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Pretty! Love the grain in the second piece from the left, in particular. :2tsup:

Thanks gents!

Pops - I suspect some chairs to match would probably be a good idea. Predominantly TO with jarrah cross-bars and back slats maybe?

Ox - the brick workbench does work well....one...

Hi all,

It's been a long time coming - I joined this forum 2.5 years ago after acquiring my first giant hunk of timber (which is still drying in the carport...) - but I've finally made my first...

I hate it how life in general interferes with woodwork time. Ox - you know that table deck I showed you when you were at my place? It spent the next two weeks doing nothing, only just got a chance to...

At least he's got both his gumboots this time. :U

I think the first shot is the most accurate, the other two are being washed out by that timid little fluoro hanging off the roof. :)

Can't stand that poly glue, evil foamy stuff. :((

Looking good so far!

Where'd you rescue the jarrah from? That's a couple of pretty hefty pieces for second-hand.

Did his gumboot get thicknessed too? :)

I might have been a bit subtle in my first reply. :)

I've got an 8" long-bed that you're welcome to use (probably in place, unless moving 120kg machines is your idea of fun...) and looking at your...

Hi Ox,

How big a table are we talking here, and how thick are you planning to make the top?

I'm in a similar position to you having just finished the top on my first table, made from recycled...

Nah, he cheated. :)

Very nice, David - is the slab from one of the FPC auctions?

Don't be shy with details and more photos. :)

Umm....1 inch = 25.4mm. I'm thinking you meant 19mm and 25mm respectively, because 2" shelves would be....err....heavy. </nitpick> :)

My local bunnies stocks Norton papers for my ROS but The Sandpaper Man sells them cheaper (even with delivery), has a far wider range of grits and sponsors part of WWF to boot.

In summary:...

I'd be inclined to add a base to each of the yellow & white sections, unless you're going to join the sections together once they're in place - otherwise if the bottom edge of the side piece slips...

That's in pretty good nick if it really is a sleeper, but I doubt it is. Standard sleepers from around here are ~120x200 cross-section, which would make it pretty hard to get a dressed 200x50 piece...

Inadvertently? A mate's grandfather kept an old bandsaw specifically for cutting slices off his bulk-bought and frozen steaks. My mate got hold of this saw recently and couldn't work out why it was...

Interesting...don't think I've ever seen that done before...



Still unsure what I'll do with the headboard. It won't need much of one - the bed will be right under a window, and the sill will...

Pain in the ass. :)

It IS a lot of joints, but I figure a quick bit of jig-making and a nice big straight cutter in the router will make short work of most of them.

Updated sketch -

* Stretchers trimmed to 150x40 at joints, and 130x40 on the span. Moved apart to 1200, leaving ~300 overhang on each side.
* Left the foot and headboards off on purpose, not...

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I....don't follow you. Are you suggesting the slats will bend enough that the occupants would feel the stretcher as a ridge through the mattress?

I've come around to thinking that 4-500mm overhang may well be too much. 300mm might be a better number, with a 1200 span in the middle...will have to draw up another sketch from everyone's input.
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Stretchers - I've got a couple of pieces of 3200x370x55 jarrah which have been happily drying for 2 years, so ~150x50 stretchers are easily possible. My gut says I shouldn't need more than 120x50...

The bed head isn't a 'design', it's just what I drew in Sketchup to illustrate which end is which. :)

It's the potential instability from some giant bugger (ie. me) sitting on the edge I was most...

Hi all,

Finally found the time to get on my long-term project, a king-size bed to replace our slightly inadequate QS one. I've been pondering designs, in particular how to get away from the...

While I fit the "strong, fit and easily bribed" category you're after....I'm busy for all the daylight hours over the weekend, sorry. :C

You're just around the corner from me though, so if you...

A wooden one would be more reliable too. :U

...which can be a problem when the second phrase is "...so why don't you go ahead and put it in <insert room> instead." :)

Looks the business mate, you should be very proud of it.

Aaaand after a couple of trips to the green shed and raiding one of SWMBO's old rollerblades, I have a four-wheel steady!

Gave it a quick try and it's made a huge improvement, to the extent that I...

You're a year too early. This long-expired thread wasn't due to be randomly bumped until 14th of July 2010.

I thought that was pyrography? :q The only black art I do is when someone lets me loose in the kitchen and there's a funny burning smell.

I thought I had a lot more time to learn before that...

That roughing gouge is by far the worst of my chisels - the rest look a bit more like yours. I figured it wasn't too critical to have it razor sharp given what it was roughing out - this piece of...

Thanks - I thought that might be the case once I noticed the thing flexing on me.

I'm tempted to let it ride for this particular piece - it's an interesting effect, and looks better in person than...

It's a very rough roughing gouge, but the same thing happens with a smaller roughing gouge and to a lesser extent with two different skews - the skews still bounce a bit, but I can at least get a...

The guy who sold me the above lathe bought a Sherwood MC1100 because he couldn't afford the lathe he wanted. Then, of course, the lathe he wanted (some monster Symtek lathe) came up for a good price...

*watches podcast*

Yeah, getting there. Actually replaced my original lathe with an MC1100 yesterday...the original one is a bit weak, shaky etc. Bought both off the same guy - he replaced his...

Oh yeah, it'll do for a first effort.... :U

Someone been teaching you, been reading books or did you just go "yeah, I know how this works" and whip out a bowl?

Just one of the many benefits of living in the right state. :)

*lines up behind bookend*

IMO it depends where you get your raw timber from. If you're buying retail/wholesale timber, where you can get roughly the right dimensions and just need to straighten it - get the jointer. If you're...

Nice work, Will! Good to see I'm not the only one who's suddenly started finding excuses to go scrounging wood. The curse of the turning blanks... :U

Haven't had a lot of time to play with mine...

That's a lot of firewood. o_O

Part 2's pretty amusing - some of the pieces go the wrong way, and the bobcat starts thrashing around like a demented tooth fairy.

YouTube - Hahn HFP160 Firewood...

This is more to support my real hobby of making furniture and toys...for now, at least. Not being able to make round things is a real limitation. :)

It seems to do spindles pretty well....well,...

Umm...yeah, you did.

If you were suggesting it's a BAD thing, you might want to actually make that point.

Population control - get rid of all the rum drinkers and leave the world a better place for beer addicts. :U

Plus I'm sick of the #$*&in' bear on the TV.

Personally I'd answer another question first - what do you WANT to turn? I get the impression a lot of these guys are bowl turners, which leads to the focus on chucks, jaws and whatnot. But if you...

You too, eh? It's weird how you go out one day and accidentally come home with a lathe. :) Yours looks a little prettier than mine, but I paid about the same - only cranked mine up for the first time...

No, I'm not letting babies loose on lathes. But I haven't touched one since high school, which was....14 years ago :o...so what the hey.

Anyway....a mate's FIL sold me this one cheap. He used to...

I would have thought the one today would be more up our alley... :)

http://www.auctions.com.au/auctions/2009/05/23/burl-timber-craft-packs-slab-logs-saw-auction.html

*drools*

Very nice!

Is that giant hinge that the stove is mounted on a custom job?

I laughed. :)