A Slab ‘o Granite

Precision requires precision tools, there is no two ways about it. Whether it is assuring that your square is square, your plane blades are honed to just the right angle, straight edges are straight etc, it is beneficial to have a true surface to reference off.  Taking that one step further, where it comes to [...]

Stu’s Shed goes to Brisbane!

MagSwitch have invited me to the Brisbane Timber and Working with Wood Show, so guess where I’ll be on the 23rd and 24th May! (no, I won’t be there on the Friday) I’ll be there talking about the MagSwitch range on the Carbatec stand – heh: this is going to be fun! You know what [...]

Drill Press Laser

This is a short product video I produced for PWS to showcase their Drill Press Laser. The Drill Press Laser is available from Professional Woodworkers Supplies Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv) (Right-click, and select “Save Link As”) Best video quality is achieved by downloading then playing the mp4 version.

Pro Drill Press Table

This is a short product video I produced from PWS to showcase their Pro Drill Press Table. The Pro Table is available from Professional Woodworkers Supplies Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv) (Right-click, and select “Save Link As”) Best video quality is achieved by downloading then playing the mp4 version.

Securing a Shed

I had an interesting question posed via email about how to hold down a shed, particularly in high weather affected areas. To qualify, I am not a structural, or civil engineer, so these are just my thoughts on the issue, so take them in that regard. ———– As I see it, there is one primary [...]

Tricky Grains

One of the things that I always had in the back of my mind when deciding if I really wanted to buy a drum sander, was all the sanding I found myself doing with a belt sander when dealing with small burls (for clocks and the like). More recently, I had forgotten that justification, so [...]

Scraping with Scrapers

These are not cabinet scrapers (which are a skill all of their own), but instead for scraping when you need to remove a surface – such as paint, varnish, stripper etc. I have had an opportunity to put the Linbide range through some initial trials, and as much as I normally wait until I’ve had [...]

For those who struggle to type…

Woodworking Warehouse now have a slightly shorter website address. www.wwwh.com.au Ok, so it is a lot shorter! Also means their email is also a lot easier- sales@wwwh.com.au

Stats

If anyone is wondering where the other 260000 visitor stats have gone, apparently WordPress is doing a big upgrade of the stats counter, so the counters displayed will be erroneous for a few days (or something). At 100000, the counter is currently showing visitors for 2009 only, who knows what it will be showing next!

Sandpaper for Penturning

Saw this sitting on a Carbatec shelf, and given the current disorganisation in my own abrasives collections thought it looked like a good idea!  Not sure how reloadable it would be – probably not, so it will become a deadline that when it runs out, I’d better be organised again! There are about 20′ of [...]

Croc Leather

Been given some interesting material for a project by the family. These pieces of crocodile leather (many years old now) were used by a past generation to make some leather boots, and the leftover has been kept all this time. I’ve been asked if I might be able to incorporate it into few projects for [...]

Drill Press Portability Result

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