Happy All Hallow’s Day from Stu’s Shed
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Double Rabbet
Posted on October 30, 2010 by Stuart
Had a quick try of the twin rebate bit (in this case the one for the thin glass (3mm)) Took it in a couple of passes, but the bit didn’t have any problem anyway, and the finish was good. Particularly given this is meant for the back of the picture anyway. The principle behind the [...]
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Chinese Manufacture
Posted on October 29, 2010 by Stuart
It is hard to keep straight in my own mind opinions of overseas manufacture, especially from new centres of world manufacturing such as India and China. On one hand, so many products sold are in the cheapest shops (and not so cheap but should be) come from China, and this significantly tarnishes the country’s manufacturing. [...]
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My Future Shed?
Posted on October 27, 2010 by Stuart
Found this on the web – looks like a joke….but does it actually have some merit? Cost is good. Ability to fill the walls with insulation is good. Clad it with reclaimed factory wall steel. I’m not sure if it is such a shocking idea as it first looks! Also found this sculpture – rather [...]
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Ancient New Zealand Kauri
Posted on October 26, 2010 by Stuart
New Zealand Kauri – Agathis australis- a timber sought through the ages, whether it be for ship masts and spars, workbenches, house stumps, or these days, digging out Kauri trees that had fallen into swamps which are found and excavated, sold as swamp Kauri. Tane Mahuta (Lord of the Forest) is a Kauri, 45m tall, [...]
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Woodshow Stand
Posted on October 25, 2010 by Stuart
Some more photos from the Stu’s Shed / Torque Workcentre stand at the wood show in Melbourne Still no photo of the chainsaw mount (it is coming, and will be here before Christmas!), but a shot of the cool 12″ Hitachi drop saw mounted on the TWC on a purpose-designed tool mount.
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SSYTC030 Bodging
Posted on October 25, 2010 by Stuart
While visiting, my Dad showed me some quick videos he had shot at a recent bodging demonstration in New Zealand, so have spliced them together here for your viewing pleasure. I found the hook knife particularly interesting – rather than hacking in to remove the material, this provides a lot of control over the cut.
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Surfacing a Burl
Posted on October 24, 2010 by Stuart
This video was shot on a low definition phone camera at the recent wood show, so sorry about the quality, but it is hopefully interesting just the same. This is the burl that I am making the desk clock from.
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Xmas in October
Posted on October 23, 2010 by Stuart
Have my olds visiting from NZ, and we decided to have a bit of a quick Xmas day while they were here, rather than the norm phone version on the day (we’d do it by Skype or something, but NZ no longer has a telecommunication network worth talking about- Australia may be bad, and needing [...]
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CL from the TWWWS
Posted on October 22, 2010 by Stuart
Didn’t get a great deal from the show, but I did find this slice of Camphor Laurel which looked too good to leave. No idea what I’m going to do with it yet, might just polish it up and hang it- just looking good might be all it needs to do! Good excuse to fire [...]
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Dangers of Routing
Posted on October 21, 2010 by Stuart
Not sure how I missed hearing about this, or perhaps it vaguely rings a bell, but I hadn’t delved deeper into the situation. Back in 2006, a 31 worker was killed in a Cabinet-maker shop in East Bentleigh when the router bit she was using disintegrated and hit her in the chest. (Although what I [...]
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