Daylight robbery

There's a lot of really generous blokes on this form, so I have to thank forum member Argeng for dropping off a Flymo electric mower this morning.

It wasn't working as the lead had been cut and sort of patched up. At this point I should state that I have a high front fence, and can't see my nature strip.

With the mower on the nature strip, I went inside to grab a multimeter, and on my return a minute later, the mower was gone. Some bathplug nicked it!

Can you believe that, "Gone in 60 seconds".

I'm half kiddin, I wouldn't be that stupid.........and don't bother commenting.

In reality, I went over the mower and found the motor to be open circuit, presumably burnt out. Googling Flymo revealed that in almost every case of failure, it was a burnt out motor.

Reluctantly I placed the mower on my nature strip, and half an hour later, it was someone else's treasure.

Thanks Argeng anyway, it was a kind deed just the same.

Ken


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Suitable adhesive for bonding aand jioning Melamine faced particle board

I understand in the commercial cabinet field a special adhesive is used when joining Melamine faced Particle Board when assembling Cabinet Carcasses. That is when joining melamine faces to particle board edges as would occur at vertical and horizontal joints.
Can any one advise what the adhesive they generaly use.
I understand Bostic market a product for the industry.
Cheers
Malcolm Eaton

Brace to id

During a major clean-out of my shed, I came across this old brace that I inherited from my father. He'd had it since before I was born, but other than being sure it is >70 years old, I have no other information. At some point, the handle must've had an accident, because when I got it, the old pot had attached a rather crude new one, made out of some unidentifiable hardwood. It was neither pretty nor particularly functional, being rather rough & splintery, so I figured he wouldn't mind if I replaced the handle with something a little more like an original in shape, at least. That meant I needed to replace the cap bun, of course, to keep the wood matched. I didn't feel too bad about discarding the original, which was a pretty damaged bit of heavily-stained (northern hemisphere) Beech - it looks ok from the top, but it has been split & poorly repaired at some stage, and has numerous (loose) screw-holes : Re-wooded brace.jpg

I tried hard to make the handle join invisible - it is ok (accentuated in the pic), but not invisible, as I'd hoped: Handle.jpg

I studied the handles on several other braces & none of them have a join, so I presume the handles are turned in one piece and attached before the final bend was made? Can't see any other way they could have done it.

Can anyone identify the breed of this brace (Boringeoff?)? There is no no legible maker's name or any logo that I can see after a fairly thorough search & moderate cleaning, but maybe the chuck & gears are characteristic enough that a brace afficionado can put a brand on it? Chuck.jpg

The ratchet mechanism is in remarkably good shape, but the jaws are quite worn & don't close all the way. However they close well enough to hold standard bits, so there is plenty of life in the old dog yet....

Cheers,

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Look what I found in my firewood pile!!

Walking past my firewood pile I spied a large Copperhead sunning itself. Unbelievably, at the same moment a large frog came hopping by. Sad but quick! The snake then slid back into the wood pile where I snapped this shot.

Now my issue is that 2 fellow Forum members are due at my place next weekend to sift through the logs to see what treasures they may find. What is the right thing to do? Should I tell them about the snake or run a book on which one of them jumps the highest and runs the fastest???

OK OK, just joking, of course I'll do the right thing.....

Even odds
Who's in????

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Scented Timbers.

A couple of weeks ago our son asked me to send him a list of scented timbers - don't ask me why, but here is a brief list:

Camphor Laurel, Cypress pine, Sandalwood, False Sandalwood, Raspberry Jam, Boree (smells like violets), Wilga (smells like dried Bananas)

Huon pine, King Billy Pine, some of the cedars - true cedars and that's where I ran out of ideas.

Any additions would be greatly appreciated.:U

NOW, today I was cutting some older Hoop pine that has just a little blue mould in some parts and, to my surprise, I could smell cooking mushrooms!!
My wife could even smell this where she was standing up on the deck.

A Question About Pouring Cast Iron

Screenshot.jpgOver on the woodwork forum, someone recently posted links to Matthias Burger's Youtube Channel. The subject of most of his videos is traditional 15th Century Wood Framed House renovation woodworking and renovating and using late 1800s and early 1900s woodworking machinery.

However, two of his videos address making a wooden casting die, and then pouring some cast iron wheels. The following is the link to the "Casting an Iron Wheel" video.

So - now the question. At the 7 minute 56 second point in the Casting an Iron Wheel video, just as the liquid cast iron is poured from the furnace into a big ladle, the ladle operator tips a cup of something into the liquid cast iron mix. The image at left is taken from that moment in the video. Does anyone know what would have been added at that point, and why ?

Thanks,

RoyG
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Collet adapter 1/4" to 1/8"

I recently bought a Makita RT0701 router for use in my (nearly finished) X-Carve CNC.
I want to be able to cut using 1/8" bits but as a 1/8" collet is not available from Makita*, my only option appears to be a collet reducer.

How safe are these and what's the increase in run-out likely to be?

* A company in the US sells 1/8" collets for this router but by the time you add shipping, it's about $75!