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Hi Steve,

Theres a guy in Bayswater who does alot of small machining on various materials.
I have been to him a number of times for odd jobs and if I catch him on the right day he can machine my...

This weekend was the best time I have had in very long time. I got to meet other forum members, drool over fancy tools, make my own mallet, spend some $, watch great demos and I won the volunteer...

I need to add my 2 cents worth now,

I gained free entry to the show just for volunteering on the forum stand, it was surprisingly easy and a ton of fun.
I got to meet other forum members,...

Oh I see now, I didn't think about plants on top of the dogs that would sit flat on the bench doh:

Am wandering tho, with square dogs, how do you find them holding irregular shapes of timber,...

Thanks Norm,

I see now, I can drill the holes all the way through then have a wooden dowel dog with a piece of ply planted on the top to sit flat on the bench? Ply sounds like a great idea too as...

Hi pmcgee,

The vice looks almost identical to this one I recently purchased, the front of my vice has a sticker on it with Robley engineering co pty ltd Geelong, and has the same quick lock...

Oh I've heard of thoe quick lock type before but I had thought they come with a little lever thingy on the face next to the handle. But now I can see what you mean, I need to slide the vice against...

Hi all,

A few months ago I bought a big old bench vise made by a Geelong engineering company called Robley (I'm guessing that by the only markings is a sticker on the front).
I bought it for...

Hi everyone,

There are some incredible looking benches here that gives me more inspiration to hurry up and build my own.

I do have a couple of (possibly stupid) questions about the dogs and dog...

It's a pretty good idea,
a few markets in Melbourne have the stalls where you can load up plastic bags as many screws, bolts, nails etc from large bins then take them to the scales where you pay per...

Have you considered cutting a pvc pipe down to size and attaching the flanges?
Maybe a large chrome drain flange thingy will work too?

I'd recommend heading to Bunnings and rigging up some...

"darn it, now I have to buy twice as much eyeliner and mascara"

Thanks Greg!

penciled in and will look forward to an awesome day :U

....and the latest specimen to emerge from Chernobyl is......

I'd rather put a toxic fumes meter thingy in the kitchen rather than a canary.

If I had a canary in there, I'd need to look after it, end up getting too attached then become really sad if it was...

I'd be honoured to help out!

I'll make time for any slot available over the weekend.

Thanks you,
Priscilla

oh I got it now, the size printed on the head. yeah that'll be it outer diameter 125mm x height 50mm x arbor 30mm.

hmmm, but although the spindle shaft is the same 30mm on both SM, I'd doubt the...

:hahaha: that's what we do on all the machines at work! hehe well actually it's duck-for-cover dry run after every changeover

if you're ever looking for cutters there's some sets here that I'll...

That's an awesome machine Dave, lets hope you have some room to put it by next feb :roll:

What maker is that one? Would cutter heads be interchangable between certain machines providing the...

Yeah Pete that is HafCos sp300, I think you just pointed that out to me, but I believe the other loose cutter head sitting on the machine is actually for the Wolfenden. The HafCo has a smaller...

Sorry Ian, I'm not a pro at upholstering but I have an idea...

Were you going to get the chaise upholstered anyway? If you were, wouldnt it be easier peeling back the fabric and cushioning to...

Thanks Wrongway!

very informative and thorough. I'll check them all out now :)

Looks awesome Larkan, esp the contrasting colours :2tsup:

What's it made from?

Oh absolutely, I quite like that rustic look in the timber so I'm glad I won't need to clean them up that well. And yep, find the odd embedded nail is a nightmare for the machine. Luckily my friend...

Interesting topic because I've always wandered why the newer cutters have to have limiters on them.
Ok so I realise SM are beasts of machines and can do some nasty damage. But why limit the amount...

Finally took the photos
Ok so I had time to run 1 length through the thicknesser to have a proper look.

I'm now starting to think it's Tassie Oak, I have a smaller piece next to it that is T Oak...

My bad, I wrote the last part for the wrong place,

Thanks Jim,

yeah tried 'packsend' and their quote was $735. geebiz.
I could fly return to NZ twice over and it'll still be cheaper.... hmmm maybe I should just book a seat for my table, as heavy...

Hi all,

It sounds really stupid at first I know.

But I've become frustrated looking for ways to have a solid coffee table I am currently building sent to my mum in NZ. It will be her birthday...

oops I forgot to take the pics. so many projects so little time.


I was actually thinking of using them to make a proper woodwork bench. 20mm formply fixed onto trestle type frames doesn't do me...

Yeah I'll put up some pics tomorrow.

My friend told me in those days people would just use whatever durable timber is available at the time, regardless of how expensive it was. And there was no...

Hi all,

A while ago I helped demolish an old weatherboard house built in the 60s (guesstimate), I was allowed to take as much framing as I could so I loaded up the roofracks thrice over with all...

wow Steve, your words are absolutely true.

That's a good way of putting it Gra,

I'd also like to clarify my words above,

The coffee table I saw on line is shown below, I liked the 'concept' as oppose to the 'design'. If that makes any...

My workmate has a similar issue but with his LXT 451 drill, I believe it was the first in the lithium ion hammer drill/drivers (it's up to 456 now I think).

Anyway, half the time with a metal...

I kind of have that same problem at the moment.

I saw a picture of an awesome looking coffee table on line. The design of it was a quirky, outside-of-the-box, complicated eye catching piece. It is...

I'm not selling it, I thought someone may want a cool workshop addition.....


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Shoot is he attempting dovetails? Hmmm, beginner cutting dovetails with pine....

I've always wanted one of those,

am wandering is the base magnetic and how bulky is it? is it small enough to use with a skilsaw or router?
How are you finding it?

Thanks.

No problem,
I am hoping to head that way on saturday (bargain hunting at the Laverton markets :-D), so maybe we could arrange a time.

I can take photos and sizes of the merbau on offer/you...

Sounds good,

Although I wont be able to use it for the tongues on these grooves (they are 50 x 22 so I need 100mm wide to span 2 pieces) I am still interested in your SG decking, I maybe able to...

I've bought 2 of those Disston panel saws (same emblem, same handle, from the same late era) just last week from the Laverton market for $5 each.

Notice there's not much of a description about...

I am after about 3-6m of any one of these durable lightish timbers to use as the contrasting tongue in a table top join I am making from merbau in the photos below.

Unfortunately, I got ahead of...

Beautiful work you have done.

And your workshops is impeccably clean.

If I kept my worshop that clean I wouldn't get much work done :;

hi Dave!

I am happy with any date that is set :U
Being my very first woodworkers get-together, I am so excited I can't wait to come, meet you and everyone, share ideas and learn alot.
...

By the looks of things, you are on the right track,
Although pine isn't the best timber to use, it should suffice given the checked-out joints with glue-and-screw method.

Have you tried cutting...

Thanks again everyone for your help.

I got bored with sanding and sanding, then more sanding so I did some research on the West System resins and it took me to this site

Epoxy by the Leading...

Same here, half the time I can't see what I am typing because my fingers get in the way!

Thanks for the great advice, I don't own a gas torch so am wandering if melting shellac buttons on a stove...

That's some great advice thanks Alex, I haven't used shellac before but I'll give that a go. I heard shellac is somewhat 'fragile'? Also, what kind of oil would you recommend?
I am thinking I may...

Oh for sure.
Although I mainly use a diamond sharpener nowadays, when I did use an oil stone, I put the new stone in a tub of oil (at the time I only had unused engine oil) overnight while I made a...