Issue Number 134
August 2007
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Shaping a Grinding Wheel to
Make a Beading Tool
Pierced Carving in Red Cedar
Low Cost Vortex Chip Separator
Monochrome Shells
The Grandmother Clock
Cutting Board Rack for the
Kitchen
Bling Box
Salt Cellar Spoon
Scrollsawn Australiana - 2
Grand Piano for an Electronic
Keyboard
Table of Contents
Features
Ron Girdler's Samovar
Ron continues his interest in turning metal items
in wood.
Commercially
Made Workbenches
The workbench is the hub of most workshops but often
overlooked. You can make your own but buying one allows you to get stuck into
your other projects.
Club
Drumbeat
The Decorative & Ornamental Turners Society (DOTS) QLD.
Hawkesbury
Show 2007
by Paul Gregson, Associate Editor
Gary
Pye Woodturning & the Let's Make Time Clock Company
Supplying tools to
fellow Club members led to two full time businesses.
Georges
Corner
by George Hatfield (Assoc. Editor)
Challenge 2007 held
in the Blue Mountains NSW
USER
REPORT
Rotomount Carving Stand
by Robbie Graham
This heavy
duty swivel stand is suitable for many woodworking applications.
Gallery
USER
REPORT
Columbian Titanium coated Forstner Bits
by Alan Bunting
The Titanium coating gives large burn-free holes.
Tumut
2007 Exhibition
Now in its seventh year the Tumut exhibition has turned
into a regional event.
Woodworking
Q&A
by Paul Gregson (Assoc. Editor)
Replacement plane blades
and sacrificial coatings
2006 Jacaranda Festival Competition
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REPORT
Slick Saw Overlays
by Scott Bauer
Adelaide/Canberra
Show Guide
Full guide to the Timber & Working with Wood Shows in Adelaide,
27-29 July, and Canberra, 7-9 September.
Classic
Clockcase Styles
by Cedric Shorey Ph.D
Cedric takes us on a
tour of his interest in clocks.
Carving Workshop in a Suitcase
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Zinsser QUICK-15 Varnishes
by Paul Gregson, Associate Editor
Projects
Shaping
a Grinding Wheel to Make a Beading Tool
by George Hatfield (Associate
Editor)
You can make your own beading tools, but first you need a suitably
profiled grinding wheel.
Pierced
Carving in Red Cedar
by Kaz Depczynski
Kaz describes the process
by which he transformed a log into a pierced basket of carved branches, flowers
and leaves.
Low
Cost Vortex Chip Separator
by Alexander Bendeli
A vortex separator
makes life easier for your dust extractor.
Monochrome
Shells
by Carolyn McCully
An interesting exercise in light
and dark pyrographic techniques.
The
Grandmother Clock
by John Sully
Making a clock from plans,
Sheoak boards and 'having a go'.
Cutting
Board Rack for the Kitchen
by Alan Barcher
A simple but very
useful project for the home.
Bling
Box
by Don Phillips
A bigger box for modern jewellery.
Salt
Cellar Spoon
by Rob Wood
A simple solution to shaping a spoon.
Scrollsawn
Australiana - 2
by Wolfgang Böttcher
The Billabong - the central
panel in the Australiana pattern.
Grand
Piano for an Electronic Keyboard
by Reg Cooke
This is a large
project but it's a much more impressive support for a keyboard than the average
metal stand.
Other Features
New Products
Good
Ideas & Short Cuts
Bandsaw crosscut sled and a homemade
mallet
Book
Reviews
Clock Making - 18 Antique Designs for the
Woodworker
by John A Nelson
500
Workshop Tips & Jigs
by Guild Of Master Craftsman Publications
Checkering
& Carving of Gunstocks
by Monty Kennedy
The Pen Turner’s Workbook
by Barry Gross
Make Your Own Walking Sticks
by Charles Self