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A Maton is worth doing properly.



No, I haven’t. But it’s a pre-cat finish, so I suspect it’s very similar to PC3220. Maybe identical. You’d need a few rattle cans to do a guitar though.

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your first paid job. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by a "sharp" look?

They obviously had no idea.



It has to come off unfortunately. It's never going to be any harder than the softest layer. Weakest link, and all that. We don't know what brand this guitar is. Is...

Truckjohn is right. Marine varnish is the completely wrong finish for a guitar. Guitars are typically finished with a lacquer that sets very hard and can be polished to a high gloss. Something like...

That’s how I would do it.

That's a good buy. Depressing though, as it means my Luna W69 probably isn't worth as much as I thought it was. :(

Not me. I have too much self-respect. :)

Maybe something like this? Truth Awning Winder | Vantage Hardware | AWS Australia

I don't know if 370mm travel will be enough for you though.

I make up long lengths of 10mm thick hardwood tenon stock in various widths. Most of it is Vic Ash. Any hardwood would work. I put a 10mm bullnose on the edges to match the diameter of the router bit...

That's how I make mine.

Sorry, I haven't read the whole thread. On my Luna TS I split the 125mm flexi duct from my DE into two 100mm flexis with a Y reducer. One 100m flexi goes to the original blade shroud dust port and...

This video? How to French Polish - Woodworking Finish with Shellac - YouTube

Slightly off topic, but I don’t understand why the Yanks insist on staining almost everything walnut colour. That table would have looked great if he had just French polished the raw mahogany.

It's only 224km. It's an A road and Google maps gives the trip time as 2:25. Why would you have to do it at night?

More thoughts:

Your proposed design will be very wonky without some diagonal bracing.
I don't see how you're going to squeeze four 10mm bolts into a piece of timber 90x45x45. Or did you mean...

What does sagulator say? What look are you after?
I reckon a 90mm deep side rail on a 1m high bed would look odd. Personally I'd use the 160x40.

Paint stripper. The old formula that actually works, rather than the new environmentally friendly formula:

Just a moment...

I'd brush it on thick with a cheap paint brush and remove it with a...

If you’re a chicken like me you can spray the stain and shellac on. I used an airbrush to spray spirit stain, followed by shellac onto a gramophone I restored. Obviously a bigger job calls for a...

Looks good. Calling the notch ugly is a bit of a stretch. Of course, he has a financial motivation for saying that. I also love the FW Fine Buffing Oil and have had the same problem with it gelling....

Mirocat PC3220 is the closest thing I have used to a true NC finish. It's fantastic stuff. I use the slow thinner to give it time to level out, as I'm not the greatest spray painter.

I don’t know how you Taswegians manage your forests, but VicForests deserved to be run out of town. It saddens me that Vic Ash might become scarce, but I’ll be very glad to see that back of those...

Neil,
will the New Posts tab here include posts from the new renovate forum, as it does with some posts from the metalwork forum?

Yep.

Bonjour Emmanuel.

Hello Danatan. Welcome.

Only if you clean it with something scratchy. I installed acrylic shower walls in our previous house and they were pristine when we sold a few years later.

Have you tried the red Diablo belts Bunnings sells? I think they are (or were) made in Switzerland.

OK, maybe I’m confused. Are we talking about dust extractors or room air filters (the subject of this thread)?

If you can still buy filters for it, why not? It’s just a blower in a box.

I’ve never done steam bending, but I doubt you’re going to be able to bend that thickness of timber to that small a radius. Is kerfing an option? Or laminating?

I'd use one of these: Ripper TCT Hole Saw | Bordo – Sharp Edge Aust

The standard serrated tooth hole saws are horrible for cutting wood. I haven't tried Bob's trick, but the hole saws in my link...

Is it possible for these things to become clogged and under-read? Or do they over-read when clogged? I don't imagine they are designed to cope with the dust load generated in a woodwork shop.

My (very unscientific) theory is that if there's dust on the filters that's dust that isn't in your lungs or coating the surfaces of your workshop. ⅛ HP should cost about 3c an hour to run.

Thanks Fuzzie. I'd never heard of LCC27 valves and apparently they've been fitting them for 3 years!

I’m calling BS on your mate’s story!

I’d be asking him, rather than us. If you stuff up the cleaning you won’t have any comeback if you used a different acid to the one he recommended.

What kind of a tiler leaves tiles so messy they need acid washing?

10 x 15: Just a moment...

or

9 x 9: Just a moment...

But might that just mean your old switchboard wasn’t correctly detecting faults?

All sorted Bob. He had the blade on backwards. So does a negative rake blade installed backwards have a positive rake? :D

He’s using a mitre saw.

Other possible problems? Blade on backwards. Incorrect or no arbor bushing used (assuming the arbor isn’t 30mm).

Looking at the blade in wozzza’s link, it does appear to have negative rake on the teeth.

I think the issue might just be the quality of the blade. $30 doesn’t get you much in a 10” aluminium...

A brand new blade that's suitable for cutting aluminium won't need lubricating. It should cut ally window extrusions like butter. It will leave a small burr on the exit side.

Is it a dedicated...

Not sure I agree with this. ALL of my many pairs of reading glasses are plastic. Sunglasses too.

I have two headband magnifiers and one of the lenses with LED illumination on an arm. Both types have their place, but the headbands are much more versatile. I have a genuine US-made Optivisor and a...

I have exactly the same drill press, but made in the 80s. This is a great buy for someone nearby.

I thought the same thing, but wasn’t brave enough to say it! I mean, it’s a free solution and it works.

Steve, show your wife this thread. :)

Well said. I'm constantly amazed at the number of first-world people on forums that mock the safety standards of people in third-world countries. That guy is probably going to lose a hand before he...

Hello and welcome.

I honestly can't see the sewer gasses working their way through the diswasher plumbing and drain pump. The sump in my D/W always has water in it too, so I assume that works as a trap.

However,...