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Thanks Ian!! No luck at local bunnings tho' so I'm going with Briwax spirit based dyes, green and black, and their shellac sanding sealer as a buffer between them and some water based timbermate...

Can you remember its exact product name Ian? I find theres so much stuff on the shelves at the big B!! :(

Oh, its just the "spirit" dyes I've seen like Briwax are methanol based :-

Interesting, the water based stain pack recommended to use the water based gloss, I thought the spirit based stains would remove the water based filler too?

Cheers for that, well I've got some white timbermate and some wattyl gel stain to try out, also some water based estapol gloss to go over the top, will test it on some test pieces and see how it...

I think i'd prefer to use a spirit based dye like the briwax ones for a deeper finish, this may limit my options filler wise, any suggestions?

Hi Wendy, yes I think my local bunnings has timbermate, I vaguely remember seeing it in the wood fillers section, I assume I'd need to use a water based dye on the wood after filling with it? could I...

Hi All,

I'm building a guitar with a hard ash body, i would like to dye it a dark green and finish it so the grain is filled, but reading lots about different methods but thought I should ask here...

Beautiful work!! A tele is on my list of projects, this is awe inspiring stuff!! :2tsup:

Hows this going Martin?

All the above and about 6000 others!! Going to weed it down to all the good ones tho', too much to navigate in the interface :D

:U I'd hate to think how much time or money I've spent on it overall, planning, building, and getting parts, my wife and I played it last night for the first time, she was really into it, quite...

A few new pics, just need to put together the amp for the speakers and some stickers on the machine and we'll be there! :2tsup:

Buttons are on the correct slant dude :2tsup:

Some pics of the wiring for cabman, theres a green common ground that goes around all the switches and then each switch has a wire back to the...

:) Cheers man, yep totally right, we tested her out last night (still un-stained) and it was mint, so proud :)

:) Thanks dude, very true!!

Yep, pretty close to $200 indeed!! I used 11 4.8m lengths of the timber = $105 (the deciding factor in the final length of the table), coach bolts and nuts & washers were ~$30 at bunnings, 100 10x3"...

Also wood was on special at $1.99 / m so its cost next to nothing to make :)

Wow!

Totally, if I'd used anything more expensive than cheap decking timber it wouldn't have been worth doing, but it was a cheap exercise which I learnt a lot doing and really enjoyed making :2tsup:

Cheers dude, wow seven kids, are you crazy?? 1 is hard enough work! :oo:

The cheapest I could find :U some 100x40 pine decking, cost me $2 a metre :2tsup:

Well we went looking at outdoor furniture and most things were horrendously expensive and at the end of the day what we needed was some basic seating and a table so I decided to build a picnic table,...

:) Cheers guys!!

Wiring is done and cabinet is primered, going on holiday now for 10 days but will be hitting it full on once I get home :2tsup:

Control panel is painted and buttons etc installed, wiring to be done tonight :)

Monitor mount made up and rear door (not pictured) shes ready for sanding prep for primer and paint and then wiring :o

Wow thats really cool and nicely made! :2tsup:

Making slow progress at present, haven't done anything for a couple of weeks, hoping to get some time in this weekend :)

Have a set of 4" fusion 2-way car speakers and a 2x100W amp for it now...

Cheers Martin, been following your thread, looks very cool, need to take a few more pics of mine, just got the back door and monitor mount to add to mine and she'll be ready to paint!! :)

Most of time is definately in the cutting and fitting, a cnc router would save a LOT of time and effort :)

I've got about 6000 MAME Roms with lots of classics like Raiden, Gyruss, Gauntlet etc... also later games like Mortal Kombat 3, Streetfighter etc... Was going to use Maximus Arcade for the frontend...

Dunno if technically using MDF counts as woodwork but this is my second project ever, still got a lot to learn but really enjoying it, tis a slow process as time is limited due to new baby!

The...

I wonder if this will apply to Bunnings NZ? theres quite a haul of GMC gear at my local one, might have to keep an eye out for upcoming clearance specials :)

Excellent, can't wait to try a better blade out!!

Awesome, thanks for your advice guys, looks like I have some playing with the saw to do as well as some shopping!

p.s. LOL @ looking at the manual, its still in its sealed bag :2tsup:

Hey everyone, I bought a cheap GMC compound mitre saw and no surprises the stock blade is a bit rough...

I need something to do nice cuts without splintering the fence edge of the wood, any...

Very nice, just waiting on some bits from ozstick.com.au so I can build my own one, making it about 1/4 - 1/5 scale with an lcd so it can fit on a coffee table or desk :)