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They are the work horse of many a North American shop. I regard Makita belt sanders as the standard by which all others are judged... At $50 it's a...

I'll have a look, thx

Amen to that bruh!! I even allowed for a few months inside to acclimatise and the stuff still moved and there's nothing that can stop. it.

Never thought of comparing the plungers LOL. So just did and the plunger is a bit wider than my 42x. I've got one saw left that I've not tried to wreck yet, so I'll have a go on it when I have some...

Been rummaging around the shed looking for the rest of the plank. Ended up finding another chunk with blue gum written on it, but it's just as red so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯... I think I may have got my woods...

It's been a lot of years but I seem to recall winters, especially in Canada was hard on spraying lacquer. I seem to recall it was a white fog in the finish. Might have been water readily forming in...

About 15 years ago I was at the Melany wood show and saw a very juicy wide plank of wood for sale. I was still pretty new to Aussie woods but the moment I clapped eyes on it a project leaped into my...

I found a pic on the internet from so guy that has all three sizes. Looks like I have the smallest on. So should be for backsaws and crosscut/rip saws.

So has anyone actually used it, and do...

Been on a bit of a tear (or is it terror) with French polishing but want to go back to an ol faithful for the next couple projects. In Canada, USA and the UK I used to use NC lacquer a lot but...

I've been a turner since I was 12, though artistic turning hasn't been my forte. Production turning was where I really excelled. But in that time I've turned a few bowls to say the least.

The...

How are you finding the locking screw? I don't have a lot of confidence they hold up well when cranked down too much.

The Woden and Paramo close up on the saw plates well enough, though the Paramo has one deficiency I didn't know about till the other day. The Disston can but I have to crank the locking screw down...

The following pics are of the jaws of each

Disston: The first pic is the jaw ends just touching. The gap is well over a millimeter. 537551

Second pic is as far as dare crank the locking...

Finally pulled the three vises out and had a play with them. I've had my suspicions about each of them and which of the three I should keep...

They're arranged from right to left below.

On...

They're giving me the stink eye now, since they've been evicted from their new digs. Back to the cold rattly steel jail...

Had this saw set kicking around a drawer for a while but never used it. Pulled it out today to have a closer. I looks like it's a nice one with a fair bit of adjustability but also looks like it...

Bear one thing in mind. This is a very recent immigrant country (We're all immigrants, except the indigenous obviously) and we all brought out as much %^&* as we could carry... It may not be an...

You did a brilliant job on that. That should be worth a few beers.

This is the first time I've assembled all the parts... I had to put it all together in the house as my one car garage, where I work out of, is too small and the risk of damage is huge... My...

It appears the tallboy is going to find a new home and purpose. A fine lady thought it would make the perfect cabinet for her to store her Xmas decorations and bought it!!!

It'll need a bit of a...

It was out of a 2x3 piece. I've got stock from 1x3 to 4x4 and everything in between. I'd prefer not to use a 2x3 but the profile didn't allow for it to work within the constraints of a 1x3 or 4. I...

How old are they. Anything over a year will blow out like that. Found out the hard way. Had stocked up on belts a couple years ago and about a year later when I needed them, they all let go at the...

The canted fluted corners are cut on the bandsaw as close as possible and then finished off with spokeshave and chisels. The flutes are carved with a gouge. Then all sanded to finished state...
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Oh ya!! To add to the total failure of execution of design... Who the $%^& puts leather pulls on a George III Tallboy!!! I do LOL. I like them actually. The first 8, on the two bottom units,...

I had acquired a few western saw over the last decade (over my life I've never used anything but Japanese saws until recently) and wanted to build a drawer to keep them in. I didn't want a saw till...

Might have been mentioned, though haven't seen it.

Store open CA glue in the freezer. Will keep for years. The thick glue will need to be brought out and warmed a bit but will still be good once...

Have you looked into whether a lose horn is common in Europe? I wonder if the Aussie hardwoods are a contributor in that you need to push so hard to get through them. Whereas Douglas Fir, Pine,...

Probably something similar to what happens in the US. A bunch of dead folks, good and bad.

If guns are readily available to the public, the scum bags have better access...

What I think is the...

Ya, thought it was in pretty good shape. Mine hasn't seen much work but looks rougher... But, doesn't matter, he raised the price so no idea where it'll end up.

Never seen that before. Not sure what I did wrong but it didn't go well. The same residue formed on wood also as I tried to pad a sealer on. Ended up scraping all of it off. Also noticed, if I...

Skip it. He's raising the price

There was a 20/20 like show many years ago that did a piece on a university that was testing the armed bystander theory that guns save lives... They assigned one preparator that would pull the gun...

For the head loupe I'd say get glass if you can. Refractive quality and consistency is slightly better, but even more important, the scratch resistance is massive by comparison. I'm very religious...

My degrading eyesight regime:

In pic I always use these glasses, they're good to about a metre. They're the cheapest I could buy so for the most part, deposable. I don't invest much money it...

Not mine, on market place, pretty good price...


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So last night I did a tally on costs and what the eleven I'm keeping cost me. All up ~$45 each. That includes the cost for two 300mm diamond disks... If I remove that, as they're an expense that...

LOL. Bad choice of words. They're mandarins, and they're... orange!:U

Books are funny like that. The prices swing wildly. Maybe it was signed of something to attract such a price. Amazon is selling it for $180AUD.

It's also at archive.org on one hour loan.

I...

I have two mandarin trees I grew from seed. Been told recently that's not a good idea to grow from seed... They're about 10 years old and I've only gotten 12 huge oranges off them two years ago. ...

Curius if anyone went and had a look...

That's why I wanted to get a builder. I could easily do it myself, but I've got, at the moment, the best job I've had in 20 years. If I pull the pin and leave for six months, I lose my position as...

Truth be told it will be - even for you!

More like Ikea (TM) on nitrocellulose and gun oil.

I see a major problem with the table though. Where's the merican gonna put the other 7 assault rifles and 15 handguns. And the 50cal is gonna...

A general reply:

I think most of the replies missed where I said I've been in the building industry for a very long time. Now I didn't mention this in the first post but after 45 years, ya kinda...

You wouldn't have been anywhere near that if you hadn't finished the interior. I don't want them to do floors, walls, cabinets, plumbing, painting, finish carpentry... It's just a shell without...

No, I provided full drawings of the extension and the plans and engineers reports of the existing house.

So I want to put an extension on the house. Plan is keep working to offset costs, and even though I've been in the building industry for 45 years I've religiously avoided the administration side of...

There's got to be a maga hat there somewhere.

First pic is the result. Could do a lot better but I'm not that interested in taking the time. It'll come good as I lap the back over time.

Next is my grinder with the MDF wheel on it. It's...

Scoured the world for Marples/Ward chisels from the early 1900s. I've been able to assemble a set in 1/8 increments (thx Woodsurfer and Pat for the last instalments). All the steel has been cleaned...