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I was reading the New Zealand Herald on the iPad this morning, (keeps me in touch with NZ, and between the New York Times, NZ Herald and BBC, I get good world coverage, and unlike the Australian papers, none are stooping to getting you to subscribe for content that is already provided for free on [...]
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Thanks to Martin for bringing this to my attention – some fascinating work, all in PVC.
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It was quite a while ago that for a number of complementary reasons, I moved the dust extractor into the little shed that is next to the workshop. To revisit those reasons quickly, dust extractors tend to be noisy, even the best will likely leak fine dust to one degree or another, and they have [...]
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We’ve all done it- using sandpaper as a stock removal tool, as a shaping tool. And an effective tool it is too! Woodturners joke about having used the 80 grit chisel to finish off a profile. Three Sixty Innovative have taken that concept to new heights with the introduction for the Rotabrade. I first saw [...]
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Decided it was high time to replace the filter in one of my air filtration units – the Microclene seemed significantly clogged and I hadn’t replaced the filter for a while. Knowing when to replace the filter would be so much more useful than guessing if the filter is clogged. There is a very simple [...]
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It would come as no surprise that one of the absolutely critical aspects of woodturning, is to be able to adequately secure what you are turning to the lathe, so it doesn’t move, fly off, cause damage or injury. There is a myriad of ways to secure the work, some of the decisions will be [...]
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Quick post just to demonstrate just how effective the Belt and Disk Stick is for cleaning up your sandpaper on the linisher, drum, spindle, belt and disk sanders. Carbatec version A very cheap consumable tool ($7-$12 depending on size) that significantly improves the life of your abrasives. The main thing that kills abrasives is not [...]
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Some interesting stuff coming out of this year’s AWFS (the biggie of the wood shows, Las Vegas) The new Teknatool mini lathe (the Comet II) has a fascinating quick connection for additional accessories. Given the lathe is variable speed, it means this gives you variable speed for the accessories as well. There is also a [...]
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It would come as no surprise that the design team behind the DVR XP lathe would also have some pretty good designs for how to secure timber to that lathe. Now I’m not sure whether it was the chicken or egg for which came first, but in the end a quality chuck and a quality [...]
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Saw this new offering from Rockler, and it looks really interesting. Good price too! Shame we don’t have a Rockler-like store down under……. It is a home steam bending unit, which provides steam for up to 2 hours to a steam box you can make from the plans provided with the unit. Love one these [...]
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(The extra spaces are there because we all need a bit of space!) This is a new magazine that is about 2 weeks or less away from a good newsagent near you. ****UPDATE*** It has been bought forward, and issues have already been spotted in a number of newsagents – if yours doesn’t have copy, [...]
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Episode 85 Kallenshaan Laser Pen Turning Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)
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