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That looks fantastic and all the extra features must make it really enjoyable to play with.

In my bathroom I had caesar stone tops attached to a timber vanity and to a cupboard covered with cement sheeting. In both cases the caesar stone was attached using silicone.

Thanks for the reply dragonfly. I got some advice at the renovation forum about external fillers and think I'll try either Sikaflex or Fullers Caulk in Clours. They are both meant to be more flexible...

I have some nail holes in a merbau deck rail that I want to fill before I oil the rails and deck. The person at the hardware store suggested a tinted builders bog but my experience with that...

Hey JMB, sorry for my slow response to your post but I haven't been around here for a long while. Your vanity is looking great, the drawers will give you lots of useable space. The built in cupboard...

All of the flooring and some of the framework for my outdoor, uncovered decking needs replacing this year. I would be able to start work on it in a couple of months but was wondering if late...

I really haven't used many outdoor products but suggest you look at these two websites -
www.organoil.com.au and
www.energyandwatersolutions.com.au/oils/oils.htm

If you repost your question...

I've been wondering how things were going with you and your wife and for some reason you've been in my thoughts a lot today.

Hope you can still feel her spirit with you even though she's departed...

Try www.hobbyco.com.au.

Actually that might be a longish trip from Melbourne!

A little sip can't be bad

Belt sanders much faster to sand with than a ROS. Biggest problem often is not taking too much wood off and need to practice quite a bit to keep going straight along the grain or else you get...

1] a domino
2] bigger router
3] belt sander
4] you said you had clamps. Does this include sash clamps? If not you will need a few.
5] could buy a slot cutter bit for your router to do biscuit...

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Sorry, but don't know anything about lathes - just didn't want you to feel that you were being ignored.

Lots of pictures of boxes in box making forum and woodwork pics forums.

Wendy,

can we have a clause in the code that says "shed = any workspace one can claim as one's own [including a wonky table with a tarp over the top for shade, on the back porch or in the carport...

Not sure how long this bench will be but suggest you have either one or two bottom rails lengthwise or else your bottom shelf will tend to sag. That rail will also extra stability to your bench...

Have seen tibetan gyuto monks [buddhists] eating yak meat

I love when you discover that the timber you've just bought and have started working on - some new guinea rosewood - not only has beautiful grain but also has some fiddleback in parts!

Maybe clean with metho.

I recently bought A Polishers Manual, and read that when you are applying the first, swooge coat, of shellac you should never apply the shellac across the grain. What do you do, though, when you are...

I'm really impressed with your attention to detail, and the finished result looks great. Congratulations!

Last year was asked to make a coffee table top for a base that had been made by these people's son 15 years previously. Their son had developed leukemia and had died before he got the coffee table...

3. Trying something new and/or complicated, perservering through the difficulties, then feeling proud with what you have achieved [hopefully!].

Thought we could also think about the things we love about woodworking.

1. When you first put finish onto your piece and the grain just jumps out at you.
2. When you've made something for...

This may be no help as you live in USA but Organoil make a product called Ecowood Oil -

"A blend of nut and citrus oils, Ecowood oil is specially formulated to create a drying oil that will...

Hate:-

1] - having once had access to an altendorf table saw but not anymore.
2] - no buzzer, thicknessor or table saw so having to get the timber yard to dress the timber for me [badly!]

I agree with abitfishy and groggy. My dog has had 2 occasions when he has had problems with his teeth and both times he became snappy with me, which is how I knew something was wrong. Hopefully you...

I am really sorry Tameriska. My thoughts will be with Nero, your partner and you today and tomorrow.

Hi Toni, Moo, Rodent and Jess.

Jess, I think its great you have Rodent and Skew to help and encourage you with your woodwork. I'd love to come and watch the wood turning demo tomorrow but its a...

Well if he has finished his bench by now I'd like to know what method he used to laminated the top and whether it has stayed in one piece!

Dingo, I agree that joining boards with dowels will add more strength and align your boards better, but I am about 90% convinced by the logic of what I was told, and also have a lot of respect for...

Glad to hear you're doing ok and great idea to make a box for her ashes. When my last dog died I spent a couple of days digging the hole [in very hard rocky soil] then making a garden around his...

I was told not to use dowels when joining together boards because when the timber moves it can use the dowels to break the glue joins. That made sense to me so I always use biscuit when joining...

Thanks for the reply, Wendy. I feel that I have also lost a great deal of time which could have been spent learning the art of woodworking. Will need to still be working when I am 90 if I am to have...

I was fortunate to go to a technical high school and did woodwork classes with a very good teacher who emphasised being methodical and careful with your work. I attempted a university degree when I...

I've seen canite recently at Bunnings and also at a hardware store/timber yard.

I am very sorry for your loss. My 13 year old dog had to have some teeth out yesterday and I wasn't sure that he'd make it through the operation. I'm grateful now for every day I get to spend with...

Zenwood, I have also found that being slow and careful with my woodwork does not preclude mistakes. Yesterday my 13 year old dog had to have an operation and since my mind was elsewhere for much of...

I am very much enjoying this thread. After reading about the earlier stages of your project I decided to turn my current project - a wall mounted bookcase/display unit - into a slow and careful...

I am definitely no expert at finishing huon pine but I worked for a furniture company a while back and we had the same problem with the danish oil not drying on a huon pine table. The solution the...

I have found it hard to get a good finish with stain on plywood. Even when it is well sanded it can end up looking very blotchy. Its up to you, and you may have a particular color in mind for your...

Woodgirl,

I have found this thread quite upsetting. I do not think sexist comments benefit anyone even when they are said in jest and I am actually surprised that this thread has been allowed to...

Actually these catches look better but dont know where you'd get them in Australia.


http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=wc&Category_Code=ballcth

I didnt notice how much the front of the strike plate sticks out until you mentioned it. When I've seen them installed in cabinets I havent noticed the strike plate sticking out. I think if I used...

How about using a single ball catch, which is mounted underneath the door? I haven't used any of these myself but have seen them used on good quality hand made furniture and thought they looked quite...

My partner is a police officer and we were getting phone calls from other police and members of the RFS keeping us up to date, which helped but in some ways added to the stress. Then there was the...

I am staying here in the Blue Mountains doing some renovations for my partner. Yesterday the wind got up to about 100km an hour and was constantly changing direction. The temperature got up to about...

Thanks again Bob. The world has become a much smaller place - tiling help for me in the Blue Mountains, NSW from you in USA. :)

Thank you for that help. I have finally tried tiling after years of thinking it was beyond my ability and have found it challenging but very satisfying.

Using a silicon sealer will make the job a...

I have replaced the single row of tiles around the bottom of my laundry wall but have not done the grouting which will also include a layer of grout on the top edge of the tiles sealing the gap...