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

Well done!!! Such simplicity and such an effective solution! Rocket-Boy - maybe this can work for your cheap Chinese one as well?

Hi Jimmycool, Please post the promised picture?

Eish Rocket-Boy - sorry to hear that it is causing you so much frustration! I had a look at my Record vice last night (the one that that does work - I bought it second hand off Gumtree). The thread is definitely not close to anything I have seen yet. Some comments copied from a Woodcraft review of an Eclipse clamp that is the same design as the Record design: "It was nice to see that a true buttress thread was used on the screw as on the Record vises instead of an Acme thread." At least I found a website selling Record vice spares: http://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/acatalog/Record_vice_spares.html But for alternative options: I watched a few video's last night: one guy just cleaned his vice's threads and half-nut after c 5 years of use and it worked perfectly again. The other guy built a bracket to fix the half nut in the "engaged" position - i.e. he converted it to a normal vice. https://www.instructables.com/id/Converting-a-Quick-Release-Vice-Into-a-Regular-Vic/ And the last guy just made a bracket to keep the quick release handle fixed in the "engaged" position. https://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-vice-quick-release-fix/ Or just buy a new Record vice: Ouch! https://za.rs-online.com/

I had a quick release vice like that one - the "half-nut shoe" was worn and kept on slipping. My father-in-law currently have it and want to see if he can fix it. Does anyone know where one can find a replacement half-nut for it?

My wife also frequently comment that she does not understand how I manage to get anything done in the garage or how I know where my stuff is in-between all the chaos... And my poor Camry sleeps outside permanently nowadays... PS: How do you find the drill press' table? I have the same Adendorf one, but the bench top version. But the table does not feel very sturdy - even when fully locked it sways a little under pressure. (And my drill press table is taking very loooong to finish itself... And the T-tracks have been there for a few months already...).

Hi LeTurbo - please go enter the tools4wood competition!

No worries! Also remember, the second prize is not determined by the second most votes, tools4wood will decide which one they like most for the second prize. So everyone should enter, maybe they like yours the best! The competition runs from 1st of February to the 28th of February 2019. One winner will be decided by the number of reactions (ie likes, smiley faces, etc) on the Facebook Post. Comments and Shares are not counted. If you are not happy with this judging criteria please do not enter. The second winner will be decided by Tools4Wood on the basis of the one we like the most.

Hi Steven, I updated my post with the two links: To Enter: https://www.tools4wood.co.za/competitions/?mc_cid=f35d5985a5&mc_eid=7cbffc653f My Entry: https://www.facebook.com/Tools4wood/posts/2012288822223776

Deleted: Sorry, double post.

Tools4wood have started a competition to win some Sjoberg goodies. Go check it out. Edit: The link to enter the competition: https://www.tools4wood.co.za/competitions/?mc_cid=f35d5985a5&mc_eid=7cbffc653f The entry with the most likes win the competition. And please go like my pool table entry. Edit: The link to my entry: https://www.facebook.com/Tools4wood/posts/2012288822223776

Thanks! My next project will be cycling specific - will post it here for sale in support of my young friend's cycling career. But if you have something specific in mind, let me know.

My father-in-law gave me a piece of wild olive branch that the wind broke off in his garden a while ago. I made a matching pen and pencil set with a desk display stand from the branch. The top of the upright still shows where an axe was used to clean the torn branch. I tried Woodoc 20 but just could not get it to a good finish with a brush, so I scraped everything off, sanded to 400 grit and finished with boiled linseed oil. It leaves a silky smooth finish. I must say, it turned out almost better than I hoped for. I also wanted to give something special to my mechanic friend and sourced this "Gearshift" pen kit from Mr Woodturner. The detail on the pen is stunning! The gear lever engage and withdraws the pen refill, with tire threads at the top and below the barrel. The top of the pen looks like a mag wheel. The pocket clip resembles a tire lever. I also wanted to add a display stand - my first plan was to bend a spanner c 90 degrees twice so that the front end of the pen stands in the ring, with the top end of the pen resting in the open end. Unfortunately my plumbing torch could not get it hot enough and after a few blows from the hammer, it broke right off. So then my design had to change to use a straight spanner. The wood is African Rosewood finished with spray-on Polyeurethane (first time I try that - I am quite happy with the finish - much better than a brush!)

Steven, looking good! Maybe add some braces under the top. The weight of the saw and router might bend it over time.

I have lots of Rosewood off-cuts if you want - FREE! Nice project!

I recently bought a HVLP spraying system and a JET thicknesser and I needed place to store them. I also needed a mobile solution so that it can be stored out of the way when not in use. So the cupboard / stand has retractable casters for easy movement, yet it drops to the floor for firm footing when in use. The cupboard still needs a door to keep the dust out. I used this guy's ideas / designs.

Maybe try this: Loose rocks in the bottom of the hole with the bottom of the pole on / in these rocks. Then the concrete on top of the rocks. That way any moisture running down the pole can drain away and the pole will not stand on wet soil. Hopefully this should postpone rotting as long as possible.

Any SystemSix here yet?

I see I also have the RP2301FC router which I bought second hand. Here is the router table from the top. There is a 6 mm MDF insert on the base plate with the threaded rod & epoxied nut shown in the lower left corner. The nut rests on the washer, which rests on the router base plate. Here is the MDF removed to show the router base plate. It also shows my handle that I use to turn the nut. It is simply a 10mm nut setter epoxied into the handle. Here is the router from below the table. The threaded rod simply screws through the lug on the side of the router housing. And here is the handle that I use to depress the button to lock the spindle for bit changes. It is just a dowel stick with a handle on the outside of the frame with a spring between the frame and handle to push it back when not needed (a panel pin prevents it flying out of the frame). I can reach this handle from the top while using the spanner thought the base plate opening.

I have a makita router mounted under the table that I micro adjust from the top. I also do bit changes from the top. The router has a lug on the side of the router body and I simply made a long threaded rod with a epoxied nut to adjust it from above the table. Can't remember the model nr now... It is extremely simple! However, nobody at makita even thought it was possible. Even Denis from "Routing with Denis" did not know that it was possible - he also called his makita contacts. (I did his handheld and table routing courses). http://www.routingwithdenis.co.za/home I'll take some photos tonight. EDIT: Here is a photo of the RP2301FCX. Look at the lug in the circle. Simply thread a long bolt (or threaded rod) through the table top, through the Base Plate and through that nut - then you can adjust it from above the table. Just make sure you have a "shoulder" & washer for the bolt's head to hang on. (The RP1800X also have this lug, but I can't see it on the RP0900).

Tx Rocket-Boy. EDIT: I called BoltFast and they have M20 threaded rod, but the thread is quite coarse with a 2.5 mm pitch. That means that the fence will "lock" in place only on every 2.5 mm spacing. This is a bit too far apart. (The video uses 1/16th inch pitch, c 1.6 mm) Does anyone know if one can get a M 20 with a finer thread pitch? Preferably 1 mm.. (But then again, will 1mm spacing be strong enough for repeated use?)

Tx, I also found Stewards&Lloyds close to our offices in Sandton. Will check your recommendations if I cannot get sorted at S&L.

At last I have a proper woodworking project to show again. My daughter's bedside "table". It is the first time I tried dovetails for drawers and also the first time I made raised panel doors / drawer fronts. I must say, it came out better than what I originally expected. The carcass is pine with white chalk paint & wax. The drawers are pine finished with wax. The top and drawer fronts are rosewood darkened a bit with gel stain and then finished with Woodoc 25. I will add a glass on top to prevent scratches to the gloss finish.

No, just had to go wash up... . Luckily not.

Hi guys, I am looking for some steel for a Biesemeyer type fence. Angle iron and square tubing, 5 mm wall thickness. Any suppliers in Centurion, Pta, Midrand? The normal guys only have up to 2 mm wall thickness.