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  1. Thread: Coping saws?

    by les88
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    Redbeard, I use a coping saw that is over 50...

    Redbeard,
    I use a coping saw that is over 50 years old and it is the same design as the ones avaliable today The blades an not suited for accurate cuts. For dovetails I would only take the waste...
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    I have used this router and it is very good. You...

    I have used this router and it is very good. You say that you live in an apartment with not much room. Any router will scream this may be a problem for you. If you are going to use the router for...
  3. Mr Brush, A question? Any saw cut is dependant...

    Mr Brush,
    A question?
    Any saw cut is dependant to the blade. So the top line saw, the blade has....
    type and number of teeth
    speed of blade
    thanks
    les
  4. You were on the right track with railway bolts. I...

    You were on the right track with railway bolts. I would go to the local railway museum and try there
    les
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    I have no idea why this method would reduce...

    I have no idea why this method would reduce cupping, but if you think of nailing or screwing timber togheter they are alway staggered . On thin material it helps with the timber splitting but more to...
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    Classic Caravans - Newest Threads...

    Classic Caravans - Newest Threads
    This is a site for caravan repairs and restorations, I am a member there and good advice on your problem
    les
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    My trade is carpenter and joiner 5 years...

    My trade is carpenter and joiner 5 years apprenticeship from 1950 to 1955. Then subcontracted pitching roofs and interior fit outs including making cupboards. When the project builders stated up it...
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    It is easily done with the in and over method of...

    It is easily done with the in and over method of setting up.simple put one side of the rule to the inside of one of the holes and measure to the over of the other hole.
    les
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    I can only add to the other members comments, it...

    I can only add to the other members comments, it shows that governments come and go with no thoughts to the trouble that they cause and leave behind, that the ordinary folk do care. Well...
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    I use a Carpenters Pincer.

    I use a Carpenters Pincer.
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    I don't think that the chucks were made for small...

    I don't think that the chucks were made for small drills . I use a Dremil for that sort of stuff
    les
  12. what a shock!! I liked the old one best, but...

    what a shock!!
    I liked the old one best, but after seeing new Barry old Barry would never be the same
    les
  13. I have a mate who is a professional cabinet...

    I have a mate who is a professional cabinet maker, only does pieces on order. We were talking about removing coffee cup ring marks with a warm iron. He said the hardest thing to remove was what you...
  14. Thread: Cheap Tools

    by les88
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    Cheap Tools

    The older members might remember me, three years ago my wife passed on beaten by Ovarian cancer.
    I moved out of my large house to a smaller one with one garage.
    So all of my power tools had to go....
  15. Thread: Unknown Tool

    by les88
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    It is a saw set I had one and used it for years, ...

    It is a saw set I had one and used it for years,
    les
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    I live in Goulburn and our local hardware is...

    I live in Goulburn and our local hardware is Magnet Mart who have been taken over by Danks and Woolworth owns Danks.
    In Canberra Woolworths are building a super hardware store
    And in Goulburn...
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    Cupboards for Pop-Up Van need ideas

    I like the idea of a pop-up van so I bought an old one with the intention of stripping it out and making the cupboards to suit me.
    The cupboard height is of course governed by the height of the...
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    Cupboards for Pop-Up Van need ideas

    I like the idea of a pop-up van so I bought an old one with the intention of stripping it out and making the cupboards to suit me.
    The cupboard height is of course governed by the height of the...
  19. Thread: Re Berg Chisels

    by les88
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    When I was an apprentice in the early 1950 these...

    When I was an apprentice in the early 1950 these were the top chisels and they were very popular. I still have a few still left from those years long ago.
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    Help I can't remember

    I can't remember the name of these fasteners. They are use when connecting two free standing cupboards together. They work like this. a hole is drilled thru the sides of the cupboard the same size as...
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    Cliff, I have been worrying for Wolfie she lives...

    Cliff, I have been worrying for Wolfie she lives right on the ocean front, hope she moved out of harms way.
    les
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    I hired a car at Melbourne airport and I only...

    I hired a car at Melbourne airport and I only made it no hiring to 76 +
    At Manly swimming pool in the change room was a machine that you inserted a threepenny piece into .....pushed a lever and...
  23. Thread: Straight edge

    by les88
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    position two boards side by side hold in vise and...

    position two boards side by side hold in vise and electric plane them straight,
    les
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    what about arch bars from a building supplier les

    what about arch bars from a building supplier
    les
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    I would square up the cut with a router as...

    I would square up the cut with a router as suggested, but what about the doggy door can you buy a larger one or some of them have an architrave type of surround moulded into them. That is the way I...
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    It is really upmarket. Which birds are you...

    It is really upmarket. Which birds are you targeting?

    les
  27. Thread: WIP a 'thing'

    by les88
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    It must be a good idea or a lot of trouble for...

    It must be a good idea or a lot of trouble for nothing.
    btw I used the pieces in your pics to draw what it might be, so far a blind deer.
    les
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    Wow.... were do you get it. les

    Wow.... were do you get it.
    les
  29. Thread: Robertson Screws

    by les88
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    A pity they were not invented when I hung doors...

    A pity they were not invented when I hung doors for a living. Slotted head screws inserted with a push spiral screw driver one slip and ......
    I now only used kreig screws probably because I bought...
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    I would bet that the dogs stay in the big house....

    I would bet that the dogs stay in the big house. Do you just show them the outside house if they are naughty

    Beautiful dogs Beautiful house

    les
  31. Gun stocks for the top grade guns are cut from...

    Gun stocks for the top grade guns are cut from trees two or three hundred years old, and the blank is left for another 25 years. So if that is the time frame for completely seasoned timber what...
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    When I was 'young les' , I made all of my log...

    When I was 'young les' , I made all of my log cabins from privet hedge long before it was declared illegal to grow them The mating corners were cut with a pocket knife. I can't remember how I covered...
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    As the previous members have said about polishing...

    As the previous members have said about polishing I am in agreement.
    I made a drop side table out of NGR and I used U-beau waxes for a mirror finish.
    You have put in too much work to have it...
  34. Thread: Test

    by les88
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    Bingo les

    Bingo
    les
  35. It is great that you have a result, in hindsight...

    It is great that you have a result, in hindsight the store should have replaced them when you first noticed that they had a manufacturing fault not to tell you to wait to see if they fail
    les
  36. Thread: blue crabs

    by les88
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    The price of crabs is very high but I think...

    The price of crabs is very high
    but I think that they have the best taste of all.
    If you live in FNQ like one of our members, it is just a matter of pulling the crab traps up and selecting your...
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    These LH / RH threads on the nuts / bolts are...

    These LH / RH threads on the nuts / bolts are they marked ? If not what a lot of stripped threads
    les
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    I use a block plane for any touch up required,...

    I use a block plane for any touch up required, with electric planes many do not have a long bed. I have both types but I rarely if ever use the short bed one.
    les
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    What is it used for? les

    What is it used for?
    les
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    I would use pine lining boards. have you...

    I would use pine lining boards.
    have you considered the weight of floor boards will the existing structure handle it.
    les
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    Plenty of ideas there Phil.... bookmarked it ...

    Plenty of ideas there Phil.... bookmarked it thanks
    les
  42. Thread: Bench Hook

    by les88
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    a very useful tool.... I see that you are left...

    a very useful tool.... I see that you are left handed
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    I would use a compressed cement sheet, and cut it...

    I would use a compressed cement sheet, and cut it with a diamond blade
    les
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    Replace the door. Our revolve tip sells doors...

    Replace the door. Our revolve tip sells doors from a $1 solid core $3
    les
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    I use the same method as skew chiDAMN les

    I use the same method as skew chiDAMN
    les
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    I have never thought of using a filing cabinet...

    I have never thought of using a filing cabinet for tool storage, it seems a great method and the cords will not be tangled with one tool one draw :2tsup:
    les
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    When I was fixing overhead cupboards I would just...

    When I was fixing overhead cupboards I would just cut some 50x25 to the correct lengths
    and use those
    les
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    have you checked Miter10 les

    have you checked Miter10
    les
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    thanks for showing those photos Bob, it would be...

    thanks for showing those photos Bob, it would be interesting to know how they started and moved into massive machinery like they have. It's a long way from a chain saw and chisel. and what a...
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    it looks a great idea, and if I did ladder work I...

    it looks a great idea, and if I did ladder work I would buy one.
    My concern would be, if it is a bit springy

    les
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