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Sad to hear, but for a number of reasons a friend has decided he has to sell up the majority of his workshop in East Melbourne. He’s selling a number of shop power tools Near new (and basically unused) TSC-10HB $1400 – this is a very popular 10″ tablesaw among Aust. Forum Members Unused 12″ [...]
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With all the (non shed related) happenings this week, I haven’t been able to commission the PS Tools lathe yet, but hope to rectify that shortly. I did get to plug it in and push the on button! I could really become a fan of variable speed lathes – the ease of changing speeds (without [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Lathe, Mini, Pen Turning, Pop's Shed, PS Tools, Variable Speed | Leave a Comment »
Had an interesting first visit to Costco over the weekend (the place seems like a Tardis – much larger on the inside than it certainly appeared from the outside)! Didn’t expect it to become a shed-related activity, and there was a very limited number of tools there (did spot a Lithium-Ion GMC cordless drill (guess [...]
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This March, Stu’s Shed is having a flying visit to America (specifically Denver, Colorado), to appear on the DIY Network show Cool Tools, demonstrating and providing an independent perspective of the Torque Workcentre! It is a long way to go to be a guest on Cool Tools, but getting an opportunity to appear on the [...]
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Got to see the kitchen I made before Christmas in its final, painted glory. The model is my daughter at her friend’s birthday party.
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Each of these will be looked at in more detail shortly, and put through their paces. For Tool of the Month, I’m going for the Vac Clamp – another Aussie product. It uses a very simple method for achieving a vacuum – using the venturi effect to draw down a vacuum from between the clamp [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Router Bit, V Clamp, Vac Clamp, Vacuum, Whiteside | 5 Comments »
that is. A brand new business that just started out at Chirnside Park, Lilydale (northeast Melbourne). Unit 10B Rear of 286 to 288 Maroondah Highway Chirnside Park 03 9727 0611 It has been open a whole 2 1/2 weeks, so very new! As you pull up to the door (behind the shopping centre next to [...]
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After the (kind of) successful fix on the Torque using graphite impregnated cloth, and some guiding comments I was inspired to try a more suitable solution. Rather than using a material with a built-in lubricant, I chose to use a slice of a thin plastic chopping board as a ‘washer’ between the two aluminium surfaces. [...]
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Had an interesting excursion today, to Chirnside Park, North East Melbourne where I was invited to see a new woodworking business that had just opened just two weeks ago called Pop’s Shed. More on Pop’s Shed (inc a bunch of photos) in a post shortly, but ‘next door’ was a brand new business that had [...]
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While sifting through old photos for the new website, I found these, taken at one of the Bunnings Triton Demo evenings back in 2002/2003 Those were the days.
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