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Hi anyone who reads this,

Moving my Workcentre 2000 around and I lost the alloy blade looking thing that holds the clear plastic saw guard. Seems i cannot buy this item in Australia.

Anyone...

And some pictures of the almost final result below. The things left to do are install the perimeter seal, door sweep and fit new mouldings to the back of the door. Awaiting a router bit from USA (4...

Bought an original Kenrick knocker and knob off gumtree and ebay and restored them from their rusted past....

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Ok, here's some pics of the panels all set in, outside frame already double coated in Sikkens pine oil base. Looking at the mouldings, someone before me really did a hack job of a repair, mitre cuts...

I really try with this stuff, have done sash windows a few times now and had a pretty good handle on the sash components, problem is, I do this stuff so infrequently I forget every time :D

So what I have I learnt so far? What the hell are you doing, go buy a door in better condition!

Ok some constructive words;

I have learnt more about this door, hardwood panels on the bottom...

Over xmas I pulled the door into pieces, didn't have a lot of time of the period so progress was slow as I was either doing other things or it was sweltering :o

Anyhow a few pics....the first pics...

Well knock me down with a feather, curiosity led me to search; Thomas Pearce, door in Victoria and I got the below photograph. Which one on the photo made my door...!!!
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'on the spree' according to Oxford dictionary is 'unrestrained drinking', perhaps was talking about himself being on the p1ss the last 5 days....?

Wow SWK, that is amazing, thanks for the excellent work. Will check with my Greek neighbour what it could mean, if it's like how you say, he'll be scratching his head saying WtheF!

Hi Tonto, yes im wrestling with this myself, (actually i was as mouldings have come off now!). I thought that the mouldings were in poor shape in being physically attached to the door and hence...

Nah decks going to the tip in a year or two :D


Can anyone confirm for me that the wood is baltic pine....?

Thanks Alex. Will give that a crack. Spent 6 hours taking off all the top half mouldings front & back and bats. Damn big nails they used back in the day when the wood was green :((

Anyhow, found...

Thanks. I also learnt a new word - Bolection...!

Thanks for the replies peoples.

Have done some more searching on tenons, wedges, plugs and restoration stuff and forth. Looks like I can carefully remove the wedges and as you say cramp the frame...

Hello forum,

I spent a fair bit of time looking for an original cricket bat door and finally found one. As you can see from the pics it's in quite a state. However, I like the dings and patches...

Thanks for the offer Dsel. Been a good 15 years since I've been in a metal shop and I was never on the tools. I can sort of work a lathe, though I think for a female screw thread, a specific cutting...

Yes it looks like square, if my eyes aren't deceiving me ;-)

And damn, I used to work at a metal turning shop years ago, could have whipped up a threaded lug on the CNC lathe in no time...!

Thanks for the information guys. Yes it looks like an ACME thread, see pic. Will do some research and see how common they are to find.

I'm not looking to bring the vice back to its 'quick release'...

Thanks Dsel.

Yes would really like to get it working and like restoring stuff. The only reason i thought it was 'quick release' was the hole in the vice face that looks like some kind of lever...

Hello,

I received a Parkinsons wood vice, looks to be a quick release type. It is however missing a few parts and am posting on here to see whether it is possible to restore (get spare parts) or...

Thought I should put some closure on this thread in case others come across it.

I used phosphoric acid on the fireplace, it went a greeny colour, not sure if bad or not but not rusting so...

Thanks for the advice Phil. Nugget is probably a good option and similar to graphite. I like how you can polish the detailed surfaces where they come through as a silvery sheen. There's a few on ebay...

Thanks Dean, I have a feeling the Penetrol might not be great. (I checked the Penetrol website and they seem to have only one product of this type (besides water based and Hammer stuff).

Liberon...

Thanks Findlay. Yes 'black leading' is what I am looking for out of the Liberon Iron Paste. Back in the day I guess lead as a graphite was pretty popular in fireplaces, god knows about the fumes :U
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Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone can give me some sage advice here.

I am looking to restore an old Victorian cast iron fireplace that currently has several coats of black paint over the...

A sponsor on this forum supplies good price & quality sandpaper online from QLD.....As witch1 referred to.

Thanks.

Yes, surface was pretty rough with a couple of saw ridges so belt sander starting at 60 grit staged up to 150 grit. Then ROS staged sanding & removal to finish settings took out the belt...

Howdy,

Thought I should add the final pictures of my coffee table. I don't have pics of it in the lounge but it's on top of metal legged coffee table, looks great, the swirls of the grain just pop...

Thanks for the advice Whitewood.

The larger slab was originally drying under several other slabs under corrugated iron outside separated by planks (for about 6 months) and then for the next year...

Great, thanks for the advice! :) Looks like I will poly all over.

This is my practice piece as I have a larger slab that will be used as a kitchen top. (I have that one drying on the bedroom floor...

Hi everyone,

I'm a long time lurker and first time poster :) From the archive, I haven't been able to find an answer and was wondering if someone can give me advice.

I have a slab of sequoia...