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Dropped in yesterday on the hunt for a ripping blade for the chainsaw – I’m going to have to go back with the saw itself in the hopes they have something to fit it (think the electric takes a thinner blade or something). In the meantime, I had a peak around their chainsaw museum – [...]
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Dropped into the local Total Tools today, and quite fortuitously found they were in the middle of a 3 day sale. No real reason for going, but I came away with a couple of items I needed (and a couple I didn’t know I needed!) No, I didn’t get that air compressor, but I’d sure [...]
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The Roving Reporter has taken this whole turning thing I started him on, and is now off and running well beyond what I’ve ever been doing on the lathe. Something very Star Wars about it – the apprentice becomes the master/ the master becomes the apprentice. Not that I was ever the master! Got to [...]
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Looking at the bleak offerings of timber in some countries, it is surprising to see what some others have in their backyard, and their front for that matter. And from that expanse of resource, even the homes are hewn directly from the raw stock. How these massive trunks are cleaned, and shaped, so much by [...]
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As Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger have been learning over the years, simply being a wizard does not result in quality magic, unless there is plenty of practice, trial and error, and the Beall Pen Wizard from Carrolls is no different. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I haven’t had a [...]
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A fellow Melbournian Woodworker sent me this link of a business they are in, creating practice jigs for martial arts in a woodworking workshop. Seeing what they do is interesting, and I found myself watching some other related videos from YouTube seeing how the jigs were used in practice. Being interested in MMA and the [...]
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Had a chance to finish breaking down the log of camphor laurel (and yes, I’ve saved all the sawdust- it’s in a box ready for collection (a request from the roving reporter- not sure what he plans to do with it – didn’t want to ask!!)) Used the chainsaw attachment on the Torque Workcentre again [...]
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