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Cheap DIY Boom Mic Arm Stand

May 7th, 2011 · 10 Comments

When I first purchased my microphone for recording the YWAM News Podcast I had looked briefly at getting a table top microphone boom arm like the one on the left. I think that they are a great idea, a big space saver on the desktop and also help to put the microphone at exactly the [...]

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Create a Fold Up Workbench for your Garage

March 26th, 2011 · No Comments

I was browsing around Ikea Hackers looking for ideas for a narrow desk for our kids and came across this great idea for a fold up workbench for the garage… The design is built off of the Ikea BEKVÄM Kitchen Cart, which sells for $59.99 from Ikea in Canada. I figure that if I can [...]

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Help Organise your Kids Bookcase

January 4th, 2011 · No Comments

We’ve been struggling with getting our four-year old daughter to organise her bookshelf. It’s quite difficult for her to actually put her books on the shelf without knocking them over and getting very frustrated. When we set-up our office we picked up six Ikea Inreda Book-ends. I ended up only using four of the six [...]

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Build a Cheap and Easy Wooden Garage Workbench

November 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I reckon that every man’s garage needs a decent workbench. It’s the hub of a man’s world out there, whether it’s being used on the latest project, propping up the man during a good chin wag, or holding the man’s beer, a proper garage is simply not complete without a workbench. Since I didn’t have [...]

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