digging a deep hole- as deep as I could reach. My brother came over and helped us carry the booth up the hill. Its now in a much nicer place to take a dump! I added a vent and sealed up all the gaps and now it draws nicely up out of the vent and smells nice. well in a composty long drop sort of way. We have also been having a go at creating a succulent garden/area. Big thanks to Andre for the Yukkas and many succulents. Its looking pretty good so far and hopefully they will thrive in the hot little valley here. We have called this garden 'the garden of tat' because a friend gave us a pretty awful wood look carving of a lady sitting next to a wolf. Once it was placed down we have started discovering other gems and friends/family have given us other terrible tasteless ornaments. Dad gave us the concrete cast boy climbing up a log which I accidently broke in half. But then glued together with no more nails.. So to finish off this rather long post here are of our 'garden of tat' 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProZac Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I want so very badly to take a shit in your longdrop. Laura and I shall have to visit! Place looks amazing dude . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'll keep a spot reserved for your poo. You're both welcome. Bring pizza (again..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 everything you touch turns to awesome. one day imma come visit you in our new shed. also show me this celica you speak of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'll reserve a spot for your poo too then dave. The Celica is an 80s thing designed with only straight edges. See the roof behind ever helpful Kevin. Only photo I could find... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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