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I have about 20 x 2.4m lengths of 50 x 200 merbau rough sawn planks I would like to to get dressed on 3 sides.

I dont have a large thicknesser, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if...

Thanks for your advice Bollie- I guess there's no easy way out with this one. I took the sander into a local Engineer this morning and he wants to charge me $800 to sort it out- I'd rather buy a...

I'm not sure whether this should be in the tools forum, but I recently bought an old Woodfast (no help from them/parts no longer avail) sander/linisher on ebay sight unseen, and yes I know, I know...

Thanks Tony- this is a pic of the bandsaw. (bought from WMS in Melbourne) I can get a replacement from the supplier but I was wondering if there was a better set of guides I could attach really.
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Hi All,

I've got a Magno 350 bandsaw (Chinese Elektra Beckum clone) and I have broken the lower guide casting (did it up too tight). I think it was cast from old soft drink tins or something, but...

Thanks all for the spirited discussions- glad to know about the variations in cypress now.

Thanks terrian- that's great food for thought. I'll give it a go.

Haydn

Gday All- does anyone know of a cypress pine mill in Victoria where I can buy framing for my sheds and decks wholesale? I'm sick of providing bunnies shareholders with their super funds.

Also...

Gday All,

I have a 100 year old fence that is very ornate (that's code for "I'd rather not replace the decorative carved/morticed 160 x 160 jarrah posts").

The bottom of some posts are...

Hey all,

I have a 100 year old skillion roof weatherboard shed and dunny right on my boundary and I am next to parkland. I would like to replace this with a double garage (wb and gable iron roof)...

Thanks Fossil- I'll give them a call. Great to hear I'm not the only one restoring an old roof!

Warm Regards

Haydn

Hey all,

I've been trying for some time to find someone interested in helping me produce about 10 scroll finials and about 50 castellations (boxes) to restore the original gable ridges of my old...

Thanks to you all for your great comments.

Looks like I'm goping to add another GMC to the stable

Hi All,

I am getting around to the list of odd jobs from SWMBO and after spending half a day hand mixing a small concrete slab via the wheelbarrow the other day I reckon there is another tool...

Hi All,

I'm all excited at the thought of fitting out my dream garage (funny how I'm doing this at the END of my house renovation) and I can't stop day dreaming about all the nifty shelves and...

Thanks chaps (bugger)

Hi Folks,

About 20 years ago, the previous owner of our house built a a tennis hit-up wall in the backyard- it's a 7metre long, 3 metre high single skin brick wall with piers on the boundary line...

Thanks to everyone for your kind words of wisdom and experinces. It has certainly given me cause to think about alternatives. I'll update with some pictures when I work out what to do!

Haydn

I am looking to build about 30 lin metres of retaining wall on sloping ground from 0 to 1300 at it highest point.

I have had a look at various systems, eg blocks, concrete/timber sleepers, crib...

Thanks for your support Fossil.

My brother's neighbor, an ex sheetmetal teacher at the local college has oferred to have a go, if he gets the time in the next few months. I reckon his work is...

I've got an old gal iron federation roof with decorative ridges that has fallen aprt.

It has rectangular box sections along the length of the ridge (castellations) and decorative scrolls at the...

Thanks chaps.....I'm definitely going to be a sook and go for the thicknesser now.

I am looking at making about 200 metres of 50 x 50mm scotia and some other simple mouldings up to 100mm wide. Just wondering if I would be better off with a planer moulder over a spindle moulder?
I...

Finally found some European Oak (Sturrock and Sons in Dandenong are great guys).

Can anyone lead me to someone willing to cut my 25mm thick boards (280 wide x 600 long) into 6mm thicknesses?
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I've got an old federation house and my roof guys have finished putting up the new colorbond, but don't want to know about replacing the original 'castellated' ridges and the scrolls at the ends of...

Thanks Bob-postage was $350 USD for the boards, but at least it gives me an option.

Regards

Haydn

Hi Does anyone have a clue as to where I can find some thin oak (english or american with meduallry rays-probably quartersawn) boards about 6mm x 300mm x 600mm?

I need about 20 of em to make some...

Thanks for your input everyone. It looks like I can't do it myself on two counts-illegal and inexperience. I'l keep trying with the contractors......at least it's still keeping the rain out

I can't get anyone to even quote on my old federation house in Geelong- rang 3 differnet blokes about 3 times and none of 'em will take the time to measure it! (ok its got about 10 gables)
I want to...