Tools Cabinet

After completing the temporary sink, it's on to the next project, a "Tools Cabinet" to keep all of my gardening stuffs.

Thinking that the cabinet is to be placed outside and exposed to the elements, I should build one out of wood.

I did a sketch of the cabinet and went to a nearby construction material shop to purchase the raw wooden materials.

I bought additional materials just in case I make a mistake along the way. This is a snap shot of what I had bought:

a) 2 pieces of 9mm plywood in the back.
b) 6 pieces of 2" x 2" wood
c) 5 pieces of 8" x 1" wood
d) 1 box of 1" screww
e) Redwood wood finish (varnish)
f) 1 bottle of thinner
g) 2 drill bits

You can see from the picture above that I had cut out all of the 2" x 2" to their respective lengths.

The next thing I thought would be to fix up the support pieces before I cut the shelves pieces. I am also considering how to fix the shelve support pieces so that it can vary in height. Anyway, no more cutting until I can confirm this.

I sand the surface of the wood to try to get a smooth surface where I can apply varnish.

This is still a work in progress... to be continued...

Temporary Kitchen Sink

Hi again.. Many months have passed... Did not do much with the reno. My mum suffered another stroke attack... So been busy with her.

Anyway, back to our house... We are still searching and considering on the wet and dry kitchen. Before we decide, we need a temporary kitchen sink to wash our utensils. Hence, we had to continue our search.

I planned to make a tabletop out of wood but came across this writing desk at AEON for RM169.00. (Forgot to take pics before sawing)

The tabletop of tge desk is Madeira  of chipboard. Does not look like it will withstand water abuse. In order to make it more resistance to water, I sprayed 2 layers of white paint and 2 layers of clear varnish over it.

I fastened the top to the legs and drop the sink in.

Oh, forgot to add that I had to drill a hole in the sink to fix the water faucet. 

Next is to fill in the piping.

The structure was a little short for me, so I added 4 flower pots to raise it up. Coyld not find any re-enforced hose around the house to fix to the faucet, therefore, I used a temporary hose to connect the system up.

I put the system to test and ran it for 5minutes. Everything seems to be running fine.

We had a burst hose the next day. The hose could not take the pressure. Headed out to Tesco and bought a toilet hose for RM8.00. Replaced the hose and this is what it looks like now:

That's all for now.