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  1. John B
    Neat. Would make a great hanging for a youngsters room with a colourful backing.
  2. John B

    I Ride

    John B replied to spiridos's topic in Bragging Rights

    That's very very nice. I know a few blokes that would love that. Well done.
  3. John B
    Thought I was ready to be put out to pasture this arvo. Went to replace the blade in the Ex21, fitted it in the top clamp and I'd be buggered it was to short to fit in the lower clamp. 1st thoughts, " I must of grabbed a broken blade" nope it checked out against another from the packet "Maybe the whole damn packet was short?". Nope it was the same size as an old blade I had handy. Well that was just bloody marvellous, something had to be wrong with the saw, it was all I needed. Then I noticed the tension wheel, arm adjusting wheel's white line had disappeared. Grabbed a tape and sure enough, the front of the arm was 10mm wider apart than then the rear,. I have never had this happen before. The culprit was the Dewalt which I had been using, It's fixed to the same bench. The vibrations must of turned the knob. A sigh of relief, adjust the arms parallel again and of we went. The air was pretty blue by this time
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    Corner Shelf

    John B replied to lew's topic in Bragging Rights

    Nice looking shelf Lew
  5. John B
    Nice. I'm sure it will be a hit.
  6. John B
    Nice work Les. Any fisherman would hang that on their wall in a flash
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    Thanks Marg, I believe I got them from our local craft shop. I must of liked them when I saw them because I have about a 1/2 dozen packets of 50 mixed colours 15mm. I've had them for about 6 or 7 years they tend to add an expression to the animal.
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    I was hunting up an idea and came across this site. Some great templates, calculators, conversion tools and printables that would come in handy for any type of job. have a good fossick around, There is bound to be something of interest https://www.blocklayer.com/calculatordirectory.aspx
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    I went down the shed this morning and thought " I think I'll clean it up" but then thought "Bugger it, i'll just work around the mess and make more " I did notice a very long (about 3") stalagmite of clear lacquer hanging from my spray gun. On inspection it seems I cracked the cup (Plastic) where it screws onto the gun so of to Super cheap Auto and drop $50 on another one. Then my Son and I walked to the local shops about 3k, to get some goodies and decided to have lunch at the cafe. It was a longer walk home with a shopping bag each The into the shed to finish a handful of jobs and glue up for some more and a few beers as the arvo wore on. Then time on the computer designing labels for my puzzles. I'm exhausted just thinking about it all.
  10. John B
    Thanks Jim. An Aussie shed is like an American "Shop" but not. Sheds can contain game rooms, large screen tellys and lounges to watch the cricket and footy with your mates. They can be places to fix a car, make furniture, paint a picture or throw a pot. The 2 things that you will find in almost every shed are, A fridge for beer and an old radio to keep you company. Some sheds are air conditioned, some have wood stoves and some get bloody cold in winter and like an oven in summer as almost all of them are made from corrugated iron.
  11. John B
    G'day all, I am after some of your considered critique on this piece. The pattern is by Sam Costodio, I posted the complete cut portrait a few days ago. This is the 2nd one of the stack of two. I have cut two plates to go on the bottom, but they looked a lot better (different) in my head. Maybe if I cut them from the same timber (Hoop pine) as the portrait ? I have just rested the plates in the position they would go.
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    I have just finished these few puzzles. The tray puzzles are cut from 6mm (1/4") mdf with a 3mm tray. I paint them with acrylic house paints and then 2 coats of clear gloss lacquer. I used an FDUR #3. I like the gaps a little wide on these as they are for small kids and I paint the edges of each piece. The standing puzzles are about 28mm thick (Just over an inch) I cut these on my DeWalt using an Olson PG #7 for the outside and an Olson PG #5 for the inside cuts. The eye are super glued into shallow holes drilled with the appropriate sized forstner bit. They are polished with 2 coats of gloss lacquer sanded between with 360g
  13. John B
    I could see something not quite right with the moon, but wasn't going to say anything
  14. John B
    Nice idea Jim. Might be time for me to hunt through my boxes of scrap wood. I'm a bit of a pack rat.
  15. John B
    That would grace any wall. A very nice piece
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    Dog plate

    John B replied to spiridos's topic in Bragging Rights

    Really neat and clean. I like it.
  17. John B
    There are some very fine pieces there. Well done.
  18. John B
    Very nice.
  19. John B
    I have a box of books and patterns and to many on my computer to count. I'll never cut 1/2 of them. Who am I kidding, I'll never cut a fraction of them and I only grab the ones I like
  20. John B
    Be buggered if I'm going to keep on moving the motor on the Ex when I have the blade set for minimum back to front movement. I find that the DeWalt allows tighter turns and with a lot less burning in timber over an inch thick compared to the Ex. It is almost a joy cutting 3/4 - 1" Jarrah. on the DeWalt.
  21. John B
    Got it all back together Kevin, and miracle of miracles, there were no nuts or bolts left over Dialled it in and cut 5 standing puzzles out of pine, just over an inch thick. It's a little noisy, but it always was noisier than I expected after reading reviews. I actually purchased it from the US and have a 240v - 110 transformer on it. I think I know what is causing it, but it can wait.
  22. John B
    Fantastic cutting and a great pattern. There is no mistaking what it is.
  23. John B
    Looking good. Similar to my holder, just a lot flasher.
  24. John B
    Very nice cutting of a nice pattern
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    I have my Dewalt saw broken down into as many parts as is possible (Without taking the motor and PCB apart ) I like the Dewalt over the EX21 for cutting thick timber, it dosen't seem to struggle as much and takes a lot less time then the Ex. As I haven't used it for about 7 or 8 years, I thought I'd better take the bearings out, clean them and repack them with a high quality grease. I am pleasantly surprised at how little wear there is. Two needle bearings have a little wear, but are still tight, so I'll put it all back together tomorrow (if I can remember how) and cut some stuff. If all goes according to plan I may, when I sell a few more items, buy another set of Pegas clamps for it. I think I'd get the Ex21 clamps as I like the tensioning system better then the Dewally. When I knock of work tomorrow we'll see how it goes.
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