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Our study's cupboards / murphy bed is eventually finished. Between some crooked solid wood pieces, skew walls, uneven & not level floor etc, it turned out a bit bigger challenge than it should have been! The two doors on either side has some removable shelving space and a rail for hanging some shirts etc if necessary. The cupboards at the top can only take light stuff - I forgot to design some proper support below it. And two down lights act as bedside lamps - nice to read at. The mechanism came from Hiddenbeds-sa.co.za and the wood panels was supplied by Wood@Ease. I will add this to the tools4wood competition, so please go like my entry!

My dad had a Metabo hammer drill - that thing lasted 30 plus years DIY duty. I only heard good things about that Mitre saw.

Don't be so sure.... I see the competition only close end September. Just finishing off my current project, should be done in the next week or two.

I bought the BIG DADDY Makita Cordless from Amazon (tool only) and the batteries and charger from Toolcraft when they had a special. And I had an empty systainer for a toolbox. It worked out much cheaper than buying a kit in SA. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M46N19K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi Steven, Can't remember - did you post a pic of the completed ring box?

I see there is another Tools4Wood competition again - some very nice Bosch tools up for grabs! https://wood.tools4.co.za/competitions/?utm_source=Tools4Wood+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4674e94cbd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_30_07_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2798c00ed5-4674e94cbd-307032161&mc_cid=4674e94cbd&mc_eid=7cbffc653f

Hi Guys, I need some help please. There are a few items at a pawn shop in Durban North that I want, but the owner does not accept EFT - cash on collection only. Is there maybe someone that can go pick them up for me please? I will send you an EFT (with a bit extra for your trouble) and then send a courier to pick it up from you. Please send me a PM if you can help.

I saw a post on Piterest that used the castors in the housing itself - but they used a fixed castor and then simply screwed the castors onto the body of the honing guide. But I could not find fixed ones in that small size, thus I had to take them out of their swiveling housing and mount them "fixed" in the body itself.

I took the wheels out of the housing they came in.

100%. It will be sent today! One left.

I made 3 extra honing guides from the remainder of the off-cut. If anyone is interested, I will sell them for R 250 each.

Here is the jig I use to set the angles - plane blades on the left, chisels on the right against the upper block.

I made a honing guide for plane blades and chisels. Hopefully I can now get them square and sharp! I started with a block of c 110 x 75 x 40 and cut the front 45 degrees. Then I drilled the holes for the threaded rod and the axles for the wheels. I routed the recesses for the wheels on the router table. Then back to the table saw to cut it in half. Then I routed the clamping grooves with a dovetail bit and rounded over the bottom corner on the disck sander. Epoxy the threaded rod in place, attach the wheels with short pieces of a 100mm nail (4 mm diameter) and assemble. Coat of BLO. Total cost: R 15.00 for two cheap small casters for the wheels. The other items was lying around in the garage. Plane blades are clamped at the top and chisels at the bottom.

Ditto. Do you think they'll introduce a rim brake SystemSix version?

Hi Andreas, welcome! Keep you eyes peeled on Gumtree, OLX and so on. I recently bought 5 planes for R 1000. (4,4,5,5,7). I will be restoring and selling the No 7 since I already have one from my grandpa (but I will be selling it for c R 1 500). I would also recommend a No 5 - very versatile plane!

This from what I hear is actually a very decent saw: https://www.adendorff.co.za/product/250mm-prof-tilting-arbor-table-saw/ I have one similar to this. Bought it second hand and upgraded to Freud blades. Very happy with it. My Festool track saw is now only used for large sheet goods.

Over the last few days I restored my grandpa's No 7 Stanley plane. We are 4 cousins that has his names, but I am the only one that does any woodworking. He was a carpenter and when I was in primary school, they stayed with us for c 2 years - he then taught me a few skills. I inherited a No7, No5, No78 and router plane, two saws, a "ratchet" screw driver, lots of hand brace drill bits and his tool chest. Some of these will also still be restored. Restoring this plane was very rewarding - I was constantly thinking of him. PS: @Rocket Boy - thanks for all the tips and advice!

My drill press table was in serious need of an upgrade, so I finished it this weekend. The replaceable disk ensures I don't damage the top. It also have a hole through the top that I can use it as a drum sander with a vacuum attached at the back / bottom. I did not want to store the clamps in the drawer so I added the off-cut T-track as storage positions either side of the drawer. And the fence must be the best part: To be able to quickly adjust it - o my, it works like a dream. And the chuck wrench is nice and close by hanging on a magnet.

Will this work? http://www.gelmar.co.za/p/3083/cone-pine-leg-450mm-x-65mm-x-45mm https://leroymerlin.co.za/tapered-cone-750mm-81434345

I mostly use power tools combined with my "not-so-sturdy" mobile work bench. However, I do plan to build a proper workbench at some stage and have therefore bought a Record vice a while ago on Gumtree. However, the vice has been lying on the floor for > 2 years. Last week I had the idea to build it into a mini work bench that I can put on top of my mobile bench. A few pieces of off-cut wood later and its done. It simply clamps onto my mobile bench. It still needs a coat of BLO, a few bench dogs and some cork in the vice jaws. And it needs a proper cleaning as well... The last pic shows it as WIP before the top and front jaw were added.

Check out Toolcraft, they are selling the sleeves on huge discount currently.

The 3rd picture shows the pine frame in the background: You can see 2 blocks screwed to the bottom of the pine "shelf" / frame with a 6 mm hole in the middle: Fisher plugs through theses holes into the wall. The cover is then fixed to the pine frame with angle brackets & screws on the inside / underside. PS: I had to remove the curtain rails to fix the pine frame to the wall.

Thanks! If you were a bit closer I could make you a set or 2 while I am busy...

My planned cycling specific wood working project (which I mentioned a while ago) was placed on the back burner for a while since the missus wanted some traction on some of the projects for the house, specifically our bedroom... We love sleeping in a very dark room, but our bedroom has east and north facing windows. Our neighbor on the northern side believes that his yard must be lit up as if the sun is shining brightly - straight into out room... And especially December holidays when we want to sleep a bit later, the sun light up the room at 05:00. So we hanged proper block-outs which works well, but the light still reflects off the back of the block-out onto the white ceiling and still lights up the room way too much. So I constructed some box pelmets to block that irritating reflective light... I installed a basic pine frame to cover the top, and then a meranti cover on the front. The meranti cover consist of a wide skirting that I bought at Chamberlains and a 20 x 20 mm square length that I profiled on the router table. I then glued the profile to the top (bottom?) of the skirting with 50 mm PVC drain pipe clamps. I asked out local Home of Paint Centurion to colour match a stain for me (to match our bedroom set) and finished of with a two part varnish. It was also the first time that I used my Earlex HVLP spray gun (in fact, the first time I used any spray gun...). With a bit of a learning curve it came out quite well... The profile being clamped to the skirting: Completed pelmet before staining: (The pine frame is in the background) Final installation: Now we can sleep in complete darkness - I could not even see my hand in front of my face last night... And of course my wife now wants it in all the bedrooms... I told her I need a new sander and mitre saw to do the job quicker / easier next time...

You're most welcome, Rocket-Boy. I hope it will bring you years of joy.