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I'm located in East Kurrajong ( just north of Windsor )
I don't have any photos or time to take them before the weekend

Hi guys have not posted here in years.
I apologize in advance if i am posting this in the wrong part of the forum.

I need to raise some money in a bit of a hurry and just wanted to see if there...

Excellent finally a cheap solution to something in my life! Woo Hoo

So just regular Enamel paint then?
No its a crappy old thing!

It will work but it is 100% certain that over time the finish over the join will crack because the two joining sections of timber are expanding and contracting at different rates because the grain...

Anybody have any experience doing this sort of thing?
I want to respray an old electric guitar but have never sprayed solid color onto timber before can anybody advise the type pf paint i should use...

Its not honest to the work and it will show as such dont bother!
Its like distressing furniture to make it look old its dishonest and ugly!


Different

You cant in short. Best to embrace the look without it !
You could however make a frame where the ends that run accross the grain are fixed to the board in the centre 1/3 only and have them...

Right first photo tells the story the timber is a poor selection for a table top with regards to grain and there fore stress direction. Top should be selected from timber with the STRAIGHT grain...

I never met either Krenov or Maloof but consider both my teachers. Both the world and woodworking are poorer for their passing!

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Buy Second hand
Buy Quality
Buy it only as you need it for a project

I went without a bandsaw for many years but today if i had to choose between band and table i would choose a bandsaw but it...

Do you have a height restriction?
Double the wall height and you can put in a mezzanine floor and store timber etc vertically. My current shed is 12.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 High and I have excavated to one...

I am almost tempted to answer that and if the offer was genuine I might just do so !


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It is more a question of design if for example you build cabinets 610mm deep you may well get only one row of components from that sheet but at 590mm 0r 600 + saw kerf you will get 2 rows from the...

Depends how the back of the chair is going to look with regards to slats etc


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Only dowels i use are tapered pins for locking joints etc and I turn them on the lathe.

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I would do the bulk of the work with a cabinet scraper or scraper plane if you have one but am not a big fan of filling voids with epoxy and such.
Like Maloof I like to cut wedges, blocks or...

Lignum that is not accurate on your part!
He does not have a furniture "style" he just endlessly copies others!



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Well for me it is simply the finest guide to woodworking ever written. By guide I do not mean instructional he is far from instructional but as to attitude he and Maloof are out on their own!

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Couldnt have said it better myself !:2tsup:


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I have read many books on the subject and having done so came to a different conclusion about this period than you did and coming to a different conclusion to you does make me either uneducated or...

Well Said!


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No it is not Universally acknowledged as such at all! That is just your opinion and perhaps many people with similar taste to you but it is by no means universal.
No period is universally...

I think it safe to say your definition is more than a little out of step with the times and hardly applicable. It might suit you but it is certainly not a universal viewpoint.
How do you describe...

I think we both know the answer to that question !


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Heat Gun


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Your humility is showing again!


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Au contraire My intention is not to stir at all i just cant sit back in awe of you like so many others while you talk utter crap.
I dont question your knowledge of the period you are so fond of but...

Nice bit of timber !
Take a look at the attached pics for another idea how to brace the structure.
Finish depends on how it will be treated and what it will be exposed to.
I am happy using oil...

Perhaps you knowledge of all things relating to furniture is not so broad as you would like to think!
Perhaps you stopped learning and being interested in what other people were doing a long time...

I am with you Silent It means nothing to me either!
Seems to me he is just trying to stir you up some.


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I say go with veneered Ply and edge it in solid timber !
Design wise I have 3 words for you ! Overhang! Overhang! Overhang! The top simply must extend beyond the end of the cabinet as well as the...

It is a question with many answers depending on who you are and what uses you are putting the timber to.
I do many of the following to help deal with the variations found in rough sawn timber and...

I say go second hand
This one looks like an old Wadkin...

Solar for all its benefits just isnt there yet and setup and ongoing costs are substantial. Its like hydrogen cars and other eco fads they simple are not mature technologies and thus not practical....

Snap the bit off to a length that will give you access

Lots of reasons

Firstly my shed is a hybrid timber/steel construction and both materials have failed in more than one place either by rusting or termites but I love it so I patch it up when...

Brazillian Walnut and New Zealand Silver Beach was what I used the las time I made one

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Hints in point form coz im busy


Buy and read by Ernest Joyce (Encyclopedia of Furniture Making & Technique of Furniture Making)
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Use your...

Simple if a large supplier of low quality products goes belly up then the average quality of what is then available goes up. The key word here is average!
No doubt only for a short time untill some...

Isnt that called competition ?


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Higher prices no doubt but also the possibility of higher average quality too


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Try putting a dial gague on both sides of your blade and see if the protrusion is equal. Using the magnet will not hold the blade in position once you start to tighten the restraining bolts. Any tiny...

Three cheers NCArcher Am with you 100% on this!


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$830 is nothing you will make up the difference first time you buy a piece of second hand 3 phase gear.
First time I had 3 phase connected at a suburban house it cost near $2000 and here on acres it...

Im with Alex as usual. I keep the thin offcuts as either veneers or as door panels for small cabinets or panels for cabinet backs. Also useful for inlay work.
I love resawing I cant resist an...

Sideboard is a bit too Mr & Mrs Stringbag for my tastes I prefer Buffet or Credenza. If you are trying to market your product to people who can afford to pay good money you need to use the most...

Depends on what other jobs you might do in the future but I would buy a Generator. If you live in rural Australia your power supply is probably crap and if anything like mine apt to go out for...

No offense Cisco but compared to Australian hardwoods White or Red Oak is like Balsa wood.


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What Alex said but I dont think the geography is the deciding factor as much as it might seem. Until recent time because of the limitations on communication and travel A japanese craftsman was likely...