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This is an interesting thread. I have been trying plywood for making cabinets and would love to use better quality ply. What is this rotary ply? Is there another name for it? Where can I source it in...

Thanks for all the advice. I will see if Total tools can supply me with the replacement collet

Hi,
I have an old Makita router where the collet is not letting half inch bits from being inserted easily or worse not being able to remove them. Any suggestions or where I can get this serviced in...

Love the box, what blade did you use?
when i tried to do something similar with a 1/8th blade, the blade snapped. i have not been game to try it again, scared the crap out of me when the blade...

The judgement by Justice Bourngino was a fair walloping for Gunns. The language was fairly intemperate and he went to town on the woodchipper.

However the Justice has allowed Gunns the opportunity...

Great job,
How many hours do you estimate that you put in?

I had a look at the LN website and they did suggest getting a second blade, I did so.
Derek, do you only need a secondary bevel to get the high angle? I am so glad that you replied, I was going to...

Roy Green from Get Woodworking in Williamstown is now an authorised seller of Lie-Nielsen tools. I just got my no 62 Low angle Jack plane and it is everything that Derek wrote about in his reviews of...

I can only confirm Derek’s views on the Mark 2 Veritas sharpening guide.
It does all that you would want and does it competently and easily.

I found that I was enjoying working with hand tools,...

Thank you very much Derek,
Thanks for the enthusiasm and energy to encourage those of us starting on the long learning slope for hand tools. Without people like you, Woodborer and many others, many...

I just put in an order for the new LV scrub, hope it is worth it. My biggest concern is how to sharpen the plane blade. I have enough difficulty with flat blades, now how am I going to sharpen a...

Thanks,
I would love to see what you have up there, at this price it is worth the money just to see. I can pick it up from melbourne.
Thanks
Suresh

I find this good for cleaning up all sorts of oily messes, it also worked beautifully on my new Leda saw. Top coated well with a grease, no rust or tarnishing. The citrus oil cleaned it up...

Just a word of advice regarding their service and warrantee.

My brother bought their 14 volt cordless, he bought it to do some renovations. He noticed that it had a vibration and when it was...

When I was working in England in 95, I think, there were some huge storms.
One of the consultants I was working with disappeared for a couple of days and it turned out that he made a fortune during...

I bought a hood from Get Woodworking in Williamstown, works fine. just hooked up the 100 hose from the dust collector and no more thicknesser mess.
Suresh

To a large extent I have given up on Carbatec Melbourne, I have found it frustrating and unsatisfying shopping at this shop. I believe that it is quite different in the other Carbatec franchises....

I am one of the parties being sued by Gunns, the woodchipper!

For further information have a look at the links below

Suresh
http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/12/112561.shtml...

Sorry Silent,
Yes it is different. The riving knife rises and falls with the blade, not attached to the table. The overhead gaurd is suspended from an arm and easy to move out of the way when...

That was an excellent point Rocker, that was one of the advantages of the large Leda. The large table surface meant that I could make a large sliding table sled, now that made an even bigger...

The overhead gaurd was part of the machine, there are other accessories that you can get: scribing blade, sliding table etc. Worth giving Roy Green, the distributer for Leda in Victoria a ring.
I...

I got the TC12 without the sliding table. If I want that I can add that later.
http://www.ledamachinery.com.au/cgi-bin/oscommerce/product_info.php?cPath=50&products_id=108
Suresh

Have a look at the Leda, I bought one several months ago and am very happy with it.
Especially as I don’t have to deal with Carbatec Melbourne, that was worth it in itself. As well this saw appears...

The recent FWW mag had a great article on bandsaws, well worth getting. I found that most of the problems that I was having have been solved by following their advice.
He was adamant that 3tpi was...

I read a fantastic reveiw of the relative strengths of a variety of jointing techniques by professional doormakers. What surprised them and pretty much everyone else is that the biscuits were...

Thanks Woodborer,
That tip about the short but wide bladed screwdriver is just what I was looking for. By the way I finally passed "Sharpening 101".
I could not believe the amount of time I was...

I recently came across a new woodwork magazine, simply called Woodworking Magazine, at the newsagent.

I liked it, and liked it a lot. It has a simple no nonsense approach to techniques. What I...

There is a problem with the beep, it is a nuisance but does not mean that the detector isn’t working.
What appears to be the problem is that part of the machine requires some time to warm up and...

I am currently making a Redgum slab table and planning to use a trestle style base.

Unfortunately as I was cleaning up the small slab that I was using for the legs I found that there was an area...

I don't know that particular ear muff, however there are quite a few noise cancelling headphones available there days, around the $300 mark. One day I intend to get one of these, the ability to hear...

Try contacting Daylesford Steambenders, they are always looking for interesting timbers to use.
Suresh

I went up on Saturday and now am a lot poorer. The auction prices were not cheap but this was the only opportunity for buying African mahogany in slab form that I know of.
There are a couple of...

I have been having real problems with a large Redgum slab table top that was very unstable. It had kept moving and cupping even in a fairly stable environment in my workshop.
In despair I was going...

Paul,
The web address is www.mik.com.au
thanks
Suresh

Veritas seem to have some interesting new products, this was on the Mik website.
The older Stanley scraper plane is now either unavailable or horrendously expensive second hand. Has anyone had any...

Thanks Rob,
I am hoping that Mik will have them at the WWW and will pick one up there.
Suresh

Has anyone used one of these scrapers? I noticed it on the Mik site and it looks interesting. In fact it looks very much like the cheap Carbide paint scraper that I have been using.
Veritas have...

Don,
You are a wonder. I usually use realplayer, however I could not get it to save any files.
I did as you suggested with Quicktime and found the .mov file and transferred it to a file where I...

Do any of you computer wizzes know if there is any way of saving the video files that FWW put onto their tips sites. They are a great bonus to the articles in the mag and it would be good to save...

Wish we had labels like this in Australia, sigh.
Suresh

Some us will be unable to go on Friday, what about a similar gathering on Saturday?
Suresh

My neighbour is a boat builder and a bloody good craftsman. I had a yarn with him regarding scrapers and he said to try the carbide paint scrapers.

I recently bought a Stanley 80, apparently a...

Hi,
Up in Daylesford there is a small scale timber mill run by some ethical millers. They source their timber from farms, road clearances and gardens. They have very good prices, I bought one...

For those looking for a store near central Melbourne, try Get Woodworking on Koroit Creek Road, Williamstown.

Just to get it clear, I am a customer of the shop and have no interest in it...

To all those woodworkers on the bulletin board who have been posting about hand tools and particularly hand planes, a big thank you.

I had been convinced that the only way to work was with at...

Sturdee,
I have a couple of old puters at home that I will be putting in the recycling, how do I find these magnets, are they part of the hard drive.
Suresh

Derek,
I will post a picture if I can find the cable to my camera. I agree, the question would make a lot more sense if there was a photo to illustrate the issue, hopefully in the next day or two....

I recently bought the Leda TSC-12HK, 12" table saw.
It has a riving knife that is mounted and slaved to the arbour. That is as the blade rises and falls so does the knife.
This is generally a good...

I had a similar problem with moving machinery around, I have a small workshop and wanted to move stuff out of the way when not in use.

I went to an Australian manufacturer, Falshaw in Sunshine and...

Do you make your own veneer? And if so to what thickness to do cut the timber?
Suresh