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Thread necromancy time! I too have recently become a member of the Durden B1200 owners club and just starting out on the restoration process. Have ordered new tyres and thrust bearings for it but...

OP here...

My current compressor is a Ryobi Airwave 50L direct drive but I also have a 2.5HP 80L V Twin belt drive unit that currently being restored and that will be the primary unit. Its a...

Cheers Tony - the pricing is pretty reasonable as I don't have a lot of runs so happy to go with the 25mm pipe and the compression fittings. I am sure I will change the configuration multiple times!

Thanks Tony - I suspect its going to be easier if I just go to them with my plans and buy it all at the one time. Their pricing seems very reasonable too and the blue 20mm pipe is the proper rated...

Thanks guys - I had a look at a couple of options at Bunnings. 20mm polypipe looks easy to work with and the compression fittings are pretty simple to use. Bit concerned about whether it will be OK...

OK - but what exactly are rated air lines and where do I get them? Google lists a bewildering array of choices and tons of "I'm the best!" BS... :)

Hi Guys,

The new workshop is excellent and I have built a smaller shed to house the DC and the new belt drive 80L Compressor. The dust collector is plumbed into the workshop but at the moment...

Thanks Bob - I think perhaps I should point out that my workshop is a bit of a mixed-use facility. I simply don't do a lot of woodwork in there and if I am going to make a lot of mess I tend to move...

Ah bugger - that's what I am trying to avoid! If I have a half decent DC system installed in a sound proofed enclosure outside the last thing I want is to have to still run a noisy shop vac next to...

Thanks Bob - I may well take you up on that offer as I am still designing the new workshop and don't lay the new slab for a while yet.

The bit I still don't understand and the reason I posted in...

Hi Guys,

I have a Triton 2000 saw and bench along with the grey fabric dust collector bag. I also have a Triton router table - all purchased direct from Hills Industries in 1998 when I was an...

So just found a UFO101 dust extractor for the princely sum of $1 along with a JET linisher / disc sander. Also found a very large upright manual milling machine but at 2.2T its just a bit too big to...

So my dust extractor just died - I think perhaps it has been reading my forum posts and found out it was in danger of being replaced :) I did pick up a nice 200AMP multi mode MIG/TIG welder today...

Thanks Ian - I do have a small dust extractor but think perhaps you are right - might look to go a bigger unit and install it next to the compressor in a custom built enclosure outside (with...

Thanks for the tips guys - great inputs. I do already have a dust extractor but will also be looking to curtain off the part of the workshop where I do sanding. Welding will be outside on the pad...

Hi Guys,

New workshop is going through planning as we speak. Will be a 5m x 8m brick building with a small mezzanine. I tend to do a bit of mixed stuff in my workshop, some gunsmithing,...

Simon - the Minister of Finance says I can't have 2 toys at once taking up space in the shed! I really don't need/use the mill, it's a lathe I want.

Hi Guys,

I've inherited a CNC Mill. It's a MAXNC10 desktop model in good working order and comes with built in card reader/controller + heaps of spare parts including a spare controller and a...

Update time:

Was a busy little beaver over Christmas and finished off the main table, a large bookcase, a heap of breadboards (Xmas pressies) and refinished a cheap table.

I used a burnished...

Hi Phil,

Thanks for sharing that communication - I had (stupidly) assumed that 320 grit was about the finest you could go with a ROS based on what the big green shed sold but the SandPaper store...

No - what I'm asking for is a FAQ to help guide us newbies through the high level selection process. A starting point that allows us to then narrow down the investigation process. If you just read...

Hi Guys,

I've been trawling through hundreds of posts in this section looking for inspiration for the finish on an upcoming Jarrah dining table project. It would be really helpful to those of us...

Cool - that's kinda what I thought. Just means a drive out to Carbatec to get a bucket'o'bikkies.... :)

Hi All,

I need to join a heap of Jarrah boards as part of a bookcase project. Ordinarily I would biscuit join them but I'm out of biscuits (Triton type) and the bloke at Aus Timbers suggested I...

Hi TP1,

Happy to accept any help at all! Are you relatively local?

I'm thinking about a design similar to this one:

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k481/mbamford68/swing10.jpg

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Hi Guys,

I'm looking to build a Swing Seat for the wife's garden using red cedar suspended from the veranda by chains. These are pretty popular in the US and I have a couple of plans for...