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I just use hand tools :-) I can even do light chiselling and so on at night and no-one hears... it's fantastic!

Thanks, Ruddy :-) I hope so too. Lately it has been Triple M since I'm so sick of all the whiney chick music on the other stations!

Kat, you have more tools than I do :-) I made mine almost entirely with a few basic hand tools. I did use a relative's circular saw for a long rip cut I couldn't be bothered doing by hand after...

It's funny... I finished mine and can't stop looking at yours! :-) At least now I have a bench to use to build a better bench!

Thanks, Christos! I was motivated, plus I did a few hours each day on it while hanging out in the garage and listening to some music. It was good fun. I need to spend more time doing blokey stuff...

Thanks, Robo :-)


I'm calling it finished now. I still need to add dog holes, but that's for another day when I've bought some dogs.

It's not a pretty bench... It's meant for work, so I didn't...

Thanks Pete! I could have used some today for a set of drawers, but I then realised that the crappy chipboard drawers would be worth far less than the sliders!

I've always wanted to visit Hobart,...

Hi Tom!

I'm a beginner like you, but have been learning as I go. I just finished building my first project (a workbench) and have learned a lot. If you have a vise or clamps, you can clamp the...

Looks great, but being a big bloke, I'd be politely offering it to someone else to sit on :-) I'd hate to have to apologise for breaking it and then pick splinters out of parts unknown!

Nice...

Thanks for all the kind compliments! ClintO, it took 3 different stores before I found one with anything resembling the right measurements let alone knot-free. I hid a few knots and some others are...

The assembly is now complete. All I need to do is plane, sand, stain, and install the vise. Oh, and drill some dog holes and buy dogs.

I also did the light this morning too. It makes such a...

I'm only new to woodworking so I've got no idea, but are there saw horse designs where the legs are detachable? They'd be good :-)

No need to be sorry for critical thinking :-) Nope - not an employee, or shareholder, or otherwise associated with them. I was just happy with how I was treated and thought I'd share.

Well I did want a 1L bottle of glue and they were out.... so funny you should mention that! The people are nice, though.

Thanks for the compliments, and Gary, thanks for the kind advice. Will definitely have to remember that.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/58878254/Personal%20Public/2012-07-19%2017.16.03.jpg

Progress...

I went to Carbatec for the first time today and was blown away. I was looking for a (non-powered) router and the only one they had was $200+, which I wasn't prepared to spend yet.

They gave me...

By the way... I want to add dog holes. Any idea on the best way to do this with a battery-powered drill? I'd love to know how to get the holes perfectly straight into the bench top.

Great wood! I also notice you have an Ozito tool in the background. I've only had bad experiences with them... drill with low battery life, reciprocating saw which didn't even fit together properly,...

I hope the photos are working!

I'm completely new to woodwork, having only made a kinda-temporary book shelf from MDF (yuck!).

I'm building a European-style workbench out of pine, sourced from the (expensive, small range) big...

Great looking wood... can't wait to see more!

Hi all :-)

Being the complete amateur I am, I'm building my first ever project, which is my workbench. It has a 3 inch thick benchtop and is pine. I was just wondering... I've only ever seen pine...

Now that's just showing off! :-) Seriously nice bench. I'm in the middle of building a European one myself. It won't be anywhere near as nice, but it's a solid, flat work surface... far better than...

Nice work! Looks solid :-)

Pics are forthcoming! Just need to get them off my phone. Thanks for the welcome, too! I agree about trade tools... $25 seemed like a good price for the clamps, especially since they didn't seem to...

Hi Peter! Is there any specific reason you're using CCA? I don't know much about it besides the fact that CCA is no good for your health. If you're looking to have the bench outside in the weather,...

Thanks mate! I'll take some more photos tomorrow and post :-) It's a European style workbench... thick top made from 16 laminated pieces of 19mm stock (Bunnings didn't have anything bigger!), thick...

Yep, F-clamps... I got some $25 ones from Trade Tools, but they are the type where the lower sliding jaw is held by its own friction, and they just slide around when you move them (e.g. from bench to...

Thanks, Bret! I'll have to keep a lookout... Looking for a hand (unpowered) router, and some more planes :-)

Hi Pete! I checked out Carbatec and might buy some stuff. Thanks!

Thanks, Rumnut! Have been taking a couple of photos. Will take more tomorrow and post. Nothing major to see yet. Laminated 16 pieces together for the thick benchtop, cut a few mortises and tenons,...

The only power tool I have besides my battery drill is a circular saw, which gets used maybe once a year. It doesn't really scare me (it's a pain in the ears, though!)... What scares me is a...

I'm only a newbie, so take my answer with a fistful of salt! I just had this problem today and changed my project because of it, but have just thought of a simple solution. If you don't need a...

I forgot about Bunnings' 10% deal. I ended up grabbing 4 big bar clamps from Trade Tools. I like them, but the one thing I wish they had would be different handles. They have the ones without the...

Thanks so much, TT and VK4. :-) It'll come in handy.... I'm plowing through my first project (my European work bench) - I've got all the materials and tools, I laminated 16 boards for the bench top...

Hi everyone!

I'm in Brisbane and I'm new to wood work. I just got back from Bunnings with a sedan load of pine to build myself a European style work bench... which leads me to my main question... ...

I'm new to woodworking but I've seen people make their own dovetail jigs out of wood and it looks reasonably simple as long as you get the angles right. The jig I saw was for marking the lines and...

I had to head to the doctor once because my leg felt like it was going to explode. It was diagnosed as a white tail spider bite. Very painful for the first couple of days, then the necrosis around...