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Thanks Neil, I am trying that.
Charles Castle:)

I have done two chip carvings in jelutong and am trying to get the best possible almost mirror reflecting finish. This is practice for a chip carving that I have done on the floating panel of a box....

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and particularly for the photos. Having read all your comments, I think I will go down the route of sheets of ply. It will be stronger and cheaper, although...

I am about to get a small 1.52m x 2.26m steel framed colourbond shed. As always space will be at a premium. My idea is to cover the walls with pegboard or something similar. In the past I have...

Tnaks very much woodsurfer. I will give that method a try and see how I go.
Many thanks
Charles Castle

For various reasons I want to cut the lids off boxes by hand. I use a Japanese saw. Invariable I cut the lid crooked. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can make sure I cut the lid off...

Yvonne, I have always been wary of using stains because I have found them so difficult to use and particularly to get an even result. A recent book that I read talked about gel stains. The only one...

Thanks very much. I put another coat on, left it for alot longer, and it is now much better.
Thanks
Charles

I am restoring an old wooden suitcase fo rmy carving chisels. I have no idea what the timeber is, but I think it is something like Tasmanian Oak (I know it is neither oak nor necessarily Tasmanian)....

Thanks for your help. I think it is chrome leather, but I can't be sure. There is no embossing or figuring of the leather. I may have to settle for vinyl, which will be cheaper and will be easier...

Over Easter my wife and I want to restore an old desk my wife bought. The desk has a wooden insert in the top, covered with leather.
Does anyone know of a source in Melbourne for leather suitable...

I have a similar problem. My 9 posts are 450 mm diameter, and need to be cut off 2 metres from the ground. This means I have to stand on a ladder. I have tried using hand saws, including a bow...

Termite, Very many thanks. I will chase that up.

I bought a wooden European bow saw at a market for $20 a year ago. I have not been able to find a source for replacement blades in Australia. The blade is 19" long. Any suggestions would be...

Peter Scott-Young, 37 Alexandra Road, East Ringwood, 03 98708733
has a very wide range of marquetry veneers in many different sizes, including offcuts the last time I was there, and in mnay...

These nuts are very hard. They carve very well, but you will need extremely sharp chisels, and I doubt that cheap ones will do the job. Using them you will just be scratching the nut.
Charles...

Thank you for your suggestions MathewA. I am not turning the bowls, someone else did that. One I chip carved a pattern in the centre, the other was given to us and got terribly badly stained when...

I have recently had to sand two bowls, prior to putting a final wax coat on. The problem I have is that If I sand around the junction between the edge and the base on the inside, I get circular...

Many thanks indeed for all your help. I now know how to go about something which has been causing me a lot of thought, and I wasn't getting it right. The laser level sounds fine. It will have...

I am trying to level a site so I can build a shed. The shed will be 6m by 3.5 m. I am having great trouble getting the site level. I did have a olant operator come in some time ago before we did...

Ozwinner, many thanks. I will go and get some blond shellac.
Clint,
Chip carving as strictly interpreted means a carving done with a knife where small triangular chips are cut out of the work, and...

I'm planning to do a chip carving to go in an album of photos for a presentation gift. The carving will be 6 mm Huon pine. The timber needs sealing of some kind. The sealant needs to not affect...

Hello Mark.
Many thanks for your reply. I will consider a separate router table, but room is at a premium and I am not likely at this stage to be using the saw as much as the router, although of...

Something I don't understand as someone who wants to buy a router and table. The Triton router is very well regarded and is the one I am going to buy. I need a router table. Does the Triton router...

Doncaster carvers (to which I belong) have four carving groups. Each has carvers of varying abilities ranging form beginners to expert. There is one club for first, second and third Friday mornings...

Many years ago as a student I worked in a warehouse.
One hot day a new young bloke (all of 18) was being shown around. The boss took him around. The young guy could not see any women, and said so...

I am going to restore an old glass fronted cedar cabinet bequeathed to me by my mother. The finish is yuk. A brown sort of paint. At a rough guess the cabinet was made in the twenties or thirties....

Tim,
Your project is ambitious but doable. Give yourself plenty of time.
MIK International will be able to sell you the necessary tools, and they can probably tell you where to get lessons.
About...

Tiki,
I wish you good luck with this carving. I looked at your carving to see what you want to do. Others may have better ideas but my suggestions would be the following. For timber jelutong...

Sandra, I belong to Central Woodcraft at Manningham. They have three day classes on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Friday mornings, and Third Thursday evenings. We meet at Templestowe. Any of the leaders will...

Many thanks. Your very helpful answer is just what I wanted to know. I presume any two part epoxy will do? Such as the epoxy I used when building my canoe?

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Sorry folks, the photo hasn't worked. But hopefully you will get the idea.

Attached is a photo of a carving I am about to finish. It is designed as a cheese board, from a pattern in Australian Woodworking. The timber is Kauri Pine. While this has carved beautifully, the...

The old surgeon died and went upstairs. He knocked on the pearly gates and St Peter came. St Peter came and said "In life you were vain pompous and arrogant, especially to nurses. You are going to...

For those who don't know, Central Woodcraft at Manningham is organising a carve-in form 22-24 March 2002. I think there are still a few vacancies. A great weekend of carving under some really good...

As always Neil, a tribute to your carving ability. I go to Ballarat to work every week, so next week I will look at those posts.

I need to build a shed for my boat and my woodworking. Money, as always, is a prime factor. Does anuone have any sites or ideas where I can get plans to build a shed 20 feet by 10-12 feet,...

As my hatchet handle is broken, I need to replace it. Can anyone tell me how to get the handle out easily without drilling it out? There is a wedge in the top of the handle.

Glad you'r e thinking of such a project. My daughter (18 when we started) and I built a 5 metre sea kayak out of ply. We enjoyed doing it enormously. The project will take a lot longer than you...

I'm not clear on what you want, but Peter Soctt Young in East Ringwood has a large stock of veneers of different types. I can email you his address and phone number if you let me know yours.

The psychiatrist was interviewing a new patient. He asked the patient his occupation. Patient said "I'm a mechanic".
"Well you'd better lie under the couch then".

I'll be in that. Let me know on my email [email protected]. Only problem is, I want mine for the holidays just after Christmas.

I rceived a brochure about it with the Triton newsletter the other day. Price is $450. Bunnings are expecting them in the second week of December.

I'm making a model boat. I need to cut out the pieces from 3.0mm ply and 1.6 mm ply(made by joining two sheets of 0.8mm together). This is the first time I've used a fretsaw, and I don't have...

At the Melbourne WWW show I bought my Triton Power saw to go on the work centre I bought some time ago. I am now having a great deal of difficulty aligning the saw blade using the locating cams. As...

My wife wants me to make the 3 way bench descibed in Oct 2001 Better Homes and Gardens and I have agreed as a Christmas holidays project. My concern is planing the long rails, which are 1800mm and...

I'm planning to go to Warburton this Saturday. Does anyone have any idea what events are part of the Winterfest that day? I have been unbale to log on to the Warburton Winterfest site for some...

Welcome to the wonderful world of woodcarving. For what it is worth, the following are the places I know where you can learn woodcarving. They are all in Melbourne, apart from Neil Ellis in...

A couple were on the way to their wedding when they were involved in a car crash and both were killed. They were waiting outside the pearly gates for St Peter. One said to the other "As we are...