Yep
Readers of the guitar thread might recognise these inlays - used one on my first build 2 years ago (tele). A friend in Tasmania since sent me some wood for an acoustic, which I hope to start soon. Huon pine (top), Tas blackwood, tiger myrtle, and sassafras, I think. It’s been sitting downstairs under weight acclimatising to Qld humidity for a year. Time I did something with it, so I ordered the inlay plus 2 spares.
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Won’t be tested fully for another week.
I think this will do the job.
Really glad I made a base for the Router.
Despite the noise on the YT short, the pine glides over the steel tracks with a touch of Beeswax polish.
Good call on the spoilboard router bit.
Got this one off Amazon for $31 and it’s a beast compared to the crapola I was using !
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Really nice work, @bltn. That’s a good sled and I appreciate the wider base for the router to keep it from being top heavy.
Next step is to put those sides on linear rails
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You can buy the cnc dust skirt on Amazon/aliexpress/temu. Use that around your sled and you are going to contain most of the dust. Couple that with a hole for your dust extractor/vacuum to sit in and you should be able to comfortably control most of the dust.
Couple that with these
and this
And that would have you covered in the slab flattening business for a long time I reckon.
I have all of the above. Whilst it can help with collecting some dust at the source, I’ve found I’m still doing a lot of cleanup afterwards, hence why I don’t bother.
Mask, sweep, vacuum and then blowout in that order
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150cm Outdoor Garden Bench.
Only the 1st coat of Varnish applied (2 to go).
Can make pretty much any colour combo.
Not sure what the weight capacity would be ?
Feels rock solid though…
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Good stuff, I reckon that would hold a few tons. 7times90by35?
Framing Pine 90 x 45
The spacers (in dusty orange) are 90 x 21
Solid as, you could park a car on that.
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All systems go in the Irons workshop for Christmas. No elves on shelves to help here.
Picture frame by Irons and photograph commissioned but not taken by Irons. For Mrs Irons.
And a Modular Art Easel for the niece. The race is on to have all sanding, oiling and waxing done in time.
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Got another bench in the Spray Tent.
Not sure what consumers would pay for these, especially given it’s a Pick-Up only type of item and not all vehicles could accommodate the size ?
I do know what I should be pricing it as, given the material cost & labour…
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Advice required from a Woodworker better than me, which would be anyone that has posted in this thread.
@Irons @hambo
I have a piece of camphor laurel that is too thick (49mm) for the purpose i require it for.
I can use it but i’d be losing 15mm at least, which is a terrible waste.
I’d like to cut it in half accurately (refer pic below) to effectively double its usage in projects.
1840 length, 170 width
Now…i don’t have a bandsaw yet.
I just bought an Ozito table saw (fyi…never used a table saw before)
My question is…Is it a terrible idea to try cutting this in half on a table saw in 2 passes, having the fence 24mm from the blade (flipping it between passes) ?
I suspect i will get terrible kickback ?
I can cut it into more manageable sizes (3 x 600mm).
Though im not sure its what a table saw is designed to do, ideally.
So cutting it is a good idea to begin with but yes, kickback on this is a definite consideration.
What length material do you need at the end? Is it 600mm length x 3?
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yep, 600mm length is what i need.
Obviously, im trying to turn the x3 into x6
I’ll PM you
Out of interest where do you guys source your wood from?
I occasionally use Bunnings but also use thetileimporter.com.au (weird name for wood guys) and plyonline.com.au
Timberzoo here in Geelong. I would recommend Urban Salvage in Melbourne. JBM timber have a few locations around and their timber is pretty decent despite them having no clue about it. People I talk to always tell me these places are “too expensive”, but never offer any alternatives that have quality timber that’s fully dry, pest free and stored properly. In Timberzoo and Urban Salvage’s case, ethical too. It’s worth paying for quality material.
Bunnings timber has declined enormously in the last few years. They store their hardwood lengths upright instead of horizontal, so they warp a lot. I have question marks on their moisture content quality control. Their timber is also more expensive than you think. The quality there does not add up.
I get some items like hardwood dowel at Bunnings to make timber nails, and I find that is pretty decent and it’s always freely available. I have used a fair amount of formply over the years making jigs, fixing old cabinets etc, but they won’t cut up the larger sheets for you to get into the wagon. They say it “ruins their blades”. It ■■■■■■■ doesn’t guys, and you sell panel saw blades anyway. I try to boycott them as much as possible.
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I put in a relatively large order of framing Pine and Plywood from Bowens.
Whilst the staff and Manager were friendly, I won’t be using them again (Bunnings now on).
Too many un-useable sections of timber.
SKU’s not available and only communicated the day before.
Missing Plywood in my Order.
To top it off, I was over-charged significantly and had to follow up with staff.
If you want more interesting/exotic slabs, then Facebook Marketplace has plenty of choice around Melbourne.
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I also get all my fastners and stuff like that from scrooz.com.au
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