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The coffin is finally going to be used this Wednesday.

Our friend, Richard Mills, was given 4-6 weeks to live after being diagnosed with cancer last September but fought through to pass away on...

I was going to use a forstner bit for the holes but wanted to get a flat hole with only about 2 mm of timber so that the magnets were most effective. The spur on the bit meant that there would be...

I had a piece of European Oak that I brought back from England about 7 years ago that needed to be used before someone else used it, so I made this wooden Magnetic knife rack.

The timber was...

You first make a template of the curve and then with a hand held router cut a groove about 5mm into the board.
You then bandsaw through the middle of the groove and clean up the edges with pattern...

I made about 20 cheese boards/chopping boards for Christmas presents. They were made from after reading an article in the June 2013 Fine Woodworking magazine.

I used New Zealand rimu and...

I have finished my work on the coffin. It just needs the lining set and the thumbscrews for the lid. Richard, the guy who will be using the 'underground furniture' is coming round to see it this...

A group of us retirees here in Kihikihi were going to form a coffin club where we built our own coffins and stored them till needed. We hadn't got round to starting when one of our friends takes ill...

3 Guys die on Christmas eve and are at the pearly gates together.

St. Peter tells them that because it is Christmas eve they have to have something representing Christmas if they are to get in the...

The best option would be to coat it with an acrylic varnish. You can get them in flat, semi-gloss or gloss finish. Here in New Zealand I have used Wattyl and I am sure that you can get the same brand...

I am assuming that you use the curved warner blades with the flared edges that get into corners without damaging walls or skirtings. The type that you sharpen with a file.
The last time I got these...

I have just made 5 Adirondack chairs from plans in the Fine Woodworking magazine.
Rather than take the time to draw them up from the magazine article I sent for the full size plans and converted...

I have a rare earth magnet, from an old computer hard drive, glued to the top of the pulley cover that holds my chuck key.
It's so strong that you can almost throw the key toward the magnet and it...

As a painter & decorator with 40+ years in the trade I still find the best coloured filler is stained linseed oil putty.
The putty is stained using various methods, but I use artist oil colours in...

What extender pigment, binder and other pigments did you use and how did you get them mixed together?

This has been a most interesting thread.

OOPs.. I just tried that site and it showed an error.

If you go to www.machinemart.co.uk and look up the model scroll saw you can down load the manual by clicking on download product manual.

If you go to this site and click in to Down load product manual you can copy the manual.
www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/css400b-16-scrollsaw/path/bandsaws-scrollsaws


It looks...

The Dec/Jan issue of 'The Shed' magazine has an advertisment stating that Carba-tec has been appointed as the NZ distributor of Triton tools and that most of the product are or will be svailable soon...

I have seen the Triton routers that you mention on sale here in NZ. They are advertised as being as'being back - new stock has arrived'. If you check out Trade Me or Google them up you will get the...

I covered my workbench about a year ago with a sheet of 4.5mm mdf applied with double sided carpet tape. When it gets too dirty, worn , knocked about or whatever I can tear it off and cover it with...

I had a saw that I brought from the UK and there were no agents for it in NZ. I took the bearings to a car parts shop similar to Repco and they measured and supplied the correct bearings for a very...

Theoretically sealing the rebates before puttying stops the linseed oil from being sucked out of the putty and into the timber, which can cause the putty to become 'short' (not enough oil in relation...

I started building these 5 rocking horses for the grandchildren for Christmas, but ended up having a quadruple bypass at the end of November so they were not finished for Christmas.
Have finally got...

My 38 year old son has this problem and has been paddled 6 or 7 times to get him back into sync.
His doctor after a lot of questioning worked out that his was caused by having ice cold drinks. The...

Not having used merabu here in NZ I'm not sure if you are painting the treads or leaving a natural finish.
However what we used to do in the painting trade, if we were painting treads or any part...

I'm signing off now. I am booked in for heart bypass surgery on Monday morning and have to be at the hospital in an hour.
This is for real, no joke.
Should be back home in a week if all goes well....

The kiwis would reply to the two finger salute like they did in Brisbane last night. League world cup final if you aussies have quickly forgotten. Hehehe

I thought the Aussie Haka was an Aussie patting all his pockets and chanting "bugger, I must have left my wallet at home" when its his turn to shout a round for his Kiwi mates.

Bob
Had the same problem with my makita but have fixed it better and cheaper than a new pad.

Take the old pad and either sand the old loops off till you get a smooth pad or with a heavy duty...

I used to teach painting & decorating to apprentices (when we used to have apprentices) at our local polytech and I did a similar demo in the classroom.

It certainly opened the eyes of the boys...

You can buy linseed oil putty almost anywhere in the world. It is probably the oldest filler used in the world. I know that you can buy it in aussie. I never said that you have to buy it from New...

If you are using linseed oil putty you can mix black putty using black oil paint that you buy in tubes for painting in oils.
If it gets too sticky or wet you can stiffen it up by working in some...

Sorry .. made a mistake on the price. My course was £195 ..they are now £245.
For that you get all the timber for the head, including the 4 muscle blocks for the neck, lunch for the 3 days and all...

At the end of last year, just before returning home, I was able to attend a 3 day carving course in Fangfoss, with Anthony Dew.

There were 6 of us on the course, 2 guys and 4 women. None of the...

The maid confronts the lady of the house and asks her for an increase in her wages.

The lady of the house is a little indignant and asks her why she should get a raise.

There are 3 reasons...

What is the similarity between a crab and 2 Chinese who have been in a car crash?

I used to go to a Dentist in Wellington, New Zealand, who was a Dr. F.A.Payne.
He was too much of a gentleman to use his initials to advantage.

The british press here are gloating about Aus and NZ's premature departure from the cup and going on about how many antipodians had paid out big money for travel and tickets for the cup final that...

Wife and I were rushing for a bus here in London.

At the inner City stops the drivers donot take money from passengers as it slows the busses up. You either have a pre paid oyster card or buy a...

And you could buy the All Blacks with the change!!!

Bill's not coming to Aussie or New Zealand. B*gger

Who will get to take him home now??

As long as the Poms don't win again ...the first time over here was bad enough but a second time would...

Hi Jow 104

What brand of saw have you bought...just so I am not tempted to buy the same brand.

Just got back, last night, from a week in Greece.
We were in a village called Kalamilli which is about an hours drive from Kalamata.
This is the area where they have been having the fires.
One...

I've had a go here in England at a club day and also at my son's wedding in New Zealand.
They had a set up at the country club where he was married and we had a great time shooting while they were...

Scott
The horse sitting on the beam looks like a very stable way to support it. It looks more stable than in the carvers chops that Anthony Dew uses.
My carving course has been put back to the end...

A man was standing next in line at a checkout, when the attractive blonde woman in front of him turned around and gave him a big smile. "Hello," she said, as she waited for her change.

"Er, I'm...

A Sydney University student, was on the side of the road
hitch hiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm.

The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he...

Nino, an Italian was working his way around the world and arrived in Melbourne.
He went to a building site to look for work and the foreman decided to give him a job as a labourer.
When he asked...

Was that our old 'Fred Dagg', ex kiwi comedian?

He's as funny now as he was when he was in New Zealand years ago.

'Don't plant your corn in the winter'

Lead based pigments are probably used because some colours have much better opacity (hiding power) than the newer non toxic pigments.
This became very obvious to me when I was an apprentice...