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I just had a camphor laurel felled at my place and had the tree loppers save me two pieces of the trunk. Size is approx 3mx600-800mm. Question is do I leave it as is to season or slab it up now?...

Yes, thank you all, kalantas sounds like what I have. I started processing it last weekend (jointer then thicknesser then saw) and am having some problems with tearing out on the...

Some years ago a retired timber merchant gave me a piece of rough sawn hardwood furniture timber (3.6mx300mmx50mm), which he said when finished would closely resemble Aus cedar. Unfortunately I have...

Thanks for the name and the url, Mark.

Yes. the catch is exactly what we are looking for, but in this period house it was operated by an articulated rod apparently, rather than a cord, but maybe...

I don't know what you would call these windows, but they were operated by a rod system attached to the door architrave. I think the idea was to allow air circulation with the doors closed while the...

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Maybe you could have a look at the Triton threads. I don't know much about these combination benches, but I'm sure you could find one which would accomodate a circular saw of the size you are...

I am currently using a 12 inch 72 tooth bevel cut blade in my saw table. Is this OK for most applications eg ripping and crosscutting. Timbers used are a mixture of soft and hardwoods. My table will...

OK Craig, I think you are probably right about the stability. The fence posts might be rot free but a bit wonky in time. Ah well, forget about rags to riches then.
Cheers Micro

Just had another thought on the adhesion/cohesion/capillarity concept. How about using crushed basalt fines under and around the post, right to the soil surface. If well tamped the capillary...

You got it stylesy, It paid off to pay attention in class after all :). The same concept applies to the base of retaining walls, drainage lines etc. I agree the text is boring but makes enormous...

Interestingly and contrary to popular opinion, placing coarse aggregate at the bottom of fence posts will create a perched water table above the aggregate, thereby increasing the chances of wet...

All of the replies you have had so far have their merits. Believe me I have set too many fence posts to mention so here is my method:- depends on your soil type of course so I am presuming clay loam...

Go for tallowwood, looks great, tough as, and is grown as plantation timber (methinks) so not depleting old growth forests.

Our 100yo house has 10inch cedar skirtings which we are stripping the paint off with some success using a heat gun. The problem we now face is sanding the complex profile of remaining paint prior to...

Hi gumby
That plasticine character lives long and fondly in my memory, please don't take this the wrong way, 'not that there's anything wrong with that'

Thanks for the welcome, I'll feel at home with the slight weirdness of some folk-if the cap fits?!
Google was not much help but Artisan is (was) a Melbourne based company. I used the index of...

Hi, I'm new to this site and have recently aquired at an amazingly low price an artisan combination saw table, jointer, thicknesser- 'Model T'.
Does anyone have any comments hints etc on this...