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I used to use Black Japan also, but it isn't "black". If you wipe on some BJ, then wipe it off, you will see it actually gives an antique red/brown. In fact antique restorers use it for this very...

It's ok, found it in settings. :C

Any ideas on how to update my Sigi? (and tagline )

There is'nt any edit abilities for it in my profile.

Cheers

Love the home made brews :)

You fella's use regular turps or "white spirits"?

Having been out of the game for 15yrs or so and just starting to find my way back :)


Wipe on Poly was my go to product for finishing. But times have changed and it is to hard to get and to pricy...

Hey y'all

I have an old teak shoebox to refinish shortly and wish to use a non-toxic low odor product as I basically will be doing this inside (I live in a small flat)

Would something like...

Ok, so if anyone is interested I think I figured it out (and thanks heaps for the above replies!)

It is ex Government Defence Dept. WWII (probably British) around 1940's. the symbols on the side...

Cool, so atleast I was right about the age being around 1940's. And WW11 would fit the design being an ex-defence piece.

Would you think that this piece could be very rare and perhaps I should contact a museum?

Convict marks! That's what they are

Then I would think this piece could be 19th Century colonial (given a quick G-search at similar markings).

Hey y'all !

Been like a 15 years since I've been on here. It is nice to find my way back.


I've come accress a very interesting set of drawers that needs restoring. But I could use a little...

hey guys!

ok, here is what i ended up doing

gave the desk a good clean with a damp cloth and soapy water

gave the rough bits and the top a very light sand with 800 wet/dry (very, very...

hey rusty !

no i am no good with spray stuff (or have spray gear)

looking to keep it un-fancy, don't want it to look new but more like an old desk, keeping the charactor of the previous owner....

hey guys...

been ages since i have been here, hope you are all well :2tsup:

picked up a cheap oregon desk, it is perfect for my needs

there are heaps of scrathes on the top and the desk has...

check out www.taradennis.com/

there may not be any info on her site but she is sooo good at that sort of stuff, send her a message (i have emailed her a few times and either her or one of her team...

naa, wouldn't be a 4x4, just a nice pick-up of some kind...

i currently have a au falcon ute, had it for years, gosh there crap.

i hear sooooooo many reports of problems with modern utes,...

hey guys...

sorry i forgot a wrote this thread, (it was 2am at the time)

yeh i like the old ford 250's but ones that have modern drive-trains, certainly not original ones.just original on the...

thanks guys for you support :)

all is quiet here at the moment, mum is good but we are both keeping quiet...

he has been as quiet as a mouse.

i'm been doing some reading to try and figure...

hey guys...

not sure what can be done about emotional domestic violence. (no physical voilence thank god)

my mum has been getting emotionally abused by her partner for the past 10+ years. (she...

thanks for your response Pete...

so i just use some ply or perspex for the slides, and the groove can be a circular saw cut, about 4mm...

that just gave me an idea, i could probably use...

Hey fellow woodies, Merry Xmas :)

i want to make a little tv cabinet, and i like the idea of sliding doors, like this one here (see attached)

does anyone know of an easy way to do this?

i...

if woodworkers can't stick together, than what hope is there.

yeh, i'm renting too, but it is getting to the point where i'm just going to have to find the right sort of items to make that i can...

sorry to hear your at a bit of a low point at the moment

i know what it is like to loose a workshop, where i used to live i had all the machines and stuff and made furniture, then the building got...

Howdy guys...!

i have been reading countless bad reviews on most of the newish 4x4's and commercial vehicles like rodeoe's, navara's etc on the market, people are paying a lot for these and yet...

The Wassily chair...

what a classic. lucky you. :2tsup:

If you need a website, I am currently accepting new projects, it would be an interesting opportunity to be involved in.

La H

i ain't as dumb as i look Wongdai:U but thanks for the tip

it's the fan at the back that sits on top of the heatsinks

thanks for the info marker...

i also found this on youtube, it's the exact same machine as mine, look at that dust, i only gave the little heatsink a blow .

how can i safely do this, i don't...

to be honest i know as much about the inside of my pc as the inside of the dunny on the space station...

it's a dell optiplex desktop 3gig with xp pro, and has 79% free space.if you looking at it...

sorry i kind of wrote the thread in a hurry (the fan was going mad again !)

what i mean is the fan itself starts up 33min after reboot, it's starts at low speed, for a few moments, then the speed...

hey all..

on my dell pc here i would hardly ever here the fan, but suddenly the other day it's started running , and get louder and faster till it's impossible to work and i then restart the pc...

hey Pam...

send me the documents and i can convert them to a format suitable for posting here if you like, sounds like good reading too...

providing it's ok to post them, no copyright that is?...

looking at Carbatec as they are 5min from me, this crosscut carpenters saw is right on my budget for a beginner into Japanese woodworking and it's 300mm to boot...

so what do ya reckon, good to...

can't offer any personal advice but i have a mate in the US who takes his work to craft shows and does quite well out of it.

hey all...

Although i'm not doing woodworking for a living anymore, as i do website design now. When i was doing it one of the hardest things i had to deal with was selling my work, most of the...

cheers for the response...

i found a couple of vids on youtube of some guy doing a little bit of Japanese joinery, and another where a group of people built a wood structure, one guy used the...

cheers mate...

i can use machines in woodworking almost with my eyes shut, but hand tooling is a bit challenging, i'm pretty good with hand planing though...

which Japanese handsaw should i...

hey all...

i'm kind of busting to get back into some woodworking, but don't have my machines anymore nor a workshop.

i love the peacefulness of traditional woodworking and it will give me a...

i use gmail, it filters out all those nasties...

I pick up at least 1 or 2 viruses a month, but my AVG stops them dead in there tracks, i do a lot of web browsing for research and can end up anywhere on the web, i have had virus from major company...

Always wanted to do a big plank top spanish style dining table out of 3in x 10in oregon for the top and 5in x 3in for base.

it's all in my head. it will bolt together but in a way as to have a...

you can find all this info about a website by entering here.

http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/whois/whois_local.jsp?

i have seen them on ebay, but you might have to get the whole office package...

this is old though, why not get publisher 2007 ?

why did you do a re-install?, if you couldn't get on to the internet after removing the virus, your internet connection may just have needed redone on your pc, there are also other things that could...

i use avg8 and firefox 3 and hav'nt had any crashes (yet)

chrome is looking pretty good i must admit, but i use delicious bookmarks with firefox to bookmark everything i find, instead of...

ahh yes, i did notice a few problems but thought it was just something on my end, oh well, it was good while it lasted, i'm sure though that the bugs will be fixed in the next release.

the only browser to use at the moment is firefox 3, it has some great add-ons like delicious bookmarks and is great at helping to keep away spyware.

but google looks like it could be a good simple...

Hi buddy...

firstly you will unlikely get anywhere near the same look using new boards compared to recycled ones, the old ones just have all that character and are usually old growth wood, new...

Always a please my friend...


godspeed


La H

cool, sent one back at cha !