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Funnily Enough I have four but will only wire 2 I think.

10 and 11 below are hanging sockets. There are 3 lighting circuits - 2 inside and one for the three outside lights.

All of the lights...

Hello,

Will be re-doinmg the power and the lights in the shed sometime this year and I am always looking for a deal with lights.

Was looking for lights for a work purpose when I came across...

Hello,

I have been planning in my mind to do a new french cleat wall in the workshop when I find enough time to actually get in there.

Being of Scottish born father means that I always...

I have been researching vacuum cleaners this past week as my faithful Karcher wet/dry Vac decided to die after 25 years of faithful service.

I was quickly drawn to the flashiness and hose size of...

What Bob said above...I figure I will nedd 500-700 lumens when I get to building the new shed.

Posted elsewhere but this is a good fit for here too if people are looking up luminance in sheds...

Searching about to find the calculations for workshop lighting and I fell into a forum and found...

Seems this would be the appropriate posting for this.

Searching about to find the calculations for workshop lighting and I fell into a forum and found this on a UK site so it looks like it...

Thank you for your advice Caillan - it is very appreciated and It will help me enormously.

Thanks for this advice by all.

I have revised my board based on this advice

I get that the first cut was overboard so I have simplified the board with less breakers and it is a fair bit...

Hello Brains trust, I am finally after a lifetime of living in a leaky, low roofed, dark and asbestos roofed shed, I can see the light and I am planning the
fitout of the new shed.

It will be a...

Just in case anyone is still looking for workshop nut, bolt, screws etc. storage here are some thoughts.

I have been tossing this connundrum around for a while and while I recently got some large...

So I travelled to Major woodworking to get to the bottom of the wayward table saw fence. I can recall at the time of "ordering" the fence in October that Major said there was a shipment of them on...

So firstly apologies for the delay but the fence itself is still not here!!!:((

I have been chasing the supplier since early January to no real avail.

I spoke to the supplier today and he gave...

Funnily enough when I was talking to Carbatec a few months ago the guys there was telling me that the sawstop fence was available as an accessory but he thought it might be the wrong side of...

So today I found more info on the Oliver 4016 fence:

483203

483204

483205

This fence will be available when it arrives from Major Woodworking in Sydney (Early December) with front and...

Hello All,

I've been absent from the forum for a long time. Life.

Literally a few months ago had to clean the shed up so I could access all of the tools and equipment to help a niece with a...

I'm in

My first question is do you really need to bolt it down?

My lathe weighs about 70 kg - it sits on a stand of steel that weighs about 30kg....I stack timber on the same stand and I have 4 X 20kg...

Les,

Have a look at this mod set.

I think you'll like it.

Dust Deputy Shop Improvement - YouTube

Cheers,

Hello All,

Following on from this thread I was always told by the guys at the woodturning club ( Southern region in Sydney) that making chisels out of old files is a no-no (explosions, lost eyes,...

You're spot on Ed!

I have to get myself off to the bolt store to get some M5 set screws....especially since I've been bitten by to self -made tool bug!

Me thinks that this won't be the last...

Funny you should mention the Oland tool. After looking at the turning tools that most guys at the Cubby house have (southern woodturners) I realised that I was a bit light on.

I found Darrel...

Hello All,

Found this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Woodfast-Wood-Lathe_W0QQitemZ270280744231QQihZ017QQcategoryZ92083QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's a woodfast so it can't be...

Hello All,

I have an old Craftmaster CL1000 (circa 1979!) that is not up to my requirements in a lathe anymore.

The good lady wife (financial controller) has graciously allowed me to spend some...

Hey there GC,

I am of the "drill it in the drill press" school of thought.

I find it works pretty well and generally repeatable setup. Thats not to say I haven't had my fair share of...

Carl,

You can put me down for 10 too please.

Scott in Peakhurst.

Hello All,

I work for two radio stations in Sydney who are owned by DMG - coincidentally our cousins at DMG WORLD MEDIA are the people who put on the timber and working with wood shows.

So...

Hello All,

Well with the wood show in Sydney only days away now it got me thinking what new pens might be out there that I don't know about.

This year, what with the mortgage in permanent...

JD, it might make people cringe, but I too use a small wooden mallet I turned up just for this purpose.

I tried the vise thing and using the dril press as an assembly press but with the mallet I...

As big shed alluded to the Ledacraft/Carbatec/Hafco are basically identical machines (albeit different colours) so shop around and go with whoever can offer you the best deal on the saw and push...

Boban,

Any progress on the shed build...would love to see or hear about your mega-build.

Cheers,

Scott in Peakhurst (located conveniently on the "hurst" belt...)

Like VIP said, you'll go a long way to beat a Metabo for sheer toughness - they take a lickin' and keep on kickin'....Having said that I managed to make my works Metabo smoke due to load (Being lazy...

Mini,

Not sure on the quality, backward curve etc. but Hare & Forbes in Sydney do as a spare part a 13.5" metal impeller that I personally plan to use when I find the time and money to build my...

Like most of you I am not a big fan of these pens....much...

PArts of them are okay - I like acrylics and make as many acrylics as I do real wood (is Dymondwood? real wood....anyway) and I...

Hello Tameriska,

Yes this was done over the phone with the credit card - they were most happy to help....initially price was an outrageous 50c but I asked if he would do a better rate for bulk and...

What a great idea! I have done several acrylics if a light colour and it has annoyed me that you can see the brass tube, so I will try this next time I do one...a question though...does the paint...

Hello John,

Welcome to the forum. I am only reasonably new to the pen forum but there's not many questions these addicts can't answer...the people on this forum are very smart, resourceful and...

Mightypns,

Off to a flying start I would say!!!

No one ever saw my first few attempts (they were bad...) so be proud...and as others have spoken...the first step in coming to terms with an...

Many thanks to Amos & Fred here for this dymondwood learning sampler...I have 100 of these blanks that I bought from Carbatec (at 25c per blank) and whilst I figure I can ruin a few and still be in...

Nice pens Pete.

i love working with the acrylics and am constantly amazed at the results that you can get...although the variation is staggering sometimes.

You choose two blanks that look about...

Hello there,

I thought I would share a story with you all regarding these pen blanks.

I rand the Melbourne store and having a fair blend of Scottish blood in Me I always ask if there's a better...

Nice work Amos...

Thanks for the tips on the dymondwood...

I will be needing it real soon as I have just bought 100 blanks from the chap at carbatec in Mel-Vegas.

Jokingly I said to him...

Wow, that is an amazing looking pen!!!

I love seeing alternate materials for pens as it forces me to "push the envelope" with different materials.

Keep up the good work Amos.:2tsup:

Scott in...

Been on a pen turning bender of recent times and making pens for gifts and also for pleasure. Mixing acrylic with woods I have really enjoyed myself over the last few weeks, although I have been...

Hello,


A few weekends ago my wife and I attended a good friends wedding. Being that I am "Handy" (my wifes term) we decided that I would make pens for the bride and groom. Matching fountain...

Dermot,

In my experience (which isn't a lot but I pass it on anyway) I found that of I got too close the flsh did horrible things to the picture of the pen...washed it all out, no grain revealed...

John,

You could do worse than get the baron in the pigeon pair of fountain/roller ball. In the smoky platinum colours they come across an absolute treat. Gary Pye also sells the jr. gent in the...

Hootsmon,

You could do far worse than get the blue Bosch range...an absolute crapload of torque, batteries that charge in about 2 hours and robustness in a well put together tool.

I bought this...

Hello All,

Let me say, long time reader, first time poster here in pens.

I notice with interest the amount of people readily admitting their addiction in this forum...

I now feel comfortable...

I can recommend the MJ-2325B having had one for a few months now.

It is a good honest saw that gives repeatable and accurate cuts.

I can honestly say that there is only three things that mildly...