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This may be the case in Victoria but check the rules if you wish to do it in other states especially in WA.
In WA they are likely to take your vehicle ,saw and anything else you have.
The only...

Barry.
I will check out the availability of Western Myall. In some cases it is known as goldfields ebony. BLACK heartwood. I have some drying but it is only about 19mil thick. It actually grows up...

Barry, You may have to build this entire Q from WA. Try Scott Wise at Margaret River. He is a luthier and imports timber. I am too lazy to check his website but I know he has one. Try the Aust Wood...

Thanks Soren
Got my Veneer and it was well worth waiting for. Far superior to Gunns and better coloured and figured
Alf

Just a few facts about WA Red gum. (Marri) Even though it was once classified as a Eucalypt it is now classified as a Corymbia. I still think it is a Eucalypt and has been hijacked by some theorist...

I have had the book . It is pretty well outdated as far as bandsaw boxes go. You would be far better off with. Lois Kerner Ventura's book "Making Beautiful Boxes with your Bandsaw.
Available from...

I have a friend made his wheels out of MDF. He has worked it continuously
for the past 6 years. No problems.
Alf

Good to hear the Knees are no longer Dickie.
Got cut off this morning but my fault. Look forward to getting the templates
Alf

I got my veneer from Cockatoo Timbers Friday arvo and it is stunning. I would suggest you save a bit of space to drop in and get some. I got some from Gunns some time ago but Cockatoo,s is far...

On top of all this good advice, make sure you use the right glue////one that does not creep and dries colorless.
Alf

Adventures in Wood Inc has a 2 week show at the Albany Boat Shed, Princess Royal Drive. Albany, during Southern Craft Trail . The show is held during the Sept/Oct school holidays

What will I tell them on the email? That I want to talk to them personally? I cannot see that these people are great on service if they cannot answer the phone during office hours

I have been trying for 3 days to ring these people and all I get is a faint message on an answering machine. How do you get through to them?
Alf

"I got a 71/4 c.saw $39.00 from bunnings (my dad saw it and thought it was perfect for the idots at work to use, save getting the good ones damaged). well the base plate seems light and the blade...

If you should go past Cockatoo timbers please tell them that the poor B at Albany in WA is still waiting after 8 weeks and 3 phone calls for the veneer he ordered.
Alf GOM

Thanks Craigb
I feel better now!
I said fell but meant feel..... I dont know which is the most appropriate at this stage

I do not think it is really the location that matters but how you treat your customers. I would be quite prepared to drive 50k if I thought I would get treated like someone that they needed instead...

Interesting to read all the comments on GMC. It would also be interesting to see how many of us started our woody involvement because GMC came on the market with affordable tools and the best...

Glad I'm not a woodturner, La Truciolara is 11 years younger than I am and 50 years ahead........check out his website
Alf

On a recent trip to Vic I purchased a US based wood mag called "Woodwork"
It had Wendy Maruyama on the cover..April issue. They have a us website and the mag is excellent. I think it cost about $10...

The black spots are believed to be iron. They show up in the medalary rays of the timber. Different shape and size of the spot depends on whether the wood has been quarter cut or not. The black is...

Isnt it great to get some positive feedback about both of these fighters, if it was cricket we would have got the excuse that the opponent was chucking!
Alf

Timbercoms latest supplement shows a Sherwood induction motor 10 inch.SCMS with a 3 year warranty. Looks OK. for $399 Has anyone seen or purchased one?. It would have to be better than their service...

Firstly you must tell us what you want to use it for. If you want to use a 1/16th blade stick to your scroll saw because that blade will cut through the rubber on your wheels.
I have a bas350 and...

Barryr and Pah1. I will be cutting the Xylomellum Occidentale tomorrow morning and will try to get it off in the afternoon.
Alf

Pah1 is correct with the beefwood. It is Grevillea Striata. The wood shown is typical of the colour of WA sheoak that has aged. A lot of it tends to get a jarrah colour after a few years.
The...

Ross, I have used Anton Gerner Hinges and they are well made and very consistant in size. You do not need to cut a different size rebate for each hinge. His gf202 glue is also as good as it comes....

I am probably a bit late coming in on this one but one important thing to remember is to glue and clamp the joint before you glue on the back of the box. This will hide the joint in most cases,...

One would have expected this crap from poor sods stuck in Melbourne
Alf

For a couple of months now I have been sending emails to retailers in NSW and VIc in regards to obtaining Spanish Cedar for cigar boxes. Not one of these ignorant ba....... have had the decency to...

Oops lost the last start. The reason i brought up the topic was the comments I got from the gallery when I submitted a couple of boxes. One called Wildfire and one called Cetation Elation. I have...

It would be interesting for members to define how they differentiate between their output as to which is art and which is craft.
When I first started making boxes I just defined them as craft, but...

Oops I lost the first reply so you may get 2!
Spanish Cedar is the wood used in the manufacture of cigar humidor's. It has properties that do not polute the cigars....its ok for cigars to polute the...

Squizzy
I have still got and still use my Wolf Saphire drill that I bought in 1969 . (I think i had it serviced in 1978.) It has a grey plastic type body and is in its original red pressed plastic...

Does anyone know where I can get hold of a couple of A4 size sheets of spanish cedar veneer for a cigar box.
I tried Trend but they dont answer emails (3). (perhaps they think we are a foreign...

Having just returned to the forum I noticed that we now have a Bandsaw Box revival and a forum to go with it. You may care to have a look at some of my boxes on
www.bdwooddesign.com/gallery and log...

Robert
I have used Gordon Jones and his Woodmizer Saw to slab wood in the past. The saw is probably the best in the south and will cut timber down to three mil thickness if required. I have used it...

We did try using an ES organisation to run a wood show in Perth but the local people (True Blue) were so superior we decided to stick to local. It is a pity that more woodies from the foreign country...

Interesting to read the comments by the users. I carve burls of all descriptions with my Industrial wheel. When I have got the major part of the insides carved I then change to a Bosch Wheel that is...

Ric,
You can buy shell already cut and laminated in various colours. It is a NZ product and comes in sheets about 180mmx150mm.
It is made from paua shell and I use it for inlays. It is about .5mm...

You are totally wrong about the ownership of Arbortech....totally!!!!!~
Alf

I tried to get Some of the Arborwax (clear) microcrystaline off them at the last woodshow and was told it would not be available due to difficulties with the supplier. If you go to Mik in Adelaide...

Geoff, The Triton is possibly Syntec anyway!!!!
Alf

Geoff,
All you need is a good PVA such as AVSyntec and a good vacuum press or the like. You could thin the PVA with water if it is too thick but don't get too wrapped up with technology if simple...

I was talking to a timber miller from Gippsland last week and mentioned that I had been given a Tassie Blackwood log 900mmx 3m long...green. He said if i was going to slab it do not cut less than...

If you are going to worry about the Brand name and colour I would suggest you take your hands out of your pockets or join the local footy club as a half back flanker.
Alf

Well I did bring you all out of the woodwork !!!!!!
Alf

May I suggest that those who don't like Timbecon's service go somewhere else to get their gear and stop filling up this forum with your personal bitches.
Alf

I fitted my Bs Something 350 in the back of MY wife's Forester.
It fitted perfectly and is now out and running. I think this bandsaw with an 8 inch sawing capacity is the ultimate hobby saw. I...

Good one Gtp.

I don't lower my standards to turn round things, but I do season wood the same as you do. What I find hard to understand is people who rush in and ruin a perfect piece of wood thro...