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:no:No...LOL....but its a bit hard to write about your woodwork if you're not doing any!:B
Can't walk or stand without the aid of two sticks, and unlike you Aussies, my shed is freezing cold in the...

Just busy, busy, busy..... but also a bit challenged in the health department - I have advanced osteoarthritis, and waiting on a hip replacement.
When I can stand again, I'll be back out in the...

"Building Woodshop Workstations" by Danny Proulx - and lots of other stuff besides.



Sorry, I don't seem to be able to get rid of the bold type.

Found this website of a wonderful Italian woodcarver

http://www.liviodemarchi.com/index.htm

enjoy!

- yes, just the ordinary garden variety - is also a good tool for removing glued-down flooring. And, Blisters - if used carefully, it doesn't make a mess of the floors.

in NZ are watching from afar with heavy hearts as this all unfolds. We are sending what help we can, in the form of expert rural firecrews, money, forensic staff and a huge helicopter with firebucket...

and chef-friendly, too, as RufflyRustic said. :2tsup:

You don't fancy a trip to NZ, do ya? (I need a new kitchen!):) Sorry, Mrs Harry!:B

It was Taunton Press's "Fine Woodworking Magazine" Issue 200, September/October, 2008. Hope that helps.

Now that's a great toy! It's sturdy, the right shape and colour, it works, and enough is left to it's owner's imagination.

for a bandsaw. My must-haves are (so far).... 350 mm throat, steel deck, good solid fence (or the ability to fit one), 2 X (approx) 300mm wheels, good blade guides, single phase, .75 - 1 HP motor....

For an adult, you could make it on the fibreglass body of the dune buggy my son used to own - I think it was VW or Fiat based. Fun at the neighbourhood Barbie, indeed!!:roll:

runny apricot jam! (Well, just give me the jar and a spoon... never mind bread!) :innocent: I harvested the apricots from my tree just before Christmas and I have fresh jam and more fruit in the...

and the temperature to boil jam to is 105 degrees C

Aren't they though??? My Grandies are older teenagers now, and I'm still having the BEST fun with them!

Don't bother competing with the other Grandpa. I bet he won't let your little grandie play...

the new ladies who have joined since I posted last. What beautiful work you have done. I wish I were brave enough to have a go at building a house! Or is it somewhat like learning one small thing at...

If your grandson is quite young, and wants the tank to be able to work (i.e., run), you could make a rotating turret and stationary tracks which LOOK realistic, but contain concealed, running, wheels...

I don't know how you'd join it, but it looks kind of like "tracks" if its turned inside out. Or maybe someone makes one the right size.

Another trick might be to make a bigger version of those...

did you ever make the curtains?

Re the tjan tjin (wax dribbler). It's used to "paint" wax onto fabric to act as a resist for dyes, so you can use it on any fabric that is dyeable. Look up "batik"...

a tip (tipping) trailer. I used to have one, but loaned it to a friend when I shifted. When I finally got it back, two years later, the @@#%$** thing had been rebuilt, the tipping pivot removed, and...

Go for it! I'm female, have never learned upholstery as a trade, but have still managed to reupholster several lounge suites, with help from books and good observation skills. Don't worry about your...

Thanks for that, Ian.

I haven't REALLY minded using radiata.... it has been cheap enough for me to learn on, but I moved here from timber country (Rotorua/Tokoroa) and for some reason Waipukurau...

Hi Bob

Yep I don't have that many toys, so don't need the Giant Super-size! And I certainly don't think I'm up to veneering yet.
Guys, if you don't subscribe to the magazine, it was in the shops...

I'm in Hawkes Bay, North Island, NZ, and, until recently have despaired of getting anything like the variety of timber species you folks in Aussie seem to take for granted. But then, I came across...

You beat me to it! I have that magazine, and was planning to build the unit in my woodworking night class, where all the machinery is available. I'm going to have to get my skates on if it took you...

Sorry to previous posters with pics:B... I really DID mean to tell you how good your chisels look- Its great to work with NICE tools, isn't it?

Maybe one day my handywork will look as good. I...

I just bought about 30 old chisels off TradeMe (NZ trading site) for $55. While I know I have a bargain - there are old Wards, Mathiesons, Bergs and Sorbys in there - most of the handles are totally...

the books need weeding out! Trouble is, there's way too many and the job's too big. I know my kids are going to take most of them to the dump when I pop me clogs, so I'm slowly finding new owners for...

The way round that is to get your OWN stuff. Curtains would make it hard for wannabe burglers to see inside the shed. And any guy who can't find his own pencil is a bit of a worry!

As for the...

I think I would have locked the kitchen ("You only have to ask for the key, dear" - said ever so sweetly).

Haven't posted in here for a while. Finished my stepladder, several bookcases (still have a couple to do, to house my gazillion books) - JUST finished a good, solid workbench (way better to work on...

And they're STILL only taking orders for the RouterBoss.........!!!! When is the thing going to be able to be properly reviewed????

My problem is partly that my eyesight is getting a bit past it, and I can't see the wee lines on the rule...... or anything much, really! So simpler is better, as far as I'm concerned. I'll wait til...

OK, so what makes the Router Boss more desirable than the WoodRat?
Is it the Laser Crosshairs to centre the thing, the bright colour - or am I missing something? (In other words - would the extras...

exactly how is a router fixed to the Woodrat?

I've been watching your progress with it with interest. I sent away for the DVD and booklet. It arrived yesterday all the way from the UK. I'm not...

A little girl needs a doll house she can actually PLAY in/with, with sturdy fittings and furnishings, and dolls that are to scale.
Those beautiful minature homes are best saved for more grown-up...

Waipukurau, just 48 km south of Hastings. We're an easy 2 1/2 hour drive from Wellington and about 2 3/4 hours from Taupo. Its a small town which services the rural areas of Central Hawkes Bay. I...

I just COULDN'T think of a nom-de-plume when I was registering on the board, so, as I was doing some renovations at the time, based it on the name Handy Andy. However, since my name is actually...

If you strip out the old plasterboard/fibro, you can check/shift/renew waterlines and power cables, and also add in some insulation while you're at it!

I saw a "chocolatiere" in the supermarket for $12.95. It's a small aluminium pot (for melting chocolate) inside an electric heating arrangement.... kind of like a tiny slow cooker. Would it be hot...

Kristian. I've found some of my nicest tools in second hand shops .... but estate sales are the BEST place to look!

Thanks for the info on the clamps , CG. I have no information on Buffalo, except the old song, which goes....."if you want to shuffle, shuffle off to Buffalo".:B

I'm a New Zealander. Aussies...

I tend to hunt for old tools in 2nd hand and thrift shops. You'd be surprised what you find. My favourites? Some old, handmade moulding planes.... they are beautiful to look at, now they're all...

but once things start to get split along gender lines, then there IS the danger of the "little woman in the kitchen" syndrome, if you know what I mean!

I'm 60, and I've spent most of my life...

the fellas on here are seldom anything less than helpful and courteous. Why have we isolated ourselves? (As women, I mean.....)

Do what I do, and take over the spare bedroom!

I'd work in the shed (honest) but there's no power out there, and, since there's only me, I use the third bedroom. Bonus is, its nice and warm in...

if I'm seeing things, but aren't there slightly lighter-coloured dowels covering up some sort of fixing? (three at each end of each sleeper)

Here's another useful calculator site. Spreadsheets for Works and Excel.

We used to poison with Tordon Brushkiller mixed with diesel and leave for a year, then burn the stump out. HOWEVER... this was in paddocks on a farm. The roots often extend for yards (sorry, metres)...

Why didn't you say so two days ago..... I had 10 inches or so (sorry Metric people!) cut off my own grey hair yesterday.....!! :)

Seriously, tho.... try "Spotlight" for doll's hair, or any other...

Wot he said!!

When I bought my Ryobi, I didn't know you had to tune new woodworking equipment..... wondered why the mitres on my picture frames were all out of whack..... checked all the angles...