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Thanks everyone for the wealth of information. I'll have another crack at a small batch in a few days after I've made a trip to Bunnings!

Thanks Rob.

Where would I find gum turps? I live in rural Australia, we have a Mitre10 with VERY limited stock (don't even carry a proper range of metric bolts!) and a small Bunnings (maybe a 1/4...

Hi guys,

I decided to try my hand at making softwax yesterday, following Chris Schwarz's recipe at https://blog.lostartpress.com/2015/12/10/a-recipe-you-should-try-soft-wax/

Unfortunately it...

That didn't even occur to me. This is my only wooden bodied plane, so I've been a bit precious about it.


Took another look at it, and the iron is smaller than the throat, it's the chipbreaker...

I have a wooden bodied fore plane where the body seems to have swelled, leaving the iron too wide to go back in the throat.

It was always a tight fit in the time I've had it, but my current...

Can it handle ripping duties as well? (I'm guessing not given the high tooth count)

As I don't have a planer or thicknesser I'll also be using the table saw to dimension my materials (cleaning up...

I've finally bit the bullet and bought a Dewalt DW745 on the weekend (price matched at Bunnings to get it from $849 to $719), but am expecting the stock blade to be pretty rubbish. This will be my...

If I had the confidence in myself to mod the Makita it would be my option too. But the reason I really want the table saw is so I've got a machine in my shop that I know will give me square cuts out...

I've been researching table saws under $1000, and after seeing a Makita MLT1000 in person I was turned right off it. The fence was terrible. There's also been lots of reports of faulty switches on...

Thanks for all the ideas and encouragement guys!

Brian, nice to hear from someone who knows of Myrtleford! I'll have another crack at sourcing tools locally.

In regards to this particular...

Spoke to Just Tools today. Apparently stock has been going fast on these and their regularly selling out

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No worries, it was at the end of the post, but it was quite the rant so easy to miss (I struggle to keep my words to a minimum). Appreciate the help anyway. Have some family out that way so might pop...

Going through Etool's website it appears that all their items are "on sale", so I'm guessing it's just their normal markdowns from RRP for their online store. Still best prices I could find on...

I know I'm a little late here, however this thread helped me start out hunting online this week for router bits.

I tried contacting Bits Below Cost without any reply yet. Even if they did reply...

Cheers. I buy all my construction grade timber for a small Mitre 10 a few minutes from home and they don't have any dressed hardwoods other than large posts. As Bunnings is a bit of a drive from home...

Thanks for the tip but that's nowhere near me. I'm 3 hours out of Melbourne in North East Victoria.

I've never really noticed much of this at Bunnings other than small profile/moulding (which I've used for small projects such as bird feeders, etc). Do they normally carry larger dimensioned KDHW? I...

Decided that I'm going to prioritise getting a few quality router bits ahead of getting any other accessories. Was pleased to find the Just Tools website had the plunge base and the straight guide...

As a devoted disciple of "the Schwarz" and a rabid Roy Underhill fan, I completely agree with you there.

Most of my power tools tools I own for work reasons (trying to get a Carpentry...

This is pretty much what I've been doing the last twelve months. There was rarely a day at TAFE (I did Certs II in Carpentry and Cabinetmaking) where I didn't grab a bunch of larger scrap out of the...

Hi guys,

After dithering about reading lots of books, watching lots of videos, and building a couple of furniture pieces in classes, I am finally plucking up the courage to build some furniture...

Purchased one of these today from Total Tools for $149 (three day Makita Sale), and asked about the plunge base but decided not to order it at the time (they quoted $98 for it, and the lack of...

Hi all,

I am looking to purchase a router very soon to assist in some planned furniture builds. I'd be looking to use the router for doing tongue and groove boards, dados, rebates, grooving to...

Well that was the other problem. They're only open two days a week from 10-3 (or something like that).

I did some reading and found that it is actually against the AMSA charter to have...

Hi all,

I've recently thrown in my city office job and sold my house to move my family to Myrtleford in North East Victoria (near Bright) for a tree change.

I was wondering if anyone else here...

Thanks for the link Stu, a dozuki was one of the tools I was considering brand new, so that link is great.

Cheers for the heads up on the Thomo market Sam. Is that where the old Pipeworks market...

Thanks everyone!

It seems that all the market action is on the other side of town (I'm in Broadmeadows), but that just gives me a good excuse to make an excursion out of it I guess.

If I was...

Hi all,

I'm a complete new comer to woodworking and am anxiously awaiting delivery of the Anarchists Tool Chest, and embarking on what will hopefully be a fulfilling and relaxing past time.
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