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Thanks for the advice guys.
Well asking around the woodworking shops today, theres no one sharpening saws or re-toothing hand tools in Hobart!! good part time business opportunity if you had the...

I'm about to start making a dovetail saw. my plan for the teeth is 15tpi with 0deg rake and a 50mm section at the tip of 22tpi to make it easier to start but unsure of what rake to set either 0deg or...

yes hoping to use it all its for a queen bed head so i can come down to about 1600 and i have another bit to joint on to get the width. i guess i can come down to 19mm or so. I've seen people use "c"...

I have a 2200 length about 22mm thick of sassafras that has a twist, if i clamp 3 corners down i end up with about 20mm twist. I'd like to keep it as thick as possible. Thought about wrapping it in...

HI All, Having recently watch a few videos from high end table makers Black Forest Wood co and Blacktail studio in the USA they use a wipe on ceramic coating over the top of their finish. Does any...

I want to cut a approx 1.5mm d x 12mm w groove in the fence side. What is the plastic looking material teflon, ptfe? what might be the safest option for this operation dado blades or router?

i've got a couple of lengths of t track in the workshop thought i set those into the base for clamps.

It was my own stupid fault! While making a sled i'd taken the knife off to wind the saw up through the base, after that wanted to do that 5 cut method to set the back fence so placed a bit of 500mm...

Thanks for reply. my saw the riving knife retracts with the blade. I'll have to look at some clamping options for the sled. also going to purchase clear cut jessem roller thingos for ripping on the...

HI All, i'm in the process of making a tablesaw sled and thought, why do people take the riving knife off, surely it would be safer to have it in place? is there something i'm missing.

The bookcase I've been working on has now been installed. The box units can be placed either vertically or horizontally on the shelves and some protrude as a design feature.488101

Thanks for the advise, it's working out well this is the book case part only upside down 485433

Because it matches previous shelving and that ply edge look on other bench work in the house. the project is a bookcases and sliding door cupboard.

Lots of questions....When using formply for furniture should it be treated like melamine? is the coating on it the same sort of stuff? whats the best sort of blade to use when cutting it i've access...

I'm thinking about making a outside table with a thick tas oak top. Wondering if one of the commonly available decking oils would be a sensible thing to use, it will be under laser light covering....

i seee now the first pic is huon the second is blackwood....

Thanks, And what make you think it's not Huon Pine?

Looking for repair ideas on how i might go about fixing these two issues. The Huon Pine top developed splits because of a dry environment in a gallery, its got a laquer finish. the second look like...

I've just had wooden kitchen bench tops sanded and recoated with a 2 pac poly. At the joints and in some other places theres dry silicone smeared on the tops, What can i use to dissolve or soften the...

How to people get long board edges 1800mm straight?
i've got a carba-tec helical head long bed planer and when edging long boards they come out slightly concave.
i've checked the cutter head with...

HI All
A friend has a large slab of Huon Pine which he's sanded and applied a oil and this weird pattern/mark has appeared. The surface has had maybe 5mm + taken off on one of those big flat bed...

i'd like to gat my tecnica panel saw setup properly. Does anyone know of good panel saw techs in the hobart area?

thats just silly! who set the standard without proper engineering consultation? who in the standards office was payed off by industry!!! hahaha with a huge amounts of sarcasm and rolling of eye's....

Mmmm thats interesting re measured air flow. Surely then if manufactures are claiming 1200cfm and the units can't deliver its false advertising, wonder what consumer affaires would say.
i've got...

Hi BobL. i'm curious to know if you've ever measured on of these crabatec, jet etc 2hp DC fresh out of the box and what cfm they measured?

I've got one of the propeller type anemometer , Oh well,...

the machinery is a carbatec 8"jointer, 15" thicknesser, and small tecnica panel saw with a 12" blade the saw needs a guard and extraction over head to get the dust from the top. Its usually only me...

Morning,

What size ducting are you running?
running that 4" ribbed flexy stuff but gearing up to change it to 6" and connecting the blower to the filters with 436300 gee i am glad i found a...

Thanks BobL for all the good info.
It looks like filters kill air flow as well. I've upgraded to a pleated filter from the bag on my collector thats supposed to help with airflow? if i wanted to...

forgot to add another $1096 for cv1800 filters.... i'll blow the dust unfiltered into the bush!

thanks, yep definitely the way to go cv1800 $3064, carbatec 3hp cyc $3499 shipping to tassie could add a bit/lot to that:( having waded through some of Bill Pentz's web site i know which way i'd go,...

Can anyone help? who in Australia sells Onieda dust deputy xl. the version with 6" fittings.

Well here it is my take on an epoxy river table. 435454435455

nice idea, Struth!! $600. i need to make a lot more from woodwork before i could afford them.
I've got 5 acres of bush with which to scrounge wood and fell a few trees for firewood so we might be...

yep its a problem, i'll just have to live with the warm air going out the door when i am machining,then put the off cuts in the fire. Are you reading Bill Pentz on dust collection? its a pity...

The epoxy i use was Glass Coat and Pearlex true blue tint. Got it from the FibreGlass shop here in Hobart, very helpful staff. i like the way it has a "sparkle" rather than a flat block of colour. i...

I am having a go at making a small glass coat epoxy river table between bits of Huon pine and was interested to find out what people might have done to finish their tables, i didn't want to flood the...

Went to the shed (6x11 colourbond garage), well here we go again it to damn cold first thing and sometimes all day. Wondering what others do for heating in their man caves? a picture would be nice....

Hi All, Does anyone know if you can or had experience with spraying stylewood pre. cat. lac. over a tinted glasscoat epoxy filling thats between bit of wood as in the river type table tops? Thanks

Hi All, I am wanting to sell these 4 turned legs from an old table and would like to get some guidance on what i might be a sensible price to ask for them. i'll be cutting them off the rails, they're...

check out Rob Cosman and Marc Spagnuolo (The wood whisperer)

HI All, i've made some panel doors 600x300 approx 50mm frame and they have come out twisted, can the twist be removed by some method? Or is my only option to cut the frames off and start again this...

HI All, i have one of those eclipse style sharpening guides and wanting to sharpen my japanese chisels BUT by the time you push the chisel forward enough to get 25deg there is not a lot of blade...

Thanks everyone for your help.
i cleaned the blade simply with washing machine detergent soaked for 30min then scrubbed with brush and scotch brite pad. Nice to not have to buy more stuff!
My saw...

Thanks Bohdan, what type of blade would you use to get a good cut and finish in real wood?

cutting 45 deg mitre through 20mm tas oak and the result in the pic... i know it's burnt but why the little fury fibres on the bottom edge of the cut? does my blade need sharpening didn't think its...

Out of interest i made a couple of wooden handles with about 20deg cutback on all sides. What do people think about these?
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i borrowed some handles this arvo. I like the one on post but also the satin curved one. The castella catalogue show one which is a combination of the two, corona , haven't seen one in the flesh yet....

Hi All, Making a chest of drawers, myrtle frame and figured tas oak drawer fronts. As usual aesthetics has made my head hurt! I cant decide what to do about handles! black chrome, how will it look,...

I'm about to install drawer slides, the holes in the slides are m4. Do i really need to use m4 screws will 3.5 do? pan head looks nicer but i've often seen countersunk head screws used are there...

Waning to buy sharpening stone and have narrowed it down to either the glass plate shapton or the dia-sharp. probably in 3 grits maybe 220 and then 1200, 8000. should be able to get a nice mirror...