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Hi China,
Thanks for the advice on making the spacer a feature but this was always going to be the case. American Black Walnut in a grade 4 equivalent to my stock is just not found in Sydney and...

Hi
I need to make a thin spacer from Black Walnut which goes between the stock and the recoil pad of my 12g. The problem is that the grain needs to match the original stock, so it runs along...

Hi everyone,
As above I'm looking for a drawing app for an iPad which works something along the lines of corel draw. I've tried a couple of so called sketch apps most of which I have difficulty just...

Why not just flatten it with a sheet of wet and dry mounted on a glass sheet like flattening the back of a chisel. Its only cast aluminum alloy and wont take much to true up.

Don't waste your $12 (if you got the Carbatech discount) this show has plummeted to new depths. All stuffed into what I think is about half of the show bag hall which also included all woodworking...

I have a full set of drawers on both sides of the under storage area with a small open centre which stores my Kreg stuff. What I did was put a top on the drawer "box" which is open at the front and...

When the forbes report said "Falling heavy objects" I think they were sarcastically referring falling aircraft, not cargo. It it was something else we'd be issuing hard hat to pilots.

I'm in at No.7 - Electricity takes no prisoners. Mind you 2 to 3 times the number of Yanks/head of pop. go up in flames compared with Australia. Maybe this comes from being a safety focused, not...

Really??? Your obviously not a diver are you. If you were you'd know that most divers wipe saliva around the inside of their mask then rinse with seawater to stop fogging. Also for most sports...

Firstly I would ask does the respirtaor meet Australian/New Zealand Standard 1716 - section 6 PAPR. If it doesn't then walk away.

Me, I use an old 3M Dustmaster mated up to Scott Safety Visor...

So because of living in a small market I should just put up with what's available and I'm the only one in Sydney, let alone Australia who wants these blades? Who are you trying to kid, I buy tools...

Yeahah
Rockler just sent an email offering to drop the shipping price by almost $80 USD by switching to USPS - just add a few extra days. That makes these blades well under what I would pay in Aus...

Hi Rich,
What you get under the Irwin brand in the US might be a bit different to here in Aus. Here I would place Irwin as a low grade disposable tradie brand - the use on the job but when the job...

In these days of litigation unless I can absolutely tell that a powered tool (this includes petrol, electrical, pneumatic kinetic or anything else) is in good working order, I prefer the destroy and...

After going to the Working with Wood Show here in Sydney, I thought I might buy some of the Freud brand saw blades. I briefly asked one of the staff on the Major Woodworking Equipment stand about the...

Another year and its getting worse! :cool:

I have been going every year to see what quality hand tools are available and each year at least in the first few years add another one or two to my...

I have both the mini digital Wixey and the Carbatec gauges and both have their uses but the Wixey is not suitable for the table saw in my shed. The Wixey will sit one leg on the cast iron and the...

What a jack-ass

The more you bend copper (ie going past its elastic limit) the more it hardens (a process actually called work hardening). The harder it gets the more likely it will break. Once...

Firstly I don't see why my asking was seen an unreasonable (fair dinkum or whatever) question as you had not indicated in the thread of the differences in pricing. Your further ranting on disparat...

Can I ask why you purchased this unit in the UK??

Trend Airshields are available in Australia - I have seen them at Trend Timbers at Mulgrave and they are also available at Carbatec.

I seem to remember egg cartons, especially the the larger 12 x 12 squares bases (not the boxes with lids) being very effective as the sound passing through would bounce around owing to the angles of...

I'd be making sure the CarbaTec one is actually available first. I ordered mine in March of 2012 and actually got it in January of 2013. It's a good product but not really worth the wait.

In...

Me, I'm a bit of a fan of the Woodsmith shaaaap :p and it works as it has a lighthearted format that is supported by plans from the website and you can get the DVD of the show. The projects aren't...

Absolutely not. Whilst the vices have cost quite substantial dollars I would still use the same again albeit the tail vice would have been positioned a bit further out - I had to put a washer behind...

DSL74
I used to work in metal but changed over a few years ago and its all about which side you work on (being left handed or right handed). Yes for metal the vice is on the right - think of using a...

Just to add a bit more to this thread,
In Aus, real furniture grade ply (designated as AA) with 2 softwood faces no longer seems to be available from any of the majors (Brimms, Gunnersons etc), at...

Just finshied a new bench with a Veritas Twin Screw at one end and a Veritas Sliding Tail Vice at the other.

Veritas Twin Screw.
Despite my bench being built with a lot of accuracey (+/- 0.5mm),...

I recently purchased a Makita RT0700 C router - for those of you who don't know this model, its virtually a trimmer sized router with the power of a much larger tool. In Australia, Makita sell this...

You apply with a clean cloth - just enough to give it a smear coating. In fact less is even better. The metal will feel smoother but there should be no residual if you wipe your finger across.
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It will work out far cheaper to buy in UK than in Aus once you start adding the other bases. I purchased an Aus unit and paid an extra $150 for just 2 of the bases - the plunge and the tilt base and...

I currently use SilverGlide from Carbatec - see here:

Silverglide Dry Slip : CARBA-TEC

It works :)

We have a large Simpson F/L machine and with it you get selectable temperatures. If you want 40 deg water temp you just programme it in. The machine is plumbed only to the cold water and being a 5...

There are those that teach and there are those that learn from the teaching and must use this experience. Those that teach must be expert in what they impart and to teach rubbish "in good faith" is...

In the end I really don't care whether you understand the principles of engineering and mechanics or not despite them being around since 1684. I would ask that you don't perpetuate this mythology and...

Easy
Providing your not applying any further torque to the any of the keyways than what is already applied, what your actually doing is moving the the drill sleeve (the crown gear) in a sideways...

And so it goes on............ and on.

Some goose back in the early 20th century thought it was a good idea to tighten a drill chuck using all 3 key entries. Somebody else noticed this and asked...

No Matrix your quite incorrect.

By definition a drill chuck is a simple crown and pinion gear assembly and by tightening in 3 different possitions all you are really doing is dispacing the crown...

NC
Non contact detectors are no more or less reliable than any other proving device. You still must run through the 3 stage test as indicated in my previous post whether using a detector, a lamp, a...

Just some advice to those of you that use the small non-contact voltage detectors. The safe way to use these devices is:

1. Check against a known volatge or a device which simulates a known...

I went to Battery World once - never again. They want over $170 for Panasonic short C's which is what it takes and thats without fitting them. Whilst the batteries are probably better quality than...

First up arsenic is a heavy metal and so are copper and chromium to a lesser extent, arsenic is easily retained in the fatty tissue of the body. You can't get rid of it but you can certainly increase...

There are some basic principles and understanding here:-

Welding helmets like a million other things which are dangerous if not built correctly are manufactured to an Australian Standard. For the...

What they think they effectively done is purchased your silence.

What should happen is the tool owner should contact the Dept of Fair Trading which after a while might lead to more stringent...

I have just received the replacement battery from GMC and surprise surprise it looks like its been previously used. :((

The date stamp on the base is 2006 03 so its more than 12 months old, its...

Finally after "How Many Phone Calls" + The words iv'e printed here on this site + relatively the same words I've printed on their complaints section of the GMC site; the "new" Malcholm has phoned me...

Well they haven't got any better yet !:((

Went to the Sydney WWW show hoping to get a new battery for my plunge drill - no such luck but was given Malcoms number at Cheltenham - all good so far -...

Just a quick note to those who are intending to purchase a multimeter for use on live 240 volts.
Don't use it on live voltages above 32v and especially 240 volts unless your an electrician.
You've...

Russell
When you say 3.3kVA what was the actual line voltage cause what you given is the energy rating ie 3300 volts @ 1 amp or 1 volt @ 3300 amps or anywhere in between.

Energy Distributors are...

Just as a curiosity Ashore, where would you work on a live high voltage switchboard??

High voltage by definition is above 1000v or above 650v depending on who's standard your reading (ISO or...

On the issues of litigation there are many considerations to be made.

In the case of the borrowed ladder:

Was the owner aware of any faults or conditions and if this was the case then a...