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  1. 6 hours ago, Jensie said:

    Watched Rabbit Hole and this was a lekker mind bender. Could not figure out who did what and always throws a spanner in the works. Enjoyed it.
    Diplomat was good.
     

    Agreed wrt RH. They paced that guessing game very well for the viewer.

    But did they 'rush' the season finale abit?

  2. 12 hours ago, patches said:

    This weekend it was high time I checked something off my to-do list.

    When we renovated the kitchen and laundry, I removed a wall which left some unsightly gaps in the 70yr old, native hardwood flooring.

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    Various excises like "I can't find the right lumber" or "the timber yards are only open on weekdays while I'm at work" had me procrastinating this for nearly 3 years. 

    So after taking a day off work to visit some timber yards (and hardware stores), watching a Scott Brown video or 2, I procured about 5m of Rimu tongue & groove floorboard and got stuck in.

    First was removing the damaged boards as carefully as possible so as not to damage the adjacent boards

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    Being able to plunge (with either the track saw or oscillating multi-tool was instrumental to this.

    Next was to re-mill the new boards so that the groove aligned with the existing tongues.

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    Thank you slot cutting router bit which scared the crap outta me! I was checking the arbour nut every pass to ensure I wasn't creating a spinning ninja-star of death.

    Turned out ok though!

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    Then, as the filler/last piece of floorboard had to be custom sized and needed the tongue removed (to allow installation), I added some 2x4" supporting pieces to reduce flex.

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    Once I ripped the filler piece down to width, I added the grove with the table saw (felt safer than the router), and chamfered the tongue side bottom edge to allow the strip to be taped into place.

    Pre-dripped the nails holes to prevent splitting, hand nailed the boards down, wood filled, sanded to 240 grit and a few coats of poly urethane... done!

     

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    Not a perfect match for the existing boards, but same species and better than the gaping holes.

     

    struck me as stills from any of SBCs YT vids :D
    good job Patches!

  3. 44 minutes ago, ichnusa said:

    I love this thread for the varied questions, answers and projects going on.  So i feel i can ask freely...

    I really like & am loyal to the Bosch Blue and Makita powertool ranges.   I have a Bosch blue 18V cordless drill with 2 batteries.  

    Now i am in the market for a oscillating saw... but the price range and choice is staggering.  On the one end we have Bosch green (https://www.toolcraft.co.za/products/bosch-diy-pmf-250-ces-multi-function-tool-online-only) for R1850.  On the other side of the spectrum is Makita (https://toolservices.co.za/products/makita-tm3000cx2) for R5050.  It is important to note it comes with a case!  And somewhere in the middle is a cordless Bosch blue (https://www.toolcraft.co.za/products/bosch-professional-cordless-multi-tool-gop-18v-28-solo?currency=ZAR&variant=31714718384230&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8t2eBhDeARIsAAVEga338kK1HqROpG0Je-Vnj35HJFShTzVuWpaTUsNydh503zylRPecQ6MaAiOdEALw_wcB) without a case!

     

    What say you oh wise ones?

     

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    I have that corded Makiti Material Eater.. thing is a beast!

    BUT

    Every.

    Single.

    Time i use it, i wished it was cordless.

     

    minor gripe with the Makita: that case is a standalone bit of a storage. if you have bosch's L-Boxx or the makita/festool systainers, no play nice.

  4. have you used the festool and 3M sanders for any length of time previously?
    I was keen on the 3M as well, not too badly priced as an import. But the Bosch ticks the cordless + existing battery platform tickboxes.

  5. 10 hours ago, patches said:

    Oh and I made a simple holder for my sander to go on the French cleat wall...

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    How are those new bosch sanders? Been hoping they land here in ZA, but Bosch ZA is slooooooow to update their cordless product line

  6. 11 hours ago, patches said:

     

     

    If you go by every YouTube Celebrity making river tables then Total Boat is apparently the only epoxy/resin to use, hahaha

    Can't get Total Boat in NZ, but as the boat building industry here is pretty big, West Systems stuff is available. Not cheap though.

    As for which types of epoxy, I have no clue. I believe the slower it cures the better the finish and less chance of bubbles, but that's based on youtube knowledge.

    west systems available here too it seems. Thanks for making me check

     

    https://seaportsupply.co.za/product/west-system-epoxy-kit-slow-cure/

     

    DIY Geek also has epoxy supplies:
    https://www.diygeek.co.za/product-category/wood-and-resin/epoxy-systems-online-south-africa/

     

    @Eddy Gordo:  word to the wise (off youtube ofc): you goto school with the first one 

  7. 9 minutes ago, DJR said:

    Which made me think what the SA disaster of choice is........could only think of politicians........

    lots of old fireloading. needs a controlled burn.
    i see that's started with the latest  round of logs fed into the firepit

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