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A bit more info on the new bandsaw (and I’ll take some detail photos shortly to show some features not seen in this collection): The bandsaw is a 2HP, 240V using an induction motor (near silent running). The bandsaw has two speeds, achieved via a belt drive/pulley system, giving 850 or 430 m/min (51km/hr 26km/hr). [...]
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Not sure – just seems something seems to have changed….metamorphosed. No, I haven’t had a chance to clean out there – it is a bomb site. Finding even a small window of opportunity is proving difficult at this time of year. Ok, ok, yes, the bandsaw has had a colour change to shades of Carbatec, [...]
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Some more views of the Torque, now that it is all assembled and functional. Looking forward to a chance to really start putting the machine through its paces, but even the first 2 jobs (both for the recent toy kitchens), had me approaching traditional problems from a brand new direction (and no, that isn’t a [...]
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is the Melbourne and Sydney Hands-On woodshows are having their dates shifted right, by an as-yet unannounced amount.
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These are the last photos I took before the kitchens were delivered to their new homes. When the painting is finished (by the new owners) I hope to get some of them in their finished state (might be Xmas day photos, given how much time is available to them to get the paint jobs finished!) [...]
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Wonder if the original Aussie Triton will still make an appearance? When I first saw this (Bunnies cattledog), I must admit feeling more disappointment over another lost icon, but then a thought did occur – this probably doesn’t affect the original Triton design, and so I live in hope that it will return to the [...]
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Come Christmas time, there is one request I get which is becoming harder and harder to answer. No, it isn’t “can you make this present for me to give to ‘X’” or variations of. It is “What do you want for Christmas?” (And given I have a birthday on almost the same day (and this [...]
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Noticed on Carroll’s Woodcraft Supplies newly designed website, that they now stock the Beall Pen Wizard. Quite an interesting looking tool, designed to cut facets, spirals and waves (as in sine waves) into pens. It uses a high speed cutter, such as a dremel with different bits, and the gearing has a variety of layouts [...]
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More precisely, Ideal Tools are virtually giving away Festool Cooltainers with major purchases – check their website for more info. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with the contents! It is a Systainer 4, normally worth around $150 with insulated walls, top and base. If you decide a Domino is needed for Christmas, you also get to [...]
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During the build of the toy kitchens, someone was actually following along, and even better, managed to start after I did, and finish before! Looks cool seeing another version, finished, painted, and most importantly, being enjoyed From Shane’s emails: Hi Stu, I just wanted to send you a quick email to say thanks for your [...]
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I had 2 things I wanted to get done this weekend. One was sorting out a bit of chaos around the place, and, well, entropy reins supreme. The other was getting up the Christmas Lights for another year. After 5 hours it’s pretty much done (and the blood reference goes out to the swarms of [...]
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I’ve been reading Toolmonger for a long time, dropping in when I find some time, looking for the lowdown on the latest tool devs over in the US. Turns out, Ben is a very regular reader of Stu’s Shed too – didn’t know he even knew this place existed! You just never know who’s reading [...]
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