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I have a jet 12" planer thicknesser. These are my thoughts.

Pros
Less space
Cheaper than two separate machines
Wide bed for a planer, most separate planers are less than 200 mm, not usually an...

I have one of these

Sydney Tools

I picked it up on sale for something like $50... give or take.

It's stated accuracy is pretty good, 2 mm / 10 m though I have never tested it for accuracy....

The down side is to make it work you can't take the beer out and drink it. This is the basic definition of "living hell".

Thermal mass reduces the speed things want to change temperature.
Having more in a fridge shouldn't really change the amount of energy the fridge uses, poor seals or insulation will. A loaded...

Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the new narex "super premium" Ritcher chisels. Was looking to fill out a couple of gaps in my chisels and saw these, at $60 a pop though they are...

I agree with 5000 m3/hr and I have seen the 20 volumes number, it's what made me start looking at big fans including things like 16" car radiator fans.

but by my calcs

3 x 12" fans = ~5250...

Of late I have been thinking that I need a bit of workshop ventilation, in part for dust and in part to make life more comfortable. I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on using an industrial...

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A small apothecary chest would give you plenty of small draws for holding dice and minis....

something like the following, or search for something to your taste....

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I think everyone understands these basics.

But, when a company like Harvey Norman that operates in the hundreds of millions of dollars of net income (ie after wages, tax, electricity etc) and is...

I heard about this today, figure now is the time to spend up and buy a bunch of things that I have had sitting in my cart "until I had the cash"

It's funny how big business can happily run small...

Well it's about the right length and diameter and you can get bokken in white and red oak so I would assume timber selection should be more or less ok. You would just have to shape it correctly and...

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It's ok to vent bathrooms to roof cavity in Queensland but I've always thought it dodgy, my personal preference is to vent all your humidity outside.

you might be able to steam bend it, most bokken are cut and carved from single pieces of timber from my understanding though not bent. Any reason you don't want it to be straight? straight is a legit...

I would say at least 50% labour, more depending on the project. When labour costs are $100-150 an hour it's very hard for a project material costs to outstrip labour costs (unless your talking fast...

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Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the FNi variable speed grinder. I've been using some of my chisels for house renovations that has resulted in edges best described as serrated (though...

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Short answer is sort of. Tas oak is a generic name that can be applied to one of or a mixture of several species, one of which is messmate. ie buy tas oak and you might get some messmate in there......

What's your recommendation for naughty children?

So, out of interest since people are comparing cars to table saws hands up everyone who owns a car with lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, collision avoidance, auto braking assist, high...

That's a really nice score, enough in there to make a small cabinet.

I would definately go for both a planer and thicknesser, either two machines or a combo. Helical heads are meant to be great, or you can just clean up the timber after it comes out the thicknesser. I...

How easy is it to get the handles off?

I was actually in Munich about a year ago with the wife for our honeymoon and went to see the Munich residence, being a honeymoon I didn't get to see tool shops though :)

I thought you got all the...

I will definately have to check out dictum, looks like german carbatec.

I was sort of thinking about festool but there are not too many of their tools that I really need or can justify spending...

As it happens I am going to germany for a couple of weeks and a weekend for work. The weeks will be long hours but I actually get to spend the weekend in Munich. Does anyone have any ideas about any...

10kg isn't much, 30 bottles will weigh more than that though.
A 750mm shelf won't sag much if made out of 16 mm ply, even 12 mm would probably still be fine with about 30kg (assuming about 1kg a...

A silly question maybe but I have been playing a little bit with closing up the cap iron to the edge of a blade to reduce tearout, seems to work pretty well. The question is how do you deal with...

I think works out of the box is a great thing, I remember wood working in high school and never been able to get a good shaving from a plane or a straight line from a saw etc, made me think I...

I have a no5 low angle luban which I can't really fault. Blade takes a nice edge and seems to last ok. Fast and easy to adjust. Blade adjustment has some but not excessive slop. Flat sole and good...

Picked up a couple of Disstons for cheap, they are a rough couple (rusty and dusty). Tooth line has a little bit of a wave on one of them, the other has a small curve, should prove plenty of learning...

Bloody nice table and some very fine featured Marri

I don't hate them but I do prefer a more classical saw. Either way who actually sells the Veritas tenon saw in Australia?

Ebay seems to have a nice selection of D8's but things start getting more...

Biggest saw I have is the veritas carcass saw with about 2 1/2 inch depth, just enough to get through a 50mm board (assuming it isn't too wide) but it's not going to manage a through tenon on a 90mm...

Just wondering what folks opinion on large tenon saws are. My next project is going to be a large table, to large for any of my current hand saws to easily cut the joinery for so I have been...

Same thing. I mean run out introduced by the chuck causes a visible wobble when running and would assumable be rectified with a better chuck. If I pull the chuck off there is no visible wobble in the...

I have the PD-325 model, passable drill given the price but it wobbles like it's had a few to many. I usually just add a nominal half a mm onto the drill bit size and call it good, that said I don't...

Pretty skirt ;)

Sorry, maybe I should have said the "emotional feeling?" of using a hand tool is an intangible thing that can't be accurately predicted by a simple number. The Veritas is a very capable saw that I...

Interesting, I have never actually weighed them either but out of curiosity I just did. Grabbing them both by the handle the LN dovetail still definately feels heavier and weighs in at 353g but the...

Maybe not light in the same way a $10 plastic fantastic is but the LN dovetail I have feels at least 50% heavier and I really like using it.

I have the veritas carcass saws and honestly find them a bit odd. There is nothing about them that I can say is bad but I just don't feel comfortable when using them, I personally think it is...

I always feel jealous of people that can leave their tools "out on display" without ending up with a visit from the rust fairy.

Same as Luke... sorta. For edge joints I use blind eg, "half blind dovetail" but for joints in the meat of a board I would say stopped eg "stopped rebate''. Tenons are either through tenons or just...

Diacetyl is naturally occuring is several foods such as butter and BEER! it is not inherantly dangerous.
Diacetyl has been linked, over long exposure times, with lung disease.
This is a much lower...

Wow, that was a pretty good zombie thread.