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  1. WANTED:QLD. Many thanks for that info. I did not know that. ...

    Many thanks for that info. I did not know that. I would have thought that it would have been quicker and cheaper for them to spot weld the supports. I shall deal with that somehow. Depending on...
  2. WANTED:QLD. Thanks. Had seen this and reckoned that it might...

    Thanks. Had seen this and reckoned that it might be more of a drive than I really want to do. It did make me think that my quest for an old Mk3 Triton for $20 was not totally unreasonable, though. ...
  3. WANTED:QLD. Thanks for the contribution. However, I am in...

    Thanks for the contribution. However, I am in Brisbane and a drive to Canberra might be going a bit beyond the greater Brisbane area, even if sometimes we do refer to anyone in the southern states as...
  4. WANTED:QLD. Dilapidated Triton Mk3 Work Centre Wanted

    I am guessing that a few of us old dudes who bought Triton Mk 3 Workcentres in the 1980's have a long unused old Triton work centre sitting at the back of the garage in a possibly dilapidated,...
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    Well done!

    Well done, Damian. That is a nice job.

    When I took my trailer load home and stacked the timbers inside my garage, I wondered how, on earth, I was going to use it all. However, it did not take...
  6. Thanks for the recommendation. Just to close...

    Thanks for the recommendation.

    Just to close the loop, I should mention that I went with this crowd as recommended by RoyG. http://www.repairbull.com.au.

    That's a funny name for a business but...
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    [QUOTE=Optimark;1929251]This one is a brushless...

    [QUOTE=Optimark;1929251]This one is a brushless induction motor unit, extremely quiet and based on a now old German designed machine. So quiet you can run it (within reason) at night in your garage....
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    Mate, it is hard to go past the Makita brand on...

    Mate, it is hard to go past the Makita brand on these things if you can stump up the extra dough. I bought the 305mm Makita SCMS a few years ago and could not be happier that I did. I have never...
  9. Which mob, Roy? I don't see the reference in...

    Which mob, Roy? I don't see the reference in your post.

    Many thanks for responding, though.
  10. Headlining Repair Recommendations, Brisbane?

    Hi folks;

    Can anyone recommend a good repairer of automotive head linings, please? The ceiling on my ageing Falcon is getting very saggy. Brisbane southside.

    A multiplicity of thanks, in...
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    Just for reference for other readers, I have...

    Just for reference for other readers, I have responded to Bob via pm for his most desirable offer. Unfortunately for both of us, by the time that I read this, I had compromised and obtained some...
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    That's brilliant! Thanks! I have never heard...

    That's brilliant! Thanks!

    I have never heard of Watts. Many thanks for the tip.

    Yep - I know that Hoop is recommended but the one that I am copying is made of Cypress. I am not fussy either...
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    Rough cut 100 x 50 mmm pine wanted

    I am making a few bee hive boxes for native bees and am constricted a bit into using the dimensions and timber sizes of an existing box that I need to match the new boxes to.

    I have been searching...
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    I started with a very powerful Makita 3612 which...

    I started with a very powerful Makita 3612 which my wife surprised me with at Christmas many years ago before I was much into woodwork. I have since gone down in sizes on two more routers, being the...
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    This is not quite a direct answer to the question...

    This is not quite a direct answer to the question but it may be helpful in a small way.

    My home garage workshop has seen an evolution in my dust management strategy that started with a shop vac,...
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    Then you will be a hero to many of us. :U .

    Then you will be a hero to many of us. :U


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    In my home workshop, I have quite a range of good...

    In my home workshop, I have quite a range of good brands including Jet, Metabo, Makita, Bosch, Sidchrome, Triton, Gifkins, De Walt, etc and they all serve me well.

    I also have a heap of Aldi...
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    I did not get to go to the show this year but it...

    I did not get to go to the show this year but it was only a few days ago that I was using, and pausing to admire, one of IanW's gorgeous gauges that I won in a similar manner at the Working with Wood...
  19. Sticky: I don't know anything about their organisation...

    I don't know anything about their organisation but it looks like a local community thing. The area around Maleny is an arty, crafty sort of place so I reckon that there would be a number of clever...
  20. Sticky: I suspect that I am like a lot of woodies. ie I...

    I suspect that I am like a lot of woodies. ie I did not get into woodwork until I retired and then spent thousands of dollars buying machinery and tools and attending every possible woodworking show,...
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    I went yesterday with my wife and we really...

    I went yesterday with my wife and we really enjoyed it. It was our first time at the Maleny woodworking show. The facilities were really civilised; the parking was stunning; I arrived at 12.30pm...
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    Ah yes - I understand. I suppose that the fridge...

    Ah yes - I understand. I suppose that the fridge would keep it fresh. :U
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    You drink glue? :doh: Do you drink it...

    You drink glue? :doh:


    Do you drink it straight or have it as a shandy? :U
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    Depending on the router mounting plate in your...

    Depending on the router mounting plate in your table, it is not hard to change cutters from above on other brand routers. I have a Makita 3612 mounted in a Jessem mounting plate and it is dead easy...
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    I've made mallets out of old hardwood fence posts...

    I've made mallets out of old hardwood fence posts that have been in the ground for 30 years. I could not tell you what timber they were. Although the in ground bits had rotted off, the rest of the...
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    There are some specialty timber suppliers who...

    There are some specialty timber suppliers who sell online. I have bought box thickness Huon Pine from such an online seller in Tassie. I know that others are in the business. you might just have to...
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    Awesome!!! A multitude of thanks! ...

    Awesome!!!



    A multitude of thanks!




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    I bought one of these, plus a half dozen various...

    I bought one of these, plus a half dozen various sharpening jigs on Friday. (Today is Sunday.)

    As someone said in a post elsewhere, you might as well buy all the jigs that you might want...
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    I use two 30mm Magjigs to secure a longish, home...

    I use two 30mm Magjigs to secure a longish, home made, pine, feather board to my Mark 3 Triton. As feather board holding devices, the Magjigs are stunning successes and I now use the feather board...
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    That is a stunning job. Very delightful to look...

    That is a stunning job. Very delightful to look at.

    Well done! :)
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    I was going to say the same. Easily done....

    I was going to say the same.

    Easily done. Have done it myself. It just takes a quick flip of the direction lever/button by mistake to get the result mentioned.

    The Kreg jig should work very...
  32. Exactly! They have to abandon linear thinking...

    Exactly! They have to abandon linear thinking such as by employing protectionist policies. If Amazon has a base in Australia, then it might have some fair claims under trade practice legislation to...
  33. My shopaholic wife would laugh at that because of...

    My shopaholic wife would laugh at that because of what she experiences in the bricks and mortar retailers now.

    Admittedly, as a lady in her sixties, she is not brand shopping but just looking for...
  34. You don't reckon that Amazon's leverage with Kreg...

    You don't reckon that Amazon's leverage with Kreg and others is going to be bigger than any Aussie retailer, especially once they establish a beach-head here with a warehouse?


    I reckon that you...
  35. That is a brilliant idea and certainly a change...

    That is a brilliant idea and certainly a change from the linear thinking that plagues the bricks and mortar retailers in this country.


    I am not sure that I entirely agree with your last sentence...
  36. Amazon lied to me again! They said that the...

    Amazon lied to me again!


    They said that the second order that I made after the above one would arrive next week but they lied. It arrived today.

    This time the order was most made up of a pack...
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    You will probably see Bosch, DeWalt and Makita at...

    You will probably see Bosch, DeWalt and Makita at Bunnings and Milwaukee and Hitachi at Trade Tools.

    Not being a tool hound, I don't know who sells what but I should also imagine that the larger...
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    I have the 12" Makita which I use just for hobby...

    I have the 12" Makita which I use just for hobby purposes but it is an awesome machine. Very accurate straight out of the box. A nice fine cut with the supplied blade.

    I understand that the...
  39. That is linear thinking. A number of factors now...

    That is linear thinking. A number of factors now make such linear thinking about retailing as terminal as horse and buggy transport; interstate train travel as a norm and square sailing clippers as...
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    I have recently written elsewhere in these forums...

    I have recently written elsewhere in these forums of my frustrations with shopping at Carba-Tec... https://www.woodworkforums.com/f28/carba-tec-needs-new-financial-controller-155769/

    What I cannot...
  41. Amazon lied to me!!!! They told me that the...

    Amazon lied to me!!!!


    They told me that the Kreg product that I ordered on Tuesday last week, would be delivered to my door on 6 August.

    They lied! It was delivered today. :D


    That's...
  42. They certainly have some good products there. In...

    They certainly have some good products there. In the past few months, I have bought a half dozen Lidwig clamps, a couple of Magjigs and a fair bit of Kreg gear and they are all excellent products. ...
  43. According to the Amazon parcel tracking link,...

    According to the Amazon parcel tracking link, both of my orders from last week have been shipped and are scheduled to arrive in two weeks' time.



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  44. That's the point of the thread. If you and I can...

    That's the point of the thread. If you and I can do it, why cannot they? Their margins might be shaved a little on these spot transactions but at least we will go back to them again for more stuff....
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    Asymmetric drawer fronts! Wow! You are a...

    Asymmetric drawer fronts! Wow! You are a glutton for punishment, JJ. :)


    I can't help feeling that there was an immense amount of work in getting the slab to look so nice as well.


    As...
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    I know that you are on the hand tool wagon but if...

    I know that you are on the hand tool wagon but if all of this talk of making your own planes etc does your head in, and doing raised panels on the table saw requires too much sanding afterwards, you...
  47. When I google Kreg, the only Aussie references...

    When I google Kreg, the only Aussie references are to Carbatec. So does that tell me that Carba-Tec is the sole Aussie seller of the jigs?

    If so, what value does a middleman like Maxis add? They...
  48. Ah yes - I never have any issues with the counter...

    Ah yes - I never have any issues with the counter staff. They always try their best and are always as helpful as they can be.


    The issue is with their stock management policies.
  49. Carba-Tec needs a new Financial Controller

    Please allow me to vent my frustrations, as others have done from time to time, at the stock management practices at Carba-Tec.

    Several times over the past couple of years, I have been...
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    Thanks. Mark. I find all of this very...

    Thanks. Mark. I find all of this very interesting.

    It becomes a bit of a cliche that retired blokes with absolutely no relevant background often end up taking an interest in woodwork and the...
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