King Gee Jack Of All Trades

I have caught the last 2 episodes of a show on Channel 9 at 12.30pm called "King Gee Jack of all Trades".

I must admit the show looked very promising, with 4 guys battling it out to see who is Tradie of the Year, but the show ended up being quite disappointing. With more than half of each episode allocated to showing fluff, you don't really get to see much building of anything.

However, if you watch the last few minutes of the show to see who the winner is of that episode, you can then enter their online competition to win Cat® mini excavator or skid steer loader.

Click here to go to the competition website.

Joinerystock - advertise your excess stock

I received an email from Tim Richardson, the director of a new online service called Joinerystock. The site has been set-up as a resource for businesses to advertise and sell any unwanted stock that they may have lying around.

The site is very new, (only 5 weeks old), so to get things going, there is no charge to place your ads... for the time being at least. So now is the perfect time to give this new site a test drive.

Here is what Tim had to say:

This website has been designed for Kitchen manufacturers, Cabinetmakers, Shopfitters and Stonemasons to be able to advertise their excess or unwanted stock. I have found your DIY resource site and thought you may want to ad a link to Joinerystock so DIY people can look for bargains and small quantities of MDF, particle board, stone, glass etc. Joinerystock is only 5 weeks old and already has members in NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA.

Click here to go to the site.

I'd be interested to hear any feedback on this new service.

Chalk Line - Must Have Tool

Here's an article on one of those handyman techniques that I take for granted. It is as simple as stretching out a piece of string covered in chalk, and then giving the string a flick. Now you have a straight line marked out in chalk. The first time people see it they are not sure what is going on, but after that first time, it is easy to perfect.

Here is a link to the Readers Digest site that shows a step by step guide to using a chalk line.