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You are deep into a sharpening session on your water-cooled sharpener, and the next job would be best done with the wheel turning towards the edge, rather than away from it. What do you do? What DO you do? I know what I do – compromise! I know the T7 (in my case) weights 14kg, [...]
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Forgot to mention, Chris is offering 10% off the hand tools he makes for anyone willing to brave the weather!
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I’m down here at Chris Vesper’s workshop 93 Gomms Rd Somerville, Vic at a timber sale, where Chris is selling off excess stock. There is Huon, Beech, Jarrah, Bubinga, Red Gum, on and on. Awesome for me, I’m the only customer, but I can’t buy it all! The sale is only going until 1pm today, [...]
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Hindsight is so much clearer than precognition I must say. Back when I got my Nova lathe, I mentioned I was getting some small shocks from it. Annoyances really. I raised it with the Australian supplier, and that didn’t raise any warning flags either. As it happened, I saw some tweets from Teknatool (the manufacturer) [...]
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Triton was once the quintessential Australian brand, and although the star has faded through a variety of reasons, and it is no longer owned by Australia, it is still mostly made here. So it is only right one iconic brand appears on another: and now we have the Triton app! Listings of products, specifications, features… [...]
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Reblogged from Lost Art Press: I get this sort of flack below almost every day. I usually ignore it. But in this case I want to be perfectly clear about how I work and how I have always worked. Comment from Gary Smythe on the PW blog: I’ve been following this project from your first [...]
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Over the past few days, I have been reading a book just released about Gallipoli. Obviously with ANZAC day just gone it is rather fitting (and no doubt the timing of the book launch on the 16th April was influenced by the significance of the 25th). It is by Professor Bruce Scates of Monash University, [...]
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What is it about the French? French toast. French kissing. French polishing. French revolution. English mustard. So many woodworkers hate finshing. They invest so much time, effort and passion into creating the item, but let it all slip away by not taking the time to get the best finish possible. And yeah, I’m just as [...]
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Professional Woodworkers Supplies is currently having a stocktake sale with some really decent savings. They are meant to only be available to their subscribers (those who have chosen to sign up fir their emailed newsletter), but this time they are also being made available to Stu’s Shed readers. The page of their stocktake sale items [...]
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If anyone (in Oz) has a Woodpecker Unilift (the one that can mount a plunge router) that they are interested in selling, I have a club in Melbourne who would be very interested in talking with you. Apparently they are no longer available to purchase new which is rather disappointing (no longer being manufactured). The [...]
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I was in the process of fine tuning my Torque Workcentre setup for some surfacing (continuing on from last weekend’s Ballarat Wood Show, and the workbench repurpose), when I was again struck by the significant difference in appearance between the heavily weathered redgum and the as surfaced, and the as-finished result. The bottom slab is [...]
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Went camping recently- you know, the whole hog. Tent, sleeping bags, cold nights, the whole works. Thought I’d be conscientious and take some hand tools, some chip carving knives, a dovetail marking gauge (the one from Australian Wood Review as it happens), a marking knife (Chris Vesper), and dovetail saw (Veritas). Thought I’d try some [...]
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