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G'day! Have you still got it? Would like to chat if you do

Interesting. I don't suppose you remember who made them? We've got 24 and 240v power available.

Thanks for the reply. Yep, that's what @Colin62 was suggesting too. I'm just concerned about stuffing up the jack's gear box

The shaft into the gear box is round. Its designed to have a handle on it, which is secured to the shaft with a pin. I had some adapters/sleeves machined to slide over the shaft, secured by the pin...

That was my original idea. Get a really good impact driver. Like that big Milwaukee one. But the guys who make the jacks said that wasn't a good idea as the "impacts" could damage the gear box in the...

Might know it as a landing leg?

We use them to level a portable building on our farm, which weighs about 8t

AL01366 SIMOL SIDE WIND DROP LEG 2 SPEED 10000kg : PARKING JACKS : JOCKEY WHEELS AND...

It's an excellent drill. Other than normal use, I use it to drive a 10t truck parking jack. When the weight really gets going on it, it struggles. It has lots of protection systems to stop me from...

Thanks. That's what the repair guy put on. It's better but not perfect. Going to look at keyed options

Yep. The rep tried to explain that...wouldn't believe me till I showed him....

Hi Gang,

I've been having issues with the keyless chucks on my Hikoki drills. The dealer tells me they're all the same.....the application I use it for is probably a bit too heavy duty for the...

Hunter Valley - we're not really in the market, just trying to work out what this exercise will cost and put that line in our budget.

My gut says go 3 phase, but its unlikely we'll have the coin...

Thanks for the input! Yep a dust extractor is on the list.

So the difference between single and three phase is throughput? That might definitely sway me in that direction.....means we need a...

Presently I use my track saw for this. Press 2 boards together, run the blade down the join.....I don't know how much better a jointer might be?

Hi all,

Sometime this year we will be milling a heap of timber on our farm (most likely a Lucas Mill contractor). The end use will be structural timbers, joinery, and decking. Most of my wood work...

I'm looking for inspiration on screw, bolt, nut, washer, rivet storage

Ideally that's what I'd do. One thought I did just have was to take the top off and turn the base into a dual miter saw stand. Miter saw at one end and my cold saw at the other.

Then buy a steel...

No, not at all. That is very interesting and could work nicely. But I do find myself working on longer pieces....and I only really have space for one bench. That other one just gets used as a dumping...

Blimey, good point....thank you!

Hi Folks,

A few years back I made this bench. It was for a suburban situation where I needed a lot in one. We've since moved, to a farm, and whilst I still dont have a lot of room, I find I do...

Nice, that could work quite nicely. Cheers

G'day all,

I'd like a level, say 800 (1200 would be better) long, with a ruler on it.

The only one I can find is a rubbish plastic one at bunnies.....I don't do plastic, so its not an option.
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I've got some spotted gum slab, longest about 2m, widest about 400mm, all about 32mm thick. I'm going to make a round dining table from it.

I'll be joining with double ply tongues and epoxy.
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Its going to be a circle, cutting wedges out of veneers. Was going to glue one at a time. 4mm thick veneers (I checked my original plan). Just going to clamp down as I would any veneer (expert here...

Hi All,

I have a heap of dressed spotted gum slab at home. I want to make a dining table with it, but want to have 3mm (maybe thicker?) veneers cut out of it, which I will then glue to a ply...

I emailed incra about this the other day. Here is the response regarding mounting a 100mm spindle:

You are correct, the 100mm diameter is between the midsize routers and the 3hp models. Your best...

Any updates on this? I am going through the same thing myself without any luck

Noice!

My only suggestion would have been to have the top flush with the sides so you can clamp stuff to it. I know this limits "edge clamping" but you dont really need it if you have clamps to go...

LOL, no its still moving along.....sort of. I have had a few other projects in the house (including a whole new living area) so the bench is on hold. It has had plenty of use as it is though!

One...

Cheers, thanks!

Cheers!

Yes it was priceless. She looked at me, looked at it and pointed (big smile), looked at mum and had a look on her face "can I touch it?"

...awesome

Thanks!

Its 600 x 1400 x 500 (h)

So that makes the doors 320 each

The oven shelf is an old one put in side ways (its good because she gets the right "sound" when a pan goes in there)

The...

Many thanks for the comments all.

Yep, she loves it. She's only 18 months old, but loves pretend play......had lots of cups of "tea" etc since we gave it to her.

Also replaces a big pile of...

One night a few months back, the Mr's looked across the living room and said "I've got a good idea for [daughters] Christmas present"........I give you THE [daughters name] GOURMET KITCHEN!
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I cant remember the article or exact reason, but the reason I want a moisture metre is to check (not sure of technical term), joint drying time. I recall reading something that you shouldn't...

Is this the right stuff?

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I was reading Joyce last night and he has a section on the secret screw technique. I understand it better now, something to think about. Its a more eloquent options compared to say connecting bolts...

Cool, thanks.

Think of the clamping area though with dovetails v screws. The Dovetail has a much larger surface area of applied force v a screw.

Brass pocket screws easier? those draw screws...

Riteo, whats the best?

The other idea I had was using Hoffmann (plastic) dovetails on the underside of the table. I could cover it in a little timber inlay. I'd not go the whole way through.

Many thanks for the replies.

The screw method looks interesting. Something to investigate, I like the idea.

Regarding glue, I was just going to use Titebond 3, which is my standard go to stuff....

Hi all,

I am about to embark on a new dining table project. It'll be about 1800 round ~30mm thick (working on this) and hopefully made of wedges per the diagram below. There will be more wedges...

Ah I see.....well.....I have 4? hand planes that I don't really use/know how to use (they were my fathers). I'll cross that bridge at some point....

I do like the idea of having 4 things I could...

Thanks!

Yep, a tweeny little bit - its darn annoying. Thinking of some options to solve this but its something I'll look at later. Once I get the router in it I'll see if it is a concern or...

LOL, thanks.

It's far from finished. Have fences to make, incra fence to mount. Vice to buy and mount

....and then there is the issue of the dog holes

Riteo folks, some real progress. A mate came round tonight by surprise and I got him to help me with the casters and put the top on......it just fitted, not like a glove, it needed a bit of a tap and...

Hi Andrew,

I purchased the magazines from their website, relatively straight forward. Its not going to be exactly the same, partly because I stuffed up part of the top and partly because I am...

Exciting day, my first mortise and tenon joint....ok floating tenons, but still a first for me!

Here are the legs and cross members
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LOL, well from one hobbyist to another, in your expert hobbyist opinion, what do you think of my idea for the tenons?.....I've not done this before, it'll be my first M&T joint

Spent the weekend milling the timber for the frame, just needs a sanding now:

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Thanks for the comments all, I'm pretty happy with it so far....slow going though.

Unfortunately us toon fans dont have much to cheer about at present....other than not being relegated!


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Had some time this weekend to progress things a little - I've had a few set backs with the ends. But they're just about right now:
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