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14th July 2013, 06:28 PM
Thread: well no time now
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old softwood wallets
Great for sure, built a bookcase out of them once, A bit thin once dressed but Still hold the books.
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14th July 2013, 12:13 PM
Thread: well no time now
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well no time now
I am now unemployed from my mortgage job!
Another door closes another one opens
SHMBO has directed me to startup the internet business again selling scrapbook supplies, This will enable me to build... -
29th May 2013, 01:43 PM
Thread: Plastic Spring Clips
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strange
strange aint it, I always replace the plastic ones with metal ones, but I am of the old school
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30th May 2012, 11:08 PM
Thread: Are my springs ok?
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spring test
now let me reemeber back 25 years...
give them a stretch, but not too much, see if they spring back, and check for stress marks.
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30th May 2012, 08:49 PM
Thread: Asked by Daughter to fix the benchtop
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Asked by Daughter to fix the benchtop
Hello again,
I am freezing my toes off down here in Albury visiting my daughter, I am about 700kms away from home and my daughter has asked me to fix her timber benchtop, it has a burn mark.
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7th December 2011, 03:28 PM
Thread: Hi everybody
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Welcome to the welcome wagon
Well this seems to be the place, I use this forum for my work often as a reference, a lot of knowldege and well other stuff here
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19th September 2011, 10:09 PM
Thread: old time upholsterer needed
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I just looked over my post again. When I said...
I just looked over my post again.
When I said the used rags, etc in the back, I meaqnt around the back of the seat, the bits you dont sit on.
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16th September 2011, 04:46 PM
Thread: old time upholsterer needed
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Well That is why I Dont......
I was trained by my Dad in tradional upholstery and am able to do stitched edges and seat springing, etc.
The "old" club lounged from the 30s & 40s were manufactured from old packing crates and... -
28th July 2011, 11:55 PM
Thread: Waterbased Undercoat Turps topcoat
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Thanks fellas, I dont think the penetrol is...
Thanks fellas,
I dont think the penetrol is required as I ripped off the paint with a flapper disc and maznaged to get a real interesting finish that looks similar to the surface oif the moon!!... -
25th July 2011, 04:42 PM
Thread: Waterbased Undercoat Turps topcoat
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Waterbased Undercoat Turps topcoat
Yep I did it .....
Doing up my new/old trailer.
I stripped off all the old paint from the timber and metal, painted the metal with coldgal undercoat, painted the timber with waterbased under... -
22nd July 2011, 04:51 PM
Thread: Mens shed patron
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Good to see the First Bloke...
Great see that the "first Bloke" as opposed to the first lady getting involved , hope he's had his prostate checked:U
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30th March 2011, 04:36 PM
Thread: Where to buy upholstery tools/supplies?
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yep saw that, I love osbourne hammers, and my son...
yep saw that, I love osbourne hammers, and my son "borrowed" my ripping chisel and I have never seen it again, maybe will get a new one and another hammer, can never have too many hammers
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30th March 2011, 04:31 PM
Thread: stapler recommendation
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of all this I concur. I got a $45 gun from...
of all this I concur. I got a $45 gun from supercheap after my trade guns from fasco 20 years ago cost me over $100 for new seals etc. I also had a nice bostick one that would be over 30 years old...
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30th March 2011, 03:35 PM
Thread: Sprung cushions
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my old dad taught me the trade, although it has...
my old dad taught me the trade, although it has been 20 years since i did it, we used 2 peices of very thick masonite (I still have them in my shed!)or thickish ply with rounded corners and strapped...
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30th March 2011, 03:29 PM
Thread: Where to buy upholstery tools/supplies?
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Prices looked good until I discovered they were...
Prices looked good until I discovered they were in Americcee
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1st July 2007, 10:16 AM
Thread: Leather insert for computer desk
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Leather Tops
Leather comes in different thickness's and grades. When a hide is treated (there is an official word, but i dont remember what it is), it is split into different types, eg top crust upholstery (the...
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24th October 2006, 08:43 AM
Thread: What kind of wood is this?
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white ants
our White ants or Termites are really just little white cockroaches who like wood instead of whatever the big black cockroaches who used to live in my shed ate!!!
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24th October 2006, 08:16 AM
Thread: Shed visitor
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nice to see critters in sheds
Sure beats the critters I had in my "old shed", I seemed to breed big black cockroaches and blue tongue lizards who ate them!
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25th November 2005, 07:15 PM
Thread: Rude Customers
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oh I love it, can I try it at work soon????
oh I love it, can I try it at work soon????
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17th June 2005, 08:17 PM
Thread: Mens Sheds
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This may be too late
Been a long time since I have been here, I have been working too hard and long and burnt out a couple of months ago, but am now going ahead full steam.
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26th March 2005, 12:05 AM
Thread: Use Silicone Spray
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in my upholstery and antique restoration days my...
in my upholstery and antique restoration days my dad used to chringe when the "ladies" mentioned "oh we polish it once a week" and then they continued with " with Mr Sheen" we used to have to take of...
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27th February 2005, 01:57 PM
Thread: A small Box Photo story
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sssshhh, I just saved all the pics to my 'puter,...
sssshhh, I just saved all the pics to my 'puter, so I can (in the future) make a box and remember how to do it
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sad to hear that another fella has trouble with...
sad to hear that another fella has trouble with the ticker, hope you get it all under control
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30th January 2005, 02:25 PM
Thread: Stopping rust on hand tools and machinery
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Well I went al the way thru this post with little...
Well I went al the way thru this post with little or no interst (two reasons 1. too hot, 2. large wound on back from cancer removal ( I hope!)) but got to the one about linseed, beeswax and (what was...
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22nd January 2005, 12:33 AM
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as i sit in almost 40 degree heat at midnight I...
as i sit in almost 40 degree heat at midnight I drool at this post.
ahhh cool air, but where to place one? in the lounge room, in our bedroom, in the kitchen????
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22nd January 2005, 12:20 AM
Thread: new addition
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Congrats, a nice addition to the workshop there!
Congrats, a nice addition to the workshop there!
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22nd January 2005, 12:18 AM
Thread: Re-attaching teenager to family
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An expert opinion, somewhere
I hope yopu consulted with him about this.....
the "experts" say we should talk to them about this so they feel "included"
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11th January 2005, 08:53 PM
Thread: whats more addictive
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Poll: not sure again
as I sit at a mates place with a white port (yum) and no real shed to do "real" woodwork in yet, a wife who is sitting st home with 3 kids and 2 extras, and i don't smoke , or drink too much...
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8th January 2005, 12:45 PM
Thread: re-doing a fireplace surround
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don't burn it
Well, my sugestion would be to burn it, but as a fireplace it might be difficult.
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8th January 2005, 10:05 AM
Thread: Who does not have anything from Carbatec?
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Poll: what there is a place better than mitre 10 and...
what there is a place better than mitre 10 and bunnings??????????????????
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6th January 2005, 12:33 AM
Thread: Prepsol or the like
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Prepsol or the like
I was introduced to prepsol when I did my TAFE course restoring my community project, a 1974 Dodge ambulance... but another story
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6th January 2005, 12:03 AM
Thread: re-putty windows
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yep the right track
yep the push in brads are the way to go for "the home glazier", unless you know a glazier with a bradder who will let you use it.
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5th January 2005, 11:17 PM
Thread: Free Red Cedar!
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my heart just skipped a beat, My dad had...
my heart just skipped a beat,
My dad had bucketloads of red cedar,f rom when the local dam was built, they were just going to burn them, so he go together with some mates from the pub (from the... -
5th January 2005, 11:05 PM
Thread: Are Cane Toads useful?
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nice to see metric
I love the one about tying a bolt around their legs... if we had them here I would try it, at least the bastards wouldn'tcomplain about our cats, even thought they are inside all night and cant be...
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4th January 2005, 01:07 AM
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some of the answers
I went off and did a search, found this link, but there are more!!!
I too have an interest in the perfect mitre as I ahve 20 kitchen doors to make, the first 2 look like ............ well I did... -
4th January 2005, 12:41 AM
Thread: How to rip with a ryoba saw?
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sounds like me
I have had the same problem, I "borrowed" my dad in laws triton bench, works great.... but needs to go back!
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3rd January 2005, 07:10 PM
Thread: Dining table top re-finish
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yep
yep i agree that finish restorer may be a start, i found out about this stuff years ago, unfortunatly after I did my trade, might have saved weeks of work on stuff!!!
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1st January 2005, 06:21 PM
Thread: Joining With Biscuits
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the right biscuits
I got a biscuit jointer last year from santa, it looks real nice in the blowmold case, I used it to join the bits of 32mm MDF and particleboard to form the top of my kitchen. I found that buying the...
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what do you do with that bit of ...
I was wondering as a bit of a novice to having a woodworking shed..
on the third pic there is a red coloured machine with a round thing on the front up against the wall, I think it might be a... -
1st January 2005, 05:55 PM
Thread: my 1st for 2005
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looks nice
nice piece of work there, not bad for a mornings knockup
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30th December 2004, 01:28 PM
Thread: Christmas Desperados
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hey they are nitto mate
yep they is the connectors that I got b4.
the ones I had fitted to my staple 15 years ago (or so) are not the nitto ones, so will have one hose with nitto on one end and the old fittings on the... -
25th December 2004, 11:22 PM
Thread: Christmas Desperados
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still here at....
here I am still here at 11.20 on xmas night (not eve) I have my new toy in the "shed" .
only a 24l GMC compressor, might wake up the kids and wife if I start it up now.
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25th December 2004, 10:39 PM
Thread: UK Christmas
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north coast NSW
we had a pleasant overcast day temps up to 30 today and down to 25 now with nice steady rain.aaahhhh
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24th December 2004, 11:52 PM
Thread: Christmas Desperados
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still awake
my excuse is that I am waiting for my shortbread biscuits to cook....
and for my 13 yo to go to sleep so santa can come.
I have learnt heaps today, some of which are
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24th December 2004, 11:19 PM
Thread: UK Christmas
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Wish I was there
Bloody Lovely!!!
Love it, wish it were like that here, apart from the hassle of getting around, but better than avoiding storms?
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17th December 2004, 09:31 AM
Thread: A web Page for Craftsman.
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Ohh the days
I have had my HO scale set packed away for 5 or so years (maybe 10) as we just havent had the room or me the time to "play"with it!!!
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4th December 2004, 10:31 PM
Thread: Is a tradesman a craftsman?
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the difference?
The difference I see is.........
A Tradesman is able to foresee a stuff up and maybe avoid it, if s/he doesn't is able to cover it up.
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29th November 2004, 12:43 AM
Thread: Nice clean cut in cornice???
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Vacuum White dust
dont use the vacuum too much on the plaster dust, it absorbs the moisture and clogs up the workings and rusts everything,
A lesson we learnt on our new vac!!!
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29th November 2004, 12:35 AM
Thread: Timber Screen Doors
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A screen Door?
I would use something heavier, but then I always do.....
All my voices are telling me that I should go and build now, but it is 12.30 in the morning, could upset the neighbours with the saw!!
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29th November 2004, 12:22 AM
Thread: Plane Tragic?
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all go away new
wewnt for $1850, I better not loose my$2 chaepie, might be worth soemthing to my kids.
At least I can get it to work it did wonders on the reveals around the kitchen window