Lie-Nielsen Event

On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April, from 10am to 5pm, the Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking is hosting the Lie-Nielsen (Australia) Hand Tool Event. Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking School and Machine Room 79b Lexton Road Box Hill North Victoria 3129 Australia If you haven’t come across Lie-Nielsen planes and other hand tools before, [...]

Drill Press Table Reconfigured

As I mentioned recently, I’ve taken the drill press back to an earlier configuration – before I had a drawer under the Pro Table (from Professional Woodworkers Supplies).  As useful as having a drawer unit there was very convenient, it made the table too heavy for repositioning. So off it came, and the Pro top [...]

To the Extreme

It may have seemed strange to some, that I recently sold my Triton Respirator, despite not being used a great deal, as it did have a purpose as part of my shed’s safety gamut. Over the past few years, I found it was getting very little use – it often would have taken longer to [...]

Cleaning up

Decided I really needed to tackle some yard work, particularly to sort out the ever-increasing pile of hard rubbish.  The main rubbish tip in Frankston used to be very well organised, processing and sorting through tonnes of rubbish daily.  Calling it a tip was misleading – it was a sorting station, rather than just a [...]

iPad Trial

WordPress have released a theme for their blogs specifically for iPads. I have turned the theme on temporarily to form (and get others opinions), so if you own one of these devices, let me know what you think.

Keeping it Real

Lee Valley / Veritas is a company that produces some pretty innovative products – well thought out, designed, manufactured. And every year for the past 8 years, on a certain day of the year, they have poured all that creativity into producing a product that looks as good as all the others, and as desirable, [...]

Dovetail Anywhere

The latest tool from Veritas looks well thought out, and quite a bit of fun, especially if you don’t get to see the inside of your shed often. “That’s where the Veritas® Pocket Dovetailer comes in. With one tool, you can make airtight dovetails while at work, on the road, or even on vacation. This [...]

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