Nuf said! I will be advertising the Scheppach 380 Planer Blade jig (for up to 16″ blades) that fits the Scheppach and Triton wetstone sharpeners in the next day or so, so keep an eye out for that.
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Bandsaw Down!
Posted on January 30, 2011 by Stuart
It is 9:30pm, dark, and still the mercury is holding high – a typical Australian evening after a 40 degree day (104F). Then it occurred to me that I hadn’t moved the Jet bandsaw into the lower shed, and I really didn’t want to leave it sitting outside all week. Weighing in at around 86kg [...]
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“All of these things are just like the others, all of these things are exactly the same”
Posted on January 30, 2011 by Stuart
So just what does a Triton Spin Saw, Triton 8″ Bandsaw, Minolta Camera Lens, Camera Bag, Triton Wetstone Sharpener, GMC SCMS, Triton 15″” Thicknesser Moulding Blades, Camera Filters all have in common? (And this list is by no means complete). They are all being listed today and over the next few days, and potentially week [...]
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A Blade Wall for the Shed
Posted on January 29, 2011 by Stuart
Although it is not a blade wall by the normal definition, I needed somewhere to store the various tablesaw blades that became homeless once the doors of the cupboard were removed. I’ve come up with a very basic, functional way of storing the blades, using wood strips and dowels. This means the blades are stored [...]
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Room to Move
Posted on January 28, 2011 by Stuart
Starting to make real progress on getting the shed in order, particularly after the replacement of the old cupboards with the repurposed entertainment unit, but also slowly getting the place back to being shipshape after the overall shed upgrade a couple of years or so ago (nothing happens quickly around here!) I still can’t work [...]
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Outrigger support for Torque Arm
Posted on January 27, 2011 by Stuart
It certainly wasn’t planned, but by fortunate coincidence, the position of my fixed arm mod on the Torque Workcentre allowed the standard outrigger support to be used, with the support bar secured where the optional extension table is normally located. About the only difference is I had to turn the support arm upside down, which [...]
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If one is Ideal…..
Posted on January 25, 2011 by Stuart
What do you call having 2? Ideal Tools have set up a second (linked) website to their primary site called Store 2, which is their auxiliary website for selected clearance items and ex-demo tools. Festool, Bessey, Titebond, Cherry, Ubeaut are all brands that currently feature in the discount store So a chance to get some [...]
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Small Business Opportunity – Brisbane
Posted on January 24, 2011 by Stuart
Have been contacted by a small boutique business in Brisbane looking for a local producer: I’m looking for someone to manufacture some really simple wood items for nursery/kids bedrooms. Like a toy box, hat rack, some little shelves and hooks – these will need to painted white, so wood grain not so important. I really [...]
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Monitoring Air Quality
Posted on January 23, 2011 by Stuart
As a general rule, woodworkers judge the quality of air by how light reflects off the dust in the air and gets to a point that they determine they need to wear breathing protection. Interestingly, King Gee have bought out some workgear that has a dust mask built right in, for tradies that are about [...]
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Final Chance for Woodwork Machines
Posted on January 22, 2011 by Stuart
I’ve submitted the various machine offers received (online and offline) through to see whether they are acceptable – for those that have made the offers you should have an answer in a day or two. The following machines are still available to offer on: Tool 4: Shopsmith: It’s a tablesaw, a bit of a lathe, [...]
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Super Lens
Posted on January 21, 2011 by Stuart
Nothing to do with woodworking, but I know some of you are also photography buffs. Got a ‘new’ lens today from Ebay – one that I’d almost forgotten existed, or at least that it might be something now in reach. It originally came onto the market in 1991, and remains even today the only production [...]
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