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hmm.. started 21st August. Finally got to use it on 27th Sept. .
It is a tad larger than other router tables i've seen -1200mm long. Formply top- which wasn't flat, so had to selectively release...

I forgot to mention that my drill press has a dodgy starting capacitor, and needs to be push started each time. ( For the holes in the horizontal pieces i had to use the hand held drill.)

Using a Stanley dowel jig.


After 16 holes with the drill press and dowel jig I lost focus and undid the setting on the dowel jig. Fortunately, I had prepared for this by having it on a nice...

I've taken the week off work to build a bedhead, but got diverted into making a router table. Used 3 dowels per joint. The dowels have been sitting around for a long time and were initially...

I am making a router table (with insert) (1200 x 600). I have a 35mm kitchen benchtop that is flat but the laminated surface is rough and the other side is chipboard. And I have 17mm formply, which...

For my bed head, I am using 80x12mm floorboards as a panel. Total size is 1200 x 1200mm. I had'nt thought much (at all) about wood movement. The outer pieces were going to butt up against the...

Turns out I have two different types of long floorboards. and i just have enough for the 1200mm long on each side of the panel - no spares. Fortunately i have plenty about 900mm which I need for...

I'm about to start a bedhead with floating drawers, using a old floorboards offcuts that I've had stored away for awhile, so a bit of a rustic look. It uses a steel frame (drawn up in CAD one...

I'm in.
If i can find a pallet.

*sigh* I should have looked closer at the tool.

It's much easier with the detail gouge, than the bowl gouge.


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Thanks for the responses. I'll be checking out the video later


1. your tool is not sharp - Very Possible. It is brand new out of the box from Carbatec.

2. you are cutting the grain...

A few years ago I did a wood turning weekend course somewhere, but only recently got a (Aldi) lathe, and I'm currently following the instructions in "Fundamentals of Woodturning" by Mike Darlow for...

I just came in from the workshop to check out woodturning courses and plans for a stand for my new aldi lathe.

hi Shedman
Yep, wheelie bin to the kerb is the hope. My rubbish bin usually only goes out once a fortnight if not once a month, so I wouldn't ever be putting two out at once. As you say, the...

I've been misreading the instructions. The instructions for Bondal Garage & Factory Floor Protector starts a paragraph with "new concrete", so I assumed that whole paragraph was irrelevant to old...

Hi Doug
How do dispose of the collected dust? Pour it into another bin?

How messy and difficult is it to empty your dust bin under a cyclone?

I get my triple garage in a few weeks, and friend and I were discussing setting up a Clearvue 1800. The garage has rather...

Thanks for all the replies. About to settle in for a morning of research. The workshop planner looks interesting.

I've just bought a triple garage (with a house attached) :D

I'm looking for advice!


It's a brick garage, attached to the house, with direct access from the house to the garage (down three...

Thanks.
I followed AlexS' advice. It's been clamped between a couple of flat sheets for about four days ( i was intending three, but forgot!) It's nice and flat right now, but i'll let it air...

I think I started this project in 2009. I was at the stage of sanding it and a couple of other smaller and similar boxes, when study got in the way and stopped most of my woodwork. I haven't yet...

My carbatec filter definetly has a timer. At the end of the woodworking session, set it on timer, set the DirtDog on the floor, and leave.

Would you believe that I got five minutes from the other end of the journey, and realised I had left the pressie at my front door.


I even got up early and sanded it this morning.


:doh:

I've gotta get out to the shed, cut a length of timber in half, biscuit it, clamp it, give the glue time to set, then cut the ends at 45 degree, then give it to my brother to give to his wife for...

Sweep up the big bits with dust pan and broom
Use the blower on the workbench and shelves
Let the air filter clean the air.
Let the dirtdog loose to clean the floor

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=80471

and
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=81882

Yes, for appearances sake, the rebates are stepped back about 10mm from the front., and are about 5-6mm into the sides.

So if any visitors are overenthusiastic in their praise, I point out the...

It's all 19mm tassie oak.
Overall width is 900mm.

Shelves rebated and are spaced at 210 apart in the top section. There's absolutely no problem with sagging. The bottom section (sides and...

Bobr: yep, made the boxes that are sitting on the shelf.

Old Farmer: The side are 190mm wide, with an extra 90mm piece (with the curved end) biscuit joined for the bottom section.

The...

I did my first woodwork making a bookcase to this same design, back in 1995 at a Tafe short course. Since then, my book collection has grown, as has the number of bookcases.

This is my bookcase...

thank you

After looking at this thread at various times since it started, I'm finally going to ask a really dumb question, given that I have in the past, made at least 15 drawers, and 5 boxes, all with...

:wss:

I had an "oops"

I was just thinking yesterday how much easier ww has been since i got the belt/disk sander last year. I can knock up a jig or flatten the bottom of a box in a wink.

Then I sat down to sand...

Johncs
Here's the chess pieces in progress

I think the timber is obeche.

The design comes from " Wooden chess sets you can make" by DIana Thompson

Thanks for the info, cooper.

I think i figured out why this second box I made was making me so nervous about rebating the lid.

Check out the poor positioning of the dovetails on the second box...

You want pics? hmmmmmm.. i've only done about 10 out of 16 so far.... unsanded.

You dont' expect me to finish them in less than a year, do you?

i'm impressed

"Quirk: Noun, a groove separating a bead or other molding from adjoining members." from http://www.hfms.ca/Newsletters/Vol4-4Nov%2705.pdf



Also this one has quirks on page 83 ...

I'm in the process of making a box based on Gifkin's loose lidded box design. I was wondering if any one has come up with a smart way / jig/ method/ guide to hold the lid carcase when routing the...

Interesting. :2tsup:

You're not wrong. :D


And now that I've bought myself a decent SCMS (makita LS1013 based on various posts i read), I now feel comfortable cutting my own timber to appropriate sizes.

Given that the woodwork show in melbourne is not far away, it was time to make up the kits that I purchased at last year's show.

Foss, have you had to clean the inner bags? I bought the Carbatec air filter a couple of weeks ago. But it doesn't come with instructions - only a two page parts list.

Some weeks ago, I was talking to our electrician at work. He pointed out that the types of tape most people use on damaged electrical cords, doesn't have the right electrical resistance to protect...

i've had a iRobot Dirt Dog for almost a year now. It's made a big difference in how tidy the shed looks when you walk in. Partly because you have to get the cords and bigger offcuts off the floor...

Current project is my 4th bookcase; tasssie ok, about 1800mm high, designed for paperback books.

However, i'm also preparing some timber to scrollsaw some chess pieces.

Then there's the two...

How much noise do these filters make?

Thanks Donna
Exactly what I needed to know and see!

The next problem is figuring out what timber it is. it is very fluffy when sanded.