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Just one thing though: are you suggesting so-called yellow-top brazing rod (2% silver) or other low-temp alloy which will work with my Sievert/Primus torch kit, or are we talking the much harder...

This is like those daytime TV ads for gadgets that are sold on the basis that, if e.g. a kitchen knife, you're cutting tomatoes and next thing you've sliced your jugular (plausible right?) that's why...

You know, sometimes I think some of these "viral" innovations to woodworking are little more than fads. However, it maybe entirely self-suggestion, but I do think these new blades have made a...

Well, hey hey. It was worth asking! Yes, that's it.

They want about AU$28 apiece which considering the bother of any alternatives like fantasising I'd make one in a mill, is steep but tolerable...

I fitted a thick Veritas blade to my old No.6 Stanley plane. However, the yoke (that adjusts the cutting depth) now hardly engages with the cap iron. It works, but only on the very edge, so will munt...

That's the effect of friction. You need to learn about Bernoulli's principle. It's also the basis of flight. Bernoulli's principle - Wikipedia
The point though is, if it was sand you were trying to...

If you are worried that the small diameter of the dust extraction at the fence will mean a dramatic loss in extraction power, don't be too worried. By Bernoulli's principle, you still get the same...

Serious saw. The best. Sorry to the bugger closing down his business.

That's the better idea. Cheaper too. And so many other benefits like soft start and overload protection, and also the 3-phase motor uses way less power.

I can't see the sliding table attachment being much use if you're mainly breaking down sheet goods. It won't have enough travel. You'd be needing to build a big table area around the basic saw unit,...

Cheap drill press -- not well made enough to actually warrant a removable arbor -- so glue it up solid seems like a valid solution. Sometimes the bottom-end Chinese shyte isn't worth further effort...

There's a nice youtube video for the Hammer K3 slider, by the clever Marius Hornberger:

Making Zero Clearance Inserts for a Sliding Table Saw

His is from ply, but with a hardwood reinforcing...

Nice. But a big pan head screw (preferably welded on so it won't come loose) would have been better. Worth $70 then.

One thing to note about Felder is, while I was fortunate to buy a machine with a few rather essential 'accessories', the price of any further accessories is so stratospheric that practically, for me,...

As pointed out in a post I wrote above, Canberra with a 1/3 of your Adelaide population has over a dozen tool retailers - and that's without any notable industry. I'd expect Adelaide would have at...

Just on this, and knowing that the OP went through a discussion in a previous recent thread on whether to buy a SawStop or, as he's finally decided, been convinced a sliding table saw is a better way...

What a nice surprise! I came in from the shed tonight, and find not one but two positive hits for Australian sellers of metal shelf support strips. Thanks very much gents.

Not too late too ... I...

Don't forget to look into the secondhand market, e.g. View 215 Panel Saws for Sale in Australia | Machines4u, and who knows you might be lucky in this forum's Market Place too,...

You could use glazing beads, which are small strips of quad - run those around the edge on both sides of the ply, nailed in with small brads, and the ply will be sandwiched in between. Or look at the...

For hand tools, that is almost always the classy option -- get a good old brand and it's beautifully made with great quality -- though if we're ever at parity with the US dollar ever again, I might...

I don't know Adelaide very well, but I'm surprised there's only three tool shops in town. What about Carbatec - I know Adelaide has one of them. Here in Canberra, with 1/3 of Adelaide's population...

If really all else fails, I've been known to use a length of 4x2, with a short block of 4x2 nailed to double each end, and wedges to pull it all up tight (make sense? hint: it's incredibly dead...

Bingo - you're right! Using that search term, North America is overflowing with the stuff. Lee Valley stores across Canada for one example, but it seems many US hardware chain stores have it. Dirt...

Just a heads up for Incra jig supplier Professional Woodworking Supplies, who is a forum sponsor:
If you click the little advert for PWS on the right hand side of desktop screen, in the column of...

About 10 years ago Jet made a sliding saw, small like their usual tablesaws. In many ways it seemed ideal, but they no longer seem to make it. I do wonder why.

I ended up with a Felder CF731...

Mal, you may be right that the local keyhole track as seen in the shelving systems of yesteryear might have been for shelf brace supports and not shelf end-brackets. The one I saw was such a long...

Yes right, good find! That's it -- Shelf Standards at Rockler. Thanks Mal. They use their own type of shelf supports which are a good design. I wouldn't be too fussed its not System 32.

The one I...

Yeah I've got one too. But I'd prefer an easier way to do 1600 holes.

Let's give up on this. Nobody's got a real answer to my original question (probably because nothing like it exists), and I...

I've got some shelf pins (plastic, Bunnings) here that are 8mm long, and that would be sufficient given that they'd be bearing on metal rather than point loading poor old particleboard, mdf or...

Hmm, with 28 metres run to drill (twice), i.e. 1600 holes, I'm not really convinced about that. Maybe I could eliminate holes unlikely to ever be used, but there'd still be 100s of holes.

Anyhow,...

Is there any such product as a metal strip pre-drilled with system 32 holes (system 32 - as in shelving, kitchens, wardrobes).

So, if it exists, you'd rout a shallow rebate into your board and lay...

Funny thing ... all the prices on Bosch laser levels jumped significantly higher at Total Tools last night (like by about $80). Bunnings still down, but maybe not for long ...

And also their price...

And of course if you've got very few tools, you can

- chain drill just inside of the finished hole size,
- then chop out with a chisel (bit of a hassle with plywood but with some swearing it...

Thanks for all the input. I decided in the end to get a Bosch GLL 5-50 X, Bosch Multi Line Laser Level Red Beam GLL5-50X | Total Tools.

It has almost 360 coverage in 3 planes, crossing right...

Yes it is. Since you actually got one, it's interesting to read your experience of it. Kind of confirms my prejudices. I don't like cheap stuff that's gonna break quickly and then needs to be thrown...

Looks like the right way to do water levelling! Better than going with just a roll of clear hose, that's for sure. Theoretically I suppose that's about the most accurate you'll practically get...

Yes, it's a convenience for domestic projects rather than a necessity. That's why I'll just continue with my spirit level until I've got more cash.

I'd put $150 on paying for the convenience but...

You'd have to wonder what the hidden compromises are when this product for $150 has the appearance of what would be a $500+ machine if bought locally. If anyone has bought one and has a genuine...

Beardy, I can see why you'd recommend that Bosch GLL 3-80 three-plane red laser. I wasn't previously aware of it. Has much better accuracy (3mm/10m) and you've got 360 degree lines so it's much more...

Just thinking that I want to use a cross-line laser level on my next cupboard fit-out, etc.

But I'm low on cash right now. So I'm looking at a couple at around $150. Like the Bosch GL330G, and the...

I have a fix here using shock cord for the problem on the Black & Decker Workmate folding workstand where the plastic clips that hold the legs open get old, brittle and break, leaving the legs...

Nice to see people's air compressor cabinets.

FF, I see you're not in the school of thought that glues foam inside as a sound deadener. It's been a while since reading up on it, so I forget the...

My generic Asian type 1hp drill press (mine's a Hafco SPD-25A) has a cavity in the head casting behind the drill spindle, wired for a 240V light bulb. As originally supplied, it's a bit like a candle...

Graeme, don't worry checking further on the magnets idea, at least on my account. The solution I have found with the shock cord works perfectly, is also extremely simple and is dirt cheap, so I see...

I just tried playing around with my one last remaining rare earth magnet (little square flat one from M&G, the local industrial suppliers). Last remaining one, because these magnets are very brittle,...

Dunno, those prices are in pounds, plus they want a big postage fee. It's also not clear if you get one latch or 4.

Really, for plastic spare parts like these, ideally the same guy who cuts keys...

Yeah, ok, if yours looks like mine in the photos, then that backs up my guess.

Tell you what though, I called a well known tool shop in South Melb about getting spares of the plastic latches that...

Aah, that gave me a chuckle. Yeah, maybe ... so far my imagination isn't very stretched on how I'll use it. We'll see!

Mine looks like the equity traders already got stuck into it -- all pressed metal and plastic. You'd think these things would be all over Gumtree but actually there's not much to choose from.
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Answering my own question here.

I noticed that at the bottom of the thread are links to similar posts, one of which is a post 12 months ago about Workmate spares in Australia...