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the noise factor I'm not so worried as I will be using it at my factory, say I did go for the carbatec 8 inch and kept the dewalt how are they as a machine, is it annoying having the long bed? if the...

hey derek thanks for the advice, I just bought the dewalt 735 thicknesser 2 months ago and wasn't planning on buying a jointer but I really need one now. I should put it up for sale then as I was...

Hey guys I'm thinking of purchasing the carbatec 8 inch long bed jointer, can't find many recent reviews on these on just wondering what your thoughts are. $1600 is my max budget.

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mark

hey guys looking into buying a new bandsaw and I can't seem to find many reviews on the minimax s45n just want to see your thoughts on these machines. Would I be better off with the Laguna lt 18
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yeh the were ready to use straight away. Do you sharpen with pull or push technique. I find it easy to have the blade and 45 angle to sharpen. But sometimes I get a bit of bounce on the shaptons when...

Hey guys with BD plane blades in hnt gordan could you use the ruler trick for the back of the blade? What are your thoughts on sharpening bevel on water stones push or pull?

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mark

thanks for the info derek I'll bring them all to around 30 degrees. Looking forward to putting these to some good use.

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mark cedro

If they were all roughly 35 degrees I wouldn't worry but some are at 45 and 40 way to high.

Hey thumbsucker thanks for the advice I was going to freehand it on the tormek then take it to the stones, but now that you mentioned you should of just left them how they were Mabey I'll do that. As...

hey derek they are bench chisels, I'm confident honing by hand I was going to purchase Dimond stone 400/1000 to bring it down. Or should I just leave them and over time bring it down.

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mark

hey guys just received new set of koyamaichis from stu. my chisels from 18 mm down all have pretty high bevels that are not the same from 35 degrees and higher. what would be your technique to...

I got a quote on vic ash 100 x 50 at $14 l/m havnt looked yet at recycled. Any places in Melbourne I should check out?

I'm just about to starting building a split top roubo, wanted to see your thoughts on using vic ash for the build? Was either going to do all vic ash top and base or vic ash top with jarrah base?
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hey thumbsucker,

yeh i wasn't going to use them for mortising, ill most likely by a couple mortise chisels otherwise ill drill the waste and pare it.

i might pm you to get your number and...

hey thumbsucker

thanks for the offer if i decide to go with the ouchi yama-ari ill definatley come past and check yours out, sounds like a good deal. is there any reason why your selling them?
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thanks for the advice mark,

if i went for the yama-ari would these be good for general use to, not just for dovetails or should i go for kaku-uchi.

or with the koyamaichi oire-nomi what style...

hey guys I'm starting to get back into furniture and are looking at buying some Japanese chisels. i have been looking at the ouchi mentori but wanted some opinions if i should go with these or the...

thanks for all the feedback!

im in the process of joining a club and have collected a few pieces here and there and whatever i come across at work.

thanks for the offer greyhound i might hold...

hey guys i have a quick question to ask. im fairly new to woodturning and was wondering is it worth buying bags of redgum firewood to practice on? ive also sourced a few green logs which i have now....

hey i have decided to get into wood engraving with power carver and was wondering if there is any places in melbourne that have classes for it i have tried searching on the net and cant find much....