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Terry Fogarty runs the Domino and Furniture courses for Ideal Tools, and having owned and used the Domino in a production setting since they first went on sale just over 3 years ago, he is particularly experienced in their use, and has developed a number of jigs to extend its capabilities. This is his latest [...]
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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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Ideal Tools – Festool Mecca in Williamstown, Melbourne A perfect synergy of sales, training, and getting real hands-on experience with the next potential addition to your workshop. I really enjoy this approach. There is no sales pitch here – the tools either sell themselves, or they don’t. You get to see the tools in a [...]
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One of the regulars sent me this photo of a 40″ bandsaw from a website dedicated to old woodworking machines, called www.owwm.com The gentleman in the photo found this bandsaw in the States on eBay – no idea what he paid for it. The bandsaw itself is from the 1850s – 1890s, and it is [...]
Filed under: Tools | Tagged: Bandsaw, Cast Iron, Cementite, CI, Damping, Engineering, Graphite, Materials, Vibration | 2 Comments »
Somehow I have managed to avoid really discussing the bandsaw I have, at least until now. Back in 2004, I had an opportunity to add a major tool to my workshop, and while thinking a bandsaw might be a useful tool, I really didn’t understand exactly why a bandsaw should be in my workshop. I [...]
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Very bad example of MMAW 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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An introduction to a bit of an experiment called “The Stu’s Shed YouTube Chronicles” Raw, unedited, short clips, the video equivalent to the micro-blogs of Twitter and how they are supplementing the main content of this website/blog. Like Twitter, this is an experiment to see if it is a worthy supplement to Stu’s Shed. Formats [...]
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It seems to be increasingly common for new projects to be designed using some computer drawing package, such as the free Google Sketchup. Some pretty amazing things can be created with it, to a very advanced level, if you have the time, and aptitude to extract the most from the product. It is reasonably easy [...]
Filed under: Techniques, Tools | Tagged: Andy, AutoCAD, CAD, Drafting, Draughting, ezwoodshop, Isometric, Workbench | 1 Comment »
I’ve been looking through the web at a lot of different types, styles, and prices! of bench vices, and it raises as many questions as get answered. Wonder how many vices is too many on a bench? So far I have been looking at tail vices, leg vices, wagon vices and end vices. Sure is [...]
Filed under: Tools | Tagged: Bench Vice, Chris Schwarz, End Vice, Leg Vice, Tail Vice, Veritas, Wagon Vice | 6 Comments »
I’m working on the idea of having a bit of a site index, but I haven’t formalised the concept as yet, and thought I might solicit some suggestions from you. The concept of the index is not to be a complete comprehensive list of every single post on the site, but a kind of a [...]
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