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    Thanks!

    Thanks!
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    :U Good one!

    :U Good one!
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    Best blade for DeWalt Radial Arm Saw

    G'day
    I have an old, but refurbished DeWalt 10" Radial Arm Saw (RAS). I have a negative rake 80T blade which works well for fine work.

    I have various jobs coming up where I have to cut wide...
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    [QUOTE=auscab;2248087]... its a cheap looking...

    [QUOTE=auscab;2248087]... its a cheap looking piece from what I can see. ... And glued down to chipboard with no solid edge /QUOTE]

    Thanks for the helpful feedback. We'll try the v-shaped repair...
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    Hi Robert My wife has done some french...

    Hi Robert
    My wife has done some french polishing, but years ago. She feels that french polishing is not appropriate for a dining table. Here are some photos of the damaged corner, and the solid...
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    Mixing stains with tung oil?

    Greetings
    My wife is restoring a family heirloom walnut dining table. It has solid walnut legs and frame and a walnut veneer top. The top was water damaged and bulged. We have carefully sanded it...
  7. This job is jarrah. I've got 8 or so still to do....

    This job is jarrah. I've got 8 or so still to do. I've also got a whole heap of tuart slabs/ boards. A future project is to use these for a a timber staircase.
  8. I'm OK to call them boards - I didn't think of...

    I'm OK to call them boards - I didn't think of that word. In any case they are slices cut from a tree with bark still on them. :-) They've been seasoning for 20 years.

    If I had a surface planer/...
  9. Beardy gave me a clue. I was trying to glue the...

    Beardy gave me a clue. I was trying to glue the slabs in the middle, and this didn't work. I realised I could use the glue gun to squeeze glue in at the sides, and use chunks of glue gun glue and...
  10. Thanks. Good idea. I'll see if I can source...

    Thanks. Good idea. I'll see if I can source something like this in WA.
  11. Glueing timber slab to melamine particle board

    Hi all. I haven't visited here for several years, but I'm looking for some advice.

    I have a whole lot of 200-300mm timber slabs which I want to flatten off for furniture use. A cabinet maker told...
  12. Thread: G'day from WA

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    Groetjes Ad, I don't know about guaranteed...

    Groetjes Ad,

    I don't know about guaranteed peace. We often disagree about the best way to fix/join things.

    Rita has relatives in Hengelo and den Haag, who we visit from time to time.
  13. Thread: G'day from WA

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    Thanks for the welcome, everyone. Some of my...

    Thanks for the welcome, everyone.

    Some of my work is at http://robnrita.om4business.com/robs-woodwork-gallery/ and some of Rita's work is at http://robnrita.om4business.com/ritas-woodwork-gallery/
  14. Thread: G'day from WA

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    G'day from WA

    I'm Rob Phillips. I work as a university academic encouraging other academics to use IT to improve their teaching at uni.

    Both my wife Rita and I have a long term interest in all aspects of...
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