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When they put forward a system that hits everyone fairly and squarely between the eyes I will support it. The current concept is to hit a relatively small number hard, sit back and see what happens....

Slammer - that would've been a holiday, better conditions and possibly better bunkmates.

Finally after a long self imposed exile I'm back. I see nothing's changed.......:o

So long as the anlter has naturally hardened all you need to do is give it a wash in soapy water, or diluted bleach if you want it a bit whiter. The aim is to wash off the stale muddy urine and scent...

Did you go to the Reece trade desk .....

Is anyone going to find out?
Sumps and sump pumps are a pain in the backside - if there was a viable alternative I'd be exploring it

From my experience I'd stick with the 'comfort' 6.38 mm or so laminated. DI units will give you better thermal insulation, but unless they are specifically engineered for sound reduction / noise...

IT's not uncommon to put down mdf in wet areas - especially next to tiled showers as if there's any leak it will show the signs well before major damage is done to anything else.

IF you are looking at mitsubishi look at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ones (MHI, not mitsubishi electrics)

Mick - you will need to do a bit of research on the actual definition(s) of "electrical work" in QLD. I truly suspect that the work you propose is not outside of the set legislation, if you look at...

It's been so long that I can't remeber what's changed? :U (other than there's now a million forums)

It's a ripper of a brew :2tsup:

Mine was rubbed through by a ree and tripped the main service fuses about 4 years ago. The only cost was one callout fee of about $150 (3 trucks showed, incl. a platform). They replaced the line (and...

You mean to say I spent all that time training my monkey to touch type and he hasn’t posted a damn thing! Typical. I’ll have to cut his beer ration…

I’ve been working shifts overseas of late...

Well, after 6 weeks of fire it's now to the south, east and following lightning earlier today it's a stone throw away to the north on Mount Tambo. Other than a truck load of burnt leaf litter that's...

If you use the double barrel approach make sure you use the old lead shot and not steel - it'll ruin your blades. I've tried the stand still trick holding an irrigation pipe and the mongrel bit me...

Not yet Rob. There's been heaps of fire breaks pushed up, back burning and grading for weeks now. We've just finished getting stock off and we're leaving it to gods for the next couple of weeks.

Suspect all you want, and then use turps.

As an old bushy once told me, only once you've scratched your crack and then rubbed your bleeding gums will you know the answer to that question...

Smoke in the outer east big smoke looking at the hill between Gumby and me. Any chance you left the stove on Gumby? :D

Glad to hear your going well Rob - waiting is hell isn't it!

I ended up up back up near home on a grader since Friday night as everyone was anticipating that it would break through. I was talking...

The established three different ways is test on a known live source, test the diconection, test on a known live source again. Hands up haw many home handy persons have a decent enough multi meter to...

You don't offend me, but we do differ in opinions. If someone wants to do it legislation won't stop them. From time to time I'll trow my two bob in just like you. I suppose we could do a backflip to...

I tend to agree that your doc should have a look. Quite a lot of people suffer imune reactions to wood dusts, and it can be difficult to pick just what the immune system is reacting to given the...

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The day they legislate owner builders doing their own wiring is the day I'll go into grave digging - there'll be better returns than the stockmarket.

Most old tools have handles that were out of the makers backyard so to speak. Personally I like them heavy also. One of the best chisels I've used had a marble tube over a wooden inner core - heavy...

Nice work Nick. Reminds me in the days of ansett the engineering base in melbourne had a workshop where they knocked up thousands of parts boxes out of plywood - not quite as nice as yours but...

Kill two birds with one stone - ask H&F to gift wrap the BP-16A in orange cellophane :D

The eye is often attracted to oddities, and all I can say is I've looked at this longer than any other in recent times (it's a pen holder, isnt it?)

I like the idea and the timbers look good...

I've seen this type of job before: it nearly killed a mate of mine when he fell through unsupported plaster through a pane of glass. The d-head who did it didn't bother telling subsequent trades...

Here's one I prepared earlier.... (the one with steel posts)

The edge capping is 140x25mm recovered ironbark flooring (not finished as yet - will finish with some cabots exterior clear or the...

That's the beast - all I've ever heard them called is a stump devil.

I held a #1 on the weekend - nice little plane, fits in the hand nicely but I'm scratching my head as to when it would get a run....

....paperweight....

It was good to meet Sean and Josh, but alas decent fencing pliers where nowhere to be seen. I did however get a good old set of toe-cutters....

Also, if anyone (OZ?) has or comes across a old...

Many thanks Dan - my search didn't reveal much

At the melbourne wood show (that I wasn't going to go to except that I had a free ticket and needed some polish reviver) I pulled back the safety on a Jet jointer to reveal a cutter block...

The main questions are covered above - is it over the edge of straight down between the joists?

Many people select a harness not knowing there's at least a dozen different ways of setting up a...

Not many places hire them - the only place I know of is a removal company who leases some of their spare equipment (do a google search).

HEPA rating and 'safe for use with hazardous dust' are...

The cost of gal H section is around $42m cut to size with the cut ends cold gal'd. Compare this to H7 treated pine posts and steel is about double. For a 400mm wall out of sight I would't hesitate to...

To true - keep in mind the design of the wall I'm building is engineered (note the spacing of the posts is only 1.5m on the lower wall, bottom sleeper on the upper wall are part buried, 150-180kg...

I forgot to mention the most important bit:

each hole deserves a stubby as does each post set in concrete :D

JD - attached is the tradac link (which I see you already found :D)

Brick walls are for brickies and mud monkeys - this is a wood-work forum! :D

Anyhow, following is a rare insight into how...

I didn't go last year and will likely give it a miss this year.

The two times I've been I spent less than a couple of hundred (from memory), add the petrol, parking and entry fee and based upon...

It never fails to amuse me how people think they have the might of Atlas to stop a couple of kg's worth of spinning blade simply with their bare hand(s) in the slightest of a second. Be it a circular...

Same bloke by any chance? :eek:

I recon yellow stringy is great stuff - works well and is rated a class 2 durable hardwood meaning it's fine for outdoor exposed use.

I couldn't get a photo without the lens breaking - mine is an artist impression.

Nice work - simple and functional. If you are considering making more have you thought about setting the hinge flush with the outside of the box? Some don't like the look when the box is open - it's...

https://www.ubeaut.biz/bowdown.gif poor bugger lost his rock (technically the Fein Exzenterschleifer comes under the classification of a Oberflächenbearbeitung so there.... If you're talking about the...

I don't agree that it's overpriced as it fits a niche market for people who haven't the skill to make up a pattern and a jig and simply use a router - overcoming the old problem that money cannot by...