Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
May 2021 bring you all you wished for in 2020 :roll:
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
May 2021 bring you all you wished for in 2020 :roll:
Yes a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the prattlers and all who may read this.
Thank you all for making me welcome.
As I said in the todays prattle with Lance being away i'm happy to throw out the reminder during January, let the prattling tradition continue.
Tying the last two weeks of prattle together i'm planning some time at home relaxing in my 26,000 litre water storage device.
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The supplied steps rusted over winter so we have built the external steps you can see in the background and just need to complete new internal steps.
32mm ALU tubing, printed step holders and some accurately drilled holes with one kick a#$e drill press and a jig to hold the tubing.
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The printed bits have a hole 180 degrees apart and the drilled holes align perfectly, no spot/pilot holes just straight in with a 6mm bit :)
A big thank you to all who have participated throughout the year. What started as a means of some much needed peer contact by Yvan and me during lockdown had morphed into a really enjoyable countrywide light-hearted prattle on a Friday.
I look forward to catching up with you all again next year.
I wish you all a merry Christmas and an exceptionally boring 2021!
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to all Prattlers!
Yvan
It was a little quiet on the Prattle today with the anchor man absent and everybody else too :(.
I guess all the regulars were bringing their healthcare modules up to date ? :?
Nursing a headache.
:cool:
Maybe a few more next Friday. On the positive side nobody questioned anything I said.
Regards
Paul
I'm pretty sure that the consensus from the last prattle session was to skip Christmas and New Year as they were both Fridays and that AussiePhil would take responsibility to post reminders for the first one of 2021 to be held on 8 January.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmiller
Paul, if you had posted something on Thursday asking if anyone would be online I probably could have logged in for a chat. I didn't have a headache.
Yes I was headache free. As I was in bed by 10pm the night before. But was having a BBQ yesterday. :bbq2:And unloading a kiln that I fired the day before.
O bugger,
I completely forgot, an I could joined in from the creative Zone.
Dammmm.
Cheers Matt.
Paul, at least you had sensible conversation :) well I hope you did....
Yeah the general agreement was we would skip the two fridays and resume on the 8th Jan, sorry should of posted a reminder either way for yesterday.... shuffling the shed benches around is consuming my days at the moment.
Cheers and Happy New Year, welcome to 2021.
Phil
No problem. I think I am starting to appreciate my own company a little more. Alternatively, I can understand what you blokes put up with. The jury is out on this.
I must have switched off at the relevant moment or I was off with my mate Al Heimer. :)
Regards
Paul
Hi all.
Happy 2021
I look forward to seeing and talking to you tomorrow.
Topic: Friday lunch prattle : Did you get any sort of shed time in the last few weeks and do you have anything to show for it? or did you just cook the worlds greatest xmas feast and ate leftovers for a week :)
Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEDT
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See you tomorrow.
Regards
Paul
Hope to be able to make it, probably will be a bit late, after I make my lunch from Christmas leftovers - still working through them.
50/50 for me again,
Possibly if I have a finger extraction [emoji6].
Cheers Matt
(Do you still just talk about petrol powered saws?)
Depends.... did you get a new one for Xmas :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Simplicity
Oooooh. I hope this doesn't become a saw point.
Regards
Paul
Ps: Actually, on reflection, I don't mind. :)
May not make it as I have to cook a BBQ for friends.
Throw some steaks on to be well done and ask them to keep an eye on things.... if we don't see you enjoy the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pagie
Cheers
Phil
Count me in
Cheers
Yvan
May I have the secret codes again please.
Cheers Matt.
Down south escaping Perth heat although today we're supposed to get to 36C max (Perth's having a 41). The caravan park has WiFi but I doubt it will cope with a Zoom meet. heading for beach where it will be a few degrees cooler. Perth heat usually lasts well into the evening but it should be down to about 24 by 6pm in time for fish and chips on the local jetty.
Sorry guys, I just got home after getting caught in a massive traffic snarl. The idiot government here decided to do all the roads to the one destination all at the same time. It leaves no way through the mess.
Hopefully things will be back to manageable next week. Hope to see everyone then.
Following on from our chat, when you have a log that is a little difficult to manhandle to the saw table, this is a solution:
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:)
Regards
Paul
For anyone feeling a little anxious about joining in on the Prattle on Fridays.
Today we had a discussion on a saw designed for cutting Flesh.
We had a discussion on a beast being cut into quarters with a Chainsaw, with one of the quarters crushing a forum member to the ground.
We were also advised that hanging freshly killed meat and letting it rot for a month or so, helps the flavour of the meat!.
One member from Tasmania complained about crappy pine while being surrounded in Huon Pine.
Phil is off too find a quantity surveyor regarding a bench Build.
I’m considering becoming a vegetarian!!
And we heard rumours that some government buildings floors in Melbourne, were laid using Ball bearing technology!.
Sharing the knowledge I would say.
Cheers Matt.
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Sounds like I missed a great session. :C
Did someone record it and put it on youtube?
DougQuote:
Originally Posted by doug3030
I think Youtube may be too sensible. Facebook may be more appropriate bu I am reliably advised you need a phone for that.
Regards
Paul
Not quite as big but an interesting mill nevertheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmiller
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Hi all.
Cannot believe another week has flown by already.....
I look forward to seeing and talking to you tomorrow.
Friday lunch prattle: Anyone is welcome, please join in
This weeks topic: General chat on motivation to finish projects for yourself... I need some help :)
Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEDT
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee :)
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Cheers
Phil
In that case maybe I had better not turn up - you might never finish a project again if you take my advice :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aussiephil
I will see what happens on the day. If the traffic on the ring road is better than last week I will make it.
I wont be there again as I am going fishing. Might try to do it with a phone from the beach.
I will hopefully be there,
If i learn as much as I did last Friday, I would nearly consider it sacrilege to not attend.
Cheers Matt.
C U 2morrow. (Practising my phone speak for the day when I get a phone.)
:shrug:
Regards
Paul
No fishing, too windy and wet. So you will have my company, sorry.
My solution to Simon's puzzle.
Black is the fence
Blue is the blade
Red is the stock
Set blade to correct angle and fence to correct width to cut through at centre line of stock or a bit less. Will work with any polygon, calculate your own angles
Cut one corner off, flip and repeat cut.
Straighten blade, move fence to cut of the desired thickness of moulding.
Repeat as required. The wide stock allows safe cuts to be made and hands well away from spinning things with teeth.
My practical test of Doug's solution, angles set around 30 deg, 16mm MDF.Quote:
Originally Posted by doug3030
I didn't get the blade fully centered on the angle cuts and ripped the 90 deg a little wider than I planned
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This offcut when if fell off, fell over and just caught the front of the blade but didn't go flying... a ZCI would make it safer I suspect
Cheers
Phil
Phil,I think it is best to cut a little short of the centre on the first two cuts. Cutting short will leave a small flat on the end between the angled cut which is a good thing for a couple of reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aussiephil
Firstly, a flat area will allow for the corner you are filling not to be quite perfect.
Secondly, it would allow you to flip the board over and cut the two angles on the other side without adjusting the fence or the blade. Then you would have two identical moldings ready to rip cut off the sides.
Yes, I would be using a ZCI if I did it on the tablesaw but I would probably do it on my 21 inch bandsaw as it cuts pretty clean.
My apologies for not making it today!
I lost the morning due too rain, an spent the afternoon catching up.
Cheers Matt.
Ahh good! I just couldn't get my brain around that on the fly, so gave up and used no-more-gaps ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by doug3030
For an octagon-shaped pergola, the internal angle is 135°, so the table saw would be set at 67.5° (which I guess is 22.5° indicated)
Will have a play tonight, just to see how it goes. I might route a grove in the last face for a bit of detail - I guess I should cut a 135 degree notch in the bottom of a temporary push block, so I can hold the (now thin) strip safely on the router table?
I'd just cut the groove on the table saw whilst you have the saw set at 22.5 ... lower the blade so you take just enough to make the push block and then cut the V with a slight over lap. this allows a kerf wide hollow to form :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lyricnz
Cheers
Phil
Test worked well, but wife is off painting a mural on the art-studio wall now, so my opportunity has passed. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...916db157bc.jpg
Off topic: don’t you hate it when using reclaimed timber for something, and you get to the final cut, and it’s an inch short? I guess that’s a bunch of pre-rabbetted stock for the next project, ha!