Thread: I'm in soooo much trouble...

I wear the pants in the my house.........






When shes not around....


BTW, great starter set-up, enjoy and have a blast!

Originally Posted by Brighty83

@Mick - Geez your lucky, the shop that i got my hook and loop from is in Brisbane! We have nothing here in Perth! I want to a dozen burnings stores here and none had the 150mm hook n loop kits. They all had 240mm hook n loops but that's no good to me, well it is but not for my ryobi lol I take it that you are using the hook and loop's?

What sander are you using?

Not using the hook and loops at the moment as I mostly use the belt sander (and I've been too slack), I did have need of the disc just the other day and told myself the hook and loops were overdue. I got by without it the other day, but it was a pain in the derierre. My old man has had them on his for a few years without incident. He had a similar fly off to mine and decided then to go that way.
I have a Ryobi...Not sure of the model number, but mine has the different sized wheels, not the flat bed style I think Austy has bought.

Originally Posted by austy

Haha I'm still alive. I was in the process of measuring up my garage so that I can build a bench today. and managed to lock my keys in the garage!

So that brought me to my first 'project'. Using the bench grinder (in the kitchen, mind you), and the trusty source of information known as YouTube... I made these... And picked the doorhandle lock!

Makes me wonder how secure the house is!

Cheers,

Aaron.

I just get out my trusty leatherman, raid the recycle bin and cut a section of plastic bottle out. Works just like a credit card for slipping 'button' locks. No good for deadbolts though. Yes, I've lock myself out more than once and have become quite proficient at break and enter of my own property.


Mick

Ended up buying some benches. Haven't bolted anything down yet. Will probably end up storing couple of the tools underneath - otherwise I have zero bench space to work on.



Cheers,

Aaron.

I got the same vise too! (i think) lol Is that the swivel one?

I guess this says one of two thing (or both)

Bunnings has not enough competition
or
Australians have no imagination

I've been through three of those vices already. Working with my fourth one now. Keep telling myself, 'Don't hit it with a hammer! It is not, repeat, not, an anvil'. If you're after spare parts, I got some.


Mick

Actually, my grinder and vice is a different model! Phew!

We don't have no imagination. lol





But bunnings still has no competition!

I have done the same to my vice, it has dent all the way through it from pinning razors. how can a brass washer dent a metal vice!

But i did make an awesome Jarah bench thanks to bunnings (pine bottom)! It took 4 guys to get that in lol

Nice work austy! Enjoy! Wish i had a shed as big as yours! Ill probably get that scroll saw, let me know how it goes!

Edit: Also, you might find that your bench is too high for that sander (but maybe not as im a short ass). You can probably see a box under my bench. I use that for the sander\ a routing table etc. See how yo go.

I made a good sturdy work bench thanks to builders going on smoko...I mean from acquired materials...The only cost involved was buying the screws to put it together. The legs are 4B4, the bench top is Marine ply care of my friendly neighbourhood SES (I was a member then) friends and the bracing is 2B4.
I didn't put any shelving underneath as I needed it to be open space for large...Junk! Don't talk to me about it, or I'll just get angry with the wife all over again ;D.
I have my drill press on one end, my benchgrinder/beltsander at the other. My vice is bolted on a crappy old bench that was already here when we moved in, and all my knife making supplies are on the same crappy bench. I would take photo's, but it's a bloody brothal down there. I'll have to tidy up one day...And so will the wife...Don't start me! I'll get stroppy with her on that point too!


Mick

P.S A real bloke would have built his own bench Aaron! Where did you get them from? I need a bench for me lathe

Originally Posted by MickR

P.S A real bloke would have built his own bench Aaron! Where did you get them from? I need a bench for me lathe

I have to agree with you! The benches the you buy are not bad but if your going swing a hammer on it a home made bench is the bees knees!

I recon mine would be 200kg. 50mm steel square tubing and a jarah sleeper on top! Almost broke my back getting it in lol and if your is solid wood MickR yours must weigh a ton!

My old man has a solid jarah bench about as old as he is and that is a nightmare to move!

Mine's heavy alright. I do a fair bit of hammering on it. I have a great lump of steel that I use like anvil on one corner of it as well. But even as heavy as it is, I would still like to get a hold of my old mans home made workbenches. They're even better than my poor bench making skills could provide me.


Mick

Haha very funny. Benches are from Bunnings - $100 each. They're light duty but seem ok for the money. The timber in them is only about 1cm thick but could be replaced very easily if required.

Cheers,

Aaron.