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I need to install a 125mm duct through a corro iron roof and have noticed that Bunnings sell a complete kit for a rangehood install. Having a peek at the contents the flashing looks a bit like a soft...

Fellow woodies
Keep your eyes peeled at your local Bunnings stores as the other day I picked up 2 Bosch 1300's on the clearance table for $80 each. It seems that Bosch are releasing a new router and...

taste's like beetle poo

Rocker
Thanks for the detailed drawings for the jig. I finished mine yesterday and it now seems that every scrap in the workshop has a 8 mm mortice in it. I did a few experiments on some 19 x 50...

Try Mathews timber out in St Mary's

You will need a dedicated lpg regulator and different hoses (orange and blue)
I have been told that using lpg in regular maroon and black oxy/acet hoses will damage them. The hand piece and mixer...

With all of your comments and a nights sleep I gave the triton (GMC) help line a call this morning and after 15 min listening to recorded blurb about how the red eye laser on a circular saw will give...

An update to the router Saga:
I recieved a phone call from the autherised service centre telling me to collect my router and that nothing wrong could be found. The exact words where " it was to...

I was wondering if any body else has had the same problem or if it's just my uncanny knack at picking a defective product out of a pile of good ones.
I purchased the new 1400 watt router about two...

The localy made product is called hardite and is a gray case hardening powder and is available from engineering suppliers. You would probably be better of making your drills in silver steel which...

Cam
depends on your application method. Using a brush thin with turps this will allow the thinned finish to get right down into the grain. If spraying then use acetone this allows you to thin the...

I have actually thinned poly with both Turps and acetone for different reasons. The fine woodworking DVD on finishing actually suggests that you thin poly with 30% turps for the first coat when...

try horsley park gun shop for tru oil its rather pricey for a small container bu tworks well

I remember the Knock and Kirbys show well. Joe the gadget man was his name. I remember watching that then spending a few hours on saturday afternoon with the old man in the shed pounding nails into...

Hager

I used 16mm melamine faced particle board for the fence faces and found that after a particularly humid summer the particle board seemed to cup due to moist air entering the cut faces even...

Hager

The drawings that are available in pdf and cad format are not of my fence and I think are of a genuine biesemyer fence. I put mine together by having a look at the online instruction manual...

when my bathroom reno was done the bath was chased into a slot onto the wall. The ouside was supported on a frame made from hebel. The room was then sheeted with the sheets overhanging the section of...

It Could stand for Xtra hard to get one

Yes I have dealt with Mick before and offers a good range of stuff for hercus lathes. You could also try Emco machine tools in auburn (Sydney). They mainly deal with Myford stuff but I have seen some...

Ive also bought a few times from them and have nothing but praise for their quick turnaround and good service.

I am just about ready to sheet the interior of my steel framed house and was wondering do you sheet the walls or the ceiling first?

Lou

Thanks for making me aware of the guide system, I didn't know it existed. I am a one man band in the workshop and was looking at the purchase of a Festool saw and guide system even though I...

I too got sick of the mitre bar being sloppy on hot days and tight on humid ones. I found some steel bar that was a tad to wide and carefully draw filed one edge until it was a nice sliding fit in...

Here is a pic of the hinge jig I have made from a few scraps of MDF. The Bit shown is a 1/2 inch flush trim bit with the bearing shank mounted (purchased from Mc Jings ). Thre jig is set up to cut...

Here is a pic of the flexible blower I have added to the delta saw. The old blower and hold down have been removed as I found them to be just about useless. The flexible tube is available from Hare...

thats a lot of board room table with a lot of greedy directors and board members in the one place at one time. Might be an idea to imbed steel spikes under the veneer which can shoot out and impale...

Scooter
Would love to see a pic of the stand when you get your camera sorted. Hows the saw on the stand for vibration. I have mine bolted down to the bench and have very little vibration at all...

This Old house and New yankee Workshop are the only things worth watching on the pathetic excuse for pay TV in Australia. You pay your big dollars and get (as the Boss said in a song) 57 channels and...

I'm not sure which but one of the brands now uses a small turbine on the water supply going into the heater. This turbine then supplys enough power for the ignition circuit. I was looking into it...

For those that have purchased to delta 40-540 saw Ignore the manual about lubricating the main pivot bearings after 20 hrs use. My saw had about 5 hrs on it and I pulled the pivot bearings out as a...

If thats the Birchwood Casey truoil try horsley park gun shop - Its sold for finishing gun stocks. Great stuff and easy to use but a bit pricey. Mick smiths gun shop on George Street might be...

Tikki

Stunning work. Is a pattern available for the camelia as I have been asked by a friend?

If its just a simple lap joint as indicated by the pic then cut away as much of the wood with a tennon saw and pare away the remaining timber and glu with a sharp chisel.

Ive just purchased a 16 " Delta variable speed saw about a week ago and have found it to be quite good. Vibration is minimal and that could be from the bench I have it bolted down to as when its run...

Anthony

Thanks for taking the time to respond and include the great pics. This saw looks perfect for what I have in mind. I have a good table saw with a new CMT blade which gives very clean cuts...

Silkwood

Thanks for the response. It looks like it's the one for me. Ive just got to find a buyer for my kiddney to pay for it.

very catchy

mine sits in a drawer under the drill press unused - very disapointing, Time consuming to set up and not very acurate. I would save up the dollars an buy a dedicated unit or stick with a router.

I have made a few laminated timber landing nets but ditched the steam bending for a different method. I was lucky to have a supplier nearby that supplied glued and unglued timber edging strips for...

Joe

You saw the cat as well, I thought that I needed to lay off the grog for a bit.

graig

Call the boss and throw in the day job. Stunning work.

Silver solder seems to be the most popular because the fittings are generally cheaper than the yorkshire ones with soft solder in them.

Are there any creams and lotions that will also keep me smelling nice as well?????????

i heard a similar story from a bloke at work who finally decided he had made it in the world and was looking at a 3 series BMW. On asking the dealers for a better than list price he was told that...

I have also found that what you use a wad punch on also makes a great difference to the quality of the cut. Backing the material up with end grain of timber instead of a bit of MDF or ply gives a...

I recently saw this unit being used on an episode of this old house for cutting sheet plywood using the guide rail system and looked like it was a great saw. I have been cutting up a lot of 2400 x...

If you have the dollars then go with the triton - its seems to have been designed for table use.

It's made from ground up mice

Well the fence has been in constant use for the last couple of months and there doesn't seem like any changes need to be made. It has kept its's square setting to the mitre slots since being set up...

If everybody else is like me then its winter time. Temp in the shed is less than 45 deg and its time to do before dreaded summer comes along.