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G'day all,

Interesting discussion. My parents refugeed out of central Europe to England in the '50's - re-qualified, worked a while, then emigrated to Aus. I'm an Aussie Citizen, but sometimes...

Thanks guys.
Cheers,
Adam

Hi all,

Been dithering over a silly detail with the top of a filing cabinet I'm making - can't decide which way to go - would appreciate some help.

As you can see by the pictures I've got a...

G'day all,
Thanks for the tips/responses. Looks like my gut feelings are pretty much on target. For interest, the cabinets will be like the little office drawers that hide under desks and will be...

I found some on Blackwoods web site - but they seem to be used mainly for conveyor belt operations when you want to change directions, so the ball transfer are used with the roller facing up. I'm...

Sparhawk,
Perfect!
Thanks a million,
Adam

G'day all,

I'm looking for a castor that is simply a ball, like a giant ball bearing, enclosed in a sphere with small ball bearings between the giant ball and the sphere so the ball can rotate in...

Thanks for the responses. Looks like a couple of kms are all you need - plus some common sense - I use ubeaut wax on my machines and I'm in Canberra (mind you some of the local inhabitants (or...

G'day all,

Been having a bit of a discussion here at work and need some expert advice. Everyone knows you get rust problems if you live on the coast. We all agree that rust is not an issue here...

G'day all,

I can't count how many times I've gone looking through my woodwork mags for an article that has the perfect tip or project description I've needed - usually without finding what I...

That's interesting, I've used wd40 on my router bit bearings several times, makes them run very smooth and never disnitrigated 'nuffin.

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Adam

Don't underestimate the Y2K issue. Yes there were nutcases who spoke about planes falling out of the sky. But if all those companies hadn't spent all that money getting all those people to rewrite...

Must admit I didn't notice that, my apologies - looks like there's more to grain than I thought.

Cheers,
Adam

Plus a series of dowels would give you more surface area for glueing than a single tenon.

Um, not quite sure what you mean. A short piece of dowel has the grain running along the length of the cylinder, so if used to join 2 bits of timber in a T-shape it is entirely made of of lateral...

I'll bite.

Can't see why dowels are any more useless than mortise and tenon joints, especially if you use floating tenons.

After all what is a dowel but a cylindrical floating tenon?
...

I'm not one of natures little engineers, but it seems to me that if you can make a tray that is wider than the normal 7 x 4 to sit up over the wheels, then you should be able to make side wings (for...

Mate, you're one of those iconic members who's posts I always try to catch - hope you get better soon.
Cheers,
Adam

G'day Missionaryman,

Another way to handle the routing of the slots is to make the rails from two thinner parts. Suppose your bed is 1200 wide and the rail ends up being 75 x 50 - you could take...

Good on ya Jim,
Nice to see some good comments.
Cheers,
Adam

Much obliged for the responses.

Just for interest, someone told me the soda ash was probably the culprit, so I did some research - seems its called sodium carbonate (NaHCO3) (not salt outright...

G'day all,

I've got a small garden shed which sits on a concrete block without any sealing around the walls - when it rains the floor in the shed gets wet, and seems to take ages to dry out. ...

G'day mikm,
Haven't done a thing - got side-tracked making a few extras for my tsc10-hb. Still plan to do some but have put it in my 10-year plan.
Cheers,
Adam

G'day,

Turning newbie as well here, but one thing I've learnt...

If you get a chuck and need to get a blank insert threaded, give the machinist the insert AND the chuck, that way they can...

Oh don't get me wrong - I've had a chuckle or two same as everyone else (probably more). I just doubt the common wisdom of public opinion as seen through the media (the world is flat, nicole kidman...

Funny, I remember most people seemed to have the same attitude toward Ronald Reagan when he was President. Yet reading some research material about what Reagan did and how and why -- without the...

Everyone seems to take for granted that the side of the gate with the short dog-leg is the hinged side. Curious. I know some pictures above show the hinges are on this side. But I was taught that...

I know (and I agree), but the club here meets on wednesday nights and that's already taken.:C

Cheers,
Adam

G'day all,
Appreciate the replies.

,
It was the inside of the insert that I got threaded - the outside fits into the chuck.

Jim,
Yeah, realise that now - at the time I was young and...

Thanks,
I'll check out the insert.
Cheers,
Adam

G'day all,

Should a chuck run true without any visible wobble?

Reason I ask is 'cos I'm having no end of problems with my setup. I have an old lathe which was refered to on another post as a...

I never thought of doing that - how simple (feeling bit stupid at the moment) (actually feeling very stupid)!

TTIT, just realised you covered this also - didn't realise what a faceplate ring was...

Wow, thanks for all the replies - got some good stuff here!

Robutacion and Fixer, great idea - I can even picture that in my mind - a smaller backplate with a hole inside which I glue the nut...

Yep, several times. But Joe was the only one to talk about how to actually attach the chuck to the lathe - I like Joe's posts and find them very useful (especially on the bandsaw forum), but I must...

G'day all,

Been trying to get some bowls made that don't end up with chuck marks all over them. I've been meaning to make myself a longworth chuck - got all the bits and pieces, bolts, rubber...

Good to hear you're back in the saddle - missed reading your posts.
Cheers,
Adam

G'day Woodwould,
I think you're just unlucky this time. I've bought heaps of stuff from Timbecon - had a few problems with some of the orders (as you'd expect), but they were always responsive and...

I'm pretty new to bandsawing, but I've read a fair bit of stuff about them. I recall from a couple of sources that the number of teeth has more to do with the thickness of the wood you cut - you...

Just to get back on topic :D (crawl, crawl)

Couple of things spring to mind...

One is the interesting phenomenon where it takes 3 generations for a business to fail. I studied this for a uni...

I made a case for a base guitar - used foam cut out to fit the guitar and lined it with purple velvet - looked pretty swish. I used a pair of nail scissors to cut out the bits where the guitar goes...

Michael, go for it - I'm almost done.

Peter, I need it for more than just the TS but I will probably do as you did and rewire the switch so I can run it off the powerboard - not too worried about...

Much obliged - might take a look at the switch and see how complicated it is. I guess this has been done before, especially by those who have the dusty in another room or out the back...

Cheers,...

G'day all,

I've just put together my FM300 2hp dust extractor - hooked up to a table saw a router table and a drill press. I wanted to arrange the electricals so I could easily turn on the dusty...

Thanks everyone who replied.
I'll take some time to check out the links and go from there.
Cheers,
Adam

Steve,
That's perfect - thanks!
I've seen refs to the Grizzly before, didn't realize I'd bought one.
Cheers,
Adam

G'day all,

I put my dust extractor together last weekend - the machine looks good, sounds good and seems to work well. Now it's time to put all the ducting together. I have a couple of lengths...

G'day all,

Finally got my 10hb together - been sitting in the workshop for a few months while I finished a couple of jobs. Instructions were as normal - pretty hopeless. If it hadn't been for...

You might be weird, but not because of this :D

I've made some models too - sometimes of just a 'different' joint that I haven't done before or something with difficult angles (like roof joints). ...

So how would you correct a door that is twisted? Is it possible to clamp it in a position where the twist is reversed, only more so, so that when you release the clamp it springs back to...

G'day Isaac,
Nice work - looks a million bucks - I like the offset legs.
Picture name seems to indicate it was taken on 5th May 2004?
Cheers,
Adam