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25th July 2012, 07:05 PM #1part time wood mangler and ukulele player
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Raiding the kitchen for woodworking tools
I am working on a canoe paddle/ ukelele project and was looking for the nifty little Victorinox shaping knife
Shaping Knife, Black, L15.4cm | Zanui.com.au
(perfect for whittling out little bits and pieces in odd corners and damn
handy in the kitchen too) when I looked at the cheap - three for a dollar-
potato peeler and thought - I wonder if that would do something like what I
want. Surprisingly, because it bends it conforms slightly to curved
surfaces and seems to do a great job at smoothing off the shaft of the
handle. The best thing is that it gives off fine curls of wood that fall
neatly to the floor rather than give off clouds of fine sanding dust.
File:Peeler 02 Pengo.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
The other thing I raided from the kitchen was the Aldi grater. Works great on pine - would probably not try it on hardwood but.
In combination a few passes with the Aldi grater worked wonders on the paddle shaft and the potato peeler smoothed it off nicely. hardly needed sanding after that.
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25th July 2012, 07:22 PM #2
I do not normally visit Aldi but when I do I take a look at the tool area of the store. I picked up the graters to try out on a few pieces of wood.
The smaller holes work better then the larger holes and as both are cutting on the pull stroke you can be a little less aggressive with the larger holes one.
I have used both of them on soft and hard woods and the smaller holes one works better then the larger holes one on hard woods.
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26th July 2012, 07:46 AM #3
I stole the Aldi Gas Torch back to use to char my turnings and found that a professional Burger flipper (strong and chisel edged) a great thing for removing Artex and tile adhesive.
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26th July 2012, 10:36 AM #4Jim
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Not quite the kitchen but I was in trouble when I was a very young kid for 'borrowing' a cut-throat razor to trim a model plane. Apparently it's difficult to shave with a chipped edge.
Cheers,
Jim
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29th July 2012, 09:35 PM #5
With this reply you had me on the floor.
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30th July 2012, 04:44 AM #6
Something else to add from the kitchen
Good Morning All
A couple of weeks ago I was up in Emerald in North Weston Queensland
Called and had a yarn to Vern Bunn TTIT he showed me a small coffee grinder that he used to break down the sawdust and shaving.
He would then add some adhesive to make a filler…. he could them repair any little faults in the timber and match the colour up I thought that was a good idea.
Colbra
PS Mrs Colbra is snoring and I could not get sleepMay your saw stay sharp and your nails never bend
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30th July 2012, 04:54 AM #7
[QUOTE=Christos;1525408]The other thing I raided from the kitchen was the Aldi grater. Works great on pine - would probably not try it on hardwood but.
I bet it would work well on Cheese wood
http://www.forestrytas.com.au/shops/...ers/cheesewood
ColbraMay your saw stay sharp and your nails never bend
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30th July 2012, 10:16 AM #8
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7th September 2012, 04:03 PM #9New Member
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7th September 2012, 06:27 PM #10May your saw stay sharp and your nails never bend
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7th September 2012, 08:38 PM #14
[QUOTE=Christos;1548198]We are raiding the thread by replying. Not just now still working so have to keep my wits about me.[/QUO
Oh Ok ...
ColbraMay your saw stay sharp and your nails never bend
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