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This forum is open to all comers with hints and tips on anything at all to do with woodworking and all its allied crafts and trades.

  1. Angry Sticky Thread Sticky: Please Read This

    Started by Neil, 24th August 2003 02:15 AM
    administrators, agree, bit, board, bulletin, business, button, clicking, denigrate, eye, fight, forums, information, law, material, message, messages, moderators, odd, owner, person, post, posts, prepared, read, register, slander, spirit, time, woodwork
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 8,645
    24th August 2003, 02:15 AM Go to last post
  1. $2 shop : What do you buy & what is it good for ?

    Started by steamingbill, 11th February 2013 05:03 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    $10, $200, aldis, bill, bought, bunnings, buy, buying, cheaper, clamp, clamps, day, ebay, good, grinding, grip, innovative, job, motor, motors, nice, quick, sake, shop, stuff, type, unusual, wheel, wondering
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 5,735
    13th February 2013, 12:13 AM Go to last post
  2. $2 shops and the McJing Emporium

    Started by Bodgy, 24th July 2006 10:46 PM
    $2.50, $60, 800, alladins, bashing, browse, browsing, business, cave, checked, clamps, emporium, engineers, gouge, grit, hours, hss, leave, mcjing, mcjings, metal, national, quick, requested, shops, spends, square, stuff, w&d, whilst
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 3,765
    26th July 2006, 10:43 PM Go to last post
  3. "El Cheapo" Roller Stands Fix

    Started by Bob38S, 17th September 2008 11:28 AM
    $400+, 3mm, aluminium, beefed, bob, bring, cheapo, cladding, el cheapo, figure, firmish, fix, flat, fold, holds, horizontal, irrigation, pipe, plate, real, roller, rollers, rust, solved, stands, stretch, table, tread, wheeling, wire
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,058
    19th September 2008, 09:54 AM Go to last post
  4. 0000 Steel Wool

    Started by craigb, 22nd March 2004 11:36 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    0000, bother, bunnies, finer, finishing, mad, pots, project, rope, scouring, steel, stock, wool
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 13,041
    16th May 2004, 10:59 PM Go to last post
  5. 1 double click to view all new posts

    Started by Wongo, 16th June 2006 12:38 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    “ubeaut, browser, click, desktop, didn’t, double, file, forum, forum.htm”, helpful, hope, internet, posts, save, search, text, view
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 4,498
    23rd June 2006, 07:01 PM Go to last post
  6. 150mm floorboards

    Started by steel, 14th February 2006 10:24 AM
    150mm, advice, all.i, all.to, ask.thanks.d, blackbuttor, floorboards, hardwood, learned, lesser, nail, nail?this, post, query, question.so, questions, rate, read, secret, size, sized, t&g, top, wide
    • Replies: 10
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    8th March 2006, 09:12 PM Go to last post
  7. Moved: 2-stage duct collection kit

    Started by Wongo, 24th June 2005 11:52 AM
    2-stage, 2stage, collection, duct, kit
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  8. Moved: 5 micron DC bags ?

    Started by la Huerta, 24th July 2005 10:40 PM
    bags, micron
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  9. 90ac covered in camphor--any advice??

    Started by Mathuranatha, 2nd January 2008 11:20 AM
    500-600, 90%], 90ac, advice, ago], appreciated, blade, blocks, bought, buying, camphor, camphor--any, camphorany, chains, circular, covered, cutting, determine, diameter, forum, greatly, joined, matu, mill, save, saws, swing, till, trees, type
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,421
    2nd January 2008, 03:00 PM Go to last post
  10. Talking A few tips for you

    Started by John Saxton, 11th June 2001 11:01 PM
    $8.00, 1.gifkins, 2.handplane, 4099, 4314, 6567, 9638, academy, aid, australian-, bit, blades, cabinet, cheers, collar, couple, fittings, http://www.festool.com.au, http://www.hafele.com.au, johnno, placement, positive, router, stop, tips, tools, websites, www.festool.com.au, www.hafele.com.au
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,351
    12th June 2001, 11:13 AM Go to last post
  11. A good Shopnotes woodworking tip

    Started by craigb, 18th November 2005 11:01 AM
    bad, double, good, idea, liquid, nails, shopnotes, sided, sounds, tape, tip, todays, woodworking
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 3,331
    18th November 2005, 10:29 PM Go to last post
  12. Smile A novel source of T-track

    Started by Knurl, 20th April 2007 03:32 PM
    70s-vintage, blinds, closely, collection, council, curtain, easily, fences, free, noticed, people, recent, recycled, router, source, t-track, table, throw, tracks, ttrack, venetian, workbench
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 3,633
    1st May 2007, 09:01 PM Go to last post
  13. A real Doh moment

    Started by jmk89, 13th July 2009 06:07 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    blue, board, book, bought, cover, cricket, dads, dark, doh, edge, kids, moment, olds, opaque, outlines, penfolds, quick, real, roll, shadowd2tsup, shadows, simple, spot, stationers, stuff, thinking, tool, traced, wall, watching
    • Replies: 20
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    2nd October 2009, 12:24 PM Go to last post
  14. Exclamation A word of caution - push blocks on table saws

    Started by Eastie, 25th February 2003 10:53 AM
    advice, attaching, blade, block, blocks, caution, cut, depth, hand, handle, holding, i.e, ideal, insert, options, perspex, piece, plane, plenty, push, rear, saws, sense, table, top, uncommon, vision, watch, word, worth
    • Replies: 3
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    3rd March 2003, 03:21 PM Go to last post
  15. Cool A year in review

    Started by Eastie, 18th December 2002 10:10 AM
    bounced, catch, chisel, direction, don’t, drop, entire, featherboard, follow, found, half, length, line, missile, neat, paddock, past, review, router, secured, shoots, straight, table, trajectory, travelled, unexpectedly, walls, won’t, year, you’re
    • Replies: 7
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    20th December 2002, 09:47 AM Go to last post
  16. AA Batteries.

    Started by issatree, 21st September 2011 05:08 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    6volt, batteries, battery, buy, cost, dolphin, email, expensive, friend, guess, inside, pull, received, torch
    • Replies: 17
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    28th August 2012, 09:57 AM Go to last post
  17. Adjustable Miter Gauge Fence Plans

    Started by barrysumpter, 1st April 2017 01:27 PM
    • Replies: 0
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    1st April 2017, 01:27 PM Go to last post
  18. Advice Needed: Cutting big wide stopped Dado

    Started by psoumanis, 2nd June 2014 01:51 PM
    advice, approach, baby, big, chiselling, compared, cutting, dado, dust, friendly, hand-tool, joints, leg, loud, messy, needed, pete, piece, quiet, router, sawing, shop, sleeping, slow, start, stopped, stretchers, time, vac, wide
    • Replies: 1
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    13th June 2014, 05:02 PM Go to last post
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    25th May 2019, 10:19 AM Go to last post
  19. Question Ageing Brass fittings and hardware?

    Started by seriph1, 2nd June 2004 08:26 PM
    age, ageing, australia, blacken-it, brass, brass-black, buy, carbonate, commercial, copper, day, diy, ebanol, effectively, finally, fittings, folks, hard, hardware, helpful, ingredients, litre, locate, outcomes, post, product, quantities, readily, recipe, spent
    • Replies: 13
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    6th June 2004, 02:02 PM Go to last post
  20. Allsorts

    Started by rsser, 24th September 2007 10:33 AM
    afternoon, allsorts, box, rainy, reading
    • Replies: 2
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    10th October 2007, 07:53 PM Go to last post
  21. Another Quickie

    Started by Bob38S, 23rd March 2010 12:03 PM
    $18, appears, belt/disc, bin, bob, boot/shoe, cleaners, commercial, commercially, depending, golden, gristle, local, material, off-cuts, price, quickie, range, repairer, sanding, size, sole/heel, type, visit
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,434
    27th July 2011, 08:31 PM Go to last post
  22. Another web site to visit

    Started by Wayne Davy, 14th April 2003 11:56 PM
    articles, couple, enjoy, found, site, visit, web
    • Replies: 0
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    14th April 2003, 11:56 PM Go to last post
  23. Smile Any hints or tips for first time bikkie jointer user

    Started by savage, 12th September 2005 09:26 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    advise, appreciated, bikkie, biscuit, damage, dowels, drill, gday, guide, heck, helpful, hints, jig, jobs, jointer, lined, machine, ryobi, savage, spoken, swears, throwing, time, tips, update, user, wearing, worse
    • Replies: 16
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    15th September 2005, 01:22 PM Go to last post
  24. Talking Any ideas on how to make a platform bed

    Started by shimandm, 11th September 2005 01:32 AM
    attempt, bed, chunkier, corner, easy, extras, fast, female, ideas, learn, legs, lil, make, plans, platform, sort, suppliers, type, wood
    • Replies: 14
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    29th July 2009, 11:26 AM Go to last post
  25. Any tips to tell if this circular saw blade needs sharpening or replacing?

    Started by barrysumpter, 15th December 2016 03:58 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 39
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    19th December 2016, 09:56 PM Go to last post
  26. Australian Manufactures Guide

    Started by sean@oz, 17th September 2003 10:42 PM
    ability, australian, check, companies, day, directory, found, giant, guide, hardwear, item, list, local, mabey, manufactures, manufatures, online, prices, product, products, search, sell/manufacture/design, sheeting, site, special, stainless, steel, store, ton, type
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,141
    20th September 2003, 10:45 AM Go to last post
  27. Moved: Auto switch for dust extraction

    Started by corbs, 10th January 2007 02:18 PM
    auto, dust, extraction, switch
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  28. Exclamation backpain!

    Started by sandman, 30th July 2003 03:01 PM
    10-12, backpain, bad, base, bed, bedding, brand, day, decent, found, hard, http://www.sandman.com.au, knees, life, luck, mattress, night, pay, people, pillow, purchase, remember, reputable, rule, sandman, sleep, springs, store, thumb, www.sandman.com.au
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,926
    30th July 2003, 10:42 PM Go to last post
  29. Bark

    Started by masoth, 6th June 2006 05:48 PM
    1kg, amazingly, arthritic, attachment, bark, beer, bit, days, glass, grout, hand, hands/wrists, holding, knife, mentioned, mind, mini-grinder, recently, remains, removed, removing, smilie, soaking, soth, thread, tool, tough, wine, wire, wood
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 2,980
    24th June 2006, 11:14 AM Go to last post

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