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Forum: HINTS & TIPS

This forum is open to all comers with hints and tips on anything at all to do with woodworking and all its allied crafts and trades.

  1. Angry Sticky Thread Sticky: Please Read This

    Started by Neil, 24th August 2003 02:15 AM
    administrators, agree, bit, board, bulletin, business, button, clicking, denigrate, eye, fight, forums, information, law, material, message, messages, moderators, odd, owner, person, post, posts, prepared, read, register, slander, spirit, time, woodwork
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 8,646
    24th August 2003, 02:15 AM Go to last post
  1. Glueing Polypropylene

    Started by John G, 26th June 2005 10:19 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    adhere, adhesives, bet, bits, bought, cheap, cut, exclude, fasteners, glue, glueing, glues, jig, melt, physical, pieces, plastic, polyethylene, polypropylene, properly, thermoplastic, tub
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 41,486
    17th May 2008, 10:52 AM Go to last post
  2. Talking Any ideas on how to make a platform bed

    Started by shimandm, 11th September 2005 01:32 AM
    attempt, bed, chunkier, corner, easy, extras, fast, female, ideas, learn, legs, lil, make, plans, platform, sort, suppliers, type, wood
    • Replies: 14
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    29th July 2009, 11:26 AM Go to last post
  3. Thumbs up This is the tip of the year I reckon-tearing corr. iron

    Started by mic-d, 18th May 2006 02:18 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    5-10mm, climbed, club, conversation, corr, corro, duties, effort, expected, fast, handed, hoping, imagine, iron, mentioned, offsider, pony, reckontearing, rip, ripped, ripping, roof, runout, slightly, square, straight, tinsnips, tip, virtually, year
    • Replies: 40
    • Views: 31,357
    6th January 2011, 04:18 PM Go to last post
  4. repainting gloss surfaces

    Started by mic-d, 3rd August 2006 10:07 AM
    acrylic, applied, apply, base, bin, coat, doors, enamel, esp, finishes, gloss, helps, hope, mine, paint, peeling, primer, remover, repainting, sanding, sealer, shellac, silicone, soap, sugar, surface, surfaces, takes, wipe, zinsser
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 26,574
    31st July 2010, 05:06 PM Go to last post
  5. Making your own filler from sawdust

    Started by Gary Carter, 22nd April 2009 06:39 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    anticipation, blemishes, entry, experts, fill, filler, forum, found, gary, glue, hoping, lacquer, making, match, mixing, nails, nitrocellulose, past, path, punched, pva, read, sawdust, set, suggested, suggestions, timber, time, useless
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 25,274
    12th September 2009, 12:27 AM Go to last post
  6. Chisel sharpening

    Started by mic-d, 15th December 2005 03:46 PM
    1200, 25º, 30º, 6000grit, bench, bevel, chisel, chisels, correct, edge, flat, grind, grinder, grit, hone, imperfections, jig, metal, quickly, razor, reflective, set, sharp, sharpening, slightly, stone, surface, surfaces, time, wheel
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 23,489
    2nd January 2006, 01:19 PM Go to last post
  7. Drill press pulley V Belts

    Started by zelk, 6th February 2008 11:29 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    belts, buy, drill, located, press, pulley, quality, sydney, west, zelk
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 20,061
    12th February 2008, 12:24 AM Go to last post
  8. favourite tool belt style

    Started by mic-d, 17th February 2005 10:27 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    bag, belt, bit, bucket, cheers, daily, fasteners, favourite, hammer, hand, hold, larger, leather, pockets, pouch, requirements, reverting, setup, sick, simple, storage, style, system, tape, thinking, tired, tool, tool/fastener, type, varies
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 18,352
    9th March 2008, 03:01 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 17,438
    7th February 2007, 05:24 PM Go to last post
  9. Glueing plastic with super glue + Bicarb of Soda

    Started by Mike Busby, 28th February 2011 04:38 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    added, bicarb, bonus, boxes, colour, couple, dammed, drill, fingers, frames, glasses, glue, glueing, hot, items, join, odd, plastic, proof, reach, reading, repair, set, soda, super, superglue, tech, texta, tip, water
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 17,354
    16th April 2011, 01:44 AM Go to last post
  10. Protecting timber floors from chair scratches

    Started by custos, 3rd November 2005 06:31 PM
    • Replies: 14
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    28th May 2019, 02:42 AM Go to last post
  11. Removing lichen from polycarbonate roofing.

    Started by Avery, 5th August 2012 12:25 PM
    covered, deck, lichen, polycarbonate, remove, removing, roofing
    • Replies: 10
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    6th August 2012, 12:57 PM Go to last post
  12. Electrolysis - removing rust from ferrous tools

    Started by Shedhand, 16th January 2006 08:44 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    abuse, aim, and/or, antique, appearance, article, character, cleaning, collectors, desirable, easy, effects, electrolysis, electrolytic, ferrous, form, htpaa, iron, method, moving, neglect, outline, oxide, removal, removing, restoration, rust, surface, tool, tools
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 14,777
    7th February 2007, 03:58 PM Go to last post
  13. Any tips to tell if this circular saw blade needs sharpening or replacing?

    Started by barrysumpter, 15th December 2016 03:58 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 14,484
    19th December 2016, 09:56 PM Go to last post
  14. Ways to seal nozzles on caulking gun cartridges

    Started by BobL, 12th June 2013 11:28 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 14,130
    28th November 2014, 10:31 AM Go to last post
  15. the worst woodworking day or dumbest thing you have done

    Started by doug the slug, 9th July 2005 10:03 PM
    6 Pages
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    day, decided, dining, dumbest, feed, fence, forum, learnt, machine, moment, moved, piece, post, proceeded, router, run, save, set, sewing, similar, support, table, thing, timber, time, triton, woodworking, workcentre, workshop, worst
    • Replies: 80
    • Views: 13,814
    15th May 2006, 03:16 PM Go to last post
  16. DIY decorative concrete

    Started by Rossluck, 24th December 2006 09:30 AM
    acid, apply, bare, bondcrete, coats, coloured, concrete, decorative, diy, drum, half, house, litre, mask, mix, mixture, overspray, painless, plan, polymer, pretty, process, roll, sand/cement, sealer, solution, spray, stuff, thirds, wash
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 13,571
    16th December 2010, 11:18 AM Go to last post
  17. 0000 Steel Wool

    Started by craigb, 22nd March 2004 11:36 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    0000, bother, bunnies, finer, finishing, mad, pots, project, rope, scouring, steel, stock, wool
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 13,041
    16th May 2004, 10:59 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 11,635
    19th July 2011, 08:30 PM Go to last post
  18. Important advice

    Started by underfoot, 14th April 2008 06:29 PM
    5 Pages
    1 2 3 4 5
    advice, air, belt, check, cranky, drops, filter, girl, helmet, hint, hit, hose, huntsman, huuuge, important, makes, mask, pack, plate, power, powered, respirators, spiders, squeal, tip
    • Replies: 64
    • Views: 10,370
    22nd April 2008, 07:42 PM Go to last post
  19. Competitive Plywood Prices?

    Started by zelk, 3rd July 2007 01:25 PM
    boards, cheers, competitive, competitively, furniture, grade, marine, ply, plywood, priced, prices, sydney, zelk
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 10,350
    29th July 2007, 02:20 AM Go to last post
  20. Moved: Reducing dust extraction sound

    Started by zelk, 6th March 2007 11:32 AM
    dust, extraction, reducing, sound
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  21. Lightbulb Nozzle clogged with Silicon

    Started by Nic0, 30th August 2004 02:08 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    air, blow, clogged, compressed, dig, driver, hands, hardened, laundry, nozzile, nozzle, powder, removing, screw, silicon
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 9,833
    3rd November 2005, 08:58 AM Go to last post
  22. Empty Berocca tubes

    Started by Black Ned, 12th April 2007 09:48 AM
    advance, berocca, blades, compartment, empty, fretsaw, liner, pot, quantity, secret, shame, stick, storing, suggestions, throw, tubes, walking, weed
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 9,661
    1st June 2007, 08:15 PM Go to last post
  23. Fusin 360 - CAD - Free 1 year license (might be renewable)

    Started by barrysumpter, 21st March 2018 07:50 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 9,608
    31st March 2018, 06:39 PM Go to last post
  24. Fencing Method

    Started by SteveC, 16th April 2004 11:28 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    advance, build, cut, easiest, fence, fencing, guys, hole, method, picture, post, posts, question, rail, railing, rails, recreating, rectangular, redgum, run, section, shown, simply, wondering
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 9,593
    10th April 2005, 12:50 AM Go to last post
  25. Turning Tools

    Started by Barry_White, 6th January 2004 11:18 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    7ft, ago, apprentice, bazza, brand, brass, buy, cheap, chisels, concrete, dia, ferrals, files, gouge, handles, hard, jobs, lot, patterns, pipes, purchased, scout, socket, spiggot, splitting, stop, tool, tools, turning, wages
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 9,529
    21st January 2008, 08:03 AM Go to last post
  26. Storing tools in steel cabinet

    Started by Spencer74, 5th August 2007 01:09 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    adjustable, appreciated, cabinet, cabinets, cheapish, clamp, crazy, fantastic, garage, left, lern, line, lockable, mistakes, picked, plane, rusting, safe, secondhand, shelf, shelves, started, steel, storage, storing, tips, tools
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 9,204
    14th June 2009, 08:06 PM Go to last post
  27. Stopping silicone going hard in the tube - an idea!

    Started by jabell, 5th January 2014 12:22 PM
    air, bunnings, cap, dry, easy, epiphany, evaporating, exclude, glued, googling, hard, hardening, idea, ideaeven, leaving, months, process, rag, serendipitous, silcone, silicone, slip, solutions, starts, stop, stopping, theory, tube, untested, water
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 9,058
    20th May 2014, 09:20 PM Go to last post
  28. What angles to cut for X leg table

    Started by dadpad, 21st June 2014 11:54 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 9,002
    24th June 2014, 03:23 PM Go to last post

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