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Your a good bloke Crowie, my condolences to your friend TKO - Eddie. And all the very best of health to him as he heads towards that magical 100 yrs.
And a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year to...

G'day Crowie,
All the very best to the little bloke mate, Is sad when a new little one comes into the world and has to battle so hard. Me thoughts are with you all.

Love the project Crowie, you...

G'day All,
Yes I'm still here but sadly not had much time at all in me shed:C, I wont bore ya all to death but I have a bit of a battle presently with some very painful Dystonia which is playin'...

Had A Brain Explosion This Mornin', Better Late Than Never I Suppose.

This mornin’ as soon as me feet hit the bedroom floor I knew that me purple patch (feelin’ good) had come to an end. I know it...

G'day All,
Well I been flat chat like a lizard drinkin', wife had to go into nearby town yesterday and I went along to get some timber. I never buy much as it takes so long to get through it, but I...

Ok, Nothin' much on TV tonight so I play on this computer. Like I say I been havin' some fun, slow but have been enjoying it and no nothin's gone pear shaped yet (touch wood)....

G'day All,
Well guys I been havin' some fun in me workshop, and I'm still able to count to ten on both hands plus I think the wife likes me bein' out there instead of under her feet in the...

G'day All,
Sorry has been a while but I'm still above ground so that's pretty darn good in my book:2tsup:. I have some problems I currently battlin' with, this darn disease appears to be progressin'...

G'day Dalboy,

Fantastic build, envious of your door outlines etc. I have a wood burner for such jobs yet to have a go on some scrap timber. Have some crazy ideas on how to use it and not stuff...

Thanks Peter, will sit down tonight and have a good look. Haven't ever considered feather boards before until the other day when I went to the table saw and attempted to rip a piece of wood to size....

G'day All,

Just been restin' up last few days and decided that its time to look into these feather boards used by many in their workshops. I'd been thinkin' about these things for ages and how...

Love these little bikes with side cars, this is how I now have started to look at things to make in the future, smaller than normal, simple as possible yet with just enough detail to gets a...

Hell look what the cats dragged in! G'day all hows things goin'?,
Well I've had several big breaks from me shed but when I've been up to it I've managed to create some more saw dust and added to me...

G'day Dalboy,

Yes I have always worried about hidden nailing in wooden toys, children always seem to do the unexpected with toys and if there is a way to pin part of a toy with a small wooden...

G’day Rod T,
Worked very good but after a while the sticky got covered in too much fine dust so had to change tape often. I at first thought of using a medium grade sand paper glued to both blocks...

G’day Crowie how ya goin’?
I’m doin’ pretty darn good so far but at times the sounds from me shed suggest to the wife other wise:((. Have many ideas still floatin’ around in me head to try out yet...

G'day Superfoot,
Yes I have given a harder timber a go with me scroll saw, I tried a piece of my 'Crowie Wood' but it took longer for me to cut and durin' that time I struggled to keep it down flat...

G’day htl,
Yes mate when it comes to buildin’ kids toys there is a lot that one has to consider such as the age of the child and the sort of treatment a child will give it. I’m currently buildin’ in...

G’day (Treecycle) Dallas,

Sure is great to have me ole girl back up and runnin’, I learned a valuable lesson and will in future make sure I back everything up to me external hard drive. I had me...

G’day All,

Lets start a little off subject.

‘She Will Not Always Be Right Mate And It Won’t Be Ok To Do It Later’!!!!!!!!!
Yes I killed off me two big desk top computers in three days about...

Handyjack, please I'd like to apologise for not responding earlier to you, currently I got a few problems with me emails and to be honest I'm a little worried that I have made some set up problems...

Yes I got PM thanks, I get back to you later if ok. I having day in shed. Hooroo Kev.

Thanks Treecycle, I sure got a darn mess here sir, I think I have done as you suggested maybe more than you suggested - give it a try and we see what happens.

Thanks Crowie, I nothin' special, I just determined that I gunna have a win for once in me life mate and besides there are others here who have bigger battles to fight than I do. I'd like your advice...

Thanks Keith, will be back when I got some thing to show.:2tsup:

Ok me wheels.
For some reason me first image won't show, but not important any way.

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Firstly I have to have music in me little workshop, and with 16,000 mp3s loaded into me ipod there is...

G'day All,
Well here I go, these few images are of my prototype B-Double that I constructed. It is of no particular model of truck nor is it to any given scale. Its a case of what I see and...

G'day Tiny Tool, I could either sit around cry and moan woooooooo is me all bloody day long or try and do want I want to do, I think tryin' to do what I wanna do is the best way forward even if its...

G'day Crowie, mate still tryin' to get use to the way things are done in the forum here, I'm all over the place like a mad woman's/man's breakfast. It sure been one hell of a ride over the past few...

G'day Geoff, Yes mate I do have a band saw another one of me tools that worries the hell outa me these days. Much of what I do now is from a sitting position as the right side of me body right down...

Thanks Dalboy, Geez been that long ago since I made a posting here in the forums I gotta try and work out what in the hell is goin' on :doh:. Me emails have taken off a a great rate with...

Thanks rwbuild, I not fast and it takes me time but I to lookin' forward to share what I can do. Hooroo Kev.

Thanks Keith, I been pretty busy by my standards and it all takes time, I promised a friend that my very first truck (B-Double) will be his. So I eager to get started. I hope to start in a few days...

Hi All,
Been a long time since I posted here and as yet I haven't made my first toy, I made a prototype of a B-Double that I want to make for kids but my power tools I have to use don't fit in very...

Thanks for posting - shows what's been floating around in me head for ages aint such a bad idea after all, Now one problem!!!!!!!!! buildin' it.:rolleyes:

G'day All,

I’d Like To Share.

Over the last few years I brought and downloaded at times a number of plans from the internet. Much of that which I have you may have in your plan collections....

I agree Crowie a different type of cutter for wheel making would be great, I tinker at times with different ideas but as I a user of plantation Grown Pine timber my wheels for trucks aint all that...

wanna be productive, but 4 routers! hell only got one set of hands - give some one time mate and there be a reason why some one will wanna do such a thing.

You've been very helpful Chris thank you and I understand.

KJL1951 aka Kev.

This is what I got - Triton 2000 and the Router Bracket .374759374760 Will this table top for sale suit that which I have.
KJL 1951 aka Kev.

G'day All,

I have a Triton 2000 work bench, looking for a reasonable secondhand Router table top to attach to it, have the router mounting bracket that slides into the rails - just need a router...

G'day All, No doubt some of you have tried this but if not give it ago as there are many uses I've found for it. https://youtu.be/qSfj6eiNzew

I found the liquitex Gel Medium and Mat Spray at...

Thanks all for your comments. I've refreshed me Google search, removed the link from me bookmarks, even promised not to use the Lords name in vain but the result is still the same. This is what keeps...

Can forget these guys Alan,
Went to this link when ya first posted it and yep they had what I was lookin' for. Didn't place order at time because they had other stuff I wanted to get as well so...

Thanks Ruddy, Now I'll not complain when I have to follow the wife around spotlight - I'll have a mission to find some eyes. Liked the way you set them into the wood - a lot harder for little fingers...

Love them Ruddy - B...........y Fantastic - where do you get your eyes from? - have some projects in mind that those sorta eyes could be used.

Hooroo
KJL1951 aka Kev.

You're right Grahame, Can't remember what it cost me - being tight with money couldn't have cost much - I brought one when I tried me hand at fishing lure making and painting - I couldn't afford a...

348678 Playing around with spray cans - no thanks - I'm tight when it comes to money - but not that tight.

Hooroo
KJL1951 aka Kev.

Thanks Alan, between you and Ross I now can solve me Ratchet handle problem - now got to solve me saw table mitre trench problem - thus far all I can come up with is every size other than that which...

Thanks Ross, I'll check em out.

Hooroo
KJL1951 aka Kev.