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Finally I used a large washer which I got for a 9" Rupes angle grinder and Hey Presto. No problems since. So thanks for the help and cheers. m

Thanks, Ratter, Elan and Handy,
Thought I had tried all of those suggestions, but now will try them again. Many thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Michael

My trusty old Metabo drop saw/mitresaw has developed a slipping blade. The motor is powering on but the blade will not cut as it jams into the wood and stops. Today I took the blade off a couple of...

Thanks Bushmiller for your trouble and copying. You really need to go to an older kind of book for this stuff. Yes I am aware of the brittleness of the wood and am pre-drilling all the screw holes. ...

Thanks Rob. Your idea seems to be the consensus so I will go ahead just with the screws.
Cheers,
Michael

Thanks Luke and Bushmiller.(I presume that the name describes a craft and a preferred whisky from Ireland) Firstly I agree the downward towards hinge braces are the only way to go unless you really...

I want to make some ledge and brace doors. I am using cypress pine from the Pilliga. Should I glue the ledges and braces to the upright slats? Or are the screws sufficient? Thanks in advance,...

Currently I want to make some ledge and brace doors for our house. I bought some Cypress pine from a Pillaga forest mill. I just love the patterns in this stuf. So the wood is fairly heavy. Could...

Thanks Rod. Handy info. I will also try a few other mills around Baradine where I will be going for a trip soon,
cheers,
Michael

I want to make some cypress pine ledge and brace doors to replace the cardboard ones we have. Could anyone tell me the difference between Murray River Cypress and White Cypress and if Black Cypress...

I have four blocks of Jarrah from the old Fremantle Woolstores. The blocks are solid jarrah 535 by 335 by 140 mms. I would like to sell them for wood turning or for sculpture etc. But I do not know...

So sorry, Gentlemen, I said I would do some time on the week end and now find I cannot. On the Friday I have to drive an old friend to the show, 4hr drive. He cannot stay overnight, so it would mean...

I will be happy to do a stint or two Friday and Saturday. I'm a couple of hours away so will have better details later.
Cheers,
Michael D. Breen Robertson.

Thanks Mate, I'm a little less ignorant. And I will look into ironbark west of here. I have a few ideas. I wonder if that acacia you mention is what is called Sally around here or sometimes Tasmanian...

Grateful to Timboz and all for the responses. I have no special commitment to Black Locust as such, but want an Australian equivalent. Could you, please, explain what you mean by "old crowns ona...

Thanks Harold. Found the link useful and informative. However what would be an Australian equivalent for building here in the Southern Highlands of NSW is my question. Would it be Iron Bark for...

Reading an American book, "Sheds the do it yourself guide for backyard builders" David & Jeanie Stiles I came across a charming little shed and would like to do something like it. The article...

Yosam-Ray I found the number so don't bother with my above request. See you at the show. Michael

I seem to have lost the mobile number you gave me for contacting you when we arrive.
Would you mind sending it again, Thanks. Michael

Canberra Wood Show. Neil, I'm coming from Robertson and would be happy to do a stint each day 11.00 to 12.00 or a bit more and come on Sunday to help with packing up. Michael D. Breen

Like some of you chaps above I am thinking of making one of these, and was wondering if anyone has any first hand experience. I too thought the model looked a bit light, but others may have different...

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I accept your apology. I am also sorry for you in your insensitivity. Just look at the other posts and see how your's differs. At this time I am not into private jokes which I...

Thanks Graemet and JohnC, This is turn ing out to be a very useful thread. After all it is the only certainty, in a world of spin and tinsel. I have almost given up on the idea of making the...

Thanks, Lads, (well apart from churlish Dazzler- I hope someone is as sensitive to you when you have a dying loved one at home. Basically I love this site, but some of these kinds of remarks lower...

Some time ago there was a thread which went into making coffins. Currently we have a very sick relative and I would like to be able to avoid the vulturous funeral directors. Does anyone remember...

Spelunx, A guy at the local pub told me that the thing to do is to construct the woodwork and have the poles in place(using the a frame Silent C described) or someting else connected to their bearers...

Goodone, Waldo you would be welcome at the ACT Apple users' Group.

Here is the latest version. I installed two mainframe fans I found at the Gunning Tip. It sounds like a 747, but it is cooler.

Thanks Pawnhead, I never cease to be amazed at the skill and generosity of people like you and JMMick out there assisting guys like me in the bush who only know half of most things, and usually do...

Thanks Pawnhead, That diagram of yours is it, but I doubt I could have drawn it as you did. So Mick that is the elaboration you needed. Aint collaboration wonderful?
Thanks and Cheers.
Michael

Well I am not surprised. I imagine everyone is on some American hitlist based on some religious pretext or other.
The other way of looking at is that flexibility rather than rigidity is a good way...

Probably I have started to ask for advice too late, or later than I could have. The timber is 100 yr old stringy bark and as hard as rock. It is 100mm by 75mm. I propose supporting it after 1800 by...

Thanks, this one is just a fraction below eye height. Though it is easy to slump even on a Balans Chair.
All the Best,
Michael

Am making a verandah at the end of a shed. I want to use hardwood bearers 75x100 mm. Hopefully, they will span 3 metres. I may need an extra support a third of the way along the bearer.
I have...

Thanks DJ-It took me a while, but there are now photos.
Michael

Lads, I'm trying to attach two shots of the job. No luck so far. Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Michael

Making a simple, comfortable Powerbook Stand

Have you ever noticed the variety of contraptions people use in offices and at home to get their computer monitor to the “correct” height? Apart from...

Thanks Workgoose. My ramblings, when I thought about them more, were really the suggestion that we ought to challenge Local Govt officials more and not take them too seriously. The ones around...

This may be a bit off the side of the thread, but well..
We live in the bush and have an old septic tank into which everything goes. We only flush when we need to(solids). The water from the...

Your house sounds wonderful, Sandstone. We have had the same issue with Jarrah doors and floor in Perth and now in N.S.W. with white cedar or some kind of recycled pine wallboards, and old oregon. ...

Dear Micheal-just a note to say how good it is to hear from someone in Dub.
Any advice on dampness and flooring from this dry part of the world will need to be taken as from almost a different...

Thge other possibility, dear Busted, is to train thje missus to enjoy second hand timber or you may be making a rod for your own deck!
Cheers
Michaek

Thanks for the detail and suggestions plus photos. I am not at the decking stage yet, but will vlaue this even more when I come to that point.
Gratefully,
Michael

I know that I am crazy. I have lots of referees to prove it. I also used live in West Australia and know the joys of being able to buy old jarrah such as the stuff from the Fremantle woolstores or...

So Mick, the fishplates or fishplate is parallel bolted to the upright? Correct?
I has some strange idea that they were bolted at right angles to the post.
Michael

Just read your post Journeyman and your fishplate solution is so much simpler. Do you do anything to protect the wood from termites?
I thought that fishplates were the plates under railway...

Faced with a similar problem I found two large I bars and cut them in 6" lengths and then in half. This gave me a sort of T with the base as the top side of the original I bar or RSJ. Then I cut...

Glad you raised this stuff Jayson and Mike. I am adding a verandah to the end of a once shearing shed here. I was interested in the suggestion that you not use quickset concrete so that you can...

So how will Triton sell .... hmmmm?

Recently I decided to not buy from Bunnings - unless I really had to. Over the past 6 weeks I have saved at least $300 by seriously searching the web and...