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I tried the new Knurling tool today, Reasonably happy with the result but I need some more practice.
I wanted a tread pattern more like a Radial tyre and it will work for what I want,
Made these...

G'day Keith,
Looks great, what did you use for the radiator, Brilliant idea using rc as a base, opens a whole new market.

G'Day Keith,
What did you use for the grill, The build looks great, and neat idea using RC as a chassis.

The shell is done, Wheels meed finishing off but I wanted to see how it was going to look.
Now the hard part starts , making spoilers, Bumpers and all the small parts.
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Thank you for trying it for me, I have read all I can find about using a Knurling tool on a wood lathe and the information I have found suggests running the lathe as slow as possible, I have modified...

Waiting for the Knurling tool to turn up so I decided to try to make some wheels for the GTHO.
Wanted wheels to suit the era and 12 Slotters were the wheels of choice.
My old jig has had a lot of...

G'day Crowie,
That is a work of Art mate

I have ordered a Knurling tool and should be here next week, Reading up on then I will give them a try and let you know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PXFTPWupA30

Has anyone used a Knurling tool to make treads on wooden wheels.
I have found quite a bit of info on U Tube but unsure whether a Double wheel tool would work. Any Info would be much appreciated.
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I have started to make my first model, 1:9 scale.
I am building it from Blueprints as I could not find plans, I had previously bought plans for an FC Holden from a site in USA , they looked good on...

The foil I ordered arrived yesterday arvo so today I did a tried it out, First I tried it on Huon pine and Blackwood off cuts not sanded, straight of the Thicknesser, Then on a piece of Huon sanded...

Thank you for your advice,
I did some more Googling and decided to give the foil a try, It is thicker than gold leaf and is made for modelers so I ordered some and When I get it I will do a trial...

G'day,
I am in the process of making my first wooden scale model.
After making wooden toys and jewel boxes to supply a couple of stalls at Salamanca Market I have finally decided it is time to...

Looks good mate,
Plenty of colour in natural timber, No need to paint or stain.
What do you finish them with?

G,Day,
I built this from a set of plans I purchased quite a while ago, reduced it by 33% to make it a more manageable size toy.
400 mm long x 170 mm high x 170 mm wide at the rear guards, I,m not...

I use a lot of Sassy and it is prone to rot. Outside you need to seal it as well as you can, I would go epoxy.

G'Day Idubia,
This might help.

Antique Sessions Dulciana mantle Clock from 1928 made in Forestville, Connecticut Mantel

Ravlord

G'Day all,
All the clock plans are now avaliable in the Forum library.
Enjoy them
Andrew

Most of the guys from the forrestry that work at Island Specialty Timbers are worried, their jobs rely on timber that is harvested by Gunns contractors while they are harvesting the Eucalypt logsfor...

:(( Down here in Tassie at the moment the work is that Gunns Timber will be converting to only using Plantation Timber and word from the saw mills that cut this timber is that resourses of this...

Me and SWMBO make some of our Jewel Boxes out of it, And it will polish to a mirror finish.
I have found it suffers from tear-out unless your thicknesser blades are verrrry sharp,
I have also found...

G'Day Everyone,
I have put the links to the clock plans in the forum library so they will be more readily avaliable.
Catch Ya
Ravlord

You are on track, You have done the first step and that is getting your Movement and parts before you start the build.
Modifying your plans should't cause you any probs, I draw mine from scratch and...

G'Day Mate,
Don't Fret too much, Look at the clock as 3 Large boxes, 1 for the Plinth, 1 for the trunk and 1 for the hood.
If you can build boxes you can build a longcase clock, I have sent the...

G'day coops,
It's 6 0f 1 and half a dozen of the other, which ever you feel comfortable using,
My apprenticeship was done at the time of change over from Imperial to Metric so I use either and...

G'Day,
I require a set of brushes for the electric motor on my GMC thicknesser, at the moment I have swapped the ones out of my GMC table saw but that is only a temp fix.
Ryobi thicknesser brushes...

PLEASE sendYour E-Mail address in your P.M as it is easier for me to send the links to you there.
Thanks
Andrew

G'day All,
I have just listed a New Longcase movement and pendulum in the For Sales section if any are interested.
Andrew

Mate you can try Tip or recycling Shops but you will be lucky, they go fast.
When you say a big clock what do you mean?
Do you want a clock to completely over haul or are you after a case to fit a...

The plans are avaliable from my web space and only take a few Minutes to download If You send me a PM I will send you the link>
Catch Ya
Ravlord

She looks good mate. :2tsup:
Andrew

G'Day Swifty,
Is the movement ticking evenly, a nice Tick Tock with an even sound each way.
This is about the only way I can describe it.
If it isn't you need to adjust the spring the pendulum...

Very interesting, Thankyou.
Andrew

Getting there Swifty, slow and steady as they say.
My next one is still in the planning stages, well not quite I have the wood, Movement , Dial but no time to seem to start.
Like you I will get...

G'Day Charlie,
Nice work :2tsup:,
Those dials are a Killer, If your wife EVER decided to do contract work with the Dial painting I would be very interested in purchasing a Floral one.
What...

G'Day LilliB,
I used to make model cars and trucks for a shop , bugger all profit in it !!
At the last wood Show down here in Tassie there were 2 Truck Models for sale, The first was a Mack Tipper...

I purchased mine off E-Bay U.S, It was half the price that I could get it over here and I purchased 600 screws at the same time and saved on purchase cost and postage. Cya
Andrew

I have no probs with finishing,
I'm not allowed to do it. :D
TLOML does all of ours, She says that I am too heavy handed and leave more marks than I remove.
Kim does a fantastic job and has had...

The market is the hardest part of the equation, Finding some where that has a high number of patrons with displsable cash that they are willing to spend on something they do not necessarily need.
My...

Prozac.
Always welcome, If you make it to Tassie,
The weather needs to heal up a bit first.
Andrew

More Cops over here than riders and they hate us.
You just got to keep in front of them :D

G'Day Wheelan,
Just needed new oil and filters, new seals in the carbies and changed the oil in the final drive.
Got a new front tyre on order but she runs like a beaut.
The rego is the killer...

Santa arrived the other day with my new toy,
1985, 750 Honda Shaddow,
She is in near mint condition and has 20,000 original kms on the clock. The guy I bought it off had put it in his shed 7 years...

I have for download 10 clock plans, They are in Pdf format ( Thanks to BIG Shed for his work converting them for me ).
They are all mechanical movement clocks but the movements could easily be...

Try using some Barrier cream before you start in the shed, I know it sounds a bit sissy but it should help.
Catch ya
Andrew

The second set of Plans are now avaliable, P.M me for the link.
Here are a couple of Sketches of the 2 clocks .

Catch Ya
Andrew

You Guy Eat them over there Don't you? :rolleyes:
Catch ya
Andrew

O'K the Guineapig (thanks Big Shed) and other have come up with a few suggestions on how to make the plans easier to Up-Load and I will work on that but for now I have avaliable a Longcase Plan that...

G'day Guys,
I need a guinea pig :D
I received a while ago 10 clock plans in JPG format from the London Librart and Art Museum 1 of which I have just uploaded to my web space.
They are very...