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Pushsticks are an integral part of the safety equipment in a workshop, and are important for many of the tools in the shop. They are not everyone’s cup of tea (although I find that very strange), and they are not needed for every operation (which does make sense). A pushstick is primarily used to feed [...]
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Since early May, when I added the new widget that maps visitors to the site, there have been visitors from over 100 countries. Cool huh – how amazing that a small shed in the back of beyond of south-east Melbourne suburbs, down-under gets seen all over the world (or is that the global village?) Does [...]
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Neil Scobie is a woodworker very well known in the Australian Woodworking community. It may be that you recognise the name from the many articles and features he has written for various woodworking magazines (including the current edition of Australian Wood Review). Even if you don’t know the name, it would be hard to miss [...]
Filed under: Lathe, Manufactures and Suppliers, Techniques | Tagged: DVD, Free-Form, Neil Scobie, Turning | 6 Comments »
I was recently contacted by Stan in response to some articles here that have been referring to DMT Diamond Whetstones, and he kindly offered to field any questions I might have. Unfortunately I certainly did have some that I was very pleased to be able to put to a real expert in the field, and [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Techniques, Tools | Tagged: Abrasive, Alisam, Diamond, DMT, Sharpening, Whetstone | 1 Comment »
Ron Hock has long been renowned for producing superior blades for planes, and his approach is based on a strong understanding of the metallurgy involved in producing high quality steel that is specifically suited to the purpose of plane blades. But what is interesting to know, is producing high-carbon steel blades is not where he [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Blades, Carving, Hock, Knife, Knives, Plane, Rc62, Ron | 1 Comment »
To kick off a new “***** of-the-Month” topic, I have been meaning to have a “Publication of-the-Month” segment, and there is a significant amount of products out there worth highlighting (many already in my library!) this section is called “publication” and not just “book” because I intend to cover magazines, books, DVDs, woodworking plans etc, [...]
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For the wood show, I finally used the motivation to copy a superb looking jig featured on the MagSwitch site. And of course, I had to give it a try! The jig consists of two independant sides, that are secured to the table with twin MagJigs. They can be set to any reasonable width to [...]
Filed under: Techniques | Tagged: Coving, Kreg, MagJig, MagSwitch, Pushstick | 1 Comment »
Professional Woodworkers Supplies has emailed out their latest newsletter with some interesting discounts listed inside. The first is the ability for buyers to get a discount voucher for a massive $1. The size of the voucher depends on how much you spend: $250 up to $499 +$1 and receive a $ 30 Gift Certificate. $500 [...]
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