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There seem to be a number of timber processing industries around the Yarra Valley – one I dropped into had a massive sign on the road, and a gate made from wrought iron proclaiming its existence, but sadly I just missed its final closing only 2 years earlier. Guess it might almost be time for [...]
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Or simply translated “Not Happy Jan” (those who have seen the Yellow Pages ad campaign from a year or two back will recognise the reference). I understand that to increase the order in my shed involves a temporary increase in the amount of disorder, but boy, is the amount of disorder disproportionate to the amount [...]
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Been having some difficulty in obtaining the cast iron wing I needed to mount the router under, as it seems the manufacturers in Taiwan? China? sent a whole stack of the wrong stock, and it will be a couple of months before more arrives. In the meantime, I have gotten one, and will use one [...]
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I while back, I was waxing lyrical about the virtues of the Carb-i-tool Wheel Cutter, and more recently again for the wooden vehicle exercise. Since I acquired my wheel cutters (40mm, 50mm and 60mm), Carb-i-tool have come out with a redesigned cutter to address requests they have received over the years to have a raised [...]
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(Stills from Episode 44) During one outing in the Yarra Valley (driving to Warburton), I came across a field full of old rusting farm and forestry equipment. One of the vehicles in particular gives an idea of how much harder it was to get things done back then – transporting a single log where these [...]
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It has been a while coming for me to write about the Gifkins Jig, and you’ll have to be patient with me a little longer, so I can put together a decent sequence of photos of the jig in action. However, with my recent project that used the Gifkins to create the dovetailed joints, I [...]
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So did anyone miss me? I’ve actually been on holidays since New Year’s Eve – staying in a place up in Healesville for a few nights, and finding all sorts of interesting places to look, and photograph. I didn’t stop writing while I was up there, and will have a couple of photo essays ready [...]
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It is a reoccurring theme with me, that the shed itself is a tool like any other contained therein. It doesn’t even have to be a real shed – as many woodworkers have a space that is shared with the family car (or the family car is demoted to sitting in the driveway), a carport [...]
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Thought we might as well start the year with a bang Ok, so I doubt any atoms got split, but the cabinet did get cleaved in twain. Thought I had a better photo of the original cabinet than this. I may do somewhere in the photo library…. Anyway, as I mentioned, I decided it would [...]
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And so it begins again. Another big year planned – hope you continue on this journey with me! Hold on tight, buckle up, and let’s go
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