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8th April 2014, 12:55 PM #1New Member
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Australian Plans for woodworking projects ( Furniture )
I am looking for woodworking plans. I am a Kiwi living in Tasmania; however, I used to live in both Canada and the USA. I watched the New Yankee Workshop TV series on woodworking for 15+ years. I have bought many plans from their website ( http://www.newyankee.com/index.php?i...ct/id=24852877 ) and built this workshop for my garage. But I needed to convert the measurements and needed to find Imperial sheets of 4' X 8' ply to follow the layout plans. The hardware was also suggested from Rockler, but I had to convert to Bunnings hardware, meaning that I needed some adjustments to draw opening sizes, etc... I am looking for household furniture plans with metric measurements, please.
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9th April 2014, 01:16 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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This'll help ya http://www.metric-conversions.org/me...onversions.htm
You'll find that although ply sheets maybe stated in the metric equivilate (ie 2400 x 1200) that they are still made in the imperial measurement of 8' x 4' .Experienced in removing the tree from the furniture
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24th September 2018, 09:39 AM #3Senior Member
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24th September 2018, 10:06 AM #4Novice
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Hi If you need metric sizes just change all the inch sizes by multiplying each by 25.4. Depending how accurate you want to work you will have to round up some fractions of a millimetres.Inch fractions you will first need to convert to a decimal size of an inch before the conversion. Engineering supply houses to my knowledge sell conversion charts you can hang on the wall for quick reference.My chart was a give away put out by Blackwoods
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25th September 2018, 06:06 AM #5
as already advised, in Australia most sheet goods are 1220 x 2440 mm which is 4' x 8'.
If you are dimensioning your own timber, size is a non issue. Go to somewhere that sells good woodworking tools and purchase a set of imperial rules and you are good to go. I particularly like these cabinetmaker rules from Lee Valley Cabinetmaker's Rule - Lee Valley Tools and you can buy longer imperial rules and tapes.
If you are purchasing dimensioned timber -- e.g. dressed boards from Bunnings -- you can use soft conversions for width and thickness -- eg 4 x 1 is equivalent to 90 x 19 -- and reserve the [exact] imperial dimensions or length.
I don't understand what you mean byThe hardware was also suggested from Rockler, but I had to convert to Bunnings hardware, meaning that I needed some adjustments to draw opening sizes, etc...regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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25th September 2018, 10:11 AM #6
and congratulations another old thread comes back to life....4.5 years that must be a record
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25th September 2018, 03:06 PM #7
especially where the OP has not been seen or heard from since the original posting !!
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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