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Merry Christmas to all and a safe, properous new year.

Thank you to the administrators and sponsors of this site.
I have learnt so much more by being a member.

I hope 2010 is a great year...

welcome to forum Shane.

Sounds like you plan your work in advance...well done:2tsup:

Have you made any progress on your bench?

Fletcher

My wife and I went to M10 just down the road from us, to look for something for father's day for the Father-in-law and while there, remembering all of the comments here, I found the 4 pack on...

Village_inc,

My grandson is using the bunks I built my son when our number 3 came along. The daughter-in-law didn't want to use the side rails I had built into the design, so they found a...

JillB,

I have a pegboard for my saws, hammer, some screwdrivers, squares and some other tools. Although this makes it easy to get them, I don't think the space is used to its best and have been...

I know how Sleeping Dog feels....I thought about putting my pic on here, then saw all of the fine work done by everyone and well....guys there are some amazing work being done, congrats to all of...

the bigger the better...

my brother-in-law has a 60m x 30m x 15m (yes folks, that's in metres not feet) and is still looking for space....he put in a first floor just for the lighter stuff to be...

that's one of those kiwi cats they like so much over there in NZ

Jerryc,

hate to point out the obvious, but it does say, "can be split into 45 pieces for easy transport to matchstick conventions"

Fletcher

I would just like to point out a few things....

1. He built it in his Aunt's kitchen....what did his Aunt do for food over the 6.5 years he took to build the car? Obviously, the £4,500 does not...

hi HS,

How is the table progressing?

Fletcher

Merry Christmas to all who make sawdust.
and a safe New Year.

haosiliu235,

Looking good. What timber did you end up selecting, looks like hardwood.

I'm going to be building two coffee tables in the new year, so keep up with the photos, I hope to learn...

Star,

What type of woodwork are you interested in?
What's your experience?
Do you have a work area setup?

I just did a google search on 'woodwork gold coast' and it returned a few people...

Welcome aboard Bazza.

Any particular "bit" of woodworking you're into?

Fletcher
(the other IT guy)

missionaryman....great work. Thanks for the step by step pics.

Bloubull,

Lovely work.
Like the others, I too would like to know the timbers used in the cutting board.

Now, when are you going to start your next project?

Fletcher

John, glad to hear you are back in the land of "The Shed" where saw dust is aplenty.

Cheers

Fletcher

PS - sorry didn't hear about your broken bits either.

The possibilities are endless....but very time consuming as well.

Firstly, I would suggest that you investigate the specs of the motor. Is it two, variable or single speed? This can limit what...

Marco and Damien,

I think your last posts have summed it up nicely.

If the question was more specific, then the responses here would have more specific as to which brand and for what reasons...

Bodgy,

Think you may be right. Although, the dinning table will be far enough away from the coffee table that even if it wasn't an exact match, won't be too obvious.
But it would be nice to get...

Here are the pictures of the underside of the table and one of the underside of a chair.


:doh: the flash hasn't changed, so sorry for the poor lighting.

Thanks

Fletcher

TTIT,

Haven't looked underneath....good idea. I'll try to get some better photos and some from underneath as well.

Thanks

Fletcher

I'm sure there have been many questions like this, but here's another one.

My daughter has asked for a coffee table to match their dinning table and chairs. My son-in-law doesn't remember what...

I agree whole heartedly...I have selected the table saw I'm going to buy, based on comments read in this forum. Have purchased a biscuit joiner and some router bits, have designed the coffee tables...

Marc,

I have read all of the pages of this thread and agree with most that has been said...company in business to make profit, quality of products, poor product knowledge and so on.

But your...

Blocklayer,

Great... saves alot of time.

Great site too...just spent 30 minutes lost on your site.

Fletcher

IanW,

From your pictures it appears that you have sealed the timber...or is this just an optical illusion. If it is not sealed, would sealing have stopped this?

After a week or so of "drying...

Tony,

Sounds like it would make any piece very unique even the old nuts and bolts storage box.....which I'll start tomorrow.

Fletcher

Frank&Earnest,

No, ironbark can make the bow too stiff (heavey to draw) but if you use laminations of ironbark, just make them around the 1mm. A friend made a bow with 1.5mm ironbark lamination...

Funky C,

You don't need to have a piece long enough. I know that some of the bowyers will take two blanks out of a single piece, say 33 inches to 40 inches long, and splice them together using a Z...

Mirboo....great site, some really good ideas there.

garfield, here is another thread started a long time ago but has some great suggestions and some pics......

:doh:

the website is www.ozbow.net

No ".au", sorry for the confusion.

Honorary Bloke,

GROUP HUG!...mate we're Aussies....the closest we get to another bloke is when we tackle him at the footy....and sometimes even while we're playin footy.

Fletcher

Dingo,

It appears we scared everyone away....

Well the offer is still there, whenever you're heading this way let me know.

Fletcher.

Dingo...you are truely amazing...you can take offence at having jelly beans removed from your arsenal, but I can't be insulted at having being told that it is my shout! An Aussie bloke should not...

Dingo,

...RUM or Beer, just let me know when you're getting here and which one you'd prefer....but if we're getting the "gang" together...beer it will be.



Now I hadn't realised just how...

Dingo

By the way....what sort of boat are you building?

Dingo...you are right not to assume...I saw Honorary Bloke's comment and thought..yes I suppose that could be taken two ways...I actually meant it as a compliment but now that you have taken to the...

Stu,

Just been having a quick look at your website....cool stuff (no jelly beans featured though).
Still going through your dungeon, looks great.

Fletcher

Dingo,

A very eloquent response....I believe that either you and I would be the best of mates or end up killing each other in a matter of minutes after meeting :U.
If you are inclined to find out...

Sebastiann,

Thanks.

By the near perfection comment, I meant that some people aren't confident in themselves enough....that's not the case with me as I know I make mistakes.

Interesting...

Mike,

If you are using screws into wood, then I agree with Joe. Use an epoxy or something that is rated for metal to wood.

Just as an aside, loctite IS for metal to metal, usually to stop...

To All,

my deepest apologies, this is my 4th post and gosh, I forget to put the standard phrase in my first post.

any lurker (and I was/am one) would have seen that most of the people who...

Major,

This is the first of your web pages I've seen and therefore, don't know all of the changes you made, but....maybe I being a little too picky....

1. the status bar at the bottom of the...

funkychicken,

I'm a fletcher (arrow maker) so don't know much about the bowyers trade but do know lots of people who are/do.

If you want to do some reading, there are two books, The Bowyer's...

I have just spent the last couple of hours reviewing all that has been said about table saws, brands and the little things that make them just right for you. (all 6 pages)
I am just in the process...