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Thank you Luke and others.
As you can see I am a beginner, but wanting to become proficient.
I have tried your suggestions and found that I needed to be braver with the metho to remove the oil.
I...

Afternoon all,
I write to mention how I seem to get too much shellac buildup which then seems to be too easy to reduce suffuciently to get a shine.
My pad gets too full of shellac/metho/veg oil mix...

Thanks Alan,
I`ll let you know what I end up doing.
Ron

Thanks Alan, but I have the Carbatec tableaw router table extension which is cast iron and already houses my big Triton router which to date has been a useful combination.
I`m trying to remain with...

Yes Grahame, I have the router table extension attached to my tablesaw table and the distance from the near edge of the tablesaw mitre slot to the centre of the router shaft is 25cm..
I could botch...

Hi folks,
I have a Carba-tec TSC-10HB here in Australia.
Before setting up the i-Box I decided to use it on the router table extension, however on taking it to the table have found that the mitre...

Thanks again Kev, Mate contacted GJ Timber and they have been able to help.
The wonder of helpful Tasmanians and fellow woodworkers.
Great to be alive.
Ron Booth:2tsup::U

Thanks Kev, I`ve passed that contact on.
Ron in Blackmans Bay :)

Please help unwitting mate.
Friend did half a job on flooring 10 years ago and now needs to finish it with small quantity of flooring.
Can anyone make positive suggestion as to how to get about 30...

Bastard---
Some are thicker than others

Afternoon All, Can anyone recall a site wherein Philip showed with fotos and great descriptions the processes of machining that he uses to make his planes?
Thanks Ron Booth :?

Well I`ll BE Ern,

I do believe it is a version of the infamous 200.
Glad to see you are replacing your workshop with another useful pursuit.
I think I may have to do something about it.
Many...

That`ll teach me to open my big trap.
Some particularly elegant (does that sound restrained enuff??) bum pipped me at the post with one second left to go on the Stanley 200.
Still it saved me...

Good to see you back on the sharpening horse Ern.
If you ( and others ) promise not to outbid me I`ll tell you about finally finding a similar sharpening jig to the wooden one I`ve been searching...

Ernie, I am unable to tell just what you`re up to here.
If you are SOOOO wounded, who typed your post-physio thread then?---Is this what the tame nurse was for ?
ORRR are you just...

Is this the most used forum???
Does anyone have experience from any other forums of so many people keen to air their special views---perhaps with furniture design methods/criteria/style etc????
Ron...

Ern, just don`t send us any fotos of your attempted "cleanups"
Such bad luck.
RB:doh:

I read somewhere recently, (but I`ve lost it now) about a blade holding jig that was simply a curved piece of ply, a similar shape to a plane tote, that was used in the sideways manet but only rested...

Morning All, I`ve just acquired this Stanley hand router with a spear point blade.
I`m looking for ideas and techniques / or jigs to help me sharpen this blade.
My mind has gone blank (again) and...

Hi All, just a note to say how pleased I am with the conversion kit and although I probably did need to assemble everything 3 or 4 times If I had paid attention to all the instructions I may have...

It is probably worth while for me now to state the obvious.
I have FINALLY completed my first project using the Incra system to make a writing slope (fotos later) using half blind dovetails.
I...

Grahame, I think I`ve got it!!!
Only watched the video another 10 times and bearing my particular question in mind the haze seems to be clearing. I`m not able to explain what it is I think I...

Grahame, Thanks again for your patience and answers.
I am actually one who can take instructions faithfully and act on them, it`s just that my small brain is struggling with the logic behind this...

Thanks Grahame, I still don`t fully understand this seeming contradiction or non-corollary, but does this mean then, that I can only use specified thickesses as written in the manual ?
Ron B:?

here we go again--I don`t see the difference between thicknessing stock down to chosen depth of cut--- from raising a dovetail bit to match the depth of cut to the material thickness.
Can anyone...

I`m a little flumoxed---I am unable to get joints to fit and have been using material thicknesses different from those reccomended in the pattern book.
Is this my problem??:?

OK boys, you`ve all had many good thoughts and ways to fix the prob and all have been worthwhile.
Turns out that the problem was a loose fanbelt on the pulley from the one below the lower drive...

Oh yes , and the other comment is that it is a normal half inch (cringe with Imperial measures) 3 teeth per inch (there we go again) blade.
To all those of other than Metric persuasion--- Get your...

thanks pjt and texx,
A little more useful (or useless) info might help then.
Firstly, the timber is kiln dried, I have the blade on correctly and it is a new one i put on to replace what I already...

Is ALL BHSassafras so hard?
I have tried new blade in bandsaw, but find that even a 10cm thick cut to make veneers is jamming the blade and only producing very fine dust. Not really cutting...

Derek, Isn`t it amazing how SWMBO disappears when after requesting the cabinet, the tricky bits appear.
I`m convinced that we have built up our abilities in their minds so that
"THEY" think we...

Thanks folks.
I have contacted Henry Bros and spoken to Mark, who is most helpful.
His advice is that a bandsaw with wheels of diameter less than 18inches will fatigue too quickly with Carbide tips...

can anyone help with names of suppliers of these carbide tipped bandsaw blades for a 14 inch "Jet" style bandsaw?
I`m in Hobart , so clearly an Aussy company would best suit, I think.
Thanks Ron...

Black Heart / Black Soul, I`m trying to reduce some boards from 30mm thickness to roughly half that for box making.
Have attempted to do so on 14inch bandsaw with new blade. The wood wants to...

Eric, I`ve not called around there yet , but am safe from the ex MIL as she is now looking up at me from way down there in the fire `n brimstone. RB:U:2tsup::D

Thanks Pops and others,
I don`t need that much encouragement to gain extra encouragement from a fine single malt, but this is a little early even for me.
I couldn`t agree more with you about what a...

Thanks boys.
I have since found some earlier threads from Derek and others, which kind of explains things, but I`m still surprised how this question seems to sort itself out almost automatically,...

Hi All,

Have purchased first Japanese chisel and now see an obvious question.
After first few re-grinds, the cavity on the back will be invaded by the edge. If sharpening continues, won`t this...

Thanks Watson, the nearest is almost next door to an ex-inlaw-now outlaw.
Will check it out. RB:B

Hi boys, can anyone give address or contacts for shed nearest to Kingston , Tasmania.
Ron B:)

Thanks for your help Falco:U

Help wanted by a "non-turning" person who doesn`t want a lathe.
I would like to make the threaded part for the vise on a woodworkers bench without using a lathe. ANY ideas welcome:rolleyes:

Thanks boys. All this is helpful. Will be away for6 weeks-checking out Japanese tools amongst other things. Will probably act on your recomendations when I get back.
RB

Thanks Damian, I do have the router wing and Triton router installed.
Your other comments have helped. One more question. What can you comment on re the Metric conversion. Is it real metrication...

I`m considering replacing my standard rip fence on Carbatec 10inch table saw with the full monty from Incra. Can anyone please lend me their experienced insights and do`s and don`ts . Ron B Hobart:)

Thanks to Mr Brush and Durwood. You have explained the position really clearly and I will now go over to white shellac and consider myself a winner.
My last word on the Feast Watson SS--As a...

Thanks for all of your comments. The SS I used was Feast Watson from a 1 litre can which was one year old and was still 80% full. The drying time was more than 2 days. The project was in my garage...

I have read many threads about using SS. They all have been very useful. However , I have spoken about the problem of long dryingtime and "Glugging" when sanding with the "Haymes" man and he just...

Thanks Steve and Ron.
Steve, what a beautiful and fine piece.
Is the top and are thecurved rails really all red gum.
If so , then even more credits due to you Ron B

Does anyone know a supplier of interesting grained red gum in sizes of 100x100 x1000mm? Ron Booth, Blackmans Bay , Tasmania