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For the King single you refer to in my post I used 135x32 mm Tas Oak DAR (dressed all round) from Bunnings for all the frame including the uprights. I don't own a thicknesser either but that's no...

Thanks for that. It took about a month, maybe six weeks, working on weekends and some evenings. The carcase was pretty quick -- making up all the drawers was time consuming but not too bad once I was...

They say that the jig works best with smaller routers (plunge routers of course). I use the Makita 3620SP. I doubt they have adapters for all router plates but that doesn't actually matter -- all you...

I'm not sure why you even want a pigment. I make a lot of stuff out of KD Tassie Oak and this is another suggestion for gum vein. Scrape out all the dried gum resin so you have a reasonably clean...

Thanks, and well spotted. Easy really - the red gum is only 19 mm so when I trimmed of the ends I just "folded under" the trimmed bit and glued it underneath. The result is to double the apparent...

Hi Guys. I haven't posted in a while but thought you might like to see my latest project just finished. SHMBO wanted a buffet for the dining room. The brief was 8 drawers (ugghh) and a cupboard for...

I bought one of these Mortise Pal jigs a few months ago directly from the US web site (US$199) -- back when the Aussie dollar was around 95 cents US. It arrived within two weeks, really good service,...

I agree. One other thing to consider is shopping around online for the cheapest price and then taking that to Bunnings for them to better by 10%. So for example when I bought my LS1040 Bunnings had...

I think you are thinking of the so-called "impossible dovetail". Here is a picture of it and the simple solution. I like this type of puzzle because it plays on our inbuilt assumptions -- actually...

Also worth looking at is the BeadLOCK loose tenon jig (Google for a place near you). It works with a hand drill and can be used for loose tenons if you need the extra strength or as a dowelling jig...

Yeah, i did just mean a frame, not full lining. Actually it was amazing the difference it made to the stability of the shed... well perhaps it shouldn't have been amazing. It was a pretty good (read:...

* Easy to work with and not too hard or too heavy - Tassie Oak
* Not expensive - Tassie Oak
* Environmentally friendly - plantation resource or recycled - Pine
:)
Joking aside, Tassie Oak is a...

For my colourbond shed I framed the inside using cheap F7 KD hardwood -- 80 x 55 I think from memory, the standard house framing stuff that's dirt cheap from Bunnies. It made the shed rock solid for...

Best argument I've heard.

I've had great results using Minwax on a kitchen table that requires a hard wearing surface. For tables and other furniture that gets regular use but not abuse I use Organoil's Danish Oil (see pic),...

If the frame doesn't already have a rebate to accept the buttons there's another option that will work. I have used small L brackets under a table to hold the top down. The brackets need to have...

Yes, that's right. Your other option is to get a template guide for your router - and not bother with the bearing. The advantage of the template guide is that you can plunge the bit into the...

Nice. I like the legs. Did you shape them with a taper jig on a table saw?

I have and have used the Ryobi HBT255L for a few years now and I think the poor quality of the fence is overstated. Sure, it's not a Biesemeyer fence but let's keep within the price considerations....

No, nothing flash like that, I just judge by eye and by looking at other furniture that I think looks well balanced. If you've got enough chutzpah you can take a measuring tape into furniture stores...

Yes, the tapers are on the outside of the legs (and also the front of the front legs, and the backs of the back legs). I did this deliberately to carry the curve feature into the vertical dimension....

Thanks guys. I forgot to mention, the center section between the two drawers is not just filler. It's actually a secret drawer - on runners and held in place using a magnetic spring latch like you...

Here are some photos of my last project. I wanted to make a hall table to compliment our other Tassie Oak furniture but something a bit different as well. The construction went like this:

First I...

When I made a jig like this I used 40 mm angle aluminium for the straight edge. You can pick it up pretty cheaply from Bunnings or home hardware places. The angle makes it resistant to flexing so the...

I considered buying one of these but I decided it would be too fiddly taking it on and off my drill press. Timbecon has a dedicated morticer for $199, so possibly for the extra hundred bucks it would...

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I don't think this is helpful advice - a Leigh dovetail jig is the best part of $850 and even a Gifkins is minimum $300. It's like someone asking you if they should buy a Falcon or a Commodore and...

Actually the word is hygroscopic. There is no such word as hydroscopic (check your dictionary) although many people incorrectly use it. Sorry to be picky ;)

You can buy most lab chemicals in smaller quantities from Sigma-Aldrich (in Australia go to this link). Because they sell a big variety of lab chemicals, many of which are hazardous, you need to...

Double dowels? Yeah, I think so. Let's say you're joining a piece of 45x19 mm timber to another piece. I would use a double 3/8 (10 mm) dowel which means a cross section of joining timber...

I can't recommend highly enough a finish we had on our floors called BonaTech Mega (do a web search for info and suppliers). It's a one-pack, water based finish, no smell, dries in 2-3 hours, as or...

So I have beautiful grey ironbark polished floors and have been looking for some way of protecting it from scratches from chairs. I tried the felt stick-ons and they were okay for a while but then...

I use Beadlock joinery all the time and I'm very happy with the results. Lately though I've ditched the beadlock stock and just used the jig as a dowel-joint jig. You can easily use the 3/8 block to...

Yeah, coach bolts are a good suggestion. To cover them up they could be countersunk on the outside as suggested (you might need a Forstner bit to drill a big enough hole), and you can cover these up...

Yeah, I get confused too Mick. These jigs cut both the pins and tails at the same time. Hence the relationship between the depth of the bit, the angle of the bit and the gaps in the jig comb are...

Shimandm, I recon you could build this with a tape measure, hand saw and a drill if that's all you had. This is how I'd suggest you do it if you have limited experience and tools. You basically need...

I just use Selly's Aquadhere (usually the cross-linked PVA one called "Tradesman's Choice") from Bunnings. It's inexpensive, readily available since I almost live in Bunnings, and if a joint fails...

I bought some of the cheap Chinese pipe clamp heads but like others I found they slipped and one cracked under pressure. How about as an alternative using bar clamp heads (I bought mine from here,...

I agree with the solid timber vote, with one caveat -- you'll need to get the final thing perfectly flat or it will look crap. Doing that with a hand sander is very difficult. Once you have the top...

I find that hard to believe. I did eight draws (half-blind dovetails front and back) in a day using a router and jig setup. If you can do that by hand, especially half-blind dovetails, you're pretty...

Actually it's probably not your collet (thats the bit that you use to lock the bit into your router) but your template guide, or bushing. If the guide is not perfectly centered around the shaft of...

Should be easy for me to make then... all it requires is sloppy carpentry to make the box loose enough to accommodate both figures.:)

I'd like to have a crack at making this puzzle (the second pic is the same puzzle with the block rearranged), but it's got me stumped how it actually works. Why is the area different when you're...

Gumby, now you're just winding me up :) . Actually I'd love a Gifkins but I can't really justify the cost. I mostly use dovetail joinery for drawers, and for that half blind dovetails are fine...

I have a top quality brush for oil finishes and when the job is complete I rinse it with turps then suspend it in a can of turps (drill a hole through the brush and put a skewer through the hole to...

No offence guys but suggestions like "buy a Gifkins" (in other words go out and spend $260) or cut them by hand (when he already has the Euro Jig) are perhaps not that helpful. There's a fair bit of...

I've use rat traps with good effect, especially on starlings but also mynahs. I baited them with glazed cherries (although you have to tie the cherries on with cotton, the buggers will get them off...

180 lap joints using a miter saw :eek: .... You are a glutton for punishment! Nice outcome though.

I sure did. Some stuff from U-Beaut (even got to talk with Neil) and a new upcut spiral router bit. Then towards the end of the day I was considering the 14" Sherwood bandsaw that Timbercon had for...

Looks really great. Can you tell me, is the top solid Jarrah or veneer? I only ask because it looks like you have edging around it with mitred corners. If it's solid, when the wood expands and...