At a recent Kiama Woodcraft Group meeting, John Daniel demonstrated the preparation, sharpening and use of various types of card scrapers and cabinet scrapers.
Here’s Graham having a go…
John also shared this excerpt from one of John Walton’s woodworking textbooks, once ubiquitous in Australian high school workshops. This section describes how to sharpen and use scraping tools.
A friend gave me a nice small log of wattle after cutting a tree down, and I was keen to have a go at milling it.
Continue reading “Milling Timber On The Table Saw”
Hugh busied himself with creating a new lathe boring tool.
Continue reading “Lathe Boring Tool”
The Kiama Woodcraft Group was recently contacted by a family giving away their late father’s woodworking tools. They wanted them to go to someone who would continue to use them, rather than just seeing them scrapped.
Continue reading “Lathe Restoration”
At a club meeting a while ago, Tony Walsh brought along a bandsaw milling sled he had made, and offered a box of spare parts to anyone wanting to build something similar. There were no other takers, so I thankfully accepted the box.
Continue reading “Making A Bandsaw Milling Sled”
For years I’ve wanted a good solid workbench but never had the time to take it on. Firstly I didn’t have a clue what the key components of a good workbench were. What do you make it out of? How much is it going to cost? It’s got to be heavy – don’t want it or what’s on top to bounce. How do I make it to last at least as long as me?
Continue reading “Building My Plywood Workbench”
I moved to Kiama about five years ago and everything from my workshop was thrown into my garage as I still needed to renovate another house in Sydney. Since that time I’ve been working at getting my workshop sorted and create storage for my valuable tools.
Continue reading “Chisel Storage”
“How do you get rid of rust?” Well, I’d like to have a dollar for every time I’ve been asked that question, however my usual answer is, “what are you de-rusting?”.
Continue reading “De-Rusting Using A Battery Charger”John Daniel recently sent me this video of former KWG member and scroll saw master, Ted Hawkins, operating a pedal-powered scroll saw.
Continue reading “Pedal Scroll Saw – Ted Hawkins”