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Hi all,

just ts wondering if anyone had seen or used the Detroit portable table saw from total tools.

http://www.totaltools.com.au/www/648/1001127/i1130954#.VHXHTkdXerU

interested to hear...

I had a look at the aeg and makita saws today, for the indents the makita is cast into the casing and the aeg is via a steel ring inside the base. Both offer adjustment to set the 90" stops by...

Having looked at the aeg there are no reference indents, the majors has them but I'll have to check if they are cast or not, I believe they would be cast.

Are indents a worthwhile feature or just...

Hi All,

I've done a search through the forums and been unable to find quite what I was looking for. Basically I am in the market for a new SCMS with a max budget of $450.

Current choices seem...

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So was at bunnings the other week and saw this bandsaw near the trade desk that looked a little different than the usual 8 inch jobs the have in the tool section. I take a closer look and I find it...

I managed to pick up one of the aldi saws for $69 a week ago. They are simply a rebadged scheppach track saw with 2 joinable 700mm tracks.

For less than the price of a single track from hare and...

I finally got to enjoy my first experience in using a properly setup and sharp hand plane last night and it was wonderful. Nice thin shavings and very easy to push. After trying about 3 other methods...

Hi all,

I've been through the forum and seen a lot of posts on how to cure planer snipe but wanted to put a different question out there

Given that the planer does not provide the final show...

So after a large delay due to putting my back out some time ago more progress has been made.

Cedar has been purchased and put through the thicknesser. About an hours work including resetting the...

So with a little shop time organised on the weekend, I have now refined about 3/4 of the forms down to the line.

First up I tried routing to bring things a little closer to the line. This produced...

So I tried the freehand routing option and it didn't seem to go very well, it was to difficult to get consistent results. I've decide to go back to the sanding option to bring things down to the...

Thanks for the replys so far, it sounds like screwing the template to a backer is a good way to go for the smaller pieces and the bigger ones will be fine my themselves. And while a scrollsaw or...

Hi All,

I'm in the process of building a wooden Kayak (I've got a thread going in the wooden boat section) and have a minor issue to solve and was hoping I could get some feedback before my next...

A router sounds like a good way to get things about 0.5-1mm from the line. The last part I think I'll either go to a rasp then sandpaper or see if I can borrow my friends belt/disc combo. What does...

Well I managed a bit of shop time today and got all of the forms rough cut to shape, and ended up with what you see in the photo. As I was using a jig saw I was fairly conservative, and I believe I...

So I've now prepared the plywood forms for cutting by glueing on the paper templates. Hopefully I'll get some time tomorrow to rough cut the forms to shape.

time spent:

glueing the paper...

So from the comments here it seems like 19mm ply will be fine for the forms. Thanks for the feedback as saving a few bucks always helps.

Anewhouse, I have posted the design over at the other forum...

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After a long delay I've finally gotten started on the kayak build. This is my first build and I'm hopefully going to learn allot along the way. I'm also making an effort to document the...

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I'm looking to find a source of decent cabinet hardware, specifically some butt hinges and soft-close cabinet stays in Sydney or online.

The project is a toy box for my daughter,...

Figured this one out myself. After 2 days of messing around I just needed to turn the other way. Can't believe I hadn't sorted it out sooner

Hi all,

Need a little help with my router as I've a got a bit stuck in the collet. Looking for any ideas on how to get it out.

I've got an aeg mf1400ke which I believe has a self releasing...

Hi all,

I'm designing a bbq stand to turn my small portable charcoal bbq into a freestanding bbq for the balcony.

Given this is a project that will live on an unit balcony, what are your...

You can also get brand new saw sets from the leevalley website shipped here. If you don't mind a wait (6 weeks ish) the shipping can be pretty cheap

Just to clarify Dai Sensei. By green I actually meant unseasoned or wet. The label does specify that the wood is untreated.

As for the warping comments is there any way to reduce this as I thought...

I've got a pair of the larger holdfasts. They re ok for a budget choice and available locallyish for me which is why I chose them. The one thing to note is that they appear to be made from cast iron...

Hi all,

Just a general question for you all on the suitability of the 200x50x2400 hardwood sleepers you cn get get from timber merchants for around $20 each. Basically I was wanting to know if...

Just to reoPen this thread briefly. I was wandering through mitre ten and they had some 'case pine 200 x25' which measured out at 223 x 28 in actual thickness. Now this stuff is 3.99 per meter rough...

Looks pretty good to me. Do you plan to add any vices, dog holes or anything else to assist in clamping things to the bench??

well I managed to get a little more shop time this morning and got the first coat of boiled linseed oil onto the handles. It really did give a dramatic colour difference which has come up really...

so after looking into prices I'm going with using 70x25mm non structural pine which I'll glue up into boards for the tool chest and thickness down to 25mm. The reason I'm going for solid timber is...

Hi Paul,

The three saws are all 0.9mm thick or 35thou in the old money. Now while I'm covering three saws in this post I actually have 5 in total to do up so I'm planning for 7, 10, 13ppi in...

AS to the quality question, I think it's horses for courses. Take the Japanese for example, their toolboxes are very basic in style and structure using nails of all things. It would be considered...

If I'm honest with myself timing is anywhere from 1-3 months at the moment and I've really been testing the waters with real timber yards and it seems that most places are charging around $8/m for...

the bigger ones are bot 4 ppi and the shorter one (26inch) is 7 ppi. i'm planing to refile the big ones to 6ppi rip and 7ppi crosscut. the shorter one is going to go to 10ppi.

some progress pics for you all. there is a light etch still left on the s&j, but it doesn't really come out in the photos I have tried to take

The tool chest I'm looking at making is basically the traditional cabinetmakers tool chest eg(chris schwarz anarchists tool chest, Howards how to tool chest, ben seaton tool chest) and all plans are...

Hi All,

Sorry for the delay, but work has been pretty crazy so not much time for web wandering. As for actual progress, I've turned the 1st saw restoration into a 3 saw restoration as it seemed a...

Hi All,

I'm looking to find some timber for building a tool chest, and looking at the plans I have it calls for 25mm finished thickness of the timber. Now as it's a tool chest I'm aiming to get...

thanks for the clarification on the saw type. Now in the initial cleanup, unfortumately once past the layer of rust there was no etch revealed, the only marking was a 4 stamped on the lower edge of...

Hi All,

Well, I've recently acquired a number of hand saws that are in need of restoration and thought I might go through the process of documenting the restoration of these as I go through them....

It's probably a little late for this given when the initial question was asked, but I had this exact same problem with the exact same saw that I own. Basically I would set the saw to 90degrees then...

well the bench is finally finished. 2 days outside of making the end of may, but now to use it

Hi Toby,

S&P was a typo should have been S&J for Spear and Jackson. I must have been having a dyslexic moment.

Now I understand that for changing the tpi the work you need to do is to...

So just a quick update on the saws. The Disston and S&P saws are both 28" long monsters currently filed as 3tpi rip, my plan is to refile new teeth at 6tpi rip and 6tpi crosscut. The no name and next...

so for some picks, first is a shot of the 5,hand saws i'm looking to bring back to working condition. there is a diston and s&p on the left, and unknown in the middle and 2 warrented superiors on the...

thanks for the reply's everyone. I'll try and get some photo's up when I can to show you what I mean.

Hi All,

So I have a quick question for you all. I have a number of old "warranted superior saws that I am going through the process of turning into so decent users. The saw steel is all good and...

well i'm really aiming to finish everything by the end of this week and finishing with the finishing.....

so i've painted the base (for all of those concerned about this it's 2 coats of...

well the fitting of the vice is now done with a few minor fixes needed to get everythin aligned. now its just a case of drilling the dog holes and applying some finish (paint for the base and...