Researching Saw Blades

I’ve been spending some of the last couple of days really trying to research sawblades for the new TS – looking at just what is out there, and boy, is there a LOT of blades!!
Some of this is summarising comments made on the Australian Woodwork Forums – just wanted to acknowledge that. Basically, I [...]

Big tool catalogue going online

They are not the first tool store online (for Australia), but given their product range, they are about to become a serious contender.
I speak of GMC – Global Machinery Company, which has its Head Office in Melbourne, and for the past few years has also owned the Triton brand.
In or around May 08, their entire [...]

New Triton Tools now trickling through

I will re-release the original post (currently hidden as discussed recently), but there are a number of the new Triton tools now being shown on the OZ and US sites, so no reason to keep those models secret.
Not all will be available in each country, so collectively, announced to date include:

Biscuit Joiner

Double Dowelling Machine

3 Blade [...]

Tablesaw Engineering

I recently started a thread on a woodworking forum bemoaning the lack of good engineering on so many tablesaws out there.
To recap:
“Went for a bit of a tour of what sort of tablesaws were available out there. I haven’t covered the range by any stretch of the imagination, but I was quite surprised how …um…. [...]

Shed Upgrade part XIX

It’s been a big ANZAC Day, and although I wasn’t doing the traditional ANZAC Day BBQ, I was doing plenty of “Shed Time”! I would have posted this earlier, but I was just a wee bit tired after about 9 hours solid work out there today. For some jobs it is quite [...]

Wixey Digital Height Gauge

I haven’t had a chance to give this gauge a real workout yet, but after seeing a friend’s version it looked like an absolute must-have for the workshop!
The height gauge is fundamentally a digital caliper which has been rehoused to perform one specific role exceptionally.

It is accurate to 1/20th of a mm, (or 1/1000th of [...]

Progress planning

I’m thinking of investigating whether a sliding door would be a better option for the shed door, so will investigate what tracks may be available. Bunnings probably don’t have any good enough (particularly for outdoor work) but it would mean a door 2m x 2m without the hassle of working out how they meet [...]

Christmas in April

So here are the first views of the new saw, the unwrapping (and move). Thanks to a couple of mates who came around to lend a hand – she’s a heavy beastie!

Sitting on the trailer – pity I don’t own a forklift – it would be a little easier!. The poor car suffered [...]

In the driveway….

And STILL, I have not actually seen one in the flesh.  Talk about buying sight unseen!  (This is my new tablesaw I’m referring to).  It’s in a big cardboard box and as much as I’m tempted to break in, it will make moving it to the shed a lot easier if I can resist temptation.  [...]

Imminent Arrival

It may be a bit premature (given the current, less-than-finished state of the shed), but I’m off to pick up the new tablesaw from Carbatec tomorrow.  I have a couple of friends coming around to give me a hand transporting it down to the shed – not sure how that will go, it isn’t exactly [...]

Episode 25 Sharpening Series Watercooled Grinding Stone

This is part of a series of videos I will be doing over the next few months on various sharpening techniques. This episode looks at watercooled grinding stones, such as the Triton, Scheppach and Tormek. In this instance, a $A199 Triton Wetstone Sharpener is used to produce an edge on a plane blade [...]

Shed Part XVIII

Not the most productive of weekends, but still progress was made.

Finally, we have a roof. Not quite finished – the capping iron still needs securing, but that is about it. It is really looking like a shed again. Once the wall cladding is finished, (and some doors made), then the basics will [...]