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They look good.

One question: are they intended as two seperate grinders or as a matched set of salt/pepper mills? 'Cos if the latter, it would've been a good idea to distinguish between the two....

This is a job where a simple water level would be sufficient. Just a long length of clear tube filled with water.

The best thing about a water level is that it works around corners or...

It didn't come with a pressed steel wrench with a couple of pins pressed on each side of the jaws?

Or, possibly, a thingamajig that looks like it was made by whoever makes commercial fry baskets...

A rule of thumb I was taught was that it needs to handle the whole room volume every 1 to 3 minutes.

Not that I can cite any dox to back that claim up, but still... :shrug:

Anyways, at only...

Safety factors aside, I see no reason a blind turner can't be as capable as a sighted one. Vision is good for quickly moving the tool to the job or determine incipient faults, but once you start...

Probably Hydrochloric Acid, but it really depends on the type of tile/paver you had put down.

Got any details about them?

Personally, I'd be using archival storage techniques even if I was just going to store 'em in a drawer.

Both the closed form and the way it opens appeal to me.

Nice concept. :2tsup:

If, by Gullwing, you mean the full width toolboxes that sit behind the cab on a tray, then they can be mounted on risers so you have a few inches clearance underneath for full sheets.

Or go the...

It sounds like it's still misaligned to me, but given the nature of the cabinet I'm pretty much at a loss for any suggestions to get them correctly aligned.

Is there any way you can hold a good,...

It's so simple, innit?

I have a ship's lathe, ca. 1800, that is basically the same thing 'cept cast in metal. It has a few minor improvements that modern turners would recognise; an adjustable...

If that's the start of your journey into cabinetry, it sounds like you're in good hands. :)

Is that a one-off practice piece or do you have a plan in mind for which that is the start?

Even if...

50°C is running hot, 80°C is excessive. Even in a car motor which is expected to run hot.

V-belts are generally rated up to about 60°C, which is where they start to degrade. (A very rough rule...

Ah, you don't have the bevel.

In the past I've never thought twice about using an angle-grinder on the stuff, but I'm doubtful about it routing out cleanly enough for long enough to finish the job...

Nicely done. The mulga looks awesome.

I'm partial to those kits, assuming the quality is still the same. There're a couple in regular use in my shop, althought one of them no longer has a wooden...

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It's about 50% costlier; the wider boards tend to be 22-25 mm thick and the per metre price is about 3x that of 70mm(ish) boards, but you should get two usable boards out of each length.
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No. The forces of the flutes in the feed direction cancel out, true, but the 'leading edge' is still acting in a single direction perpendicular to the feed..

You want to feed your timber so this...

How thick was the shim? I can see why you'd be dubious, but good news all around hey?

The pen is top notch, btw. Very nice. You have way more patience than I do nowadays.

G'day Qwiggs, welcome to our madhouse.


You'll probably have more success with your query re: thicknessers if you post a new msg in the relevant area with a title along the lines of "which new...

To my mind they're the visual equivalent of dowels. 'Cept they can be a damned sight more attractive as a feature. ;)

Often they're not really needed, but you may want that little bit of extra...

I've used all-thread for brick penetrations and the end result is a rock solid tap fitting.

I'd recommend it, costings permitting. :2tsup:.

Years ago I used one ext5ensively for quite a few roof penetrations on colourbond.

It worked wonderfully for the first few but the edges of the anvil/punch quickly rounded over so it soon became...

I'm not sure whether one'd work here, with the floor being so uneven. Still it's worth a try. Ta, mate!

If it doesn't work, I'll probably try Errol's suggestion of setting it with the door open...

OK, so we're in a rural rental and we have a mouse problem.

Our pantry door has a 10-15mm gap on the bottom so to keep the li'l beggars out I fitted a rubber weather seal, rated for the largest...

Heh. I must be getting old, turning conservative... 'cos I reckon down low is the go.

For two reasons: it's a mini-lathe. If it ever vibrates enough to be a worry then either the blank is well...

Yeah, punky stuff can be a right PITA. Lovely to look at, a mongrel to turn. :\

I like to turn down near to size and then apply a stabiliser for the last few cuts. Apply coat, turn it away,...

Is the work going to be a flat surface, or 3D as in the pictured example?

Here in Oz we're spoiled for choice with a wide range of natural timber colours; mainly reds, browns & golds of various...

Good onya! :2tsup:

I also find my skews don't get used as often anymore... mainly because I mostly turn goblets and the occasional bowl nowadays, for which they're not really suitable.

But...

They're through tenons, so will be visible?

I don't know why you posed the question... you rarely do 'easy' and we know you'll be going round! :D

I've always though of "French Fit" as being tailored to fit a specific profile, which'd give you a different shape slot for each pen or pencil.

In this case I 'd guess that he means routed grooves...

By chaiwanese I'm referring to the cheap & nasty goods that have minimal information and are of dubious origins. Not specifically China or Taiwan, although their past practises were the reason the...

Erm... what do you mean by cheaper? The least expensive they currently sell or, maybe, the old 2nd-hand tools available most anywhere or are there 'Sorbi' knock-offs coming out of the east now?
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Really, the best grit to stop at depends on how fine the timber grain is. I generally stop @ 240 on most timbers but the occasional piece gets up to 320 or, rarely, 400.

If you think of timber...

I've also used a 'leccy plane for quick balancing. :2tsup:

I'd also like to point out that he does say it's handy for those with smaller lathes who want to turn large bowls. I've some old, not...

Tools aside, I'm curious as to how you intend to approach keeping both sides symmetrical.

It looks as though the cross-section profiles can hardly be called constant... and I suspect that, unlike...

I've no argument that with that fact. My point was that the problems with high humidity generally occur when people misuse the cooler.

Nor did I say that "most people" use them like...

I gotta agree with Vern (TTiT) especially when it comes to hard-mounted installations.

I spent a few years installing the damned things (I was the poor sucker who called around in the ceiling...

Depends on what sorta things you expect to be rattling around in the back.

I'd seriously consider using Tas. Oak floorboards, they'd stand up to a bit more abuse than oregon and I reckon if...

It also helps if, instead of cutting triangular fillets as in the diagram, you move the cuts in from the edges a few mm so the jigsaw is cutting full depth across the board.

When cutting a...

You got there in the end and it's looking good. (SWMBO likes the way it appears to float. ;) )

There're a few ways to approach the same job, most of them variations of the same thing but all...

That's the page I was first taken to too, however after a few seconds it resolved itself to a vid with a bloke using linear actuators to operate his vice(s)

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The "bugger" factor is something that you learn to live with, unless you've previously made a few items of similar design. Preplanning and test fits certainly reduce the painful moments but it's...

I've had some success with Poplar, although it does require sharp tools. It's a bland wood, prone to furriness, but takes colour well. I like the look when it's paired with aged red-gum for the...

If you have a Nova chuck, theres a "woodworm screw" that a std 50mm set of jaws will clamp onto.

Not quite the same thing, I know, but it's used in the same way otherwise.

FWIW, I also have and...

So, to be even more precise we can say it occurs at 5 5/11 minutes past 1? :D

You can't borrow a jointer to get 'em truly flat on at least one of the 'benchtop surface' sides before running 'em through the thicky? It really is a big ask of a tablesaw to manage that!
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According to Wikipedia it's generally 240 to 350 mL.

I don't think it was that involved; it was only a proposal that someone was considering developing.

I'd imagine that you filled a bag or two with 'normal' shavings to determine a max weight and...

Some time ago I was looking at a proposed system that went by weight rather than volume. It appealed to me as I tend to use cheap bags that don't behave nicely when full of green/wet/heavy shavings...