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  #3323909 23-Dec-2024 22:44
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johno1234:

 

eracode:

 

You’ve put all that time and skill into it so far and done a beautiful job. Now you want to cheap-out on the final part with galv bracing? Please don’t do that - brace it properly with matching timber and you’ll be proud of it.

 

 

I'm not sure anyone's ever going to see the strut underneath... if it looks bad I can remove it and do redo with some leftover rimu.

 

 

 

 

You'll know it's there though. I know it'd bug me, if it was my table. 





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  #3324026 24-Dec-2024 00:44
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SepticSceptic: Flip upside down.
Build a dam from tape, clay, papier mache, around where the leg joins to the top.

About 10mm high.
Pour in 2 part epoxy inside the dam.

 

 

I don't think 10mm of epoxy is going to brace the legs sufficiently.

 

 

As an example of what could happen i saw a neighbour today with a bandage on his head. He owned up that it had been his birthday last night and the party moved from a restaurant in town to whoevers house was closest for "a few rums" as a nightcap. After one too many the birthday boy got up, tripped and wacked his head on the table. Even without accidents a big solid looking table will have people leaning on it expecting it to be strong.

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  #3324290 24-Dec-2024 21:13
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Bung:
SepticSceptic: Flip upside down.
Build a dam from tape, clay, papier mache, around where the leg joins to the top.

About 10mm high.
Pour in 2 part epoxy inside the dam.
I don't think 10mm of epoxy is going to brace the legs sufficiently..

 

I hope he’s joking because that’s a Seriously Bad Idea.





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  #3326962 2-Jan-2025 10:44
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Just finished a small project. Our spice-jar racks in the kitchen are unsuitable and undesirable for a variety of reasons - see first photo.

 

There’s a large selection of racks available via AliExpress and similar - but I couldn’t see what we were looking for. So I made a new, larger rack to sit in the front of a wide drawer immediately below our gas hob. It holds more jars and they’re closer to where they’re needed, they're easier to see and are inclined for easy selection. Also overall it looks cleaner and tidier.

 

I used two lengths of aluminum extrusion  - 40x25x1.4 and 20x20x1.0 mm. The jars rest in 10mm-deep arcs cut out of the aluminium. The jars are 40mm in diameter and I used a 44mm holesaw to cut the arcs in both pieces of aluminium at the same time. I made a simple aluminium jig to get the placement of the holesaw drill-bit accurate and replicable along the length.

 

After drilling, I cleaned some burrs off the arcs, polished the ali, wiped with IPA and spray painted. Cut them to length and installed in the drawer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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  #3326972 2-Jan-2025 11:14
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Well done!


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  #3327315 3-Jan-2025 18:19
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eracode:

 

Just finished a small project. Our spice-jar racks in the kitchen are unsuitable and undesirable for a variety of reasons - see first photo.

 

 

Wow, a very nice build! I like how accessible you've made them. And I get the whole thing about not getting able to find a suitable spice rack. I'd been passively looking for years until one night I finally designed and built my own as well. Sadly our kitchen doesn't have a single drawer (?!?), so I've mounted ours to the inside of the pantry door. Out of sight but still handy.

 

This is a couple of years old now but your post reminded me I should post it. It's laser cut into 6mm ply. I was going to coat it but the finish is quite snug and I didn't want to use wood oil as it would soak into the cardboard packets, but it's lasted well anyway. Fits both the square packets and jars, so that's handy too.

 

 


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  #3327347 3-Jan-2025 20:27
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And now for my Christmas holiday project: I've been building a new terraced sand pit for the local preschool which my wife owns. The design is mine, but I had a lot of help building it from a neighbour who is a contractor. 

 

It's terraced due to the fall of the land, one end of each pit has a seat, and the seat of the top pit is more pronounced - it forms the stern of what will become a ship. The front of this top pit will be extended by 1m with a small deck at the same height as the trim, which will then come together (straight lines, KISS) to form the bow. I'll probably add a helm, gangplank, plank for jumping off, maybe a pretend "spyglass" or something over the coming weeks. 

 

The best part? Learning to use an excavator - digging in a sand pit with a real digger was quite literally a boyhood dream come true!

 

The photos show the progress from old sand pit to new:

 

 

 

 

 

 


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  #3327368 3-Jan-2025 23:04
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Good to see that you are using a quality Yanmar to do the job. ViO25's are a great machine. Yes, I am biased.


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  #3333765 20-Jan-2025 18:51
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Having to redo wooden windows before painting...

 

Pulled them completely apart, cleaned up the rabbit, glued them back together, everything beautifully square.

 

Bought some new sash clamps, the last lot went walkies somehow from my shed....why do I call them friends ????

 

And then putty....been 40 years since I last did that.....

 

Never mind, only 4 more to do, by then I should be only moderately incompetent, or it feels that way atm.

 

Also having to replace all of the window beading on the fixed panels. SO much easier with a brad nail gun, no bent nails, no broken glass, no contorting the body to try and hammer those panel pins in upside down.

 

AND I have bought myself a chainsaw (cheap Ozito) because I need to do some trimming of trees my battery powered one can not do (Ryobi one+ pole saw)

 

Now have a Wagner spray painter as I have about 40m of fence to paint, a house to paint (stucco)

 

Oh and I finally got a stand for the mitre saw, legs collapse up, nice handle for carrying it, which I bought one years ago.

 

 

 

Next on the list will be a decent workbench, currently use a bit of 25mm plywood sitting on the top of 2 wheelie bins, I mean it packs away quite nicely... but...


  #3333767 20-Jan-2025 19:07
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I bought a Kreg workbench a few years ago when Amazon was offering free delivery. I find it's really useful. My main built in workbench is now just used as a storage area.


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  #3333769 20-Jan-2025 19:14
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larknz:

 

I bought a Kreg workbench a few years ago when Amazon was offering free delivery. I find it's really useful. My main built in workbench is now just used as a storage area.

 

 

This one will live outside under the carport. Needs to be big enough that I can drop a door onto it to work on as well as build a bunch of fly screens 

 

Some 4x4s for the legs, 4x2 for the rails, 25mm Marine ply top, decent vices (wood working and metal working).

 

 

 

When I get my shed cleared then it can come in doors...


  #3333946 21-Jan-2025 08:30
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sir1963:

 

When I get my shed cleared then it can come in doors...

 

 

So, it's an outside-forever workbench, then
😂😂😂


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  #3334017 21-Jan-2025 09:51
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PolicyGuy:

 

sir1963:

 

When I get my shed cleared then it can come in doors...

 

 

So, it's an outside-forever workbench, then
😂😂😂

 

 

 

 

Nope. I need the clear the workshop before I am allowed to buy a mill


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  #3334019 21-Jan-2025 09:53
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 sir1963:

 

Next on the list will be a decent workbench, currently use a bit of 25mm plywood sitting on the top of 2 wheelie bins, I mean it packs away quite nicely... but...

 

Have a look at what my partner and I built in 2020 here: Our New Work Bench and further down in the post here for details: Build Details

 

It is not so pristine now, of course.

 

Since then, we have inherited a belt & disc bench sander, scrollsaw, 4 x 1.00 MTR sash clamps and a very large multi draw storage cabinet.

 

In the background was yesterday's project of a large fence gate for my partners sister's boundary fence.

 





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  #3334084 21-Jan-2025 12:06
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FineWine:

 

 sir1963:

 

Next on the list will be a decent workbench, currently use a bit of 25mm plywood sitting on the top of 2 wheelie bins, I mean it packs away quite nicely... but...

 

Have a look at what my partner and I built in 2020 here: Our New Work Bench and further down in the post here for details: Build Details

 

It is not so pristine now, of course.

 

Since then, we have inherited a belt & disc bench sander, scrollsaw, 4 x 1.00 MTR sash clamps and a very large multi draw storage cabinet.

 

In the background was yesterday's project of a large fence gate for my partners sister's boundary fence.

 

 

 

 

 

I currently have about 400 old computers (1970's-1980's) in my garage, and over 1000 books , software, service manuals, as well as my Lathe etc


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