In this episode we are talking to Stephen Hynes about restoring retro petrol pumps.
ABOUT STEPHEN HYNES
My name is Stephen Hynes, im 32 years old, born and raised in Glasnevin, Dublin 11. A plumber by trade in a family of tradesmen in Glasnevin dating back as far as the early 1800's spanning 5 generations in the area. I started making and upcycling things 7 years ago and started with making a dog house out of pallets for our jack russell. From then on making stuff became a need to do as opposed to a want to do and got obsessed with challenges and builds. I now stand at well over 100 projects builds ranging from my workshop, industrial steampunk lighting, antique furniture restoration, indoor and outdoor furniture/decor, bars, vintage petrol pump overhauls, even down to my fiancee's engagement ring, which i made from two brass nuts and took over 2 years to make. Ive found something in my life that not only do i love to do but i need to do for my mental health. It keeps me calm, driven, focused and passionate about what i do no matter what im making. Ive spent countless hours on youtube studying how to do things i need tocknow before i embark on them myself, some videos ives watched easily 100 times just so i was sure i knew what i had to do i.e the engagement ring. My favourite thing to do, is build stuff for or with my family. Our most recent family project was a cool mud kitchen for our son Charlie.
My most memorable moments are:
Seeing Charlie and Shars faces when ive built them something cool.
Featuring on RTE's Big DIY Challenge.
Featuring on the late late show.
Featuring in many newspapers and radio stations. Radio Nova were awesome!
My top five fun cool builds are
Shars engagement ring
The big bbq unit (RTE big DIY Challenge)
Charlies custom couch chair
The Guinness petrol pump
My workshop.
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