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I’m looking to buy a new cabinet saw, not sure what to get. I used to have a jet contractor which was good, then I upgraded to an old scm sc3 panel saw but it’s accuracy is just not there....

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I am looking for a saw mill to mill a few jetty poles for me. These are timbers that are pretty dirty as they have come from a wharf. If a blade or bandsaw gets damaged during the...

so where did you say you bought them from?

I bought the jet, it looks like a contactors but its so much more.

How has the carbatec TSC-10HB going? I didnt like that the riving doesnt rise and fall with the blade, which doesnt allow for...

Hi Derek

How so? What is the difference between the two? (excuse my ignorance)

I have a japanese mortise chisel (well so I'm told) that looks very similar is size

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anyone bought or used these chisels before?
Three piece mortise chisel set 9, 15, 24mm Japanese Hand tool | eBay

They seem pretty damn cheap, any thoughts?
Daniel

What area?

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I'm looking a getting 4 jarrah or ironbark railway sleepers milled in half. size will most likely 250x125 to roughly 250x60

Anyone from Melbourne interested?

Thanks
Daniel 0437241677

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this doesnt relate to IDing the timber, but i found a few beams of merbau that came out of a building that was built in the 1940s. I thought they were jarrah, but they were stamped merbau. ...

The whole shed gives me the shivers! No more projects in there, ordering a new shed in the coming weeks.

got the table top finished today...

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2692/jarrahtable6.jpg

Awesome, what brand did you buy?

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i need to get ahold of a moisture meter for a table slab im working on at the moment

anyone used one of the ebay cheapies?

if not, anyone got one they want to rent out to me, i can...

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i just made one of these today actually...

got some 50mm flat bar and welded some 20mm round tube to it. I recessed this all into the plaster and screwed it to the studs in the wall.

I...

hi mike
i take it that once it is set, then thats how its going to be regardless of time.

its a bit of a spew, im making a table and just sent it off to the sander. So it looks like when i get it...

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a little update, been using bote cote epoxy for the fills. Dont know if its just me but i can seem to get the stuff to cure clear. Ive got all the ratios right with a ratio cup. Somethings...

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im not a boat builder or have done anything previously with boats, but ive been using marine epoxy for a little while now, i used to use west systems and have not had any trouble with it in...

going used PVA next time, gonna make the kitchen benches out of the same. Any type of PVA?

table is off to the mill on tuesday and getting a hit with the wide belt sander. After that, ill be...

yeah the boards are pretty dark, its some of the best jarrah ive ever seen.

im anti poly glue now... if only i knew.

for future reference, whats the best glue for joining?

finally got a couple of days to have another crack at the table

joined all the boards, i used a glue which is some marine thing, big mistake. It dries yellow and the exposed areas, it turns into a...

nice...
i made some shelves out of 300x90 oregon out of an old factory. Not sure where your located, but in melbourne there is a place call grimes and sons that make oils and paints for timber. I...

Juffy: the boards are wharf skins, got them from peter from timber search

Burraboy: I was thinking of using 350x350 wharf poles and having them as chairs, or maybe i might get some of the replica...

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was at a 'trendy' timber yard today and they were selling, what they called 'wild messmate', which is basically merch grade OB $3.5PLM for 90x19...

pretty funny i though

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heres my first go at making a dinning table, im using 290x42 recycled jarrah for the top and wire brushed steel for the frame.

Heres a couple of pics of where im at...

yeah its pretty hard stuff...

come down to melbourne for a holiday

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got a project going on where im looking at milling some ironbark bridge timbers, metal detected so its safe

the timbers are 250x220 and im looking at getting them ripped into 3 boards...

i thought that was true for tassie oak...

yeah i wasnt trying to match it, but i didnt want a contrasting timber.

I was thinking recycled messmate, yellowbox or something. I think these timbers when recycled can have alot of black feature...

hey steve,
im mainly looking for something like messmate or blackbutt... or whatever really, i just want to be able to spot the difference between vic ash and something else.

bear in mind that...

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I need some advice, i was sifting through a demo yard the other day and he had a pile of bearers that he called HW.

Now i know that most of them will be vic ash, but what are the chances...

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im making a table at the moment, out of a recycled rock maple bowling lanes... its all working good, but i need to make a edge around the slab, but im having trouble deciding which timber...

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a little while back, i scored a few recycled bowling lanes that i was gonna use around the house for a table top and some bench tops.

That project is a little while away, but the current...

if you go to shivers, speak to steve. Let him know that you've got a general interest in recycled timber, he'll keep you there for hours. Top bloke

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I am going to leave the coated face and sand the underside. The underside is not flat, it has the difference in height from the laminations, but is still reasonably level. If at all...

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Looking at getting some timber slabs dress by a slab master or whatever works.
I have bought 15 slabs of rock maple bowling lanes and 2 cypress slabs.The biggest being 1080w by 2500L at...

get that timber bleech, it got some nasty things out of my deck

what timber are you using? The harder timbers will just split

The cheapest way is pre drill and nail... not the quickest though

if you buy it from bunnings they'll do it for ya...

hi charlsie
Would u be interested in dressing a couple of slabs of mine, 1080x2200?
give me a call on 0437241677

thanks Daniel

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Looking at getting some timber slabs dress by a slab master or whatever works.
I have bought 15 slabs of rock maple bowling lanes and 2 cypress slabs.The biggest being 1080w by 2500L at...

the rafters are actually under 4m, they are all around 3.7 - 3.8m...

The beams shouldnt be spanning more than 4.5 - 5m... The RRG timbers i got awhile ago and have had them drying in my shed. They...

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just finished building my deck outside and now its time to put the roof up...

Was wondering if anyone knew much about the timber spans of river red gum.

I have provided a rough...

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just finished building my deck outside and now its time to put the roof up...

Was wondering if anyone knew much about the timber spans of river red gum.

I have provided a rough...

they aint going to move, the posts are 180x280 and the rot is only on that one side... theres still a good 200mm of solid timber to keep it structural.

Does any body know where i could buy that...

thanks all for the advise... i didnt want to completely fill the holes, just get them roughly filled.
Im with vernonv, still want them as a feature point.

thanks again for the advise

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Been using ironbark wharf posts for a decking project outside.... a couple of the posts have a bit of rot
Got a photo here of the worst one, its still structural but i was thinking of...