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I think if you are going to have floor mounted GPO's, you would also need to have underground dust collection for it to be worth the hassle. I bring my DC line down from the roof at the back corner...

That's a nice tidy looking panel, you've done well to fit it all in! What is the device top right that isn't connected yet? I figure it will be connected to the main feed into the panel, but what...

So Finally, after a bit of a wait a property came up that ticked all my boxes. Plenty of land, nice views, and obviously the most important thing being several sizable sheds (340sqm in total across 4...

Famous last words haha.


I was about half way through making it, when I ended up getting a new job. Which involved packing up the work shop into a container (and other household items that don't...

It's a bit like that isn't it. A few years back I won a $100 voucher in a raffle, which was cool and all. But the store only sold products in the $3,000+ price range. I could get a comparable or...

This is pretty much the experience I had.

It worked out cheaper for me to just buy a bunch of premade bits of gal pipe from bunnings to use.

The place where I source my metal from couldn't...

Thanks for that, there is some really good info there. I'm going to throw something together today in Fusion today hopefully and see how it all works. I have a few ideas that alter from what I have...

Thank for that mate. I will have a bit of a dig and see what I can find. :2tsup:

Has anyone tried going the DIY route for a system like this?

There are quite a few wooden versions floating about that have taken my interest, but I was thinking of perhaps something out of steel...

These P&N ones are by far the best I have used. They give the cleanest holes out of all the ones I have tried. I use them on melamine, ply, hardwoods, mdf, and they always give a super clean hole at...

Just subbed. I will take a look at your content now. :)

How is your feed rate, and how light are your passes? I only ever seem to have these kinds of issues when i'm trying to take too much off, or the feed speed is not slow enough.

I have recently had some spare time to work on finishing touches with the workbench. I have been using a scrap piece of ply that I shaped like a closed end wrench. With a cutout of the barbell end...

I've had some wins and some losses.

Rotary tool (dremel), it worked fine for a long time, but the pin on the shaft wore loose, so i had to do some modifications to be able to get the shaft...

A few years ago I made a ramp to help my small dogs get up an area where stairs used to be. I had originally just used formply, but when it was wet they couldn't get up. So I ended up sanding the top...

If you upload to youtube at 1080P, when someone views it at 720P or 480P, it will be higher quality than if they watched it at the same resolution that was uploaded. So a video that is uploaded at...

I can agree with that! Luckily at work I have access to a big mortising machine, so when I need a lot of them cut I will take the work in there. But I do have my eye on one of the smaller bench...

Thanks Ian :)


I have been liking the stop and tool holder middle section so far. But I can agree that something on the side of the bench would be quite nice in some circumstances. I think...

I have had a look, and the number 7 receiver looks the closest to the 4th picture here. Although the pads that sit rearward of the screw holes are squared and don't have a angular cutout in them.

Here are some more pictures I took on the way out to the car this morning. But it looks like I will need to remove the hardware so we can get a look at the full casting am I correct? If so I can get...

I have taken some pictures, however I forgot about the top of the lever. I will get those soon.

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You can see the evidence of repainting...

Thanks for the info guys!

Yes I'm defiantly interested in knowing more, I will just need to wait till I get home to take some photos. I will get a heap of them for you guys, from all angles of all...

Thanks for all the info guys! I have so much to learn, and all this knowledge helps. :q

I don't know how accurate the flowchart is, as nothing really matches. They weren't meant to be old planes when I bought them (they were really quite cheap), and looking at them, I don't believe they...

The one at hyperkitten.

So the Groz polished up, somewhat ok... I modified the handle so it is now slightly comfortable, I removed all the high gloss and bumpy finish. And I flattened the base and sharpened the blade. It's...

Just some thoughts.

So after using this bench a few times (not a lot, but I think enough to have an opinion on it), I have some thoughts on what works, what doesn't work, what might need to be...

I will be unable to make it to Melbourne this weekend unfortunately. However I managed to pick up a Stanley Bailey #4, and #7 in really good condition. And... I also bought a Gorz #5... I Just wanted...

So the centre strip is now complete. I have sanded it all up, and made the cuts required to fit.

I cut some 6mm ply into some small squares, and tacked them onto the tops of the stretchers. I...

Over the weekend I sanded it all to 240 and then applied the finish.

Side note, I picked up the new model of the ryobi random orbital sander 18v, and i'm inpressed by how good it is compared to...

Exactly, this entire build was about doing things on the cheap.

I will be making some wooden "covers" for the nuts that will slip over and provide more leverage. The rubber on the inside of the...

I went with the split top for two reasons. I wanted the centred tool storage, and work stop options. I also would like to use clamps in the middle of the bench, on my old bench I had to drill holes...

Hey guys,

Not sure if this is the right sport to post this... But the big green building has Irwin 150mm quick clamps on sale (I think it's a sale...) at the moment. 4 of them for $29.90, which is...

Ah nice! I might have to check it out.

And thanks everyone for the feedback, you have confirmed what I thought would be the case. I will keep my eyes peeled on ebay as well as taking a look at the...

Thanks fro the feedback guys.

So something like the stanley that bunnings sell would be the newer one's to stay away from? But something like this...

This is what I was thinking. I haven't used a groz, and they look nice and all, but they are very very cheap. And I have heard nothing but bad things about them.

Why I agree in the most part of your post, regarding having to tune a new place vs just tidying up an old plane (which would be quicker) i'm going to have to disagree on the cost for time argument. I...

Hi Guys,

If you had the option between a second hand #4 Stanley Bailey (made in england), vs a new #4 Groz for the same money, which would you go for and why?

And same goes for a #7 from both.

It's just a barbell that I cut the ends off. I got it new off ebay for around $30 I believe. The acme thread is decent quality even on the cheap ones like this was. And because it's a cheap one the...

The end is getting closer!

It came time to load it back into the car, and take it home.

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I drilled the holes in the rods and drove a nail through, it's a fairly tight friction fit...

These things happen to the best of us haha :hahaha:

Sorry guys for all the text! I guess those who are not interested will just not read it though haha :U



~New moxon vice locking concept~

The concept is straight forward. Two pieces of wood...

I have modeled up my idea in fusion, and am happy with how it came out. I have left out some of the detail (like adding in the pin holes) as I have limited time, I just wanted to get the concept...

I have thought about it more, and having the pin vertically wouldn't be a bad idea. I could use a simple wide head nail, and insert and twist to keep vertical. that way it won't fall out when being...

Thanks for the feedback Lappa and an excellent point!

I have thought about just that very scenario (today when I was about to boring some holes for the flange!!). I was originally going to put...

Thanks for the comment Pac man! You are correct in assuming they wouldn't. As it stands currently it is definitely too small!

In my home shop (renting), the back wall has soil up about 1/3 of the...

Some of the pictures are out of order in terms of the progress of other areas, however I took the photos after in most cases but I have written the process in order.


Next I measured out the dog...

Not sure if it's useful info or not, but the door in the picture is almost guaranteed to have a steel frame inside the cladding.

Next came the routing of the mortises in the table tops. I clamped the two tops together with 3 pieces of 65x19 DAR to provide the correct gap size and aligned it on top of the now glued legs. I then...

Oh how I wish they were mine! I borrowed them from a friend who does work with fibreglass/ carbon fibre/ Kevlar etc, and uses them for some of his moulding work. I still have quite a few clamps,...