Wooden Furniture Moving Sleigh  This sleigh was made from two straight 6-inch by 6-inch hardwood planks each 15-feet long.  A removable platform of tongue-and-groove flooring was fastened with bolts when required. A hinged welded steel drawbar and metal runners the full length of the sleigh made this a useful way of moving large furniture items behind a tractor, for example, when he was moving his household from one house to another on the other side of the paddocks.  Illustrated is the railway carriage from one of Lionel's playground equipment trains being towed around the paddock by Lionel at a child's birthday party. The sleigh is being towed by a vintage Ferguson TE20 tractor at Eraring that he and a friend (Steve Fitzclarence) had previously restored.  Photos and description courtesy of Lionel Hartley. Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley . 

Garden Swing Seats  Here are illustrated two of the several swing seats that Lionel has made over the years.  The Green seat was made from wooden slats bolted to a welded wrought-iron frame and suspended on chains from a steel-pipe structure with an aluminium roof. The white seat was made from a metal gate, folded in half and held in shape with welded-pipe arm rests. It, too, was suspended with chains from a pipe framework.  The photo shows his daughter who took the cushion off and used it to sit on while swinging the seat back-and-forth.  The LONDON sign was made by Lionel to complement the playground train. Photos and descriptions courtesy of Lionel Hartley. Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley . 

Portable Studio/Stage Lighting Stands   These all-metal portable studio stands each take up to 4 flood-lamps or spotlights.  One has has a double power-point at the top of the pole, has a steel 4-point base and extends to approx. 2 metres (7 feet) tall. The other has a tripod base and extends to 3 metres (10 feet). They were built for an annual carols-by-candlelight program. Photos and descriptions courtesy of Lionel Hartley. Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley . 

Portable Puppet Theatre #2 This folding hand-puppet theatre is designed to unfold and bolt with wing-nuts onto a custom-made wooden folding table.  It has draw-string curtains and a plain black back-drop.  The whole assembly folds flat for storage and transportation. Lionel made the "hamburger" puppet from a plastic pet's squeaky toy purchased at a discount store and cut in two, and then added a body, a tongue and ping-pong-ball eyes.  Backing tracks were pre-recorded with sound effects and narrated scripts written by and read by Lionel and others. Photos and description courtesy of Lionel Hartley. Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley . 

Hand Sawing Guide This well-used simple wooden 2ft 6in guide has a metal strip along the front edge that locks to the bench.   The two holes in the saw blade align with two insert nuts on the surface of the guide for storing the saw with two thumbscrews when it is not in use. It has a screw clamp to hold the workpiece while it is being cut. Photos and description courtesy of Lionel Hartley. Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley . 

Extra Large Vernier and Sextant Calipers These extra large calipers were made by Lionel because the commercial ones were too small for a project that he was working on. The Vernier caliper is two foot long (61cm) with a 16 inch throat (40cm). The sextant caliper is 18 inches long (46cm) with a comfortable span of 30 inches (76cm). Photos and descriptions courtesy of Lionel Hartley. Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley . 

Hinged-top Router Table and Home-made Guides   This router table has a storage box underneath the hinged table top to house the router and a large collection of accessories (excepting the home-made aluminium guides which are stored on top).  The legs can be removed, if required, for transporting it in a vehicle.  Apart from the marine-plywod top, it is of all metal construction, the box having welded seams. Photos and descriptions courtesy of Lionel Hartley.  Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley .