Recent content by Grahamrob

Is everything ok out there?

Ive had a 100% failure rate when I try and be 'clever' and stick two pieces together like that for duplicate works - the accuracy is always way out, either cos something slips, or the equipment isnt right for thicker pieces, or theres some voodoo that happens that really confuses me as to how it...

I lay one of those plastic drop sheets down in the garage and then park the car ontop of it when I do an oil change. Saves my garage floors from any oil spills/drips during the oil change process.

Very impressive! Were you using a drill press for turning it? Or macgyvered a normal hand drill to stay fixed somehow?

Ai, your poor neighbors. Major use of power tools, and now a bloody blower as well! ;)

That wall unit really is a work of art. Very well done. On the laptop stand, with your skills, why stop short with such a small simple thing - have you considered a desk that can move up and down so that you can stand and work at it as well? I think to alternate between standing and sitting...

Might be an opportunity to see what it looks like after running the sander over it, might give it a nice 'worn/aged' look?

As always, fantastic content here, keep it up! On the router bit bearing, I know it doesnt spin as fast as the actual bit, but, I would still be nervous to repair that myself. Might be worth just getting a new one. I wouldnt want anything to fail at those kind of RPMs and being so close to it!

I actually didnt have a plan for it, i more wanted to do it for the fun of dismantling, making everything shiny and new and putting together a brand new looking bike. what I would have done with it I dont know, probably give it away or something I guess

Thats great that you managed to flog all the wooden toys at the market! Ive often wondered if anyone would buy the stuff I enjoy making in the garage. maybe I should give it a bash sometime (more for the enjoyment of making stuff than for the bucks). On a different note, I randomly thought this...

On the noisy brakes, have you considered putting copper slip on the back of the brake pads? Ive always been taught that is what helps with preventing any brake squeal.

Time for a jigsaw and router purchase?  :)

On the tanker truck - I also occasionally build little wooden cars/trucks etc for the kids. For the wheels, what Ive found works quite well is to use dowels as axles. Make the holes in the wheels the same size as the dowel so it fits tightly into the wheels, and then drill a hole thats a bit...

Yip, borer beetles. Seems to be what happens when you bring old/used pieces of wood in to the garage. have a look under/next to your wood stocks for small little piles of very fine saw dust - the evidence that a hole has been bored above that pile somewhere. I think burning the affected wood is...

Ok cool, thanks very much. That was something I thought of is the scenery when looking at this area on google earth. It might be a little too boring to do in a car. I'll still give this some thought though, thanks!