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using a masonry grinding blade for shaping foam ?????????? you have to be kidding me. If you haven't got a proper foam cutter use an electric knife !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hints from an old retired...

using a masonry grinding blade for shaping foam ?????????? you have to be kidding me. If you haven't got a proper foam cutter use an electric knife !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hints from an old retired...

I am a retired upholsterer and have done many hundreds of pieces of furniture requiring different types of webbing. The elastic webbing you are referring to is either back or seat webbing. Back...

any chance of some pics of your pyro wires ? :)

Contacted Vic at Vicmark today and he reckons he's got spare parts for it and can do it while I wait. Only thing is , you have to replace all 4 sliders as they come in sets and hopefully the pin is...

I went to use my MC900 with a Vicmark 100 chuck after about 2 yrs non use but all was covered up and nothing had any surface rust anywhere. I checked everything and I found that there was a small...

hello Matt. Hope your boat building goes well.
Also hello Munruben. I have been gone a long time but health is a lot better now and Im back :2tsup:

today has been rebuild day. What a day. Took out the old window & frame. It would not give up easy, ended up having to chisel the remaining frame out of its position as it was well nailed in. Had to...

we've been here 26 years and up untill say 5 yrs ago, no termite problems. Would not have a clue what and if there was any protection before our time. We did have one supposedly "licensed" clown come...

the house and garage are joined together on a concrete slab. The garage is right down the end and the bathroom is in the middle of the house. the windows in between the shed and bathroom on that side...

I havent had a good look as yet as I did not want to start pulling windows out without having everything ready to start again.
From what I can see, the stud frame work is all hardwood and they have...

will it protect against white ants (termites) ?

I have been really HAPPY (:(() about discovering some well fed termites having a feast on several of our timber window frames. These are sets of triple 1800 x 900mm aluminium casement windows with...

If you want to staple all day long, I can recommend Airco guns. Many furniture factories use them and parts are available freely. Use 10mm staples on fabrics and 12mm on webbings. No one uses Pirelli...

Well we kegged the first brew. Drank the first brew. We had good head but very few bubbles, just as if it was flat beer after about 20 seconds. It had the right taste but we drank it anyway. (had a...

I have got myself a complete fridge beer kegging setup. I have read all sorts of website info on how to set this equipment up. I have fermented 23 liters of beer which is now ready to be put into the...

Being in the trade for over 30 years, in factory situations I have had female employees. You will find that today it would be quite difficult for a girl to work day in and day out lifting and...

I am a retired old school Upholsterer & Motor Trimmer. If you post a pic of what you call a "Gossip Chair" :? , I may be able to help you out. Mind you, I am on the southside of Bris in Logan City. ...

Down at Bunnies they all use a vertical panel saw . I dont really see any advantage other than space saving, but it isn't any where near as user-friendly as a normal panel saw. In fact I reckon its a...

Has anyone made any of the black plastic T-handle screw-clamps that tighten down the MK3 ripping fence ? I am tired of removing the rip fence and putting it onto the extension table so I am going to...

Have a look in the yellow pages in the Motor Trimmers / Body supplies or Upholstering supplies. You can get a pack of about 20 for about $10 and they are plastic and come in different thicknesses and...

The Donna method is quite ok. With the other method using a seperate outer back panel, before you upholster it, drill 4 holes , one in each corner and use what we call "christmas tree" clips. These...

Lets get to the bottom of "Scotchgarding". Being in the trade, scotchgard out of the can is practically useless after a couple of weeks. There is not anywhere near enough pressure to force the liquid...

I have just finished putting up a 27 mtr x 1 mtr wide garden bed edge down the side of our fence. It will have native shrubs no more than about a metre or so high. The edging is rough finished...

Service ? What service ? :?

I used to be a Bunnies addict when they first appeared and since then , slowly but surely," service" has been made redundant. Bunnings aprons will be valuable antiques...

I second the above post. Like I said in my first reply, there are a lot of technical bits and pieces which you need to know and apply, and particularly to working with leathers. :?

If you dont,...

Thats interesting. Granite would be porous like pavers are. Looks like I got a few recipes to try if one fails, go to the next.
Any other oil removers, anyone ?
Neil.

There are a lot of technical details and info that need to be looked at if you have never done this type of job before. Particularly in the area of frame work positioning and then the question of the...

The caustic soda stuff, is that the same stuff you put down to unclog the pipes with. That sounds pretty good and fast. If it doesn't get it all off I will do the Lime trick.
Neil.

Does anyone know of a good method of cleaning oil drips from the car (power steering fluid) off the concrete pavers in my carport ? Theres a area of about a square meter concerned. :?
Neil.

Thanks everyone for the response. Everything has been picked up at this stage. There might be some more smaller bits lurking in the main shed when I get to that section.
Whilst we were shifting out...

I am in the process of unexpectantly having to shift house. That means 20 years of precious "I'll need that one day" stuff has to go as the new place is much smaller than we have now.
I am offering...

yep, the good old petroleum jelly - Vasoline. Do not use Armorall. Its ok for plastic coated objects such as car dashes and bumber bars but no good for keeping leather or vinyl pliable.

Amorall...

I have white ceramic wall tiles in the shower with white grouting. I believe that the grout is actually some sort of white silastic. The tiles are easy to clean but the grouting is going black in...

Boy, Ive heard it all now. :o With leather and vinyl coverings, use nothing but warm water with dishwashing detergent. No abrasives or solvents should ever be used whatsoever. After cleaning, use...

We have renovated our bathroom and the only thing that looks out of place now is the colour of the showers ceramic tiled floor. The bathroom is now all white and has gold tap fittings and such but...

You would be surprised at what the older lounge chair frames were once made of. All sorts of old used timber, even discarded used pine packing crates and wooden pallets. And this was in the furniture...

I also just found out about R B Grays. If you ring their Brisbane number you will get an answering machine telling you the Sydney office's number.
Neil.

Ring R.B. Gray Pty Ltd. in Sydney and they will have them. I have just found out that they are no longer in their Brisbane warehouse at Salisbury but their Sydney office is now handling everything....

I recently had the misfortune of spilling nearly all of a discontinued stain halfway through doing a set of bedside drawers. :~ I went to a small paint supplier called PAINTEC in Underwood...

Thanks to all of you who have replied to my querie. Ive been away unexpectantly for a few days and now have a bit of info to sift through.
A friend of mine just just bought himself a Vox AC 15 and...

I know I can probably go the wreckers and get stung for a miserable old HQ / HJ / HX Holden rim and tyre but I was wondering if anyones got one laying around suitable for a spare on my 6 x 4 box...

Franklin,
You can get the Rattan (cane lengths and mesh) from R.B. Grays at Evans Road Salisbury. They should be in the yellow pages under Upholstering Supplies.

You can either put in new cane...

With putting in the extra rails for the seat webbing, you can put in a rail across the very back of the chair between the 2 vertical posts at the required height of the webbing. The same for the side...

With the split arm rail, put in either a good sized corner block say 75mm x 75mm x width of rail under the arm rail or a vertical rail say around 50mm thick screwed to the back post from under the...

I am after an effective way of keeping them blasted kangaroos away from the front of my car, especially down the Brisbane Valley Highway late at night / early morning.

I have had a few very very...

My current project is a Steel Guitar made of a single slab of Camphor Laurel. I've made a couple of these guitars out of different timbers before but this one is starting to give me the idea that it...

With the vinyl question - I thought there was vinyl put over the tapestry previously. If there is an underlying reason , like maybe the tapestry is torn / stained or whatever, then put the vinyl back...

Same method applies to the back. Just use a lighter grade foam. Ask your supplier to show you the different grades . White is mostly used for back cushioning ect.
Neil. :2tsup:

The pic of the foam seating is spot on. Just make sure you have the right height foam and if it is too hard to go under the seat rails, taper it so that it can do so , so that youre not "crushing "...