Sign in

Tobias

@northbayworkshop.co.uk
66 followers 109 following 91 posts

Like making stuff with wood or code. Based on the Northumberland coast on bluesky to see what nice interesting stuff people are up to 👀

PostsRepliesMedia
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
Agreed there's a sense of do what you're comfortable with (and safe with). I also don't have my own table saw only having used other peoples with supervision so felt safe. I like seeing more than one way of doing things because it shows a sense of ingenuity 🙂
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
One day I hope to get a 3d printer for small but very useful hacks like this
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
Nice! Your work is really cool so well deserved. Sure there will be plenty of admirers there.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
Yea I was travelling the right way as after looking into it that came up a lot. Another tip I got was not putting the bit all the way into the router which also helped but by this point my confidence was shot so I relegated the router to the back of the tool pile.
100
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
I do like Bosch tools. Also have a cheap Bosch sander that refuses to die despite me abusing it for many years now. The router I had was a Screwfix cheap brand that I never loved. Maybe down the line I spend that extra £5 😂
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
Looking at your nice round corners I would guess you have mastered the router unlike me.
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/11/2025
I always hated routing and ended up selling my router. The bit kept slipping out and jumping ruining whatever I was working on. Either cheap router or bad user. Likely the latter. How do you route these rebates? With my hate for routers I would probably try any other tool like table saw 😅
200
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 08/11/2025
Cut them short to take the magnets off then add a frame around to get the size back?
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 04/11/2025
Cheers Matt 😄
120
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/10/2025
Thank you! Glad you like and been nice having you follow along the way 😀
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/10/2025
#workshop cladding done! Looks the finished article now - what do people think? Also now I'm close to the end curious if others had a space like this what would you use it for? #woodworking #shed #build
Workshop front cladded with cement fibre board. This stuff is a pain to cut.
391
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 19/10/2025
There's a big conduit going from the house to the workshop with the idea being if I need chunkier cable down the line I can push through a new one.
50mm conduit comes up through foundations slab with a 6mm armoured cable.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 19/10/2025
Yea they're metric. Most things are with a few things like road distances and speed in mph. Some wood dimensions are in metric but just converted so we get some not so nice round numbers in mm.
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 19/10/2025
Thank you! Yea I have tried my best to follow people who are making neat stuff and not just posting US politics. Even with that I find myself having a scroll through who I follow and thinking "haven't seen anything from x in a while" to go to their feed and see loads of stuff I seemingly missed.
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 19/10/2025
A few rough ideas scribbled down but the problem is I'm not yet fully sure on everything I want to do in there. Some woodworking for sure but also maybe a place for a 3D printer or CNC. And maybe a small electronics bench. I see lots of people doing lots of cool stuff and want to try it all 😅
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 19/10/2025
Yea so from what I gathered when looking into it planning permission wise all I really needed to do was have a height under 2.5m & for building regs be under 15m² internal floor space. There are a few other points too which I noted at plans.northbayworkshop.co.uk#planning-per...
plans.northbayworkshop.co.uk
Top Notch Dynamic Workshop Build Plans
Customisable workshop/garden room build plans with dynamic diagrams, material list and potential issues flagged based on sizes you set.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 30/09/2025
3 months ago I was made redundant. It has been fantastic as it gave me the time to build this but I start a new job tomorrow so expect progress to slow down.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 30/09/2025
Door and window in today. Still lots to do before it's finished but feels good to get this far. #shed #build #workshop
170
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/09/2025
Bought a gift card from a local book shop today for my wife's birthday and it's made from wood. Found that mildly interesting 🪵
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 24/09/2025
After uploading my YouTube video on the workshop dwarf wall one of the questions none of my 8 subscribers asked was hows that going to be attached to the timber walls? Well here's the answer anyway... Big galvanised L bracket, 80mm concrete bolt and a few stainless screws.
Galvanised L bracket tied down to the foundation slab. Then at the top screwed into the timber walls. OSB was cut away where we attach to leave a more flush finish for plasterboard to go over later.80mm concrete bolt as the foundation slab it 100mm and I don't want to go though the DPM on the bottom. 3 40mm stainless screws to attach the bracket to the wall. And a masonry bit taped at 80mm with blue tape so I don't drill too deep into the slab.
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 20/09/2025
Just uploaded a new video on my workshop build. If you've been watching updates on bluesky this is going back in time as it takes me a while to put the videos together so hope you like them 😅 youtu.be/7ciUH6tn53k?...
youtu.be
Garden Room Workshop Part 3 - Dwarf Wall
YouTube video by North Bay Workshop
020
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 08/09/2025
Yep noticed the same came to the feed to see what people are making not what tools I should buy according to what I assume is chatGPT. Thankfully muting accounts is pretty easy 🤐
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 08/09/2025
First furniture purchase for the workshop. Nice to have somewhere to sit. Take a good look as this is the best condition this chair will ever be in. Also still on the hunt for a very used leather armchair on gumtree for when I want to sit but not scoot about on wheels.
230
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 04/09/2025
#workshop #build progress. This week got roof OSB up, wall insulation, breathable membrane, soffits & fascias and laid rubber roof. Letting the creases flatten out a bit before I glue it down tomorrow. Minus the massive holes for the door and window the #shed is water tight now. #woodworking
Front view of the workshop. Walls insulated and wrapped in a breathable membrane. The membrane is just attached using a staple gun. White soffits and fascias around the roof. And rubber laid over the top still to be glued down.Front and back soffits have vents to allow air to pass through the roof above where insulation will be. This will let any moisture that gets there make its way out. I went for white soffits and fascias after finding out the anthracite grey ones I was originally going to get are massively more expensive.Side soffits don't have vents. The gaps where soffits meet will be covered with joining caps to hide the gaps.Inside we can see the OSB deck which is tongue and groove glued together with external wood glue.
070
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 30/08/2025
Cool you have the skills to attempt to make one. Scrolled back to your own attempt and feel like after another go or two you would have managed.
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 23/08/2025
It's just under 15m² internal floor space which is the max I can get away with in the UK without needing building regs approval.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 22/08/2025
Big progress on the #workshop #build today. Walls and roof joists went up. Quick progress thanks to my dad coming over for the day to add a pair of hands and big mitre saw for the roof joists. #woodworking
1101
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 14/08/2025
Nice bit of kit there. Puts my tiny slow cooker I use for pulled pork to shame.
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 14/08/2025
One side wall up, back wall built but needs to be lifted into place (waiting for some extra hands as it's heavy) and started on second side wall now. #shed #build is progressing well and can really get a sense of the size now 😁
030
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 08/08/2025
Wood
17 × 150×47mm c24 4.8m for roof joists 
14 × 2440×1220mm 11mm OSB for walls
16 × 2400×600mm 18mm t&g OSB for roof40 × 100×47mm rough sawn 4.8m for wall framing 
6 rolls of acoustic insulation for walls
50×1m breathable membrane for walls
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 06/08/2025
In other exciting news I also ordered the wood for the walls and roof of the workshop and it arrives Friday. Means next week I can work with materials more in my comfort zone and do some #woodworking
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 06/08/2025
DPC added and joined to DPM. This is attempt 2 as I started by just using DPM tape but it wasn't holding all too well. There's now 50mm double sided butyl tape holding it together and all weather gorilla tape to tidy up the joins. This is 1000 times better!
Shot of the finished dwarf wall complete with DPC.DPC wraps around the top and back of the wall then joined to DPM that goes under it and around the concrete slab.A picture of the join between the DPM and DPC. I used double sided butyl tape and gorilla all weather tape to get a solid waterproof join.
120
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 05/08/2025
Finished laying bricks for the workshop base. Will do the DPC tomorrow as it's still a bit windy today for that 💨 Then of to the builders merchants and ordering the wood for the walls and roof 😁
2 courses of brick make the dwarf wall the workshop walls will be built on. There's a gap to the right where the door will go. A look down the side where the DPC has already been put on. The DPM under the concrete slab wraps up the slabs side, under the bricks and joins to the DPC which continues to the top of the dwarf wall.
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 29/07/2025
Beautiful work as always 👀
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 23/07/2025
Nice! I'm away enjoying the Czech sun this week but very close to finishing the dwarf wall so not long before I post some stuff on my amateur attempts at brick laying 😂 after that I'm very much in my comfort zone of wood.
020
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 23/07/2025
Despite your earlier comment on the thread not being the most interesting I quite enjoy the behind the scenes process 😁
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 23/07/2025
Looks really nice. Simply elegant 😀
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 13/07/2025
Got up to something a bit different yesterday and had a day sail on the Williams II out of Blyth. Great feeling being back out on the water. #sailing #tallship #woodenboat
071
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 09/07/2025
#sheds #building #workshop #howto and other hashtags that may get your attention 😅
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 09/07/2025
Posted a workshop foundations video before but that was a quick and dirty time lapse. I'm working on a more polished #youtube build series & wanted to share since the foundations video was added yesterday and it goes into more detail. Here's the playlist so far. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com
Workshop Build - YouTube
100
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 03/07/2025
Somewhat related if there's any people out there that have contacts as interesting companies looking for a lead #devops #cloudinfrastructure #aws engineer I wouldn't mind saying hi 😂 #recruiters 👀
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 03/07/2025
So I was made redundant yesterday and have 3 month gardening leave. That means today there's workshop build progress so silver lining 😅 First time laying bricks so slow a process for me. There will be 2 courses of these that the rest of the timber structure will be built on. #shed #diy
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 14/06/2025
Looks like it's from a fairly tale
010
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 27/05/2025
Exactly that. I think the ease of having a solid square wall to lift is why it's done so often. I'll have OSB on the inside to act as a vapour barrier & another plus for a workshop is screwing stuff to the wall will be a bit more solid than to plasterboard and easier than finding studs each time.
020
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 27/05/2025
Couple examples of not so good I saw a lot of on YT: - Wall framing/timber not 15cm above ground level. - OSB sheet on the outside of the framing.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 27/05/2025
Nice let me know how you get on and which bits are the most confusing. Will help with my own plans which I want to keep updating over time for others. I found loads of good stuff on YouTube but also things not so good after digging deeper. Lurked on www.ukworkshop.co.uk that helped a lot too.
110
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 27/05/2025
Once I'm more confident and better with the camera & editing I'll try and get a full series on the workshop build uploaded.
030
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 27/05/2025
Some extra content on my summer house #workshop #build. This is my first go at a #youtube video so maybe not the cleanest editing but it's a start. youtu.be/dw2RrEBnnDA?...
youtu.be
Garden Room Workshop Foundations Timelapse
YouTube video by North Bay Workshop
240
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 25/05/2025
This is really sleek. Look forward to a full making of video.
000
Tobias @northbayworkshop.co.uk · 21/05/2025
frinkiac.com/meme/S05E15/...
020