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G'day Neil. Sorry my post is a bit misleading. I built phase one of the mill 3 months ago. Made the improvements to the guide bearings about 3 weeks ago & milled the logs then. I was reluctant to...

G'day everyone. Got into a discussion with Bushmiller in the forum lounge at the BWWWS on Friday. This post is the result of that conversation. To construct the saw pictured below I purchased...

Dsel 74 I don't know that I can help you with all the answers. Someone here may be able to fill the blanks.

I paid $1.60 a litre for the molasses at the local produce Agent. Most agents have...

Thanks for the compliment Kamusur, yes i'll put it to work this week.

Cheers Barry

G'day Steve. Thanks for the photos, a picture is certainly worth a 1000 words. Now I understand the side plate slides down as the bench top tilts to the 45. The side cover plate I made I'll consign...

Steve and Rod, Thanks for your imput. Steve, when you have time and I would love to see a photo of the cover plate. Have currently fashioned something out of pieces of ply.

Regards Barry

A friend gave me a 1950's Paul Call saw & a very old 4" jointer. I figure it's old as it has white metal bearings with oil reservoirs. I did promise to give them a good home although the shed is...

Would like to share a few photos with you. A selection of work on display.

Barry.

I picked this chisel up at the weekend markets. I bought it because it was in reasonable condition & still had some life left in it. The trade mark appears to be a sword with name along the blade,...

Thank every one for your replies. I met Stuart from Tool Exchange this afternoon here on the Sunny Coast & we made the transaction. Discussed a Stanley No5 renovation I'm working on. Definitely a win...

Can any one tell me where I can buy a new blade for my No 78 rebate plane? Also is a Record 078 blade interchangeable with Stanley?

Barry

Bryan. Yes all the legs are cut from straight pieces of wood. In reference to your other comment I did get sick of it half way through making the chairs. Funny now it's finished I'm well, so no you...

christos. I used Feast Watson outdoor furniture oil ( hardwood). When it dried I rubbed the top only with wax polish, I thought to make it easy to wipe clean. Barry

astrodog. If you can get hold of a back issue No 63 of Australian Wood Review it has an article on making panels like the ones in the table. You need to make up 3 laminated boards from random sized...

Started this project with just under 1/2 a cubic metre of rose alder on the 6-5-2011 just 368 days later it's done. Although the table has been finished for a few months I laboured more than a little...

Hi Ted. I agree with crowie, finish as you go especially in those hard to get at places. That was one of the mistakes I made. Definitely finish the winch drums & pauls before you glue them down in...

Twoody65 I hope you can follow the jig photograph. I drill my peices before I cut the track links out on the band saw. I also make a few extra links incase of brake outs like the made up example...

Hi twoody 65 Great project to tackle. I completed my lattice boom crane a month ago. I made a simple jig to hold the track plates in position on the drill press & used brad point drill to drill the...

Hi hornpout. WOW great work something for me to aspire to. Sorry to hear about your health isues. After seeing some of the models on this site I thought I might do some future project in paint finish...

sjt There's a lot to be said for finishing as you go. I've just finished this Toys & Joys lattice boom crane & I almost always spray lacquer as I usually let the differant timber give the colour...

BobL Funny you should mention curved face I thought I might do one face of the round head mallet with a slight convex curve like a claw hammer face & try to nut out if thats an advantage.
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Hi Jim Yes I wedge my handles. Barry

Tea Lady interesting artical on striking angle.I have a angle on one face of the small mallet no science just randomly chose 5 degrees. My old pine mallet was like that & I glued a peice of leather...

IanW thanks for the detailed reply. I got busy today & knocked out some mallets based on your info & of a similar sizing. All spotty gum & all in the similar weight range as yours. I used the small...

Thanks every one for the input I reckon I'll go with the spotty but will turn a round head for a carpenters mallet. The ultimate aim in all this is to fit the tool kit into an attache case style tool...

Thanks for your reply andrewr79. Yes I made a laminated mallet from hoop pine 18 months 2 years ago. It's looking a little worn now. Yours looks good & it's got grain & looks like a piece of camphor...

I've got the urge to make a mallet. I have some grey iron bark,& some spotted gum in the shed. I suspect these are too hard & or too heavy. If I should use something softer & lighter what Australian...

Hi Men & Others.
I was heartened to get the positive feed back. I'll get back to the secondhand establishment tomorrow morning at opening time & cast a more critical optic nerve over the two...

I'm traveling western Queensland at present and was trawling a secondhand joint & spotted a stanley No 2 in fair condition broken handle @ $40-00 & a Record No 07 jointer reasonable condition @ $60....

Derek, thanks for the great response. My original post was really out of curiosity, after all I'd never want to fix anything that works well. Yes, it is a tapered blade and it appears to hold its...

Yes I looked at the Stiletto site it would appear the plane blade is a relic from the past. The Mathieson backing iron screws to it ok. So maybe it was bought as a replacement for the origional...

A friend gave me an old Mathieson wooden plane last year so I sharpened it and I use it occasionally. I was on the go with it today and thought how well it worked. It has a Mathieson and Son...

Rob-L-C
I assume this is fibrous plaster you're talking about. Are the ceiling battons pine? If so are they rotten because they have got wet via a roof leak or is it borer attack. If it's rot from...

Next instalment a couple of days late. The first laminated bow I did was just average, :no: bin I think. Didn't use a strap pulled it around by hand & clamped it & ended up with cracks in the outer...

Got all the turning done now the bows. No steam bending for me don't know if cedar lends itself to steamimg so laminated strips around a form to make the bows. Got 11 strips made up of 9 @ 2mm thick...

pjt. Sorry if I sounded a bit alarmist. Having come a gutser once I thought a warning was warranted. I see with your follow up pic including the spirit level it's not a massive overhang hence not...

G"day pjt
Good to see you tackle making a set of saw stools with compound cuts and the likes. The problem with the design is where the legs hit the floor they need to line up with the...

Yesterday was the first time I posted on this site although I have been a member for a while. I usually do "stuff" not talk about it so I thought I would introduce myself to forum members and show...

Thank you Sprog. My unit is not affected by the recall. It has already been checked. I will pursue this issue with fair trading.
The linesman

In October 09 I purchased a Wagner W660 fine spray system predominantly for lacquering furniture and toys.

Up until this week I had used the unit twice before Christmas and I was really happy...