Innehållsförteckning för No 97 July - August 2021 från The Shed

When folks come across The Shed magazine, I know they will have a preconceived idea of who this publication is designed for — you, as a regular reader, probably have too. Many may reckon they know exactly the type and age of sheddie that we feature and who reads our magazine, but they would be wrong. Sure, a lot of our content features males of a certain age wearing a fair bit of grey hair but, honestly, it’s not exclusively so. With our The Shed website traffic, for example, Mr Google tells us that the majority of our visitors are males aged 35–50. However, female visitors account for over 25 per cent of our traffic. Does that surprise you? When we think of a project to write about or a…

In The Artful Bodger story in The Shed Issue No. 96, we printed the wrong email contact for Jasper Murphy. His correct email address is murphy.jasperw@gmail.com. Since publication, Jasper has made some life changes and is now working from a new shed at his new home in Wainui. He says, “The next generation has taken over the orchard and we have moved to the beach for a slower lifestyle, with more time for woodwork.” He will keep his original shed for larger projects. With more time on his hands, Jasper plans to start running bodging workshops. “I feel it’s important to pass on the knowledge around this old craft and I enjoy teaching,” he says. In the interim, he is working on a new commission: a chair made from “a…

Dear Sir, Does anyone have drawings for making a crox tool for making an internal swage on tubing? We need to make a5 ∕8-inch internal diameter tool for aluminium tubing for a static aircraft display. There are plenty of sizes available, but not5 ∕8 inches. I heard a rumour that making a crox tool was an exercise for toolmaking apprentices. If we had a drawing for a ½-inch version, it should be easy to upscale it for a 5 ∕8-inch version. Can anyone provide a drawing, or a tool? Andy Wilson Auckland 027 683 9947…

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CLI Command line interface — think green blinking dot in The Matrix Downstream As in the outlet GUI Graphical user interface — think mouse, monitor, and thousand-hour stare Hard fork Hard fork in the road — pick a road; decision time HDD Hard disk drive NAS Network attached storage NOOBS New out of the box — just as well it isn’t ‘Bought out of the box’! OMV OpenMediaVault — nothing to do with censorship Pull Pull file from remote to local Push Push a file from local to remote RPi Raspberry Pi sFTP Secure (s) file transfer protocol SSD Solid state drive SSH Secure SHell3  UPS Uninterrupted power supply Upstream As in the source USB Universal serial bus — nothing to do with public transport…

The ability to turn in a certain direction when a sound catches our attention is a type of reaction that should not necessarily be mediated by our brain. Often, when someone calls us, we spontaneously tend to turn in the direction the sound is coming from without thinking and making a conscious decision. Similarly, the Borg has the ability to rotate the torso — within the limits of its range of actions — to direct its ‘gaze’; indeed, the camera pointing at the subject from which the sound source comes must be an automatic reaction, not requiring any processing by the Raspberry Pi. To keep the technological parallel: if the Raspberry Pi performs some functions to manage the sentient part of the Borg, so the Arduino board manages the automatic…

When is a shed not a shed? When it’s a house. Nick Howard has achieved that most elusive of sheddie dreams by getting rid of the boundaries between shed and house and combining the two. There’s a welder in the living room, car parts and gas cylinders colonise other spaces, a gas burner is stashed on the kitchen bench, a bedroom wardrobe houses a server that looks as if it belongs in a corporate office, and then there’s the hub of a lot of his projects: a former bedroom that is now a workroom full of his electronic kit and gear for loading ammunition casings. Nick is an electronics whizz and his job at Youtap, a global fintech software company, involves building complex communication platforms from scratch, among other techie…

Nigel has his own history relating to the museum. As a boy he helped his father deliver milk to the Tawhiti Cheese Factory in the farm truck, little realising that he would eventually own the building and create a museum there. What started as a hobby and small private collection grew with demand to become an impressive site detailing the history of South Taranaki. Nigel sees the museum he purchased in 1976 as an ongoing artistic endeavour. In 1988, he left work as an art teacher in Hawera to concentrate on his projects full time — plotting and then creating his collection. Thirty-three years and a lot of work later, the museum is a busy place, with visitors from near and far. Nigel and wife Teresa have travelled overseas to…

Ihad to buy some razor blades the other day. It’s not something I do often. I find blades last a while — not, I hasten to add, because I am hirsute, but shaving regularly means the blades don’t work so hard. I have two problems in this mundane task. First, I can never remember the brand and model of the one I am using, since I have usually been using it for several months and in that time the names and models seem to change, and, secondly, I am always shocked at the price. It seems to me that razorblade manufacturers are using the, now familiar, inkjet printer rort: sell the device cheaply and the essential consumables at a premium. Absurd marketing ploys I noticed, when I needed a refill,…

Working in agriculture, Hayden Tasker often gets to see new and innovational machinery up close. He says that New Zealand is used as a testing ground by international machinery manufacturers, mainly, he thinks, because of its remoteness, although it’s hard to imagine agents of industrial espionage scouting local fields to scope out the opposition’s latest device. The difference in our seasons from the Northern Hemisphere, where these manufacturers are based, may also be an attraction. Hayden believes that it’s the same with motorcycles. New models can be discreetly trialled on our relatively deserted roads without attracting any great interest. The testers would enjoy better weather than during their winter at home too. On one holiday — preseason, of course — at the popular resort of Kaiteriteri at the top of…

American threads are not disappearing as fast as British threads because the US is still clinging staunchly to imperial measurements. As the US dominates the aeronautical industry, these threads are likely to be in use for many years to come. The most common American threads are: • Unified National Coarse (UNC) Apart from its 60-degree thread angle, it is very similar to BSW threads. In fact, UNC nuts will fit on BSW bolts quite easily, with the exception of ½ inch where the pitch is different. • Unified National Fine (UNF) A 60-degree thread angle. Like BSF, it tends to be used to ensure that there is less chance of the fastening coming loose or when a fine adjustment is needed. UNF threads are generally the same sizing as UNC. While UNC…

The first traffic cop in New Zealand was hired by Auckland City in 1894, when virtually all vehicles were horse-drawn. From then on, many local bodies had officers with the authority to enforce traffic laws within their boundaries. The central government started policing some roads just before World War II, and gradually took over this task from local councils until, by the early 1990s, it was the sole traffic authority. The MOT was formed in 1968 and, apart from officers employed by some local authorities, the policing of New Zealand roads was the responsibility of its TSS. The MOT was a very large government department responsible for everything from lighthouses, now unmanned, to airtraffic control — now the responsibility of Airways Corporation — to weather forecasts. In 1992, the MOT’s…

We have all heard it — or thought it at some point: the kids of today are so focused on their screens that they have no idea how things actually work. They don’t muck about with tools and wood and wheels; they don’t make things themselves any more. This, the theory goes, means that they are missing out on something really fundamental and valuable. Some might argue this digital-only focus doesn’t matter; kids are learning all the skills they need in the digital age, just as we learnt what we needed for the pre-digital age. More people, however, think that kids are missing out on vital hand–brain training and practical problem-solving that will make them more rounded people and more active agents in their own lives. This could be even…

ISO metric threads, which have a 60-degree thread angle, are the international standard and official for many countries, including New Zealand and Australia. • ISO coarse These are common for general nuts and bolts, and are ideal for soft materials such as aluminium. • ISO fine These are more suited to applications where fine adjustment is required or where vibration tends to loosen coarse-threaded items. The pitch of a metric thread is quite plainly stated in millimetres whereas British and American thread pitches are expressed as a number of teeth per inch (tpi).…

There was one joy, however: I got to attack the one I bought for parts with a grinder In these days of sustainability and cradle-to-cradle production processes, recycling old tech has got to at least be examined. Well, I did — and it was interesting to say the least. In the end, I couldn’t get the G5 to restart. I took it to several repair places, bought an old G5 for potential parts — $20, so current expenditure is $65.21 — but still no joy. There was one joy, however: I got to attack the one I bought for parts with a grinder; it was very satisfying. I’d like to get the old G5 going again — if anyone has any ideas I’d love to hear them. A chapter ends…

In the less-is-more world of pinhole photography, fine art can be created from the simplest of cameras — often made from everyday items we discard. Jenny Tomlin is a photographer and darkroom printer who much prefers analogue to digital. Her passion for pinhole photography began in the late 1990s after seeing an international exhibition of pinhole photography. “Until then, I was shooting with a large-format camera; I was getting stale. Pinhole reignited the sense of surprise that I first loved about photography. Pinhole is never really what you see in front of you. There is always something else. It can raise as many questions as it answers,” she says. Pinhole cameras are a celebration of photography at its purest. They bridge the gap between camera obscuras and the analogue cameras…

As a Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) certified beer judge, I get to judge a range of beer competitions each year. Apart from the joy of tasting some amazing beers, I also get a good feel for the issues that are challenging brewers. In past years, cleanliness issues were one of the more common beer faults. More recently, I’m glad to say, the growth of craft beers and the growth of home brewing has seen brewers lift their game and poor sanitation issues are becoming less common. However, one concern still evident in brewing competitions is that of yeast health and pitch rates. So, this issue I wanted to shed some light on brewing yeast. How important is yeast? As far as ingredients go, yeast is the third-biggest flavour contributor…

Nigel Ogle of Tawhiti Museum has taken the art of model making to an extreme level. The South Taranaki artist has transformed a massive shed — it used to be a dairy factory — into an extraordinary early New Zealand history museum. The acclaimed museum draws many visitors, its varied display areas even including a full-sized working bush railway. One of Nigel’s specialities is the models he creates in his workshop — everything from full-sized human models to dioramas featuring hundreds of miniature figures. An art teacher turned potter turned museum creator turned model maker, over the past 30 years he has, mostly single-handedly, created something very special. Nigel sees the museum as one big art project and his extremely prolific model making is an integral part of the museum.…

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