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I happened to purchase some gear from carba-Tec during their EOFY sale and paid little attention to it as no-one I’ve heard of actually wins these things as far as I knew.

Surprise surprise I got...

woodPixel covered it pretty well, I'll just throw in that they are also called 'Tube & Sleeve Closure' or 'C-Channel Closure' - see this article on JoeWoodworker.

I didn't post this to the marketplace since I don't actually have the item in Australia yet and thus technically don't have anything to sell. I'm just trying to work out if I should return it to...

I'm about 100% confident I'll go ahead and build it from wood. My main issue now is to work out how to design it so that it meets council requirements, as I don't want to have the plans rejected....

Thanks for the suggestion. I like the idea of using demo materials, I'll see what I can chase up.

Thanks for the suggestion - I actually have already contacted a few for custom quotes (via their websites). To date none have bothered to reply, so I'm taking that as a hint they're not much...

G'day all.

I've had a look at the various past threads covering the question of steel sheds vs wooden ones, but am still left a bit unsure which way to go (in terms of lower cost) because of my...

G'day folks,

I have a 20 year-old Moran recliner on which the mechanism has pretty much reached the end of its days. I want to obtain a replacement mechanism so I can swap the old one out. I was...

Followup: thanks for the feedback.

With all the recommendations for the superdrill in this thread, I've decided to give it a go. I ended up getting a DP-4116B press from Carba-Tec (the floor one...

Followup: I got myself a carbide cutter with template bearing and gave this a try. I learned two things - one, it's harder than it looks to make a neat circle in metal, even with a template, and...

Thanks for the suggestion. That's certainly a possibility; I have a Triton router table, but had never considered using a router to cut metal.

ok, thanks for the advice ... I have already had some of these cut exactly as you describe (they were done by a machine shop last year) - I'm resuming work on the project and was hoping to avoid...

Thanks for the advice, will look into this. Never thought of using kero!

G'day Folks,

I need to cut some 28mm holes in 16mm thick aluminium (also some other sizes, but the 28mm is the largest). I am about to invest in a drill press (which I needed anyhow, this just...

I do happen to have a price for uncut plate (20 x 1200 x 2400mm), which is roughly $2100 inc GST. Not something I'm going to jump into right now, but if it happened to work out a lot cheaper than...

Thanks all for your replies - I'll let you know what I end up doing and how much it costs:)

Also if anyone's interested in picking the faults that are inevitably going to be in my first CNC...

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Can anyone point me at a (preferably local to Melbourne) supplier who would be willing to supply small quantities (about 2sqm) of 15-25mm thick Aluminium? I've not had much luck asking...

G'day,

Was wondering if someone could point me to a (preferably local to Melbourne) supplier who is willing to provide small quantities (maybe 2sqm) of thick aluminium plate (between 15mm and...

yes ;] ... but I might have to toss up getting back into the actual woodwork immediately with instead starting off by making a proper workshop. My current 'workshop' (read: double garage) is filled...

I've just spent some time reading this thread, I came across it by accident after a google search on a related issue. Boy has this brought back memories. It even prompted me to go downstairs to the...