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  1. smaller braces are good for driving screws as...

    smaller braces are good for driving screws as they are faster
  2. Kate , I use a quick release hex bit holder in a...

    Kate , I use a quick release hex bit holder in a 2 jaw chuck . The one I use has a thick hollow shank designed for driver/drill reversible combo bits. Veritas makes a square shanked hex bit driver as...
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    I bought a pai of the macjing bent bar hold downs...

    I bought a pai of the macjing bent bar hold downs , had to draw file off the thread for them to work properly. They dont really have enough bend or flex in them and the flat pad on one is on an angle...
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    wouldwood gave me some plans a few years ago and...

    wouldwood gave me some plans a few years ago and went round numerous blacksmiths to try and get them made , no luck . i bought the Mcjing ones last year , they work but hace a shallow bend so wont...
  5. Berlin where are you getting mastic from ? The...

    Berlin where are you getting mastic from ? The last time we tried to import it from Chios it was a horrendous price.
  6. In Australia all Boiled linseed oils are still...

    In Australia all Boiled linseed oils are still heat polymerised to my knowledge. Chemical driers have been in use since the late 1300's. Their action though was probably known about by the ancients ,...
  7. BLO is just a heat polymerized linseed oil (...

    BLO is just a heat polymerized linseed oil ( oils dry by polymerization and oxidation) .
    if you don't want to use BLO you could buy Stand oil which is heat polymerized oil without oxygen (nitrogen...
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    Certainly less Polyaromatic hydrocarbons in...

    Certainly less Polyaromatic hydrocarbons in Mineral/Parrafin oil than in Mineral turps, sure gum turps contain's terpenes, but there is very limited evidence of them being carcinogenic as compared to...
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    Baby oil is just paraffin with a bit of colour...

    Baby oil is just paraffin with a bit of colour and pong added , or faulding sell a small bottle in the "personal care " isle of most supermarkets.
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    Gum turps can be a respiratory sensitizer, but...

    Gum turps can be a respiratory sensitizer, but it's miles better than mineral turps which has lots of nasty's like benzene still in it
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    Just to throw my 2 cents worth in ,even though...

    Just to throw my 2 cents worth in ,even though I've got most of the stanley bench planes I'm a wood plane convert , it's taken 10 or so years to get comfortable with the buggers but I find them more...
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    As a side note I've had good results with both...

    As a side note I've had good results with both fraxinus (ash) and Common privet for small axe and hatchet handles. I understand Ash was the preferred handle wood prior to hickory taking the crown.
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    yeah , i thought that at first but its too heavy...

    yeah , i thought that at first but its too heavy and the head is domed and polished not like a striking surface , the chisel face is blunt and thick and the shaft has the bulging waist, maybe a tin...
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    European mortice chisels

    I was recently given a box of bits from a garage clear out. the owner of the gear used to be an Italian gentleman who emigrated here, among the goodies were some Peugeot Bros. bladed planes, some...
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    Thanks Guys , I'm probably going to do it myself,...

    Thanks Guys , I'm probably going to do it myself, when I find that free weekend , after I've got all the other more important stuff done. :C
    For me they are just a tool , handy to have but not the...
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    I think I may have started the original thread? I...

    I think I may have started the original thread? I tried numerous blacksmiths and fabricators and hit dead end after dead end. I think many of them couldn't understand the concept of the hold down so...
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    Horse sauce, cheap fast and durable.

    Horse sauce, cheap fast and durable.
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    Pretty sure it's a stone mason or brickies chisel

    Pretty sure it's a stone mason or brickies chisel
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    There are pinoaks all down Albert street in east...

    There are pinoaks all down Albert street in east Melbourne, Pinoak Crescent in Flemington is surprisingly full of them. There are about eight that I can recall within walking distance of me here in...
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    Lovely to see one in such good nick. I've a 244...

    Lovely to see one in such good nick. I've a 244 and a 246 and use them on a regular basis. Still looking for a depth stop tree, but use a bit of wood on some 5/8 threaded rod which seems to work.
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    Is the sheet metal from cars suitable ? I...

    Is the sheet metal from cars suitable ? I remember ford touting some special thin sheet
    they were usining to make there soon to be extinct Falcons.
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    252805 lovely chisels Scribbly, Here's my find ,...

    252805
    lovely chisels Scribbly, Here's my find , a Stanley 921 10inch brace (cleaned up). It was pretty rusty but as I've found with a lot of the older steels is that they tend not to pit as bad as...
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    it's a mezzotint rocker for graining printing...

    it's a mezzotint rocker for graining printing plates. Mezzotint printing - YouTube
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    I'll vote for citric acid for bits that can't be...

    I'll vote for citric acid for bits that can't be electrolysed, seems to me to be less likely to re rust than vinegar treated steel and less likely to develop deep runaway pits.
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    I saw them at Bunnies the other day, the backs...

    I saw them at Bunnies the other day, the backs were pretty coarse so I reckon that they'd need quite a few hours lapping to get them nice, but they still look better than anything else there.
  26. And that's probably why so many kids get through...

    And that's probably why so many kids get through to adulthood without the faintest idea aWout woodworking, dad grandpa and the uncles all have "don't touch" power tools . The Junior woodworker by...
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    I went the industrial route and got a quote from...

    I went the industrial route and got a quote from a large fabricator, thinking that hey'd have some economies of scale etc. finally got a quote back for $170 each if I ordered 10+. I shan't be taking...
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    Great brace Vann, and the jaws don't look like...

    Great brace Vann, and the jaws don't look like they've been butchered:2tsup:
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    I'm still waiting on replies from potential...

    I'm still waiting on replies from potential manufacturers, I'll post when I've got a reliable and viable product.
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    Haha , bloody artists taking the pi$$, I love...

    Haha , bloody artists taking the pi$$, I love it.:D
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    My paintings are mainly india ink and oil colour...

    My paintings are mainly india ink and oil colour on Gesso sottile( technical gelatine and calcium carbonates/sulphates).
    I'll also sometimes use gum arabic, casein, distemper,tragacanth and a...
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    Hmmm! No msds, lots of guff about VOC's but no...

    Hmmm! No msds, lots of guff about VOC's but no mention of their plasticisers, pigments or biocides used? Apparently they use recycled engine oil as a component...not sure if that's meant to be a...
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    :2tsup:

    :2tsup:
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    Right you are , let us know how it goes then?

    Right you are , let us know how it goes then?
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    I'll make some enquiries during the week and...

    I'll make some enquiries during the week and update this thread if I get a result
    cheers
    Ian
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    WW, if you'd like to pm some of your contacts for...

    WW, if you'd like to pm some of your contacts for the spring works and a few ideas on dimensions, curves etc , I'd be happy to make some enquiries and work out a way to get an order together?
    Cheers...
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    Thanks so much for that Ian , just wish it had...

    Thanks so much for that Ian , just wish it had gone for a few hours.
    I learnt so much looking at it. Loved the big froe, putting a big long handle on the large one I have after seeing this.
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    Thanks Ian, I would love to see the link , I've...

    Thanks Ian, I would love to see the link , I've had a bit of a search but to no avail.
    cheers
    Ian:)
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    I tuned up a Mathison wooden fore plane a while...

    I tuned up a Mathison wooden fore plane a while ago after reading a Robert Wearing book on basic woodworking and I must admit that its now my goto plane for most work now.Easy to set , easy to...
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    i can see the logic in that, but having a left...

    i can see the logic in that, but having a left and right axe would have been a luxury, I suspect few could afford(plus you have to carry and sharpen two tools) most I find are righties but the...
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    thanks Denim , I saw the Mcjing ones at the...

    thanks Denim , I saw the Mcjing ones at the melbourne WW show but was dissuaded by somebody who said they were a bit brittle. Good to know that yours are standing up. I had the chance to use a...
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    Don't ditch the birch root handle .I know the...

    Don't ditch the birch root handle .I know the knife makers swear by the stuff.
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    Blacksmith made holdfasts

    Has anyone managed to source traditional bench holdfasts in Australia?
    I've contacted a few blacksmiths in the Melbourne area to try to get them manufactured, but have been met with a wall of...
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    I use a 6 inch bladed Side or broad hatchet on a...

    I use a 6 inch bladed Side or broad hatchet on a daily basis and find it the most useful of tools I've ever owned . I often find them at markets and have set up some of the more symmetrically worn...
  45. Thread: Durden Joey

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    Durden Joey

    Just for the record , specs of Aussie made small lathe , no longer produced but mine serves me...
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    Todays find

    https://www.woodworkforums.com/members/15763-ian-wells/albums/market-finds/7631-millers-falls-2-1927.jpg $7 at local market, a few fluted bits included , which made me think it might have been an...
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    Nice, but it does look to me, a bit like a lawn...

    Nice, but it does look to me, a bit like a lawn bowl on a stick!
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    Are we there yet dad?

    Are we there yet dad?
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    I would strongly recommend to anyone interested...

    I would strongly recommend to anyone interested in this topic reading David Pye's the Art and Nature of Workmanship. He gets past the craft/handmade hubris very nicely......now off and finnish your...
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    Lovely !

    Lovely !
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