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Hi, I'm after a jewellery box for my wife but am not up to the job myself.

I took a look around the local jewellery stores and saw only one with potential, it was made of walnut, good quality,...

Thanks very much for all the replies, i lost track with this thread after the first few replies and the project has been shelved till next year due to some unfortunate car problems sucking up all the...

I've had this trouble with joining boards to make flatpanels as well. I don't have hand planes or a jointer so use DAR from timberyard. Problem with that is that it twists and bends on the rack or...

Hi all. Planning on danish oiling over the top of watyl craftsman stain as a change from poly. This is my first go both staining and oiling.

The can says to remove excess with a clean cloth, how...

Hi ya. First I've just sanded an old set of drawers back to bare timber. The face is maple, the sides & tops ply. I've stained the sides & top maple, one coat to match the front but the water test...

Same here, frightening really. Nice one, good luck with the coffee table you mentioned is on the go.

Ta - today i just gave the rollers a brush with a dustpan brush at the first sign of slip. Worked a treat.

Got one on the ryobi scms I just bought. Works great, very accurate and though it's taken some time to trust it I'm slowly gaining confidence!

Hi greg, mine does that too. It is definately due to the change in the timbers stability as it passes under the roller. I allow 50mm or so onto either end of any peice I'm doing or support it...

Olive oil - let it penetrate then wipe off the excess. Repeat periodically!

Hi, yep those prices were for the saturday but they sell reco ones out of the shop whenever. I just rang the shop to enquire and a guy named ken said he's got two thicknessers there for $150 each in...

Hi there. Hudsons at leumeah sells offcuts cheap. Pine lenghts under a meter go for 50cents and they have a bin out back with allsorts for free. Might be worth a look.

Well, on saturday I attended a sale at the ryobi factory at milperra (prior to recieving your response wood duck). They were selling 2nd's and reco warranty stock cheap - I mean cheap.

Picked up...

oops - sorry it's a 235mm saw, not the best and i'd like a hitachi or makita but it beats the handsaw.

The blade that came with my ryobi c/s 2 years ago is burnt and scarred and while cutting some lining boards on a cutting table the other day and it nearly stopped! Hmm, do you think it' had it or...

Hi there. Have been reading up on the forum stuff re budget sliding compound mitre saws, in particular the ryobi and gmc but the most recent discussions were last year. In that time ryobi have...

Ingenious idea using the weights to counter the pull of the sander! Nearly all the suggestions here are relevant to my problem.

1. I'm using store bought DAR timber and have no jointer to...

Well I'm in a very similar boat to you and have given some thought to the big tools of late - table saw, jointer, thicknesser. The options for a table saw newbie IMHO seem to be.

Cheap gmc/ryobi...

Right. One kids room to do up approx 12sq/m of floor space. I could pay someone $30 per sq/m to sand it or......I could use that to buy a makita belt sander I've been eyeing off and sand it myself....

Ok, building a bed on the weekend and thought to myself "there must be an easier way to get all this 2 * 4 uniform". Duh!

Anyway, as I understand it a jointer flattens 4 sides of a length while a...

Righto, looking for something cheap to build project #3 with. Am sick of radiata pine, quizzed the hudsons buy about using oregon (plentiful in said yard) and he said the following:

"We have...

Hey bauerbird. Let me just clarify your new school method.

Grip sander lightly and move across the grain in a wide arc.

Change direction 90deg regularly - this will result in sanding in line...

That door tips is a beauty. I'm currently on the lookout for a cheapie at the moment!

Have put a little more thought into this, and as usual operator error is at the heart of the matter.

When joining the 90*19 pieces I didn't use enough biscuits and clamped only from side to side...

Ok, just finished a table and chairs for the kids. As usual my disapointment is due to the joined boards for the table top. Pine 90*19 DAR biscuit joined to be precise. Put it all together, power...

Hiya. I have just had this problem myself. I'm making a bed, amongst other features a downward curve is at the top of the bedhead/foot. Here's how I achieved it.

1. Bought a piece of 6mm mdf...

Stupidist thing I ever did? Went to a pub for after work drinks, they were passing around chicken wings for bar snacks. Still hungry so went over an elbowed a couple out of the way so I could get...

Hello all. Am being tempted by gmc belt sander. $99 at the local bunnies. Salesman was trying to push the ozito at $89 but I'm not familiar with those.

Anyone used either of them and can supply...

Thanks for replying guys. I'm planing the joined boards for practice and because even though I clamped there was slight movement when the biscuits swelled and glue dried.

Zed, I had been making...

*sigh* Finally got the hang (sort of) of joining DAR timber side by side to make boards without a gap between them. Next step is planing the surface smooth then sanding.

I've only got an...

Doing a quick search I see there's Australian woodwork, wood review and woodsmith magazines. Which would people recommend for someone new to woodwork?

Just coming to grips with this myself. I'm working in a big colorbond shed about 6meters from my neares neighbour and it has absolutely no ability to supress noise.

Not before 8am and not after...

Thanks to all who replied. I'm proceeding on the following.

Minimum post size 45*45. Min rail size 190*35. Will adjust as needed.

Standard mattress size is 920*1880. I will make the frame...

Hi all. Daughter needs a single bad made. Just going for a basic slat design, mortice and tennon to join rails to posts, using biscuits to do all the joining at the head and foot.

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Ta Jack. I'll devote some thought to putting a brace onto the other side of the rence rails so the timber is supported as you suggest.

With the tennons, once I used my square to ensure my guide...

Hi all. Just started messing with woodwork. The goal is to make cheap affordable furniture for the kids to abuse.

Have just started using the router for something other than rounding off boards...

Was up at bunnings last night to return some stuff. Bought something called "the stick" went home and cleaned up 3 bosch discs which were ready for the bin with excellent results. Well worth the...

Thanks for that. Made the of mistake of taking the bunnings assistants advice on this one, when I got home and started reading cans (after applying the sealer) I started to suspect something. I'll...

Hi all, I notice ubeut sells a product to clean the debris from sandings discs. Has anyone used this? Is it cost effect / does it extend the lift of the discs noticably.

Thanks very much.

Hi all, in my neverending quest for cheap good furniture I've knocked up a pine table and chairs set for the kids but being a novice in these matters I have some questions regarding the finish.

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Ta echidna. At the moment I join using thicker boards than needed and keep planing and sanding till and acceptable result is achieved. No light seems to pass through the joins and this has...

Came in pretty late on this one but it's been a problem I've been comeing to grips with lately. Bought a bit of mdf, ripped a good bit of the edge, screwed it to the top of the original bit and ran...

Hi, all. I've been experimenting with joining boards to make table tops, cabinet sides etc etc. I match the boards, clamp and glue, plane then sand but still am disapointed with my efforts.

I'm...

Hi Al, had this same problem myself making a box for my router and bits.

As a response I made up some clamp brackets. I cut 2 bits of 38*38mm pine 10cm & 14cm. Double biscuit joined them at...

Hi there,

Just scanning the posts and read the rave reviews on the triton helmet & extractor system. Looks like and excellent product and one i intend to get........right after i win the lottery...

Thanks for the replys and encourgment guys. Growing up I was labelled one of those guys who wasn't any good with their hands. I believed this until the age of 30. One day I got sick of paying...

Hi all, as before I'm a novice looking to make some functional stuff for the family. I use lots of shortcuts ie: biscuits to join, sander, power plane etc. I'm not a craftsman like so many of you...

bsrlee thanks for the styrofoam tip, hadn't thought of that before. I had already made up a short straight cut jig as you suggested but found it was not consistant over the full lenght of the cut. ...

My last post on this I promise!

Yes it's a truss roof - my builder friend has been inside the roof and made sure of this. If I used the wrong terminology I'm sorry, I meant the underside of the...

Hi,

Well I've gone back over removing that wall and still think we we're ok. Hope I haven't hijacked the original post but for anyone interested here's why I think there was no load on the wall we...