I keep getting emails from Everything Exhibitions and Events, but all it ever is on my computer is a large lump of purple. Guess the wood show isn’t MacMail compatible (at least not on my computer!)
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Router Wing on the Tablesaw
Posted on October 13, 2009 by Stuart
Some ways back, I mentioned that my original router table top (an old laminated style now discontinued by Professional Woodworkers Supplies) had been decommissioned, and it was looking for a new home. By the time I had finished with it (and the new table was starting to come together), that potential home had disappeared so [...]
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Parity Approaches
Posted on October 13, 2009 by Stuart
The all -important cycle for woodworkers in Australia, when the cycle of the dollar means that the Australian dollar gets close to the US dollar (and this time there is talk that parity will be achieved – that it will be 1:1) This has a huge impact on the price of many woodworking tools in [...]
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Experiencing a Green Router
Posted on October 12, 2009 by Stuart
On the second day of the Alternate Wood Show, I had an opportunity to use the Festool OF1400 for the handheld routing I was doing – cutting inlays using the Whiteside Inlay Kit. After a brief familiarisation (thanks btw!), I started experiencing why owners of the OF1400 like it so much. It was loaned by [...]
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1001 Words
Posted on October 11, 2009 by Stuart
FesCool!
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Drill Presses
Posted on October 11, 2009 by Stuart
Have had a bit of a look at drill presses out there, particularly given that it has been a while since I purchased mine (a fair few years ago now!) I have a Woodman Drill Press as it happens, which cost under $300 at the time (and comparable models seem to still be around that [...]
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Alternate Woodshow Wrap
Posted on October 10, 2009 by Stuart
The Alternate Show has come to an end, the sausages are all gone, and wisps of sawdust are all that remain to show where the demonstrations were. Even the typically pristine Ideal Tools display had some (I swear it wasn’t me who rounded all the edges of their timber with the 1.6mm radius plane ) [...]
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One Day Down, One to Go
Posted on October 9, 2009 by Stuart
Seemed a successful day, plenty of people, lots of deceased sausages. Made some progress on a surround for a poker table (wasn’t rushing, leaving something to do tomorrow). Adding a 95mm wide wooden edge, with an inlay in the centre of each (poker inlay using the Woodpecker template). The inlays are MDF which have had [...]
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Happiness is
Posted on October 8, 2009 by Stuart
A really successful session in the shed. Been preparing tonight for the Alternate Wood Show demos I am doing, and the shed time went really well. That is when it is really fun. Had a few firsts as well. First time I got to use the router wing I added to the tablesaw to rout [...]
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The Drool Award goes to….
Posted on October 8, 2009 by Stuart
Bridge City Toolworks. Expensive stuff (quality costs), but some bloody cool ideas coming out of there recently, and with drool-worthy quality. Damn it – now I have to wipe drool off the keyboard. Again.
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: ASP-25, BridgeCity Toolworks, CT-16, DJ-1, KM-1, MG-5 | 1 Comment »
Some Special Timber Packs
Posted on October 8, 2009 by Stuart
The recent dust storm that hit the East Coast of Australia, swept out of the Red Centre had a local impact for SitCo Australia. Their woodwind grade timbers were surface checked by the dust, resulting in them no longer being rated as musical grade timber. To make room for a new shipment, the following packs [...]
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Tomorrow’s the start of
Posted on October 8, 2009 by Stuart
the 2 day Alternate Wood Show in South-East Melbourne, at the Woodworking Warehouse, 11 Citrus Street, Braeside. Friday 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 3pm. Don’t miss out on the specials, the free entry, the door prizes, or the free sausages! The companies attending this show are not going to be at the Melbourne [...]
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