The Shed

The Shed is Eclectic, informed and always fascinating, there is something to interest everyone in The Shed. Aimed at those with a few tools and perhaps a few clues, this is the magazine for real sheddies. Packed with ideas, projects, advice and peeks into other people’s sheds.

The Shed

WHY DITCH A WINNER?

A FAMILY AFFLICTION • With the genealogy of five generations of South Island engineers in the family, Ross Hayes thinks nothing of rebuilding Land Rovers for fun, family, and farm

The pedal cars

The works

ROSS SHOWS US HOW TO CLEAN A TILLEY LAMP

A great idea made real Auckland Library of Tools • Why buy a new tool for just one job when you can borrow all you need from a tool library? Less waste, less storage and all fees covered by a library membership. It’s a win-win

The Ayrburn Classic announces dates for 2026 • Save the date: Friday, 20 – Sunday, 22 February 2026

THE SHED ONLINE • What’s happening online at the-shed.nz?

STORAGE TIPS FOR TOOLS AND MORE

BUILDING A GANTRY CRANE • How to construct a workshop heavy lifter

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THE AYRBURN CLASSIC ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2026

CAMERA SHROUD DESIGN • Bob Hulme has another project for your Alibre Atom 3d program. Sunny days can make viewing your digital camera screen almost impossible – Bob has a solution

ELECTRICALS, UPHOLSTERY, Part 4 AND FUEL TANK • The road to restoration never runs smooth. Peter’s knowledge of electronics is severely tested, and patience and perhaps some self-improvement are required. You could call this series of articles ‘Zen and the Art of Being a Sheddie’

TOOLS • A Visual History

BUILDING MY DREAM SHED FOUNDATIONS • She’s a hard road to find the perfect shed. However, The Shed magazine founder Jude Woodside is giving it a bloody good nudge

ARDUINO 102 ERRORS • Our Arduino wizard shares some thoughts and solutions to dealing with ‘errors’ and provides guidance on how to display to the user that something has gone wrong … somewhere

WHAT TO RESTORE, TO REPURPOSE, TO BUILD? • Murray asks himself, “Why am I off the grid? Why do I fix rather than replace?” The answer is simple: he’s getting himself ready for a post-oil world

MY RETIREMENT PROJECT Part 2 • As the project reaches its conclusion, Coen decides that he needs more grunt in his minitruck, but there are supplier problems aplenty to annoy and frustrate

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THE Shed QUIZ NO. 3 • You’ve got a shed, and you know how to use it – but do you really understand how everything works? Test your sheddie knowledge here

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES • Having successfully built a stylish kitchen table, Nigel reckons that he should now have a crack at an entertainment unit to house their TV and stereo. The result is satisfying, but the journey was not without its issues

THE DROP DEAD YEARS • Our Shed shrink suggests there is a cunning way to avoid an earlier-than-anticipated meeting with your maker: have a laugh and have one often

BILL AND HIS HARLEY 60 years and counting • Bill Jackson’s dad was an engineer and decided that his son should go to university to study law, unlike the rest of the family. However, strong engineering genes shone through, and in the ’50s, Bill accidentally became interested in restoring American motorcycles. The result: a sheddie was born

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NEW TRICKS, OLD DOG • Jude has built himself a new dream shed and has some big plans on what he will create in there – and it’s not what you would expect