Search:

HI guys,

I had a nectarine log milled a couple of years back https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=142441, which has been seasoning in my shed ever since. Used a piece of it to make a...

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll have a crack at it (no pun intended:;)

A couple of years back, I git a load of useful advice on dealing with a nectarine log out of my sisters yard. (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f14/seasoning-timber-before-use-142441/)

The time has...

Do tell! Was this a professional activity or something you did for your own purposes? How did you you do it, and how did it work?

Understood... The idea of a tornado in every yard is a bit "out there", but other parts of the system seemed far more grounded. Especially the solar panel that strips water into hydrogen and oxygen -...

I'm no plumber, but perhaps its the pipes are the issue. If it's an old place, maybe there are old galv water pipes that could be causing the taste. Might be time to suggest to the landlord that new...

I have an interest in this area, and also have an old website which outlived its original purpose and became a semi-automatic news aggregation page for all sorts of alternative energy stuff.
...

Well, for better or worse, the log is milled into slabs.

Guess I'll just have to wait a couple of years to see what is still usable. Would standing it as pictured under my carport be OK? Perhaps...

Oops. Sorry Mannum. Seems I misunderstood your post originally. I am slowly being educated however. Sorry for misquoting you....

Thanks guys for so much useful information. :2tsup:

Following up some contacts one of you pm'd me, I have the log now with a local guy who has a mill on his farm. It will be coming back in slabs...

I can do this, but it would feel a bit like running up the white flag before the battle has even begun.

If I did decide to make the potential cutting boards out of length wise slabs rather than...

I presume this means to seal both ends of all the slabs? Probably a dumb question, but what does one seal such a cut with? I have a tin of pruning paint somewhere - is that the sort of thing, or...

Hi guys.

I'm trying something new, and as a sparky by trade, need some timber advice to avoid a foul up.

I was asked to help out my sister by removing an unwanted fruit tree from her yard, to...

Hello Gents,

After a long period of wishing I had inherited Grandpa's lathe, I have finally escalated it to the top of the workshop wish list, and am in the process of placing an order with the...

Thanks guys...

The copier is fairly new. We are the 2nd owners via one of the photocopy companies here in town. We only got it in the first place because said editor complained so much about the...

Hi guys,

Hoping you can help me with a little volunteer problem...

I was issued an ultimatum this morning - "Make this **&#@!*@# photocopier do what I want, or find a new newsletter editor". I...

Haven't looked recently, but have used them previously. Clipsal had a range of outlets and switches with UK standard sized plates, which are a little wider and a fair bit taller than ours. If I...

If the wall box idea falls flat, you could just use a bit of timber! (it is a wood working forum, after all)

Just cut a piece the right size to cover the hole, drill some screw holes to match...

I also have two of these units. One 2.5 horse, the other 1 horse. I am a licensed electrical worker, and so did the electrical part of the install myself. All the "gas" part was done by a mate who is...

My 10c worth... Bought myself a gasless mig several years ago now. CIG "Wirewasp". Best thing I ever did. Hadn't used any welder at all for many years previously (right back to stick and oxy welding...

Doesn't fit into the "cheap" category, but saw a great solution in my local Stratco the other day.

A little self contained ultrasonic sensor mounts on top of the tank, measures how far down the...

I couldn't agree more. My system has a duo valve to provide both backflow prevention and mains isolation near the front door, and a ball valve that joins two taps together (one plumbed normally, the...

Unless your set top box has one of those hard disk recorders built into it, there is absolutely no point in plugging a dvd into a set top box. And even if it has, it would be technically illegal to...

Our young Mister is still in the pre-teen "compliant" phase, so double trouble is still a few years off...

...still, think how much worse it could have been without the tank!

Pcal

We have 4 in the family, including a teenage daughter (need I say more)...

Well of course, there is already a tax on tanks in the form of the GST.

But in addition to that, I have heard it said that since SA Water charges on the basis of consumption, if everyone's...

Water use is a huge issue... In my neck of the woods, south of Adelaide, our water doesn't come through the network of reservoirs in the hills that SA Water tops up with Murray water when they are...

Ho ho ho...

It was cheap, its a bit of fun, and I'll enjoy building it with my son even if it never works right! ;) Had it been for something I really needed, like a fire pump, or something...

Hi guys,

I just bought a brand new 125cc 4 stroke motorcycle engine cheap from a mail order clearance place, with the intention of building (over time) a small off road, 2 seat recreational...

Hi again Harry,

Irrespective of whether your light source is in the heart or outside of it, the "work hardening" properties of copper would make it a poor choice in my opinion for your net...

As noted, my description was for what it looked like, not how to do it. An actual ipod plug would have three connections (for stereo), but you can buy them with only two - called a "2.5mm mono phone...

Imagine if you will... (what it would look like, not how you would do it;)) take the plug on the end of your ipod headphones, cut off the wire from the plug, and solder the LED back in place of the...

You would have to work out the total weight of your sculpture before you could determine how strong the wire would need to be.

One possible solution may be to make your "net" out of thin flexible...

Quite correct.

Most providers reccomend you have a "non-voip" service available as a backup (either landline or mobile). Many will actually allow you to make a connection to the emergency number,...

Using a plug and socket arrangement will infinitely improve your reliability (can switch out a faulty one easily), but will also signifcantly increase your cost. A suitable plug and socket could...

The advice you have received on led's is 100% correct.

I did something similar (but on a MUCH smaller and simpler scale) in an art project when I was in school, oh decades ago now! ;) I had a...

My guess is they will remain static for a while, then vanish all together. This kind of functionality will become more and more generic, and we will end up forgetting that phones didn't have voip...

Just did a quick search, and current hardware cost seems to be between about $120 and $190 for the SPA3000..

http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-15304.html

I have mine plugged into a standard dect...

Wow, thanks for the detailed info....

Might take a while till I can sift through all the options, but I'll get back and let you know what happened when I get a chance to have another go at it
...

I'm using a Sipura/Linksys SPA3000 (there are two of them, but the only differance is the case - same machine inside). It is the most feature rich system I've ever seen - but be warned that this is a...

The only problem with skype is that it doesn't play well with others. Just about all other internet call services are based on the sip protocol while skype has it own proprietory protocol.

Whay...

Hi guys,

Just found these forums, and am stoked with the range of topics - its going to take me weeks just to look at them all!

Since there is so much experience here, someone may be able to...