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FJ stands for finger jointed.

This is when they connect smaller pieces of wood together with joints that look like interlacing fingers (hence the name of finger jointed). This means that small...

I used to work at Para Rubber (sister company to Clark Rubber) in NZ and we had all sorts of cords both rubber and and neoprene. These were solid (not hollow like hoses) and came in different...

Patrick Spielman describes a scarf jig setup for use with a router that gives this effect as well

Hi All, I have built several basic websites using dreamweaver (for the mac). I havent done anything particularly fancy, but can get up a basic site with multiple pages / email contacts /pics /...

Hi all - just a question regarding Flat Proof clear polyurethane from Feast Watson. It dries clear but has a grey/green tinge when being applied. Is this normal or is it "off"? Can Poly go off? If...

"If it is your little finger and about half the next finger that tingles then that's another problem"

yes that is compression of the other main nerve entering the hand - the ulnar nerve, which...

just so people know what tinels and phalens tests are

tinels sign is positive if the symptoms (usually pain) are stimulated by tapping on the anterior (front) of the wrist at the location where...

maybe it was just me - but when starting out, in estimating the time required to make a given product, double whatever your initial thought is. If you think that it will take 20 hours to do a...

thanks for the replies. I obviously don't know much about power....:B

Now I just have to find a genny that won't make my wallet explode - preferably costing dollars rather than kilodollars...:U
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Hi all, hoping for some advice.

Due to circumstances, I have had to move my workshop to a space that does not have power. The only real option is to use a generator. The tools that will be used...

Not to be a snit, but take care when selling products like this. If a child falls out of the bed and hurts themself, the bed maker could be sued for not ensuring safety rails or something.

It...

hi just a thought - if the screen grab shown is from your pooter, then it considers Adobe Reader 9.1 to be the default. Pperhaps you do not have this version of adobes reader.

This would also...

Thanks Johno,

This client rang me regarding the toybox from my website (www.toycarpenter.com.au) andsince I can't do it at the moment, I gave the forum details.

If you can help out and make the...

Hi I have a copy of the book that issatree mentioned and its a great resource of how to turn chessmen.

If you or any member wanted to buy it - I could be convinced to sell it/:)

Thanks Gavin

I have one and although I think that its great, i have put it up for sale on the tool section of the market place. PM if you are interested. Thanks Gavin

I found a very large teddy bear with gorgeous large brown eyes and took the eyes to attach to the rocking horse head. Looks great.

just a though for toy makers

be very careful making toys with magnets _ they are often bright and shiny and just the sort of thing that a child might like to try and pry out of a recess


if...

Not to be snitty, but note that I was sharing a method of making a template around which a router base could be moved - not asking how to achieve an arc.

I know about bending the metal ruler as...

hi - the entire premise was to use a curved surface that was not a circle. To use a paint can would have necessitated using a portion of a very large can of paint, other wise the curvature of the...

Hi all, I made a dolls cradle the other day and needed to have a particular curve for the bottom surface of the rockers. Not having an oval jig, i looked for something to use as a router template....

If the plan had metres, there would be descriptions of lengths, but if it had meters then it would be in verse (such as iambic pentameter)....:)

Laffin' quietly to self

something to do with the periodic table in chemistry....

In terms of bike transport - i find all sorts of wooden furniture that has been thrown out and take it back to work on the bike. I make small things and recycled timber suits perfectly. Things like...

Thanks Chipman, I enjoy making the toys. I would really like to have a shop one day to sell from but at the moment it is just a side line from my normal job. One day maybe it might build up to...

Hi Ali and Mark, I thought that I might offer my services. I make wooden toys for kids and it all started with me making a dolls house for my daughters third birthday. Since then I have made about a...

Perhaps to be the dissenting voice regarding clients wishes.

I agree that the clients wish is the correct choice and that the object being made is to anothers taste and idea of beauty - however...

Thanks Zelk, i agree with the use on large items, but i make toys for kids and so the maximum size is still small.

at the risk of being the butt of many jokes - has anyone used cabots gel clear for varnishing pine? it is a thick gel consistency and is brushed on or wiped on and because of the consistency does not...

I used to work at the Sydney Opera House and we had a saying that seems appropriate here. "Everyone rises to the level of their own incompetence and then stays there".

Gavin
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Hi, I can probably do something - i have a set up that allows for such copying. PM if you want me to have a go and if you send me the DVD's, I should be able to do it. Thanks Gavin

thanks for the thoughts. I will not be using a copying device for the lathe, but rather a template / calipers approach. These pieces are out of pine and i will probably do about 60 000 of them to get...

heya, I am not real good at consistency either. I did the king and then I was going to try to replicate the king when I buggered it up and thought that I would make it into a queen. I have to work on...

Here is a pic showing my first attempt at some chess pieces. There is a king, queen, bishop, rook and pawn. I started the knight, but killed it on the bandsaw... oopps...

This will not be the...

Well done Cliff, on getting the awards. I also used to work in theatre (onstage as an actor, backstage as a mechanist / flyman and management as a stage manager), and worked on more than 250...

thank you all for your opinions and wisdom and i think that the general concensus appears to be that its a bad idea all round. I will have to organise a router table and not do this workmate option. ...

Hi - thanks for thereplies - i have looked at the lee valley option - could be a goer. Yes I tried removing the base plate but i still needed to have too much of the bit exposed. due to safety...

after purchasing a router table to insert my router into and discovering a problem that others have found (due to the thickness of the insert and the base of the router - the bits were not protruding...

Thank you to F&E for the challenge and offer and to DJ for the pm, but unfortunately due to unforseen chaos at work, i will have to withdraw my name from this one and try again if there is another...

This sounds like fun. I'm in but i dont know yet what to make.

thanks rhancock and tameriska - excellent suggestions and i will use both for future ebay endeavours. Richard - i really liked your description ("This hand crafted piece will provide a basis for...

Thanks Billrule, i appreciate your advice - i am a little naive about things - i tend to just believe that people will do the right thing and if a person commits to buying an item then they pay for...

Thanks to all who gave encouragement regarding about selling my wizards wands - i have listed them on ebay (my first listing as an ebay seller) woo hoo:) no takers yet but i have listed the wands as...

thanks for the suggestions - i was thinking around $30 also. I could do definitely do the cape and hat combination as well, perhaps charging $50 for the lot.

but the big question would be - what to charge?

I know that this might not be the forum for it, and i am very aware that there are many other more experienced woodies in this forum, but based on feedback (here and in real life) from the wand that...

use screws to hold it together, but rather than countersinking them, drill holes and use a plug cutter to cut plugs to fit over the screws and fill the holes. This will be better than dowelling the...

the wand chooses the wizard, woodbe

there is the problem - i wanted to have the mattress surrounded by the facade to prevent any movement, but the MIL thought that as this has to serve as a sofa and bed combination, if there was wood...

laffing!!!!! actually i prefer her to either of my other mothers!! she has ordered her own mattress from ikea and i made the bed to save her the money.

here is a pic of a wizards wand that i turned on my new lathe. I laminated pine around a contrasting hard wood core.