Berwick Woodworkers

Took an opportunity to visit Berwick Woodworkers at the old Cheese Factory, and admire their permanent clubrooms and workshops (including the new 2x shipping containers – one full of toys ready for Xmas distribution, and the other full of timber ready to be turned in the the aforementioned toys! I dragged along a Router Master [...]

The Rabbit of Caerbannog

Otherwise known as “The Grand Rabbet” (Probably better known as the “Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh”, but that is another matter). The kit from CMT (sold in Oz by Carbatec) consists of a 2″ rebate bit, and 16 different sized sleeves to produce a wide range of rebates, with a final sleeve with a matching [...]

Wax On, Wax Off

When it comes to finishing, I’m all in favour of anything that can make that job go faster, better (sounds like the byline for the 6 million dollar man). If you choose to work with anything better than MDF and crapiata, and you don’t invest in producing a decent finish, you’ve wasted good money, or [...]

When Cool Surpasses Cost

As much as we all fill our sheds with commercially produced tools, made in commercial production runs, priced for the masses, it is the boutique market that produces the most stunning, and often most innovative tools out there. There are a number in Australia – toolmakers, and their works grace the woodshows (and I’m lucky [...]

Chainsaw Prototype

Failed to take a photo of this at the woodshow, so here to amaze you even further about how versatile the Torque Workcentre is becoming, is… the slabbing (or chainsaw) attachment! Couple of points: First, you wouldn’t actually leave the original carriage on the arm when using the slabbing attachment.  This was only a mockup [...]

Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fish

That went wherever I did go

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