Thread: Melbourne WWW 2007

After my wife convincing me to spend on major machinery the last two WWW's, bless her little heart, I needed bits and pieces this year.

Curved scraper and handle from McJing
Some brass hardware and rare earth magnets for boxes
Pen kit because I always wanted to try
Topped up the Shellawax and EEE
Some knobs handles etc from the woodpecker
Pin jaws
other knick knacks


How about you??

'I was happy to get a platter sized lump of well coloured camphor laurel, bowl blank crotch piece of crow's ash and a figured bowl blank of southern mahogony. Also a couple of unhandled Crown turning tools at half price: 32mm wide skew and a dovetail chisel which was cheaper than a HSS blank. (from http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...t=57019&page=2 )'

I managed a 5/8" bowl gouge (chiwanese from Mik), some unhandled crown scrapers, an unhandled ring tool, a mcjing cup/ring cutter, some sandpaper, & a few other bits & bobs.

Good day. Good to meet a few new faces at the WWF stand.


Cheers..................Sean

John (Rookie), where did you get the rare earth magnets, Boxmakers brassware?

I'm after a largish disc magnet, around 33mm dia.


Cheers..................Sean

a metric set of Forstner bits
a veritas honing guide
an abrasive cleaning stick
ubeaut polisher's handbook
plyco samples
a set of hitchmasters (I know, they'll rust at the bottom of the tool box Scooter, but I just couldn't resist, that pitch with the engine block was so damn good!)
enough cabinetmaking books to give me a sore neck on the train from lugging my backpack.

that was all I could carry

if you want to save yourself some money, don't drive there!

Originally Posted by Eli

a set of hitchmasters (I know, they'll rust at the bottom of the tool box Scooter, but I just couldn't resist, that pitch with the engine block was so damn good!)

Now, where did I put that engine block...

Yep Scooter. At the boxmakers brassware but I had to ask him. They were away at the back.

I got 6mm for some box lids. What are you going to lift with 33mm?? The engine block???

Originally Posted by Eli

a metric set of Forstner bits

Bugger bugger bugger. Knew I'd forget something

Originally Posted by Rookie

What are you going to lift with 33mm?? The engine block???

I use a 1" ring spanner to loosen the locking nut under the tailstock on my lathe. It needs to be removable, I currently have the ring spanner held on the nut with a hard drive magnet over the top, a disc magnet would be neater.

Originally Posted by scooter

I use a 1" ring spanner to loosen the locking nut under the tailstock on my lathe. It needs to be removable, I currently have the ring spanner held on the nut with a hard drive magnet over the top, a disc magnet would be neater.

Oh yeah. Nice idea. Something else I could have done. Oh well.

G'day,

Grabbed some EEE and Traditional Wax, router switch and nylon washers from PWS, a stick of green polishing gunk and a few bits for Dj.

Got home a remembered that I forgot to grab a 1/4" or 6mm plug hole cutter which I need this week. Should've grabbed a set of metric forstner bits but I didn't - probably regret that too.

... should've picked up Saw Tooth bits too. Doh.

Need a 5/8 hole in a handle to take the tang for the 32mm skew. If only I hadn't been smart and predrilled the hole before roughing I could've used an expanding bit.

Sigh, off to Bunnies.

The forstners were a real good deal, which probably means I can use each one halfway through the first job. Anybody have any history with those? (carba-tec)

Yep. The std jobs will wear fairly quickly on hardwood so get a triangular file and bone up on sharpening. Take it slow esp. with the big ones as you can generate enough heat to discolour your wood.