Making a trap door for my lift shaft

The trapdoor over my lift shaft wasn’t a priority, but I decided to do it anyway.

Main reason being that I wanted to put my new welder to a proper test.

Then also because the trapdoor, while not needed currently, could accommodate a load being parked on it while I rearrange the shed.

Anyway, as you’ll see, it turned out pretty cool – as far as I went.


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Posted by Brian Hartigan

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2 thoughts on “Making a trap door for my lift shaft

  • 15/03/2026 at 8:47 pm
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    Brian, Brian, Brian…
    I guess the googles under the welding visa is safety cautious however…..
    Where’s the gloves?
    Where’s the long pants?
    Where’s the long sleeves?
    And I doubt those 2 big cocks on your shirt will stop
    Slag burns on your chest….
    Now that you mentioned your shirts
    At first glance I thought… I bet his daughter bought it as a gift and he is wearing it to be a good dad!
    But now you say you bought it!!!!!
    I refer back to your welding T shirt!
    Finally, as for your timber you have Yellow box and Red gum both hardwoods
    Have you consider laying the time so
    Red thin, yellow thick, red thick yellow thick, red thin breaks up the red wood.
    Cheers
    Drew Hall

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    • 17/03/2026 at 6:03 pm
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      Hi Drew,
      In the words of the great John Farnham – “I burn for you” 😉
      All the goofy t-shirts I bought for myself on Temu while drunk one night were a great hit with the boys at the gym (all Vietnam vets). But, they are too small now (they shrunk and I grew), so I have a whole new batch to show the boys starting Thursday. this new batch is XXXXL 🙂
      I beat you to the timber arrangement. You were, right – looks much better.

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