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Interested, where are you located on South Australia?
And as above, can you post some photos.
Cheers

I manufacture aircraft parts, and it is no different to making any thing else, just with more checks and balances, i.e material tracking (batch/heat treatment number), certificate of conformance...

Cheep drill press for some one in the Lake Macquarie NSW area.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/lake-macquarie-area/other-antiques-art-collectables/drill-press-60s-bench-drill-press/1043175962
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Ewan,
I May be able to take a look for you. Where about's is it?I'm located in Medowie, 30km north of Newcastle.

Regards

Jerms

That's pretty horrific. when I was an apprentice one of the other apprentices lost the top of his finger wearing gloves one a capstone lathe 3A etc, in production machining cast bronze. so he was...

Retracting air line are great! I use them every day at work. I just baught 2 by mistake on grays online for home. The locking mechanism works well, you just need to know how they work. I have mine...

Well I painted my bandsaw, gloss black to really show the dust:roll: It came up well and I'm happy with it. I would have preferred a different colour but that's what I had. My wife called it a...

I will be painting my bandsaw tomorrow. it will be Black (origanal colour was green, as I have a tin of black on the shelf. If I were to pick a colour it would be Blood Orange.

Thanks for your input. I ended up getting a few second hand, most name brands and good quality. now that i have a few I will take your advice and buy what I need when I need them.
Cheers Again
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I forgot a couple - Schneider, Hickory, Silverline? :)

Thank you for your responses thus far, so I have been having a bit of a squiz on Ebay as you do to try to find a good price. I want to steer clear of the no name stuffand gett a reasonable...

Hi I just got a trimmer and want to get a set of bits/cutters for it. I think a trimmer will do most of what I want for now. I do more metal work than working with wood and am slowly building up my...

Here are some heaters,, I haven't researched them but thought they would be worth mentioning.

Mostly Unreserved Indoor/Outdoor Heaters & Propagation Trays

I joined last year, in relation to wood work projects I was doing. But I'm a Metal Machinist and enjoy metal more. for the last 17 years, currently do CNC programing/ Machining. when I started my...

Down just outside Goolwa there is a place that sells slabs I think the Adelaide side of the tracks going into Goolwa, 3-4 Km out. there is a slab sign on the fence line a bit hard to see. My old man...

The mallets are:150g, 350g, 660g, the bigger two are out of merbu and the smaller is out of Pine I think, (he made the third one as he thought I'd need a lighter one) it is way too light to use and...

I've started on a hobby horse head for practice before starting on this rocking horse, just to get a bit of a feel for carving and I dont have the wood as yet.
Here is the link to that thread for...

I specifically used a new blade on the saw 10 or 12mm deep so wasn't the best blade for getting around the curves. but with a few passes in both directions in the tight spots I got around.

The...

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Another progress pic
For a first carving I'm not finding it as frustrating as I thought it would be.:U And I may get addicted:o
I will be looking for some more chisels soon as I will need...

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A while ago I posted I was doing a Rocking horse ( https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/large-rocking-horse-im-taking-plunge-159019/ ).
Well I haven't quite started as yet but decided to do a hobby...

Yeah, we have a basket full of of cuts and odds and sods to use.

Hi Ben, no not a jeweller I over engineer and make things too solid to be a jeweller:rolleyes: (I did design my wife's wedding ring too) I'm a Fitter Machinist by trade. I've added a drawing I did...

Hay guys thought I'd post some pics of a wedding ring I offered to make for my brother In-law. He decided he wanted to go ahead with it only 4 weeks before the wedding.:roll: I made mine a few year...

Mobyturns, I would Love to see some pictures!

Well I think I've found the timber. I've Just had a look at some slabs of Norfolk Island Pine, its been down for 6 months so still green. ranging in...

crowie, how do I move it to toy making? I read the FAQ and think only Admin can move them.

Still getting every thing together ready for the build so you may be waiting a little while. Just ordered...

G'day all, well I'm starting a new thread. I could have continued on one of the other beut rocking horse threads (Admin's please feel free to move if you feel we don't need another thread :)

I'm...