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Would be a magnificent back-scratcher when not flattening boxes.

Sure beats A4 sheets double sided taped to an MDF board.

My initial impression was that the lid was frame and panel, but then saw it was a breadboard end. Breadboard would be easier and accentuate the panel/lid.

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Thanks for the show and tell.

Been thinking about a similar project, more as a laptop stand than a lap desk. Although the timber selection would be different, maybe New Guinea Rosewood.

Reminds me of cycling forums, where the UK and Australian forums would be discussing the latest do-hickey bike part/accessory, and the US forums would be discussing the latest bike-friendly handgun...

Thanks for the reminder ClearOut. I heard about the tool sale through the NSW Woodworkers Association but almost forgot about it.

Being cash only (note to self for future) I was limited to $100...

Great box - lots of ideas for a fertile box-making mind.

Conversions of US drawn plans can be problematic, even doing if you do your own and rounding to nearest 0.5mm .

Others have already said these things but worth consolidating. Start with a marking knife to precisely measure and mark where the dado shoulder should go, it's too easy to blow past without a...

"Have I mentioned just how much I like using hand tools on Qld Maple?"

I endorse this statement - if only we had plantations of this instead of Radiata....

I'll take it

It is galvanised steel tube (20x20x1.6 mm) from Bunnings. After seeing the warnings about welding galvanised steel, I cleaned away the Zn coating where I was about to weld with a flap-disc. The...

Lovely boxes and the amount of work put into them is evident in the final products.

Two questions regarding the Spotted Gum. Was there a particular reason you chose this notoriously difficult...

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Quick update on the candy cart project.

I have welded up the frame with dropouts. The welding was sub-par, but the strength of the welds from gasless MIG was excellent. The wheels...

Project Farm just tested drill bits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p94UbNphysY).

While the brands might be different it does show a (somewhat) objective way of testing drill bits. I say...

Thanks Swifty

SHMBO is Indonesian and wants to use the candy cart for the same purpose, but not insetting the bakso pot like yours. I am sure now she has seen your SHMBO's cart there will be...

Thanks Clear Out and sorry for the delay replying.

I bit the bullet, (didn't) seek approval from the SHMBO/CFO and bought a MIG welder.

Let's just say while I had the swagger to hang with the...

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SHMBO, who usually bemoans new projects, asked me to make a candy cart.

A candy cart looks like this and is used at parties as a dressed up platform for serving food. An Etsy version is...

Beautiful mallets BMKal - I like the turned handles and the mix of tough as nuts Aussie hardwoods.

It's Christmas time (if it wasn't obvious already)... so keeping up with the mallet theme, this year all my loved ones will get a, yes that's right, a mallet. A thumping great carpenters mallet to...

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Please see the plane mallet with a 300mm rule for scale.

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Yes tool making is fun and cheaper than buying.

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My collection of wooden bodied planes has grown recently and my bronze Japanese plane hammer was guilty of marring the wooden bodies when making adjustments.

I looked at several wooden...

My other spending habit is cycling and there are strong analogies.

Australia is such a small market that bringing in stock is a high risk for wholesalers and usually passed onto the retailer and...

Nice boxes Derek and a great idea.

It's much better gift packaging than a brown paper bag but (for my gift recipients) goon bags already come in a box.

Silky Oak boxes never disappoint but really set off with the brass inlay, Ash stringers and blue suede.

Yes in hindsight the Metabo system would only work with shop vacs not dust extractors. Sorry for the misdirection.

I like boxes and your dowel based solution to the brass screw in hard timbers conundrum. Best of all you can use the dowel jig for perfect fitment.

I saw this on a video recently and thought it looked the goods - Sydney Tools

A bit on the pricey side but based on appearances it does what you need. If it attracts interest, Chinese knock-offs...

Did your feline superior give it their pawprint of approval? To humans they are a beautiful pair of doors with attention to detail.

Start small and simple with just the outside box. Look for easy but strong joinery like rabbets (rebates) which can be cut with just a saw and chisel. Practice with your hardwood scraps because if...

The video is amazing. All the set-backs and success. His videos are extremely informative and take you deep into his creative process and technique. Well worth the look. Also a very worth winner...

I know you said you tried planes and shooting boards but your regular shooting board is not good for mitres.

Try making a donkey ear shooting board -...

I'll take 3/4" shoulder plane please

I find all of these tests of hard wax finishes very interesting.

It is no surprise that a liquid of the same chemical composition gives the same results regardless of what colour tin it came from....

I like him too. From what I can tell reading between the lines of other people's posts, he is not totally honest about his connections to sponsors which makes his tool and product reviews far less...

Losing the lever adjustment on the 50 when using 45 cutters wouldn't be an issue as it is so crude anyway. To be honest I have never interchanged a 45 cutter and 50 body or visa versa because I have...

The 50 has the sliding section with the second skate that will support wider cutters. Thinner cutters are accommodated with a smaller bolt that replaces the threaded rod that connects the plane body...

I like the subtle details in the dovetails - easy to miss if not looking closely.

With all those chains it might need you to explain to guests that it's a woodworking device...

But looks great in its final form.

I use shop-made paste wax on lots of things - as the final finish on items needing some measure of protection from water, to protect tools from rust (although in those super humid months it proved...

Studley was a piano maker. So not only was he lugging it about, but he'd turn up at client's houses and so the tool chest was his business card. It was a statement, "look at how fine and orderly my...

That's a very nice first bench Sawdodger. Looks very practical, sturdy and robust.

Most first benches, like mine, are simple without the actual rigidity and skookumness that practical benches...

I'm only have it's younger siblings the 45 and 50. I can't afford the extra sliding sections to accommodate the moulding cutters from the 55 on the 45. Agree those cutters would made this an easier...

Thanks CT

I used a Stanley 45 with bead cutter for the 3/8 top part of the moulding without issue.

I also used it for the 1/4 bead cutter after using bench planes and rebate planes to make a...

Update - it's the scratch stock for the win. Instead of worn scraper or saw blade I used a high speed steel blank that I has left over from marking knives I made last Christmas.

I cut it to the...

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Thanks Paul. This is a "hand tools only" project (save for dimensioning the rough sawn timber).

A scraper could be the trick. I was thinking a gouge but that wouldn't leave a uniform finish. It's straight grained Victorian Ash in 800 mm lengths.

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I am seeking advice on cutting coves in moulding without a snipe bill, set of hollows and rounds or other moulding planes. And no, this the hand tool forum so running a board at an angle...

I like the design.

Just a random thought, but could you drill holes or slots in the base MDF and use small ratcheting ("quick") clamps to hold the sides down to the jig base. This would prevent...

I thought you spread mutton tallow on your toast for breakfast? Why mutton? Was the Veritas mutton tallow better or worse than the Lie-Neilsen mutton tallow? Did you-tubers restore vintage Stanley...