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Thanks. To be honest I haven't actually tried removing the bottom rollers yet, just thought I'd ask first because they look a little trickier to remove than the in and outfeed rollers which were a...

Another thing I wanted to ask. How does one remove the two rollers on the bottom bed?

Good day from a sunny South Africa and apologies for my bad English, it's only my second language.. :D

I recently purchased an old Martlet 15 inch thicknesser, it's in good working condition but I...

Thanks. What do these things normally go for? It obviously needs a bit of cleaning especially on the base, bearing would probably also need replacing?

Hey all

Can someone please help me ID this Wadkin table saw, it was posted for sale online but I will only be able to go have a look at it later this week. From what I can find online it looks...

The owner of the timber mill took the photos while on a trip to China, he says the price was something like USD200 000 / m3 :oo:

Saw these two photo's on a local timber merchants website and just had to share. How's the figure on this! Breathtaking.

http://www.rarewoods.co.za/images/newsletter_media/july15/LRG_bubinga_2.jpg...

Saw these on a local Antique store's Facebook page and thought i'd share them here.


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Brazilian Walnut has quite a distinctive smell, also Stinkwood (Ocotea bullata).
Wild Olive has a wonderful scent when being worked.

Thanks for the advice guys, duly noted! They are actually on auction with starting bids of $150 for the smoother and $200 for the panel plane, there aren't any bids on them yet but there are sure to...

These two planes popped up for sale on a local website, can any of the more knowledgeable individuals give a little more info on these? I already have a Norris and Preston and wouldn't mind adding...

Both my old Rockwell Delta saw were made in the USA, these two are the only old machinery I have so I cannot say for sure that most of the machinery came from the USA back then. I do know there used...

Thanks. I decided on going with Rust-Oleum hammered grey, it's not the same as the original colour but it looks pretty good and works well in hiding surface flaws.

Thought I'd share some before and after shots of my latest bandsaw restoration project. I think she came out pretty well.. Now I have to tackle it's bigger brother sitting in my garage, an old 14"...

Almost looks like some Black locust I found a while back.

African Pearwood (Olinia ventosa) is also an option if available over there?

Thought I'd show off my latest finds.

3 Huge Marples shamrock chisels which I found at a local junk store:

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These Pfeil carving chisels I found...

I was actually visiting my brother in Pietermaritzburg over December where they have acres of gum tree plantations, they grow pretty quick there as well but it's a subtropical area so they get a lot...

Stumbled upon this article and thought I'd share it here. Quite interesting how tall these trees grow over here, imagine how big they could get in another 100 years.

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Thought id share a few photos of my latest band saw purchase.
It's a Tauco 14" which was manufactured by Rockwell Delta in 1948 according to the serial number. It obviously needs a bit of a clean...

I actually have a few logs laying at home which look remarkably similar to your wood, no idea what pine it is though. Radiata maybe?

I have also been using the sandpaper stuck onto a piece of plywood method as mentioned by Paul, it's not ideal but it does work. I have even been able to sharpen bowl gouges with it.

Thats the one! I see it costs about the same over there than it does here, just the Americans who get it at about half what we pay which I think is a bit unfair. :no: Haha

Cheers

Ok I went and checked the mini lathe out and it does actually seem like a well built machine but a little too small for my needs. They also had a bigger heavier duty one on the floor which looks like...

Hi Guys

Was wondering if any of you on the forum has ever purchased one of these Chinese made midi lathes and how they performed? It looks like a copy of the Jet Midi lathe but sells for almost...

Thanks guys. :2tsup: I did paint the ends with some enamel paint, only thing I could find last evening so I hope it helps a bit.




No those are actually seed from another tree which fell on...

So yesterday I was one of the local landfills to dump some garbage when I noticed some large logs waiting to be buried. On closer inspection I saw that it was Mulberry wood, asked two lads to help me...

I need a little advise with regards to air drying Ironbark at home. There's a guy I know who recently cut down a whole bunch of red Ironbark trees and is in the process of milling them, he is selling...

Found another Black locust log just hanging around in a friends backyard, asked if I could take it and he said sure.
Not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet.
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The photos in my first post does actually make the heartwood appear darker than it really is. I was at a local nursery buying a few seedlings for the garden when I saw the exact same tree which had a...

I eventually found out what wood this is, Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia).

Will do! Thanks

Considering how little I paid for it I wasn't really expecting it to be the Rolls Roice of bandsaws. :U Still it doesn't look too bad, time will tel I guess. :D

Tambootie is another one to ad to the list:


And Panga-Panga(African Wenge):

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Are any of you familiar with this make bandsaw? I've been looking to get a bandsaw for quite some time now and when this one came up for auction I decided to bid on it and managed to get...

Think you're right, thanks!:2tsup:

Hi gents, I need some help identifying something. It's on auction on a local site, no description. Looks like some sort of incra jig? Any ideas?

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Thanks Peter but I think I'll just keep an eye out over here, one is bound to pop up for sale somewhere. Wooden Planes normally sell for R200 - R300 over here which is about $30. I actually found a...

I think the real challenge for me is going to be finding the correct blade and cap iron for it, I seriously doubt I will find one in South Africa and the ebay prices are just ridiculous.

Here is a...

Thanks Peter, seems like you were right again! :U The plane arrived today and it is marked "Buck" on the lever cap, there is also something written underneath which I can't make out. Stamped "Patent...

I need help identifying another plane I bought. I took a bit of a gamble buying it but the price seemed reasonable.. :-
I don't have the plane with me to check for any makers marks and the seller...

Hey Ian

Yeah you are right, think I should just get rid of it. It is only about 5mm or so.

Cheers

Cleaned her up a bit over the weekend and re-tensioned the blade, cleaned up pretty well but there is a small crack on the front of the plate.. Still deciding whether I should cut it out and trim the...

Probably just wax
Damn, I think I might have posted under the wrong section. :-

That's what I thought as well. It's probably going to be near impossible to figure out who really made this saw. Maybe I'll be lucky and find an etch or even a partial etch on the saw plate somewhere.

Haha yes I think Fred is right. :D
I'm gonna clean the saw plate up over the weekend, maybe I'll find an etch hiding underneath all that surface rust.

Any one here ever tried it? I plan on making a knife in the not too distant future and I'm thinking of doing something like this for the handle. I have a few African Wenge planks just laying around...

You could be right there.. :D Godfrey sounds right but the "G" just looks more like a "C", maybe it's just the typeface they used.



It also crossed my mind that the stamp could be that of the...

How available are Dewalt and Milwaukee in Oz?

Interesting. Thank you