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hi Dave the boards look great, but wondering why you double nailed each board?

Hi Rodm, The Z arm as i call it is just about finished. Ball screws for the rise and fall will be assembled in the next couple or weeks. The stroke in the Z-arm is 1.8m and the unt itself weighs...

Hi guys, i'm designing a big cnc unit myself althought really just the mechanical design. I'm useless when it comes to the electronics so that is being done outside by another company. But i think...

A little surprised Lignum you think waterstones are trendy. I have been using them for over 20 yrs. Can't imagine how long the Chinese,Japanese,Koreans etc have been using them. I don't think diamnod...

http://www.eurus.dti.ne.jp/~k-yazawa/jointwork.html

have no idea how you even go about marking these out.
Sinjin

Hi Mike, unless i missunderstand you. To cut a V in the hull are suggesting is impossible isn't it? Unless the V is cut to the very center of the keel. You can't expect to close the V back up and...

Hi guys, i have been a 3D CAD designer for about 12 yrs. Some of the very high systems are extremely expensive and really you pay for what you get. Having said that a lot of the cheaper CAD packages...

4.2 ltr Turbo diesel Nissan Ute to carry everything home.
Sinjin

I'm not quite sure what your asking exactly. But i feel if you think you can increase the rocker in your boat by socking in water. I doubt very much if you will get any movement at all. If you apply...

Buy a stick of 20 x 10 Alu bar cut a few at different lengths. to what you might need. 2@300 and say 2@800. Dead accurate and cheap to buy. On long boards more than 2 can be a great help i have used...

I think some points are not mentioned here. VS on a belt sander is no gimic. Second the base length of the machine to me is really important meaning the actual contact area the belt makes with the...

Yeah what Rodi said!...lol

Ok bought the machine ..so now designing a mobile trolley for it. but i want some fancy side leg attachment for long timbers. I'll post some pics when i finish designing it.

I have a large one, got it very cheap when the old Vic Carbatec closed down.
I only use it for hinges and find it to be just one more tool to make things a little easier. I really don't use it for...

Thks the for thoughts, have any of you been down the path of all the different brands of chisels that are available for these machines?
Sinjin

Hi guys, this is a question for people who own mortise machines. Your standard bench mount or floor mount chisel machines. I have never used one and when i look closely and pics of finished mortises...

Speaking of the Mk11. I use mine purely for chisels. And i use the Eclipse for plane blades so i can have a gentle curve on the plane blade. So does this mean most don't bother with a slight curve on...

Generally speaking, do the nut up just so as too strip the thread completely then back if off half a turn. Then the first chance you get give the spanners to someone else so they get the blame....

Miratone. 2pk. You can sand and respray in about 20 minutes.

Has anyone had a look at this machine BP 500. I knows its 415 volts. But this is best small Taiwanese machine i have seen. The quadrant is all machined solid cast, wheels cast and the actual spring...

I had the chance top buy the 20" at the right price. 4 blade head and larger dia. cutter block. At the time it was the only machine also that could take 8" under the table. Its is a seriously heavy...

Well its a pity but it seems as if there isn't very big interest in this area.
Sinjin

HI Craig can you post the link again please
Sinjin

I would very much like to go along.
Sinjin

I was just wondering if there are many people interested in or doing Japanese style woodwork in Melb. I know very little little about the area of woodwork myself but would sure like to get together...

I was just wondering if there are many people interested in or doing Japanese style woodwork in Melb. I know very little little about the area of woodwork myself but would sure like to get together...

Thks guys i'll do a bit of research.
Tassie i guess you would know how to use it owning a Kombi...Good for the rust spots is it????? Lol....Just stirring i own the last of the 2 LTR Air cooled....

Hi Damien, i have one that is near new. When i heard they were going to be discontinued i went and bought a second. They really are a great machine. For a laugh i own 2 MOF 11's if you know what they...

Hi guys, anyone know how/what you can do to repair cracks ina bitumen driveway. or do i have to get the pro's in.
Sinjin

Many moons ago i was a boatbuilder and repaired (some) Rainbows. Mostly redecking etc after clotts dropped or fell through them C/board cases and so on.
For a boat as old as yrs one of the main...

The 090 is still being available i was told. They are available in PNG so with some mucking around you can get hold of them. For a mill these were the best i had used. Slower revving than newer...

There has to be a trick to cutting Dovetails with an electric planer.

If you access to a steel straight edge then take it with you. Borrow of even use a steel rule. I have a 2m steel rule which i took with me
Sinjin

Hi Jake, like you i don't have much problem sharpening it. I use mine mostly for things like door hinges etc. At first i wasn't so sure about it but once i got it square and sharp its been very...

I was thinking about having a go at doing a Japanese style garden....Nothing super serious. One of the things i really like is the idea of having flowing water running through the middle of the...

Well...probably sticking my neck right out here. But...
if you were to put down 12mm ply first before you lay yr boards...which i did on my place 9 yrs ago. Effectively you are stopping/ reducing...

Yepp yr right i had a look and thats the unit i has seen briefly. Well i might have to save a little more i think.
But thks for yr efforts.
Sinjin.
PS i have 8" jointer and 20" thicknesser..so not...

Hi Mir, in yr reference to yr stone storage pics. i see you have a Lie neilson number.. 7 or 8.. silly question i know...Any good?
Sinjin

They come with a new Honda Accord.....

I couldn't agree more with "WoodBe"....if there is one machine to buy for home use its a rowing machine...there not cheap at all. They seemingly offer little resistance when you try them in the shop....

has anyone seen one of these spiral cutter heads for Jointers. They are using carbide tips instead of the HSS single blades.
I saw an article in FWW a couple of months ago but i didn't buy the mag....

I started buying Japanese chisels a little over 20 yrs ago. The first place i bought them was from a very small shop in Through Rd Burwood in Vic. I then started getting them from a guy in Tasmania....

Eggs have gone up at safeways this weeks.
Sinjin

Hi guys does anyone know apart from Carba tec and MIK that might be bringing in Japanese chisels?
Sinjin

When he first starts the Video clip if u look carefully you will see a square luminted maginfier...a square one..i have been searching for ages to find one of these. Some of the US supplier won't...

A friend of mine is getting their decking extended out the back of their house.
The builder has used treated pine for everything. Posts,joists,bearers. using Mirboo for the decking.
It just looks a...

Hi Rod, i'm doing a CNC doover myself at the moment. Never enough money to it really well. But just the same it will work.
For rack and pinion ideas i have come across a couple of different ideas of...

I have 2 number 8's, and i recently bought a 5 1/2 LN. I love using the number 8's....but. I have found on hard timber its not that difficult to flex the number 8's. The super rigit LN plane feels so...

Hi Rod for your long axis with the pinion running on the rack. Just wondering what your doing about back lash as the gears run on the PCD (pitch line).

I should explain the reason for the hot melt glue. If yr board is a little all over the place. You can balance it on the flat sheet of MDF till you feel you have the best comprise for removing stock...