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And as a reader of Stu’s Shed, you can get 2 tickets for the price of one. For shed dwellers nirvana is a shed full of tools, finished products, accessories, timber, materials and plenty of free advice for the tricky bits! Get a taste of shed heaven at the Hands-On Expo with woodwork, auto, metalwork [...]
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The MC1000 is designed as a room air filtration unit, but sometimes a more local collection is useful. Rather than having to relocate the dust collector itself, Microclene have an optional extension tube for the inlet. The tube requires (minimal) assembly – you have to stick it together. To keep the tube from falling off, [...]
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Had a knock at the door while working on the router table: Growing up fast!
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It’s crunch time. With the router table that is. I spent some time yesterday getting the table together properly, drilling the final holes to join each wing together (some holes were missing – fell out in transit). It didn’t go well. The machined plate (the one I had with the insert hole cut out) had [...]
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Stu’s Shed YouTube Chronicles 011 – The Walko Workbench As initially discussed here, the Walko Workbench from Ideal Tools can be set up in a number of different orientations, depending on your requirements. In my case, and as seen here, it provides a narrow workbench that I can easily break down and remove to free [...]
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The developers of the I.D. Wood App for the iPhone & iPod Touch contacted me a couple of months ago about their new application for identifying timbers using the iPhone. I had some immediate thoughts about how this sort of application could be very useful, which I shared with them. Some of the possibilities included: [...]
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Do you have the perfect workshop? All the space in the world? Or are there factors in play denying you a decent working space? Need a more portable work station? Do you need a Walko in the Workshop? The bench can be configured in all sorts of ways, and that is where it really starts [...]
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Don’t want to deal with companies selling their Triton tools on Ebay? One regular reader of Stu’s Shed is selling off a number of Triton tools that are still new-in-box (and these are unopened boxes so they really do have all the parts, unlike some other sellers). Follow this link to his list of available [...]
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Safety equipment is only useful…..if you use it. There are lots of excuses used to disregard the use of safety equipment – can’t find it, some safety equipment interferes with the operation of other safety equipment, the safety equipment interferes with the process itself. Are these excuses ones that you are willing to overcome, or [...]
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Seriously! Sign up at the Hands-On Expo website, and you will be entered into a draw to win $500 to spend on tools at the show. A more comprehensive article on the Hands-On Expo can be found here.
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In the same YouTube chronicle episode that I showed the Spider Sander, the Blowfly Sander also made an appearance, and again in Episode 010 which was dedicated to the Blowfly. The Blowfly also comes from T & T Design. It is in essence a flap sander that can use a variety of materials. It fits [...]
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