Fading in and out

What happens when you post when deliriously tired…..

Scheppach 380 Toolrest

Here you can see just how fast you can get the Brisbane show done! (Wow – I should not write posts while deliriously tired- I must have actually been hallucinating when I wrote that)
What I meant to say is: Here you can see just how close [...]

Another cheap bandsaw

Was in Carbatec today for a brief visit, and saw a Scheppach Basato 3 in the entrance on sale.
Hare and Forbes currently have them listed at $689, so it was surprising to see this one (and there is only one) listed for $299.  It is brand new, and still even has the protective covering on [...]

Incra Meeting This Saturday

The get-together of Incra owners (and potential owners) is happening this Saturday at 1pm at the Woodworking Warehouse in Braeside (Melbourne).  It is after their normal trading hours, so they are opening again specifically so we can meet there.
Catering is being arranged by Professional Woodworkers Supplies, (as is seating), so if you are thinking of [...]

I should be in retail!

The number of emails I get from people asking me to quote for sheds, tools etc is quite surprising, and I don’t even advertise!
Of course when I try to reply to these people, their email addresses are suspiciously wrong…..
I cannot work out if these are legitimate requests, or just more phishing attempts.
As my gentle readers [...]

NEED MORE GREEN STEAM!

Tried testing a dado blade (just briefly) on the weekend, as I’d never used one, and still haven’t actually.
The budget (economy?) set from Carbatec that they have included for the battle of the dado blades have chipper blades that are solid disks, and once you add a few together, the entire group becomes a massive [...]

Melbourne Working with Wood Show

24 – 26 October.  At the Melbourne Showgrounds – please note the change in location from previous years!
(I was going to leave this stuck to the top, but I got bored seeing it there!)

Short Weekend

Some weekends there really isn’t time for anything it seems, and if you get even 30 minutes, that is a real bonus!
Tried out the welder, and an automatic welding mask that I picked up (ok, it came from Bunnings).  All seemed to work ok – ran a weld bead all of about 1″ long before [...]

Bigg Lugg

One of the tools I got from VEK Tools recently has already been proving its value.
The Bigg Lugg
works really well.  I was needing to do some nailing up a ladder this evening (up and down up and down, rinse and repeat) using my air gun, and it was great being able to hang it on [...]

Phishing

I occasionally get emails similar to the one below, in a veiled phishing / scam attempt.
Dear Owner/Sales Manager,
My name is Mr Mark  Vam with the  mark & Company Inc And i am sending this email to your business in regards to the order for some SHED and the Sizes that i am looking for are [...]

Working with Wood Show

The Melbourne Working with Wood Show is rapidly approaching (where did the year go????)
This year, it has moved to the Melbourne Show Grounds, so will be very interesting to see how that works out.
I’ve been looking at the plans of the site, and I’m a little perplexed by it all – there seems to be [...]

Where there be couriers?

I’m still waiting for my welder to arrive.
It was sent to my home address on Monday (unfortunately no one was home that day), so I rang the courier to get it rebooked for delivery.
TNT (unlike a number of other companies) don’t redelivery the next day – they make you wait 48 hours.  Bummer – ok, [...]

Episode 39 GMC Unlimited Rebate Planer

Episode 39 GMC Unlimited Rebate Planer
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