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Well Safety Week is rapidly rolling around once again in the Woodworking Blogosphere, where collectively we address a number of safety issues in the first full week in May. I’m starting to pull together a few ideas of what I will cover, and so far the list looks like: MagSwitch Featherboards Air Flow in Dust [...]
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With the luxury of finally being able to record whatever I want on Foxtel, been getting to watch some of what I actually feel like seeing when I’m ready. So I’ve been watching a few of Norm’s shows of course. Not even sure if there are any other quality woodworking shows being made at the [...]
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Episode 49 Kreg Pockethole DrillPress Table Upgrade. Kreg Jig from Carbatec, Pro Drill Press Table 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.
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Episode 48 Rejuvenating Machine Tops. Using TopSaver and SilverGlide to remove rust, lubricate and protect the top of a major shop machine. 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.
Filed under: Podcast, Tools | Tagged: Cast Iron, Protection, Rejuvenation, Removal, Rust, Silber Gleit, Silver Glide, TopSaver | 4 Comments »
As much as we would rather assemble pens, and have them come out perfectly every time, sometimes things do go a bit pear-shaped, and rather than waste a perfectly good pen kit, it would definitely be preferable to take the pen apart to fix it. There are some pen disassembly kits available, but generally they [...]
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Had the “Roving Reporter” around, to continue his descent down the slippery slope into turning. We had decided it was time for him to turn his hand at making a pen. Armed with a pen mandrel, bushes, and a Sierra pen kit, he managed a very respectable Jarrah pen (which earned a number of brownie [...]
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’bout time (a week after purchasing) that I finally put power to the new tools to see what they were like. Had a mate around who wanted a look through the shed, and it seemed as good an excuse as any to fire up the machines. First up was the thicknesser – I am so [...]
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Been using the Foxtel IQ2 to finally get to record some of the shows I might be interested in (I never seem to actually be surfing to find something to watch when they happen to be on – now at least they are automatically recorded for when I’m ready!) Watched Norm for the first time [...]
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Aside: There is a short video coming (as soon as I can) about reconditioning tool tops, but in the meantime this is a followup to that video…… Oh, and while talking about proposed upcoming videos – yes, the penturning video is coming soon – I’ve just had some delay in acquiring a tool I need [...]
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Was watching the British show: Junkyard Wars on Foxtel, and amongst all the construction and destruction (they were making junkyard cannons), there was, looking battle scarred (and still perfectly functional), an original Australian Made SuperJaws
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