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Deep on safari to the Serengeti workshops, channeling my inner Douglas Adams, looking for what is soon to be an extinct species, if it isn’t already. The flash of gold, a splash of red, a loop of chain, soon to be destined only to be seen in captivity, in the sheds of those who took [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Router, UniLift, Douglas Adams, Router table (woodworking), Woodpecker Unilift, Last Chance to See | Leave a Comment »
Came across an interesting product from CRC recently: CRC Belt Grip. Had never heard of the stuff before now. Had a thought it might prove useful in the workshop – belt driven machines everywhere. Planer, thicknesser, tablesaw, drum sander, bandsaw, drill press, lathe, belt sander, hand power planer, at least in my workshop. Your mileage [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers | Tagged: Belt Drive, Belt Slippage, CRC, Belt Grip | 6 Comments »
“But I did not shoot no (Dust) Deputy” As I demonstrated recently, I can fit (with a bit of a violation of a systainer) a Dust Deputy to the Festool Cleantex. If you don’t have a systainer to do that to, or you prefer a commercial solution, or……you prefer being able to use a plastic [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers | Tagged: Festool, Vacuum, Dust Deputy, Ultimate, HEPA | 4 Comments »
The magazine is going from strength to strength: even from an insider perspective it would be fair to say that it is maturing nicely. The cover this month looks great, and really lifts with the selective varnishing. I have another 3 articles in this edition, and I’m particularly pleased with them. The editor does a [...]
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Formula. Our lives are defined by formula. The mathematical depiction of reality. E = mc2 F=ma s = ut + (1/2)at2 So many of these derived so long ago, and yet still perfectly accurate. Nature defined. There is one that is again, so simple, so exact. a2 + b2 = c2 This one has only [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Square, Woodpeckers, Angle, Pythagorean theorem, Pythagoras, Samos, Right triangle, Greek mathematics, Triangle | 4 Comments »
Bit left-of-field, but if you have a collection of wines that you want to cellar (and don’t just buy-to-drink there and then!), and you don’t have a cellar there is still hope! Spiral Cellars create an actual cellar in your home, by digging the equivalent of a well under your home, including a spiral staircase [...]
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Hope you are not holding anything liquid above your keyboard right now: I guess you are already sitting down! I have a new addition for the shed (although it won’t be a permanent setup, but one bought in when required): Bet you never saw that coming! I was putting the table together today, and was [...]
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Just been watching the video posted below a bit closer- if you haven’t looked yet, just the start is hilarious! Not only George Lewin being so young, but the whole section on locating your videocassette recorder in the workshop to be able to watch the tape while working! Check out the player itself, from 1984 [...]
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The following steps may have been done specifically on the Torque Workcentre, but they are equally relevant to many other tools as well. As I have often said, the digital angle gauge from Wixey (Oz supplier Professional Woodworker Supplies) is a shop apron tool. It is too useful not to have it with you at [...]
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Thanks to Benny, who has uploaded the original Triton MK3 video to YouTube. It is 3 hours long, and 629MB, so you might be better off downloading it first. Check out George – never knew he was that young once!!
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Another burl found itself being flattened at the hands of the TWC at Ballarat last weekend. This one had quite a curvature, with over 1″ from edge to centre on the cut side. For a thicknesser, this would be a nightmare. For the TWC this was a piece of cake. You may be able to [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools, Techniques, Timber | Tagged: Burl, Kickback, Thicknesser, Torque, Surfacing, tearout | 2 Comments »
Ideal Tools are selling off each of the 6 fold-away workbenches that resided in their Festool Workshop in Williamstown. Built solid, they are 55mm thick in total, comprising 35mm water resistant chipboard base with 19mm West Australian Karri work surface and 65mm Victorian Ash trim. Thick and solid enough to mount a heavy duty woodworkers [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Workbench, Woodwork, Festool, Tung Oil, Walko, victorian ash | Leave a Comment »
