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Finished it! Sanded off the coating and left it rough after 80 grit to take the glue. Applied the 5 minute Araldite thinly with some stiff cardboard. Clamped it firmly to squeeze out excess. After...

Thanks Jim & Lappa.

Got a reply back from Selleys, who also recommended Araldite:

"It really would not matter which Araldite product was used as they are all similar viscosity. Our 5 Minute...

Thanks Oddy. Had a look at the Loctite stuff, and I think I may have found the answer. Loctite Studlock 263:

Loctite Threadlocker 263

Designed to bond metal with a thin layer of glue. Sets in...

Found a Q&A on Amazon for Z-poxy 15 min epoxy:

is the resin part thick almost like jello consistancy or thin like water

Answer:
Both parts are an equally "gel-like" consistency. Not runny at...

Thanks RobbieB, that's a terrific tip. Probably good to sand anyway to aid glue grip.

Lappa, thank you. There's a range of Z-poxy - https://www.zapglue.com/epoxy-resins Most of them are called...

Just submitted an "ask the expert" question on the Selley's site. I'll post the answer.

Just looked up West System glues. Seems they only make large bottles of it. I just need one of the tiny packs from Bunnings, but I don't know which one - website doesn't detail viscosity.

None of the super glues have a "longer set time", it seems. If I'm going for an epoxy, what is a commonly available one with low viscosity (i.e. thin and runny)?

Thanks Bob. Any tips on technique to get complete coverage but thin and even on the shim?

In final stages of setting up my Nova Comet 2 lathe. Nova doesn't have a steady rest for it (major omission Nova!), so I've been grinding a larger cast-iron one to fit the ways. Got it nicely into...

Thanks for this great details advice Mobyturns. I assume by "straight sided tenon" you mean cylindrical (rather than the jammed in conical mandrel I was thinking of using).

Thanks Colin62 & dubrosa22, very helpful advice. I will rethink and avoid jammed in conical mandrels turning from square, as we are indeed talking wide bore and thin walls (2.5 to 3.5mm). Sounds like...

About to start on my adventure of making Celtic whistles. Something I need to do first up is make a couple of mandrel / jam chucks. I'll be using them after a 200-400mm length of square stock is...

Thanks for that Ian. Some of the pieces will be 420mm long - I think I'd get more error than the difference in kerf with a handsaw unless I was an absolute master. The riving knife cannot be moved...

Not a drinker, but I do like Bundaberg ginger beer... :U Off to the supermarket now.

My new Ozito table saw has a misalignment of about 0.2mm between the blade and the riving knife. The riving knife can't be moved any further inward, so it looks like I have to shim the blade. I've...

Bought a new sander - Bosch PEX 300 AE random orbital - so much better than my old cheapo 1/4 sheet toy. Tidied up one face one of the probably Cadaghi boards to 80 grit. Here's how it looks now:
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That's the blade I bought for the table saw. When I want to get every mm out of a board, how about the idea of using the 1.55mm kerf blade on the handheld saw at no more than about 25mm thickness rip...

Thanks for the thoughts Moby. To be clear, are you saying the blade I bought is too thin at 2.5mm kerf with a 1.8mm body (same body width as the stock blade)? Or are you talking about the 1.55mm kerf...

Thanks very much for all the helpful posts.

Ended up buying the Diablo blade recommended by aldav - thanks -- Diablo Tools | 10"/254mm 50T Combination. I hear what you're saying about a bandsaw Mr...

Thanks very much for the photo, Kidbee. Just tried to sand a board back to show you a freshened up look at what I've got, and my little old 1/4 sheet sander died... After I buy a new one in the next...

Thanks Kidbee and John. Good to know I don't have to spray Agent Orange on the wood.

Would be good if somebody has a more definite idea on whether or not it's Cadaghi.

Just scored some planks from a very nice guy on Gumtree. He said he'd bought them to be used as steps, but the project never happened and he stored them in a rainforest shed for years.

He believes...

Thanks aldav. The reason I want a thin kerf is that a couple of mm may mean the difference between getting 3 or 4 whistle bodies, or 5 or 6 mouthpiece blocks, out of a certain width of board. When...

I should note that I'll be using the table saw primarily for ripping and crosscutting pretty hard wood, with the softest being woods like Queensland Maple, through to Red Mahogany and Gidgee. The end...

It would seem you are right Ian. The question is whether I can safely modify that design. Is the riving knife the only element of the design that would need to be changed to accommodate a 2mm or...

I'm thinking maybe the bench grinder would be too aggressive and produce an uneven result in thinning the stock riving knife.

A look through the Bunnings catalogue has given me this idea:
Step...

Thanks for those helpful thoughts, Mr Brush.

If I go with the 2mm kerf blade, perhaps the stock 2mm riving knife could work if I took the enamel paint off it? On my bench grinder, or some other...

Just to be precise, here are the two blades I am considering:

Diablo 40t 184mm: Diablo Tools | 7.25"/184mm 40T Fine Finish CORDLESS

Diablo 40t 254mm: Diablo Tools | 10"/254mm 40T General...

Hi, just setting up the first little table saw I've ever owned (2000w Ozito with stock 254mm 2.8mm kerf blade), and I want to get it right.

First, I'm trying to follow the general advice to make...

Thanks for correcting my perception on the nylon wheel malb. I think I'll go with Paul's money-saving suggestion to just use fine sandpaper.

Paul thanks so much for that very practical - and money saving! - advice. I'll keep the $70 in my pocket! :U

Thanks for answers guys. I think I may have found a different kind of answer - a nylon buffing wheel on ebay that looks the right size and designed for exactly this purpose. Has anyone used one of...

Hi all, thanks again for the help last week with my lathe issues. Ended up visiting Old Croc and mightily enjoyed a couple of hours in the woodturning & machining theme park he calls his shed -...

Old Croc - I've tried to message you a couple of times over the past couple of days, but it doesn't seem to be working - the messages don't end up in my Sent folder so I suspect you're not getting...

Thanks for all the tips guys, though I have to admit I don't quite follow it all yet - need to get some practice on the lathe and I think then things will be clearer to me. I will keep your advice on...

Thanks so, much Vaughan! This is really golden advice. BTW by "in production" I just meant actually making them, not a "production line", which would be truly silly to imagine at the stage I am at.
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And thanks Paul for letting me know about Old Croc. I'll chase him up once I've got my workshop set up with new toys and have started doing stuff.

Some really great advice here - and so quickly! Many thanks. To reply specifically to things you've raised:

hughie - That's a welcome surprise that commercial cross slides for wood lathes do in...

Hi, I'm setting out to make a few Celtic whistles. I have a Nova Comet 2 lathe with extension bed, and ideally I'd like to put a cross slide on it for the most precise work like turning the windway...