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    The Metabo sander is variable speed with 2 levels...

    The Metabo sander is variable speed with 2 levels of random orbit. I use it on the largest random orbit, and never use over about half speed, and I find 1500 grit just about polishes the timber...
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    Icor, I regularly sand up to 1500 with a...

    Icor,

    I regularly sand up to 1500 with a Metabo random orbital sander, and achieve what I think are excellent results, but I do not have the machine running flat out.

    Hand sanding - no way
    ...
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    Vans

    Geoff,
    The best thing you can buy or google is 'the Dog & Lemon Guide' a great publication that gives you the low down on just about every motor vehicle, including vans. they are a bit merciless but...
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    Whose a lucky boy then?

    Went to the WWWS in Brisbane over the weekend with the intentions of buying a new bandsaw, with the toss up being between the Hammer 4400 & Jet 18Q, with my leaning toward the Hammer becase of prior...
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    15amp wiring

    Paul,

    I'm onto the 15 am circuit stuff. when I had the Tajmashed [dearly beloveds description] rebuiltI had number of 15 amp circuit and outlets put in - I like to think I work on the six P rule:...
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    Bandsaws etc

    Thanks for the feedback fellas. I tend to think the Hammer is in front. The fence system in particular I think is head and shoulders above the others. The rail the fence runs on is not unlike the...
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    Comments on Bandsaws

    How time flies, just logged on and found it's been some 11 months since I visited. A lot changes in that time, and I am now contemplating a new Bandsaw. Have narrowed it down to either a Hammer N4400...
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    I'm Jealous

    I'm Jealous
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    It works, this time with photos

    Put a post in a couple of weeks ago but no photos, so here they are.

    Made up a set o cupboards & bench for dearly beloved, basically made up out of left overs and the bench top from a 2nd hand...
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    Finishing

    I guess it depends upon what sort of finish you want. Just finished this project for dearly beloved. Timber was sanded, 120, 240, 400, 800. Then 10 coats of water based clear in a satin finish - no...
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    In reply

    HazzaB
    Will try to get some pics, but it is a bit of trick getting a good result from a horizontal polished surface
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    Hey, this works!!

    All probably a bit of old hat, for there is nothing new under the sun, but it is the first time I have tried this and the finish is sensational.

    Dearly beloved,who makes cards etc, has been...
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    Felder/Hammer

    The way I understand it is as follows:


    Felder, totally manufactred and made in Austria
    Hammer has some components made in China, but all finished and assembled in Austria

    I am led to...
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    Jointer

    John,

    What now seems like a lifetime ago I did not have a lot of faith in the accuracy of saws and so along came a jointer. Just the thing to flatten a piece of timber, take out the bumps etc, and...
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    Timber Brittle?

    Maybe it does, maybe it does not. But what effect does it have on its serviceability? I would argue, not much. there is too much 'old' woodwork around - like centuries old and some stretching back a...
  16. Update on the flattening

    Today with water & exposure to sunlight, the belly is now down to 3.98. A slow process, will see what happens over the next few days as I will not be able to do the watering thing, it will just have...
  17. Reply to Bob

    Bob,

    I think your idea has legs. I am still persisting with the water & exposure to sun method and today I have managed to reduce the belly by 1.04mm.

    It started out at 5.34 and now down to...
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    Gluing Brigalow

    Yep, Titebond III - does it for me
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    Chambezio,

    Thanks for your reply. Possibly I did not explain correctly the type of laminate.

    The laminate is hardwood laminated bench top, neither top or bottom or sides has yet been sealed,...
  20. How do I flatten dished laminated benchtop

    I have been commissioned by dearly beloved to make up some cupboards and workbench area. Got onto some 30mm laminated bench top at the right price, unfortunately one of the pieces has about a 6mm bow...
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    Saw Blades

    Jill B,

    Can't really comment on what to use for Melamine, as I don't use the stuff, but what I do know is this:

    If you are ripping up timber to use for firewood, any blade will do. If you are...
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    Carbon Fibre

    What Felixe says is true. Record is just about top of the tree BBB is probably just a rung or two up from the bottom.

    Would not get too concerned as the weight difference between one and the other...
  23. Getting rid of dust

    Dave,
    Just read the episodes regarding your paint job. Just blows you away when you reckon you have done everything right.

    Have had a similar experience in the past, and I think you do have to be...
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    Reply to Michael & Smithy

    Thanks for your input.

    Michael, I had been trying to figure out a way to minimize the cut, and the masking tape idea I think has legs.

    Smithy, you are right about one thing the timber is very...
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    Rot in hardwood

    Copper Napthenate is definetly the go. Stops dry rot dead in its tracks, stops insect atttack.

    Have used it a lot around my house [an old Queenslander] and it is now part and parcel of my kit for...
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    What am I doing wrong??

    It's been a while since I visited the forum, but what else would you turn to when you are in trouble??

    I have been recently making some objects of a particular shape, for which I have a template...
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    How flat?

    Matto

    Dead flat.

    If you can't get it right I'd be back to the supplier, if they can't show or tell you how to do it. put on the pressure for a new one

    Cheers
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    Weatherboards

    Dombat,

    A couple of things come to mind:



    I'd hazard a guess the timber was not well seasoned or kiln dried before it went up hence the oozing sap. In the old days - and I am an old...
  29. Welcome

    Well, Gusbub, I hope things are good in Pittsburg. Things are great here in Brisbane Australia

    In a similar state to yourself. I am going through the throes of selling my business so I can spend...
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    Touche'

    Touche'
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    How good right out of the box?

    For years I considered I 'laboured' with average equipment. Cutting mitres on my old tablesaw was always a bit of a challenge, but there is no doubt you could get it right.

    I have recently...
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    Oil/Turps mix

    Just answered this in a post about gunstocks - have aread of that. But the recipe it 1 part pale boiled linseed oil, 3 parts pure turps, dash of terebine.

    If the timber is new, a coat a day for a...
  33. Gunstocks

    Done a few of these over the years. Me - I'm a burnished oil fan. But I do this all over the stock, including the inner bits which you don't see. I think a lot of peole forget the hidden parts, and...
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    Handsaw Sharpening

    Peacocks in Victoria St West End. They get right 1st time and do a good job. Been doing close onto 100 years now

    Regards
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    Glue Durability

    Echidna,

    If you are asking about longevity of application, well how about this:

    We have in our possession a sideboard that my Grandmother purchased to celebrate the end of WW1 in 1918. The unit...
  36. Expansion in timber

    Knight,

    It's always a problem, but a technique I use that seems to minimise this is that when I build somthing I seal all surfaces, including all of the inside surfaces. I tend to do this with a...
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    Buying a SCMS

    Hey Red,

    Would give the cheapies a miss and go for Makita, Hitachi, Bosch.

    Be patient, wait for someone to come with them on special, then take the 'special' along to Bunnings and ask them to...
  38. Fuel Prices

    It is true that Australia has relatively cheap fuel compared to a lot of of the countries - particularly those in Europe.

    As mentioned in a previous thread, it has little to do with the price of...
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    tablesaw vs contractors

    Method of mounting the motor in a tablesaw is far superior to that of a contractors saw, and all in all they are a much tidier unit. As far as which saw is better than another, it is my considered...
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    Surface Rust removal

    If it just surface rust, 240 wet & dry with kero or diesel, simple cheap & easy
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    Silky Oak Doors

    JillB,

    There is no short way, but this is what I have done.

    An old chisel - about half inch - and gentle tapping witha hammer is about the best way to get the putty and the old glass out. It...
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    Tax Reform

    Just love this little gem that is trotted out by polititians of all persuasions - Tax Refrom - read Taxation Increase.

    Never has taxation gone down, they just move the deck chairs on the Titanic...
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    Thanks for the feedback

    Do appreciate all of you who replied to me in my hour of need. You have all given me plenty to play with.

    New blade is certainly worth a go, as is a bit of a clean.

    I take on board the comment...
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    All Bandsaw Aficonados.........Help!

    Folks.

    I have never been a great use of the band saw, even though I have had one in my shed for quite a while. I sort of got it by accident a few years ago. Came across a bloke whose marriage was...
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    Painting Doors

    Monitee,

    I am a bit of a brush fan when it comes to the job you are doing.

    First get yourself a good quality brush. I find synthetic brushes - Rota Cota - work very well, and buy their top of...
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    Stripping

    Max,

    Not too sure which part of the world you live in, but it might be worth while looking in your yellow page or googling strippers [not the naughty ones] - paint strippers.

    Generally these...
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    A Good Screw

    I'm with you Greymet. Got really cheesed off with this a few years ago, and thought back to the days when screws had a cut thread and not pressed. After much trawling and Googling found a supplier in...
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    Thin kerf blades

    JW,

    I'm afraid I am not a lover of thin kerf blades for a number of reasons:

    If you are doing a fair bit of ripping, being thinner they heat up quicker and tend to distort easier
    When...
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    Restoring Casements

    Lotte,

    Congrats on your intending poo machine. The description is apt.I sort of went off little kids a bit when I first became an uncle [age 10] everyone wanted me to nurse the baby, which...
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    CSMSaws

    What Wongo says goes. Like Wongo I think Makita might just edge the others out.

    Surf this site. There is heaps of comments relating to your question

    Good luck:2tsup:
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