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Ticky,

Thanks for the info - I am practising on a few pieces at the moment so will give it a go.

Graha.

I have already glued up legs to the end, short aprons using dowels (first use of my Aussie-Jig I bought from the Woodworking Show last year). I am attaching the longer aprons using dry dowels and...

Christos,

No epoxy - just used a wood glue. I made the assumption that the majority of force will be straight through the legs and not a lot of stress will be put on the joint itself (please...

Managed to get some time on the weekend to make more sawdust. Leg have now been glued up and I stood one up next to an apron to see how it may end up - liking it. Had a cutoff piece which I am...

I cut the grooves in the leg pieces to sit splines in, but need some advise as to what material to use as splines. The groove is 2mm thick (the thickness of the blade cut) and around 4mm deep each...

This is the first project I have attempted, so I tried to keep it simple. Being constructed entirely of 25mm marine ply (cedar faced), it will be my dining table once built.

Table top is 1300x800...

A mate of mine has also suggested I turn the point from a double-point into a quad-point. It sticks out from the wall a little farther, but the connecting points may be wider, hense allowing me to...

Thanks for that - I will take a look.

Hi all,

I have recently renovated the kitchen in my unit, and decided to put a double power point into a hole which use to be the electrical feed for the oven (moved the oven to a different point...

I recently bought one for cleaning up some 2x4 boards I obtained. It certainly does a faster job than planing them by hand (and makes lots of lovely shavings), but I am having some problems with the...

A good reason to listen to people when they say "measure twice, cut once". Bought the right amount of wood for the first part of my new workbench, measured once and cut away. Later found out that my...

From what I can remember from my yr 7-10 years of wood work some of the projects we made are:
- pencil case with sliding top (four sides, masonite bottom, simple rebates in three of the four sides...

Matt,

I am starting to look around at the recycled yards as well - I guess some seasoned "hardwood" (if it comes at the right price) would be great. I am also going to visit some local timberyards...

All,

I am keen to build the small workbench featured in the current issue of Australian Woodsmith. I am not a seasoned woodworker - more a woodhacker (weekend wood warrior) and would like some...

Also, you might want to consider getting the dust bag for the unit. I have used my WC2000 on and off for a few years now and before I had the bag would spend an hour or so after every session...

Scissors - very nice desk (lovely clean lines). Are you basing this on a plan, and if so, could you share? I am currently trying to design (and, believe me, it IS trying) a computer table to replace...

Rustic,

Before we purchased the place the cold water main tap (which is situated under te laundry tub on the left) was leaking quite badly and caused the water damage. We have since fixed the tap...

Ian,

Very good point - never thought of that one. I will chase this down as well.

Graha.

The grey stuff (if you are referring to the bottom of the board) is an undercoat on the chipboard (which is what I believe the board is). However, as I am not sure what is behind the structure (dust,...

All,

I am about to replace a section of my laundry which is currently rotting away merrily (and has a nice little mouse/rat/cockroach hole at the bottom). The room itself is square, but one corner...

Rocker - an outstanding piece of furniture. Lets hope my SWMBO does not see it - she loves this style of furniture.

Flowboy - love the shape of the chair. I like the idea of building it in pine first to make sure it "works" as a complete unit - one day I will tackle a larger project than my simple doors/kids...

Oh how true this is.

I have had the Triton saw now pretty much permanently attached to my WC2000 as it is a beast of a unit to use hand held - I am currently looking around for a lighter saw to use freehand. I have not...

Mad,

Your case mod is fantastic!! I have seen a few in my days (being a happy gamer with a few lan days under my belt), but the only mods I have seen are the usual case lights, LEDs, etc. Your...

What do you mean by orientation? I would have assumed that the table feed will be from the end with the on/off switch (in case emergency stopage is required), with the fence sitting to the right....

Thanks for doing that.

As for reconfiging the table all the time, it is a pain. I only have half a single garage to do any work in, so only one machine at a time. My next place will have AT LEAST...

I have also seen a similar jig which is built as per BrisBen plans above, but another piece of hardwood/aluminium track is added to the bottom of the jig, 90 degrees to the top aluminium track at the...

Question for all - I had a look at the Woodworkers router table at the Sydney show last Friday and was quite impressed (especially when utilising the Incra jigs and track with it). I don't have the...

Not that I have been on the forum very long, but I will drop in to say hiya on Friday (can't wait - has been a few years since my last WWW show and had a great time at the last one.)

Make sure the better half doesn't have an internet connection - you just left a paper trail (of the internet kind :)

If you need alibi's(?), I am sure many people on the forum can give you one :)

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Wonder who the father is?? :)

Norman,

I recently purchased the Ryobi ($99). I have had no problems with it, although I don't use it that often. My only negative comment is the travel for the chuck - I didn't take this into...

I have finished my yesterday and gave it a test this afternoon to a complete success. Thanks to all that posted in this thread (and many other threads in this forum) as I am quite impressed with the...

Dazzler,

I was thinking of doing this, but I didn't cut a nice-enough hole in the top (it is a bit ragged). So with the little gaps I used silicon to close them up.

I will be using a form of...

Zen,

Thanks for that - I have seen you link before are quite admire the clear cone - not only keeping dust away from our lungs, but looks cool as well :)

Guys,

Today I purchased my air-tight "bucket" to create my cyclone seperator - for those in Sydney I got mine from Reverse Garbage in Marrickville - they have a lot of good quality, second hand...

Over the last few days I have been reading a book regarding workshop benchs and it recommended having the height of the legs of a workbench the same distance as your wrist to the ground when standing...

Nothing to do with thickness - when we purchased out unit we decided to lay floating flooring in our kitchen. Not sure the type of wood, but we were sold the flooring at around $25 per metre. What we...

All these puns are quite paw - how many more can we bear :)

I think this is one of the best pieces of advise for shopping at Bunnings - too many times I have asked for information from younger guys/gals at my local only to received puzzled looks and "I don't...

I have just found a good project for my father-in-law (who happens to be a boiler maker by trade) - those cyclones (looking through all links given) might be a good project for him to create for me...

Sensei - I am actually sharing my hobby with my boxes and other junk in a single garage, hense the space restriction. I am wanting to connect the WC when I am ripping, then move the hose to...

Masters and apprentices,

I am relative novice to wood working, and thus only have a few power tools and a Triton workbench (which I am very happy with). I have a small 1Hp dust extractor which I...

If you know anyone in the I.T. field, see if they can get their hands on plastic covers which backup tapes come in (usually DLT covers - they will know what you are talking about). They stack nicely,...