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    Belated reply

    Sorry, this is a very late reply . I don't often log in to the forum.

    I did the cruise in 2011, and as blown away by it all.

    Well organised. Odd Erik Thjomoe, the organiser was friendly,...
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    Tambour restoration

    Not an answer to AlexS enquiry, but a closely related question.

    Daughter and I, (mostly daughter's elbow grease) are restoring her grandfather's roll top desk. All in oak, and probably one of...
  3. Tassie Blackwood door

    Thanks China for your recommendation. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any Rustins products locally, although I have heard of their brand.
    Having taken local advice I am going with...
  4. Tasmanian Blackwood Front door -recommendations for a clear finish please.

    I'm having major house alterations done at present, including a new front door in Tasmanian Blackwood.

    I've had various conflicting recommendations for the finish for the door and need advice....
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    Thanks again Big Shed. Excellent catalogue,...

    Thanks again Big Shed.
    Excellent catalogue, however, at $1900 or $2600 US, plus crating and freight, and 12.5%gst when landed here, second hand and local would be preferred.
    We'll keep looking...
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    Thanks Big Shed. I'll pass your reference on to...

    Thanks Big Shed.
    I'll pass your reference on to daughter and see what she says. I think we are after something quite a lot bigger.
    ROB NZ
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    Lap grinding wheel

    Not really metalwork, and certainly not woodwork.
    My daughter and I are looking for a lap grinding wheel (motorised), second hand, and because of freight costs, in New Zealand.
    Can anyone offer any...
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    Hi Dave, I've had my Carbatec 14" model for a...

    Hi Dave,
    I've had my Carbatec 14" model for a bit over a year now, and have nothing to complain about. I've broken 2 blades, (one was 1/4") and I have 3 sizes of blades. I've got quite good at...
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    Hi Toni, I have a 14" BS from Carbatec, and as...

    Hi Toni,
    I have a 14" BS from Carbatec, and as others have said, I use use it more than the tablesaw. The latest "quicky" use was making points on some 1.8m garden stakes!
    Our wise tutor at night...
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    Banksia it is:mystery solved!

    Thanks again everyone. I have especially noted Len's comment about sealing.

    Last night at woodturning class, the guy who added the piece to Fred's collection turned up. He told me that the timber...
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    I'm fortunate to be tutored by Fred Irvine at...

    I'm fortunate to be tutored by Fred Irvine at Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton, N.Z. and it came from his collection. He said it was Grevillea, but when I asked whether it could be Banksia, he said it...
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    Grevillea or Banksia

    Thanks to everyone for the responses.
    I see we have two basic replies, so until Woodwork Forum gives us some means of swapping bits of wood through the electronix, thats about as far as we can take...
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    Is this Grevillea (Silky Oak)

    I hope I have properly attached a photograph of the piece of wood which I have recently turned into a very shallow dish. Is it Grevillea, (Silky Oak) Grevillea robusta, or is it Banksia (Banksia...
  14. Thread: Sheaok Vase??

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    Two questions: Very interested to read Neil's...

    Two questions:
    Very interested to read Neil's experience with his she oak and the responses. Today, acting under instructions from SWMBO i have been doing major pruning work on some trees on our...
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    Turn Them Off

    For the ordinary sheddie, there is only one answer to the question.

    Turn them off.

    A few thousand sheddies leaving their fluoros on when not required are:
    contributing unnecessarily to...
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    For me, at the time, buying the Triton router...

    For me, at the time, buying the Triton router table and router, was the right thing to do. I had no experience, and didn't know anyone who could advise, except for the various suppliers.

    Now that...
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    Thanks

    Thanks for the good wishes. After a quiet day contemplating my near miss
    Im feeling a lot better. Cheers, and best wishes for Xmas and the N.Yr

    ROB NZ:)
  18. Thread: Still Chewing

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    carpal tunnel

    i have sympathy fo carpal tunnel sufferers.
    i've not had carpal tunnel, but have had trigger finger dealt to.
    daughter has had 2x carpal tunnel. she didn't get physio after the first op - and took...
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    kicked by a horse

    its only relevant to woodworking because i cant complete some lathe work expected for xmas pressies,(and can only type with the left hand - hence no caps).

    u never know when murphy is going to...
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    Hi Amos, I bought a 14 inch bandsaw, Carbatec...

    Hi Amos,
    I bought a 14 inch bandsaw, Carbatec BAS 350, early this year, and a second hand lathe (Teknatool) in September. The bandsaw was the best buy for me here, and I have found it almost the...
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    To add to the parafin oil advice, I got SWMBO to...

    To add to the parafin oil advice, I got SWMBO to get some some from our pharmacist today. She explained that it was to apply as a finish to a couple of turned bowls. He responded by saying that local...
  22. Thread: Famous Quotes

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    Two quotes from a much respected and now deceased...

    Two quotes from a much respected and now deceased metalwork tutor:

    Of a difficult piece of steel:

    "As hard as goat's knees".

    And while sharpening a tool on an a grinder, without goggles:...
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    Hi John, We have electric underfloor (consrete...

    Hi John,
    We have electric underfloor (consrete slab) heating in our house, and haven't had it on for 4 or more years. The cost is simply unsupportable for us, even though there are thermostats in...
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    Different rules in different jurisdictions. ...

    Different rules in different jurisdictions.

    Last year I got my workshop closed in and ready for wiring. (Shed size 12m x 6m).

    The sparky who has done alterations and minor additions on our...
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    KIa ora Channa, More years ago than I care to...

    KIa ora Channa,

    More years ago than I care to remember, when I was moonlighting as a school cleaner the travelling building supervisor told me to coat the school rooms cork tile floors with two...
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    Kia ora Roger, Having had no significant...

    Kia ora Roger,

    Having had no significant experience at all at finishing pieces, I showed my first raw box to a friend, a professional carpenter- cabinet maker who does a lot of turning in his...
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    Hi Babytoolman, Recognising my novice status...

    Hi Babytoolman,

    Recognising my novice status may I comment as follows.

    Congratulations on your effort with what I think is one of Ventura's more difficult designs. You seem to have matched...
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    My Skil belt sander is designed to be clamped in...

    My Skil belt sander is designed to be clamped in an ordinary woodworkers vice - works a treat. I regularly use it for fine sanding of small pieces (of wood).

    However for sharpening knives,...
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    Thanks everyone for your welcome and comments,...

    Thanks everyone for your welcome and comments, which I appreciate, and have noted.

    I'm encouraged to get on with the next. I'm thinking of gluing up 3 or 4 blanks in one go, so that I can proceed...
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    Skew, Thanks for your comments. I'll try do...

    Skew,

    Thanks for your comments. I'll try do do some more boxes soon, but others have made lists of things for me to do both in and outside the workshop.

    I had thought of some approach on the...
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    First bandsawn box attempt

    Bought my first bandsaw a couple of months ago .

    After a few trial cuts, and inspired by the book "Building beautiful boxes with your bandsaw" by Lois K Ventura, had a go!

    I found cutting...
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    Benefits of being a woodworker

    True story!

    The other day a friend asked me how I was getting on with my projects in my recently built workshop.

    I said " O.K., its keeping me off the streets".

    "Yeah", he said,...
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    Training cats

    No joke!, but of course you can't herd cats.

    I have the misfortune to be married to a pedigree cat breeder. Daughter also caught the malady, in fact she caught it first.
    Son in law started early...
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    Bas 350

    Hi Richard,

    I bought a BAS350 from Carbatec in Auckland about 2.5 months ago.
    Have mounted it on their wheeled base MB6 and am very pleased with it all. I have a 1/2 " blade. which I have used...
  35. Thread: Totara

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    Totara Rimu etc

    Yesterday swmbo took me to a specialist quality furniture maker, looking for a display cabinet of a quality I could not begin to match. They are using rimu, "pacific rimu" and a couple of other...
  36. Thread: Totara

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    Totara - picture

    In my reply to Alex's request for a picture of totara wood, this evening on dusk I found an old totara fence batten, ran it through my new bandsaw, and then the planer and sander, but I'm...
  37. Thread: Totara

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    Totara -(not red pine)

    Echnidna

    True totara, is "Podocarpus totara". There is another totara, "Podocarpus hallii" but McDermott says the two timbers are difficult to distinguish.

    I have heard totara called red...
  38. Thread: Totara

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    Totara -picture

    Alex S,

    There is no where I know of where totara can be purchased in our city, except from one of the demolition merchants. LIke most of our native timber, its like hen's teeth.

    I'm sorry I...
  39. Thread: Totara

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    Totara

    Hi Andrea,
    I'm interested in your question and the replies, as I have a pile of unmilled totara from a tree we had to cut down some years ago. I'm currently on the trail of someone with a chainsaw...
  40. Thread: B.t.B. Boxes

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    Yes please!

    The shed is finished.SWMBO has shown an interest in sculptured boxes, and, the purchase of a bandsaw, so by June I should have sourced a suitable machine, got the hang using it, and, anticipating...
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    Regarding the original multiple blowers question,...

    Regarding the original multiple blowers question, I have a suggestion to help Hazard test the various theories.

    When Swimbo was deeply into pottery, many years ago, I built a diesel fired kiln,...
  42. Thread: Irony

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    Robert, I send you sympathy and wish you good...

    Robert,
    I send you sympathy and wish you good luck.
    After much anticipation, I went on a two day guided walk throught the Whirinaki Forest Park 4 wks ago. Towards the end of the second day walk I...
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    I've always been fond of this one, from an...

    I've always been fond of this one, from an Elizabethan playwright mate of Shakespeare (or was that Spokeshave?):

    "Drink today and drown all sorrow, perhaps there shall be no tomorrow"


    ROB...
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    Fitting and hanging a door

    Dare I add to the good advice already given.....!

    Building supply firms in NZ (including Bunnings) have excellent giveaway pamphlets on all sorts of common (and not so simple) procedures like...
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    The Lion and Albert:sequel

    Now there's an Australian sequel to the LIon and Albert:

    Go to the website quoted .....monologues....etc, and you'll find that the Lion gets sent to Taronga Park Zoo.

    I won't spoil the story,...
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    What's not in the manual!

    I bought a Ryobi AP13 planer thicknesser about 16 months ago, locally. After the usual shopping around.

    There a quite a number of identical machines with different paintwork and badges,...
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    Nothing to do with wood-turning really, but more...

    Nothing to do with wood-turning really, but more with Tim's tree, and perhaps a warning for Tim.

    I cut down a really big Albizzia julibrissen ( referred to in our garden boooks as an Indian Silk...
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    Ryobi thicknesser sharpening

    P.S.
    Russell, your sketch is really helpful, thanks.

    Rob NZ
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    Ryobi thicknesser sharpening

    Thanks Russell and Craig for your advice.

    I'm going to try Russell's method, but will take the precuation of ordering a second set of blades for "best".

    Cheers

    Rob NZ
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    Ryobi AP13 Thicknesser-sharpening

    My Ryobi AP13 thicknesser is about 14 months old.
    I am quite pleased with it, but it seems now that I need either to replace the blades or sharpen them.

    The manual explains how to replace the...
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