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    Try one of the forum sponsors machines4u Used &...

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    Used & New Heavy Industrial Machines, Machinery & Equipment for sale at Australia's No.1 Online Machinery Market
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    Doesn't the sliding table make the safety...

    Doesn't the sliding table make the safety features of the Sawstop irrelevant? Just clamp your board (rip or crosscut) to the sliding table and your hands never need go anywhere near the blade. That's...
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    These guys do them. AA Spray - Fine Finish...

    These guys do them.

    AA Spray - Fine Finish HVLP Sprayers

    Not having used them before so can't comment on how good they are.

    No affiliation with the company either sorry.
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    I've searched through my manuals and the...

    I've searched through my manuals and the downloads from the site and can't find it either. It's possible that it was from an older version of the manual, they have revised them over the years.
  5. Thread: Lecturn Bar

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    Lecturn Bar

    We needed a bar to go with the drug table at work and we needed a way to disguise it.. so an lecturn that unfolds into a bar was the order of the day.

    made from individual panels of cheap ply to...
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    I took the elbow off and just stuff my vac hose...

    I took the elbow off and just stuff my vac hose up inside the fence. That way the suction is strongest as it's right at the router bit. Just make sure you don't stuff it too far in on bigger bits.
    ...
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    Thanks for your time Justin, cleared quite a few...

    Thanks for your time Justin, cleared quite a few things up.:2tsup:
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    My thoughts on the 3 were for furniture making...

    My thoughts on the 3 were for furniture making only. I got the impression that the rotex is more of a construction tool designed to do all the prep work and final polishing but not the final sanding....
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    ETS 150/3 models

    Is anyone able to explain the difference between the three models for the ETS 150/3?

    150/3 -EQ Plus AUS - $560
    150/3 -EC $499
    150/3 E AUS $499

    I realise the plus comes with the systainer but...
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    trestle legs joints

    I've been asked to build a small trestle table to go up against a wall and the legs are only 40x19 pine bits. I realise it seems a bit of a waste to try anything fancy in terms of joints but I'm...
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    Finished it up with some coats of poly today and...

    Finished it up with some coats of poly today and added a bottle opener to each side.

    Thanks for the comments guys.
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    Got it all glued up, what a pain that was.. I...

    Got it all glued up, what a pain that was.. I think I need some more clamps.
    I wonder how much freight is on this Amazon.com: Bessey MDR-69 Woodworking Top Seller Clamp Set: Home Improvement

    Craig
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    This is Alice Springs, either take a hard wood...

    This is Alice Springs, either take a hard wood with finger joins or some 90x90 pine.. our hardwood supply is rather limited unless you want Mulga. Also the fact that it's being used at work I wasn't...
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    Unfortunately the boss veto'd the idea of putting...

    Unfortunately the boss veto'd the idea of putting any seized plants or pills in the table top. Probably due to the fact that it would then have to be stored in the safe.

    The glass coating went ok,...
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    The first few days progress

    The first few days progress
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    WIP - drug table

    After a few visiting detectives came into the office the other day the poor old Ikea coffee table was a bit beyond repair so I got the job to make a new one. The idea is to try and embed various deal...
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    I've got the Micro Jig splitter fuzzie and it...

    I've got the Micro Jig splitter fuzzie and it works as advertised, the hassle in making a zero clearance insert is something you would probably benefit from anyway so no harm there, the install of...
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    Kreg Precision Mitre Gauge

    Kreg Precision Miter Gauge System

    Picked on of these up for a table saw I recently bought second hand that didn't come with a gauge. It was offered as an alternative by the Jet dealer in...
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    I just did a sealed bearing with some bolts on it...

    I just did a sealed bearing with some bolts on it for the drawer rather than take up height or space in the drawer with castors. Had the added bonus of the wheels only rolling back and forth not...
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    White kids bed

    Latest project, a revamp of a kids bed. The owner reckoned the wrought iron look was too girly for her new son and wanted it replaced with wooden bed ends, oh and sides while your at it, oh and can...
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    I have the Makita and don't reckon I'm missing...

    I have the Makita and don't reckon I'm missing out at all by not having the Kapex.

    Dust extraction is always the big selling point of the Festool range and with a dusty connected to the back of...
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    Yeah, just got an email from Graheme. All sorted,...

    Yeah, just got an email from Graheme. All sorted, the Makita is one you have to flip the mounting plate upside down for apparently. Now to get it all installed.
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    Makita RP2301FC with UniLift

    Has anyone tried to fit a Makita RP2301FC router to their UniLift yet? None of the holes seem to match up to the mounting plate.

    Craig
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    Mitre Saw Stand

    Not quite a work bench but I found this idea for a mitre saw stand in Australian Wood Review (issue 65 pg 80) and figured that it would be a great first project to get used to the Domino. (possibly...
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    Do you notice the wonderfence sucking more of the...

    Do you notice the wonderfence sucking more of the dust than the under table collection or the other way around?
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    I have no clue about the use of green for...

    I have no clue about the use of green for workbenches, but I know that 89% of houses in Darwin were painted with either Mission Brown or Mission Green after Cyclone Tracy and I recall dad saying it...
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    This months Australian Woodsmith magazine has an...

    This months Australian Woodsmith magazine has an article on doing just that along with the sized plans for making the jig. Issue 84.
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    Santa came today just before lunch and on my day...

    Santa came today just before lunch and on my day off too.

    This thing is just ridiculous. How the heck can you go from never using a biscuit joiner, routing a mortice, let alone hand chiselling...
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    Got around to drilling the dog holes today. I...

    Got around to drilling the dog holes today. I wasn't sure how well the pine legs would take a 3/4" hole in them so I haven't done any down them, and there's no back row of dogs because I don't have...
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    Are you planning on putting the bench up against...

    Are you planning on putting the bench up against the wall or having it in the middle of the room so you can walk around it?

    I'm no expert by any means but one thing I have learnt the hard way is...
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    Ideal tools it will be then, providing Graeme has...

    Ideal tools it will be then, providing Graeme has left me some money after yesterdays router table purchase.
    Though the cost of tools is probably going to end up miniscule in comparison to the cost...
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    I gotta get one yet.. I've still only got the...

    I gotta get one yet.. I've still only got the blue tools but them festools are making me green.
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    Ok.. I give in. It's Domino buying time. I...

    Ok.. I give in. It's Domino buying time. I appreciate that Ideal Tools sponsors this forum and they seem to have the best deals on at the moment but has anyone else seen better in Aust? Bear in mind...
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    What's to stop you from buying the domino off...

    What's to stop you from buying the domino off Amazon at US prices of $700, or $1600 with a Vac and all the guides and just buying a replacement 'plug-it' power cord that fits the Aussie power points?
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    Rod, the dog is starting to object to all the...

    Rod, the dog is starting to object to all the sawdust, he starts sneezing every time he comes near the bench now, I think it's a subtle hint that he wants it cleaned up and vacuumed so he can sleep...
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    Bought it from Alice Industrial Supplies on...

    Bought it from Alice Industrial Supplies on Elders St, (08) 8952 1955 they have all the Dawn Engineers vices in stock but had to order the woodworking one, only took a week or two.

    The vice was...
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    Well.. I wouldn't call it decent when you see...

    Well.. I wouldn't call it decent when you see some of the fancy maple benches, but as far as local hard wood goes it's not too bad. Got the lemon scented gum from the firewood place on kidman street....
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    Well.. some many months later and there's been...

    Well.. some many months later and there's been some more progress. Got the top resting in place now, just waiting for the wood to stop moving before I screw it in place. Spent the last two days...
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    that's usually a very good sign. well done.

    that's usually a very good sign. well done.
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    I thought i'd do the right thing and try to order...

    I thought i'd do the right thing and try to order my LV LAJ through an Aussie supplier (Cabartec Adelaide) . Ordered on the 21 Aug.. back ordered, promised early Sept deliver and still haven't heard...
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    kinda, but none I can take photos of.. I'm...

    kinda, but none I can take photos of..
    I'm having to get the top joined and planed a the local firewood place (only place you can seem to buy proper hardwood in Alice Springs that doesn't cost...
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    Yeah. Include the red bit. When I review...

    Yeah. Include the red bit.

    When I review applications our process is not to give a ranking to anything or weight it, you either meet the required criteria, exceed it or fail to. all of the...
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    If your Govt apps are anything like the ones here...

    If your Govt apps are anything like the ones here in the NT you have to think of it as a matrix. The compare each of the selection criteria separately and mark them as either 'does not comply, meets...
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    I did wonder, is there any other ways to prevent...

    I did wonder, is there any other ways to prevent the racking or is it just a design fault that can only be resolved with tenons?

    will the weight of the top make any difference?
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    He's more likely to fall asleep than do any...

    He's more likely to fall asleep than do any protecting. Perhaps I should give him a coat of Cabots too so he fits in under the bench.
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    Wood for the base is finally done, still isn't...

    Wood for the base is finally done, still isn't glued yet. Still waiting on the vice to be delivered before fixing the top in place.

    Any suggestions on what to finish the base with, should it be...
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    I've been asking myself the same question of...

    I've been asking myself the same question of late, I still haven't come up with an answer though, but I think Yowie is right, a combination of both.
    An electric plane will never do all that an...
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    Thanks, for the tips. I would have loved to...

    Thanks, for the tips. I would have loved to remove the ribs but don't have a thicknesser or a vice to use planes with.
    The dowels are mainly to stop the rails and stretchers spinning around the...
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    WIP - Pine bench

    Tired of bending over saw horses all the time so I figured it was time to make something a little more sturdy. Not a great deal of nice fancy wood in the Alice so just making it out of pine.

    Just...
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