Featuring the smallest, and largest Amana Tool router bits from Toolstoday.com (at least those that fit a standard 1/4″ and 1/2″ router). Surfacing is done on a Torque Workcentre. Music by Lis Viggers Episode 101 David and Goliath
Most of the system is now in place and connected up, just need a few extra connectors to finish it off. Have shot this quick walking tour so you can see the setup that I have put in place. As mentioned, the system is sourced through Professional Woodworkers Supplies , and it makes it very easy to create a professional looking setup around the workshop. SSYTC065 RapidAir...
I have gone back to the individual files of the shed build, and bought them together to create this final version (the reason I labelled them 96A, B, C etc) So enjoy Episode 96 – 20000 photos taken over 5 days documenting the creation of Stu’s Shed V3.0 Episode 96 Timelapse Build
Episode 100 SawStop Assembly Episode 100 Assembling the SawStop
Episode 99 Shieldcrete Episode 99 Epoxy Floor Treatment: Shield-crete
Day 5 Episode 96e Shed Build Day 5 Timelapse Conclusion of a Saga!
Floor 1 Acid Treatment Episode 99a Floor Treatment – Acid Etch
Day 4 Episode 96d Shed Build Day 4 Timelapse
Episode 98 Upgrading Jaws to Nova Infinity Episode 98 Upgrading Jaws to Nova Infinity
Day 3 Timelapse Shed Build – Day 3
Episode 97 Episode 97 Upgrading the original SuperNova2 to be a SuperNova2 Infinity chuck, with quick-change jaws
It may not be woodworking, but we all enjoy a cold beverage of some description, and we have all been stuck on occasion wanting it cold a lot faster than conventional methods will allow. Here is a quick look at a way of using a power tool (drill) and a bucket of ice, along with a Spin Chill bit (from SpinChill.com who I found through Kickstarter (crowd funding)) to get a bottle or can to drinking temperature in 60 seconds. SSYTC064 SpinChill...
Episode 96b Shed Build Day 2
Day 1
Shed Arrival SSYTC063 The Shed Arrives All 1.6 tonnes of Australian Steel. There is a bit more to come – a roller door that will arrive later today, and the PA doors, the windows and insulation is currently at the yard waiting for the erectors. So now we wait again, hope for a long run of fine weather so the other sheds in the queue get done quickly. It is going to be interesting to see how this pile of miscellaneous steel shapes become a shed. The pile looks very small compared to the resulting...
The Slab SSYTC062 Snapshot of the Slab Pour
Episode 95C The New Slab Episode 95C The New Slab
Episode 95B Finishing Preparation Episode 95B The New Slab Part B – Finishing Slab Preparation Shot on a GoPro Hero3 Black, 720p on a 5 second time lapse
Block Clearance Episode 95A The New Slab Part A – Clearing the block Shot on a GoPro Hero3 Black, 720p on a 10 second time lapse 6 hours in 1.5 minutes!
Episode 94 Episode 94 Dr Kapex Testing the true depth of cut of the Festool Kapex. Also see (briefly) the Kapex stand in action, and the Promac generator.
Another tool I got to play with at the wood show was the C26 Genius, a MiniMax combo – again from Gabbett Machinery. Trying out the Amana Tool Profile Pro from Toolstoday.com , with a rebate cutter, then one of the profile cutters. Photos are in an earlier post, but you can’t really see just how smooth the finish was, straight off the tool. Cutters were changed without having to remove the cutter block from the spindle moulder – very easy system that positively aligns, and restrains the blades i...
At the wood show last weekend, I got to set off the SawStop mechanism, not once, but 3 times. Funnily enough, I was quite tentative about it the first time – we are talking about an extremely violent reaction at massive speed. However, in practice it was a lot quieter and more gentle than I was expecting (but just as fast!) It was amazing just how easy it is to do something stupid, and how capable the SawStop is in allowing you to be able to get away without permanent disability. You don’t chang...
At the local school fete, and the local (Port Philip) historic machinery society come each year with their eclectic collection of vehicles and machines. A few looked like they would be ideal for powering a belt-driven machine, or a small workshop line shaft. One I particularly looked at was indeed a motor that originally drove a tablesaw. It is a 2.5HP petrol engine by the Sandwich Manufacturing Co, from 1926. It has a magneto ignition, and runs around 425RPM It may be a 4 stroke, but when you w...
Dragon SSYTC055 Routing the Japanese Dragon (CNC)
Generator SSYTC054 Also sprach Zarathustra Promac GTO68E 6.8kVA Generator
ManSpace SSYTC053 Carving out a niche The CNC Shark Pro from Carbatec. Carving the ManSpace logo in a piece of walnut.
The first video is using the fly-jig, with an additional wire now (as pictured recently) for additional stability. The second wire will also allow panning effects, by offsetting the attachment points in relation to the main line. There is still some shake that I haven’t been able to solve – wind is the primary culprit, so this jig is probably more of an interior-only variety. There will still be more I can do to stabilise it – I’ll just have to think what that is! Raising the camera so it is dir...
There is something to be said for forced intermissions. Both longer term with the whole relocation, as well a current, temporary one, where I have needed some distractions to fill in some relatively immobile time. May not have been able get any real workshop time in, but that meant I did have time to keep thinking of different approaches to filming, and the integration of the GoPro. You’ve seen the fly-rig timelapse, and an adaption to the setup has potential to work on a dolly skate as well, so...
Many places lay claim to having such a feature of their climate, and Melbourne is certainly renowned for it. Today was a very unusual day – hottest July day on record (23.3C), and then the temperature plummeted as a cold front swept in, bringing strong winds and a downpour. At the time I happened to be conducting further trials of the GoPro timelapse jig, but the winds completely defeated any possible stability improvements I had made. It goes to show that having a shed designed to survive exces...
Episode93 Episode 93 Installing a Gas Log Fire
