A while ago (over 9 years now!) I attended a short introduction course to arc welding (stick welding). During the last few years I have used the techniques gained on the course to in some DIY projects around the house.

Here are the items I have welded and fabricated over that time:

Braai (Weber BBQ) table

I was very pleased with the curve I managed to get in the steel rod using a hammer, a round steel block and some brute force (Project done in July 2012):

Front gate extension

With Siberian Huskies you need to make sure that there is never a gate open that they can run out into the street. To prevent this, we have a double gate ‘air-lock’ system when entering our property. The gate closer to the house was always a low gate – which was perfect for our pack of dogs.
This was a perfect system until we got a new rescue ‘pup’ that liked to jump low fences.

This project was to add an extension onto the existing low gate (Project done in March 2015) :

New front gate

A new property with a long driveway required a new gate at one end to make it husky proof. I built the side pillars and the entire swing gate set from a pair of prefabricated fence sections (Completed September 2019):

Work from home desk

Bring on the year 2020; the COVID 19 Pandemic; working from home. The existing flat-pack desk was just not cutting it for two people, two laptops, two large secondary screens and all the accompanying notebooks and work documents.

This was a combined metal and woodworking project that I really enjoyed making (Project completed January 2021):

Other projects

Carport roof extension

Just adding an extra covered bay to an existing carport

Small outdoor storage shed

Small steel and sheet metal storage shed

Alaskan Chainsaw Mill attachment

An attempt at a chainsaw attachment for my 18″ (50cm) petrol chainsaw

Portable Generator Storage

Brick and steel shed to protect my portable generator from the elements