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Hand-made with affection

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jun 20

Vince has four brothers. One is two years older and belongs to a Men’s Shed group in Bunbury, a city in Western Australia. Men’s Sheds vary in some of their features but all are designed to provide fellowship and support to men....

western australia

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Burls, jarrah and wood-turning

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Nov 19

I forgot the important part I wrote about the friendly guy we met with the scruffy beard and tattoos. It seems his profession now is as a wood-turner but he specialises in creating really large pieces which he displays in...

western australia

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Didn't totally waste the day

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 17 Aug 16

Didn't spend much time here. It rained so I didn't do any work outside. I didn't write anything yet and it's after supper. I didn't work at fixing the floor or anything else inside. I can still say the day wasn't a total...

selling my work

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My First YouTube Video

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 28 Jul 16

My wife and I at the very last moment decided to go ahead and run a test to see if we could create a YouTube video using her tablet. I know we could have put some time into this and made it a whole lot better, but it was only a...

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Trees of Australia - the She-Oak

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Jun 16

Another of Australia's attractive trees is the she-oak or Allocasuarina. They have long, segmented branchlets which look like pine needles and the leaves are minute scales which encircle each segment. When the tree loses its...

western australia

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Amazing what you can do with two by four stud grade lumber!

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 17 Aug 12

I enjoy woodworking and especially lathe work. I'm border line flat broke all the time and as a result I tend to use the least expensive wood I can lay my hands on for projects. I buy or scavenge two by fours glue them up into...

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