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    Cheers DJ... thanks for the link.... that's the...

    Cheers DJ... thanks for the link.... that's the item and fairly reasonably priced too!

    Cheers
    John
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    Hi China the protractor type you move one of the...

    Hi China the protractor type you move one of the arms about to match an angle on a roof. Or you can set the desired angle on the protractor scale. One side of this metal square has an edge that you...
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    Where to buy a roofing square?

    Had a mate around today doing some work on our gables. Gav has some really good gear... Triton Multi stands which he seems to use a lot. And today a pair of TOWA roofing squares (protractors) which...
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    HI Wongdai....care to elaborate on where the...

    HI Wongdai....care to elaborate on where the failure took place?

    I bought mine as an alternative to using clamps or the outdoor wooden red cedar table as a sawbench. Being only a Spring DIYer and...
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    Sontax 100mm Swivel base Bench vice

    Bunning have a special on vices this week (Oct 12 2009) in their current catalogue. For $24.87 they have a Chinese made Sontax swivelling vice that will rotate through 360 degrees and open up to...
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    Actually Graeme neither. I thought the purpose of...

    Actually Graeme neither. I thought the purpose of this forum was to share info. Just happened to be watching BH&G last night when this topic was covered. I was actually looking around for the name of...
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    THere was a feature on tonights (Jan 16 2009)...

    THere was a feature on tonights (Jan 16 2009) Summer edition #7 of Better Homes and Gardens on "Rotting Timber" and how to fix it. The presenter used Earls Wood Hardener and finished off with...
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    http://www.bigbrandbargains.com.au/about_us.php ...

    http://www.bigbrandbargains.com.au/about_us.php

    Here's the link to the Karcher outlet in Preston... Chifley drive just south of Bell St. Helluva nice bloke in the sales area.

    With Merbau I...
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    Fagerz if the timber is Merbau you're going to...

    Fagerz if the timber is Merbau you're going to have to pre-drill any holes for the nails and then possibly only for a hand hammer.

    Wonder if there is a way to attach the decking without having...
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    Thanks SBD... perhaps next visit I should knock...

    Thanks SBD... perhaps next visit I should knock on my verandah and see if my boards are solid... Hopetoun for this boy.
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    Identifying timber in an old house?

    Hi.. a real newbie question here.... got an old 1920s house up in the Mallee in NW Victoria. It's a long drive to go and look. But just wondering how I can tell what sort of flooring and verandah...
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    Hi Gunny I've got a Karcher with T Racer...

    Hi Gunny I've got a Karcher with T Racer attachment really meant for hard patios, tiles, concrete but will do wooden decks. Does a fabulous job on these. YOu can use it on timber. There's a place in...
  13. Thread: Decking Oils.

    by MelbMan
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    Well my sisters verandah is done...it's actually...

    Well my sisters verandah is done...it's actually Merbau pickets with small gaps betweeen them. She's about 15km away so all of last week it was a series of trips down there and back late afternoon....
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    Woodbe thanks for your reply and putting it...

    Woodbe thanks for your reply and putting it partly into context. It always harder to conceptualize something rather than experience it
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    Trying to work out what you'd classify as muggy...

    Trying to work out what you'd classify as muggy when expressed as relative humidity..

    For example in the following link relative humidity is expressed as RH
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    Hi Jack never having owned a house with evap...

    Hi Jack never having owned a house with evap cooling I was under the impression that evap is cheaper to run than refrig. You see heaps of houses in country area with evaps sitting on the roof. Guess...
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    I'm interested in putting a new Bonaire in a...

    I'm interested in putting a new Bonaire in a house up in the Mallee....about 200km south of Mildura. Very hot up there in summer. Wonder how evap will go? The house has one refrig a/c unit in one of...
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    Hi James if you like research take a look at some...

    Hi James if you like research take a look at some of the Jamestown Distributors videos on ROS on YouTube. If you do a search for Festool you'll find a heap of reviews. Quite interesting as the guy...
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    Good point Pusser... I bought an early broadband...

    Good point Pusser... I bought an early broadband router from the USA a couple of years ago when they were not so common here and expensive. Finished up with a 110/240v transformer from Dick Smith. It...
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    Hi James will do.. expect to break out the Makita...

    Hi James will do.. expect to break out the Makita this weekend.

    If you are keen on a Blue Bosch or Metabo Duo (there's one of these on EBay for sale at the moment - currently bidding is around...
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    Hi James $177 for the Makita (comes with 15...

    Hi James $177 for the Makita (comes with 15 sanding discs for what they are worth). THe Bosch PEX270 is a green one and $99. Both prices from Bunnings. Both come in plastic carry boxes... the Makita...
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    Bob just back from Bunnings and finished up with...

    Bob just back from Bunnings and finished up with a 125mm Makita ROS.

    Saw the same guy as yesterday and he was again happy to open up packaging for a trial run. They had a new 5 in 1 Black and...
  23. Thread: Decking Oils.

    by MelbMan
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    Redoing my sisters verandah in inner Melbourne,...

    Redoing my sisters verandah in inner Melbourne, it's Merbau facing east and the local hardware guy recommended Sceneys old fashioned weatherproof oil... in fact he swore by it. It's about $35 for 2...
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    HB.. touche! As you say perhaps I can just...

    HB.. touche!

    As you say perhaps I can just plug the Xceed in and give it a run every now and then. And look at something more serious should some serious cutting cross my path.

    John on the...
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    So taking Watsons advice a helpful guy at the...

    So taking Watsons advice a helpful guy at the local Bunnings gave me a demo yesterday of an Ozito 450W and also the Bosch PEX270. The Bosch was a lot smoother, still some vibration of course. THe...
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    Guys there is an Aussie girl (Kim) in California...

    Guys there is an Aussie girl (Kim) in California whose business revolves around shipping items bought in the USA and onshipping to Australia.
    It's mainly been set us to service women buying...
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    Shop vac recommendations?

    Good morning everyone... about to buy a ROS and just wondering about any suggestions on a reasonably priced shop vac. For me it would have to be something not too big and portable as all my projects...
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    Thanks HB... anyone with any suggestions for a...

    Thanks HB... anyone with any suggestions for a make and number of watts for a Shop Vac.

    John
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    Hi Watson thanks for your experience with the...

    Hi Watson thanks for your experience with the GMCs. Just back from Bunnings and without giving anyone a run, the dustbags on the Ozito (450W, 125mm @ $52) don't look very business like. Small cotton...
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    Random Orbital Sanders - Ozito, GMC or??

    Hi I've got two small verandahs to sand down after spraywashing with Karcher and then staining. And possibly one WB house to paint... the current paint is not in bad nick but the wrong colour.
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