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This forum is open to all comers with hints and tips on anything at all to do with renovating and allied crafts, trades, skills, techniques, etc.

  1. Angry Sticky Thread Sticky: Please Read This

    Started by Neil, 24th August 2003 02:15 AM
    administrators, agree, bit, board, bulletin, business, button, clicking, denigrate, eye, fight, forums, information, law, material, message, messages, moderators, odd, owner, person, post, posts, prepared, read, register, slander, spirit, time, woodwork
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 8,874
    Neil
    24th August 2003, 02:15 AM Go to last post

  1. Timber display shops in NZ

    Started by Dengue, 8th October 2012 10:31 PM
    boxes, display, furniture, hol, island, local, products, recommend, scenery, shops, sick, sight, south, tables, timber, timbers, weeks
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,840
    Dengue
    8th October 2012, 10:31 PM Go to last post

  2. Timber identification

    Started by chriswcreative, 28th August 2012 03:48 PM
    appreciated, bought, chairs, dining, forum, greatly, identification, identify, knowledgeable, remember, sell, sort, table, timber, type, wondering
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,553
    artme
    2nd September 2012, 08:56 PM Go to last post

  3. AA Batteries.

    Started by issatree, 21st September 2011 05:08 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    6volt, batteries, battery, buy, cost, dolphin, email, expensive, friend, guess, inside, pull, received, torch
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 6,959
    nrb
    28th August 2012, 09:57 AM Go to last post

  4. compact broom idea

    Started by Strat, 27th August 2012 11:22 AM
    221209, angle, awkward, broom, cab, chuck, compact, constantly, dodgy, doubt, dual, feel, free, guys, hey, idea, ideas, items, matter, organise, painting, pic, pole, pretty, saves, storage/modification, tool, tools, trouble, ute
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,187
    Strat
    27th August 2012, 11:25 AM Go to last post

  5. Removing lichen from polycarbonate roofing.

    Started by Avery, 5th August 2012 12:25 PM
    covered, deck, lichen, polycarbonate, remove, removing, roofing
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 15,026
    nrb
    6th August 2012, 12:57 PM Go to last post

  6. What resin 4 wood splitter head

    Started by glenn k, 19th July 2012 12:25 PM
    bit, bought, brittle, fibreglass, handle, head, hold, ideas, plastic, polyester, pour, resin, splitter, wood, ~14lb
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,898
    glenn k
    20th July 2012, 10:25 PM Go to last post

  7. where to go in Japan?

    Started by mimpi, 21st May 2012 04:06 PM
    afternoon, alex, days, expressed, famous, fancy, fun, hand-craft, hope, ideas, japan, join, love, lucky, nice, paper, people, recommendations, suggestions, tokyo, touristy, towns, traditional, type, visit, visiting, welcomed, wife, wondering, woodworking
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 3,622
    hillpanther
    17th June 2012, 11:38 PM Go to last post

  8. Model Surf Boat planking glue

    Started by struan, 5th February 2012 08:28 AM
    ability, accepted, adhesive, boat, clamp, contact, contributions, couple, dry, epoxy, faults, forum, glue, gratefully, joints, keel, lay, model, plank, planking, planks, post, pva, spray, stringers, struan, surf, time, varnish, wet
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 4,019
    struan
    24th February 2012, 10:45 AM Go to last post

  9. Concrete Formwork

    Started by drsed, 8th August 2011 09:12 PM
    boards, cheat, close, concrete, extra, field, fill, form, forming, formwork, gaps, glue, gun, hammer, hot, instant, left, nail, pegs, position, quickly, screw, sitting, sound, stick, time
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 4,028
    kiwigeo
    20th November 2011, 02:19 PM Go to last post

  10. The 32 AA Batteries?

    Started by issatree, 28th September 2011 06:05 PM
    2.99, 31mm, 4r25, aldi, batteries, battery, bought, buy, children, china, closer, dolphin, duty, fine, heavy, hoping, lose, pulled, size, super, tells, torch, ultracell, waste, win
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 4,847
    drsed
    3rd October 2011, 09:32 PM Go to last post

  11. Dry wood weights

    Started by Black Bear, 25th September 2011 07:28 PM
    570kg/m3, appreciated, awhile, aws, bark, barking, bit, bits, calculate, camphor, correct, dry, dryness, found, furrowed, iron, jest, laurel, lighten, looked, measurement, poor, ratio, scale, searched, slowed, tree, weights, wood, wrong
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,675
    underfoot
    26th September 2011, 06:05 AM Go to last post

  12. trestle legs joints

    Started by Talorien, 5th September 2011 08:48 PM
    70x19, angle, angled, craig, cut, dovetail, fiddly, forgetting, glue, hope, horizontal, join, joins, joints, legs, makes, outward, pine, real, screw, sense, spreading, stop, stress, suggestions, thinking, top, trestle, vertical, wood
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,584
    Sam
    18th September 2011, 10:38 AM Go to last post

  13. Reuse Center

    Started by Scott, 11th September 2011 02:14 PM
    125mm, 25mm, booty, burl, center, centres, counter, dirty, items, lot, lump, lumped, melbourne, muttered, myrtle, pants, picked, plenty, question, quickly, reuse, road, share, shop, square, started, thick, wee, yan, yean
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,068
    Sir Stinkalot
    12th September 2011, 02:30 PM Go to last post

  14. Another Quickie

    Started by Bob38S, 23rd March 2010 12:03 PM
    $18, appears, belt/disc, bin, bob, boot/shoe, cleaners, commercial, commercially, depending, golden, gristle, local, material, off-cuts, price, quickie, range, repairer, sanding, size, sole/heel, type, visit
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,499
    fishflog
    27th July 2011, 08:31 PM Go to last post

  15. Need an Advice - Want to build a fence but gas meter inthe way!

    Started by AlpineRaven, 6th June 2011 05:53 PM
    1metre, abit, advice, blue, build, cheers, driveway, extra, fence, front, garage, gas, gate, guess, house, inthe, lawn, left, line, location, meter, move, nice, options, pavers, row, stupid, wider, wouldve, wrong
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 11,793
    joe greiner
    19th July 2011, 08:30 PM Go to last post

  16. Quick dowels

    Started by underfoot, 21st May 2011 07:52 PM
    $h`;, 2tsup, 6mm, 8mm, apologies, bash, blank, chosen, cut, dowel, dowels, drill, hammer, hole, match, matching, mate, method, noice, project, quick, recent, series, size, slightly, species, steel, suggested, voila, wood
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,136
    Claw Hama
    22nd May 2011, 08:20 AM Go to last post

  17. Soap

    Started by jimbur, 17th July 2009 05:14 PM
    28mm, 5x3, baltic, barely, bent, cheers, dipping, dream, floor, hard, hardwood, hundred, jim, joists, lot, nail, nails, pine, predrill, replace, soap, tip
    • Replies: 11
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    Handyjack
    1st May 2011, 10:31 PM Go to last post

  18. Glueing plastic with super glue + Bicarb of Soda

    Started by Mike Busby, 28th February 2011 04:38 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    added, bicarb, bonus, boxes, colour, couple, dammed, drill, fingers, frames, glasses, glue, glueing, hot, items, join, odd, plastic, proof, reach, reading, repair, set, soda, super, superglue, tech, texta, tip, water
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 17,668
    Mychael
    16th April 2011, 01:44 AM Go to last post

  19. Thumbs up This is the tip of the year I reckon-tearing corr. iron

    Started by mic-d, 18th May 2006 02:18 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    5-10mm, climbed, club, conversation, corr, corro, duties, effort, expected, fast, handed, hoping, imagine, iron, mentioned, offsider, pony, reckontearing, rip, ripped, ripping, roof, runout, slightly, square, straight, tinsnips, tip, virtually, year
    • Replies: 40
    • Views: 31,713
    munruben
    6th January 2011, 04:18 PM Go to last post

  20. Freight from the USA

    Started by Pappy, 1st October 2010 10:20 AM
    $550, 1210l, @$500us, amazon, aussie, cheaper, checking, freight, ideas, kgs-, makita, melbourne, prices, purchasing, time, usa, waiting, wood
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,536
    R W
    1st January 2011, 06:04 PM Go to last post

  21. DIY decorative concrete

    Started by Rossluck, 24th December 2006 09:30 AM
    acid, apply, bare, bondcrete, coats, coloured, concrete, decorative, diy, drum, half, house, litre, mask, mix, mixture, overspray, painless, plan, polymer, pretty, process, roll, sand/cement, sealer, solution, spray, stuff, thirds, wash
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 13,718
    hprot
    16th December 2010, 11:18 AM Go to last post

  22. Joining boards, a D'oh moment

    Started by burraboy, 19th August 2010 08:39 AM
    bet, bit, board, boards, bought, cut, doh, half, halfway, joining, light, match, matter, minimal, moment, narrow, pallet, perfect, pieces, pine, profile, reclaimed, required, reset, router, set, slats, thicknessing, visually, wider
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,167
    munruben
    20th August 2010, 10:07 PM Go to last post

  23. repainting gloss surfaces

    Started by mic-d, 3rd August 2006 10:07 AM
    acrylic, applied, apply, base, bin, coat, doors, enamel, esp, finishes, gloss, helps, hope, mine, paint, peeling, primer, remover, repainting, sanding, sealer, shellac, silicone, soap, sugar, surface, surfaces, takes, wipe, zinsser
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 26,706
    smeds
    31st July 2010, 05:06 PM Go to last post

  24. Removing screws stuck in metal

    Started by rsser, 3rd June 2010 11:17 AM
    “how, 2010, archive, blog, june, metal, removing, screws, steps, stuck, to”, toolsandmachinery.com
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 4,143
    Bob38S
    17th June 2010, 01:42 AM Go to last post

  25. Lightbulb DUSTY Paper stopper Thanks to Billy

    Started by wheelinround, 14th May 2010 05:26 PM
    $25, $6.50, 90mm, bathroom, bench, billy, bunnings, combined, drain, dusty, finaly, floor, gate, grates, gulp, gutter, idea, paper, plastic, plumbing, price, ray, removable, section, stand, stopper, suit, trips, type, waste
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,984
    Wongdai
    18th May 2010, 12:50 AM Go to last post

  26. Don't chuck that Chuck!!

    Started by Black Ned, 10th March 2010 09:07 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    answer, beesknees, chuck, chucks, cordless, dig, drillbit, drillchuck, drilling, drills, fits, grip, handle, jar, keyless, lid, locked, money, note, opener, powerful, prayers, release, rubber, send, solution, strap, thankyou, tightening, wraps
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 4,615
    wm460
    16th May 2010, 10:01 AM Go to last post

  27. El Cheapo bench cookie

    Started by Bob38S, 7th April 2010 11:31 AM
    $4.99, 1kg, 75mm, aldi, approx, bench, bob, bought, cheapo, check, conjunction, cookie, door, flat, foot, grippy, jacks, magnet, rubber, sizes, stainless, steel, sticks, stuck, supposedly, top, topped, types, weak, weigh
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 3,150
    Bob38S
    7th April 2010, 11:31 AM Go to last post

  28. Just a Quickie

    Started by Bob38S, 18th March 2010 11:27 AM
    access, automotive, bits, bob, brush, burning/losing, chuck, close, finger, grind/wire, grinding/wire, hold, holds, keyless, nose, option, pliers, quickie, replacement, round, securely, solution, stores, tapered, wheel
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,489
    hughie
    30th March 2010, 08:18 PM Go to last post

  29. Re-inventing the Wheel

    Started by joe greiner, 24th March 2010 08:12 PM
    assembly, bolts, cheap, cheers, cross, drill, electrical, fix, frame, holes, joe, labor, larger, legs, materials, rebuilt, redundancy, reinventing, reveals, robust, rotation, shortcomings, simpler, solid, stronger, tie, wheel, wheelbarrow, wire, wired
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,810
    joe greiner
    24th March 2010, 10:10 PM Go to last post

  30. Coffee fill

    Started by masoth, 3rd July 2009 02:16 AM
    answer, coffee, epoxy, error, fill, filling, glue, hope, imagine, silly, soomething, sothb, void, washed
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 3,403
    hughie
    15th March 2010, 10:07 PM Go to last post

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