Podcast – Stu's Shed

SSYTC062 Snapshot of the Slab Pour

Episode 95C The New Slab

Episode 95B The New Slab Part B – Finishing Slab Preparation Shot on a GoPro Hero3 Black, 720p on a 5 second time lapse

Episode 95A The New Slab Part A – Clearing the block Shot on a GoPro Hero3 Black, 720p on a 10 second time lapse 6 hours in 1.5 minutes!

Episode 94 Dr Kapex Testing the true depth of cut of the Festool Kapex. Also see (briefly) the Kapex stand in action, and the Promac generator.

Another tool I got to play with at the wood show was the C26 Genius, a MiniMax combo– again from Gabbett Machinery. Trying out the Amana Tool Profile Pro from Toolstoday.com, with a rebate cutter, then one of the profile cutters. Photos are in an earlier post, but you can’t really see just how smooth […]

At the wood show last weekend, I got to set off the SawStop mechanism, not once, but 3 times. Funnily enough, I was quite tentative about it the first time – we are talking about an extremely violent reaction at massive speed. However, in practice it was a lot quieter and more gentle than I […]

At the local school fete, and the local (Port Philip) historic machinery society come each year with their eclectic collection of vehicles and machines. A few looked like they would be ideal for powering a belt-driven machine, or a small workshop line shaft. One I particularly looked at was indeed a motor that originally drove […]

SSYTC055 Routing the Japanese Dragon (CNC)

SSYTC054 Also sprach Zarathustra Promac GTO68E 6.8kVA Generator

SSYTC053 Carving out a niche The CNC Shark Pro from Carbatec. Carving the ManSpace logo in a piece of walnut.

The first video is using the fly-jig, with an additional wire now (as pictured recently) for additional stability.  The second wire will also allow panning effects, by offsetting the attachment points in relation to the main line.  There is still some shake that I haven’t been able to solve – wind is the primary culprit, […]

There is something to be said for forced intermissions.  Both longer term with the whole relocation, as well a current, temporary one, where I have needed some distractions to fill in some relatively immobile time. May not have been able get any real workshop time in, but that meant I did have time to keep […]

Many places lay claim to having such a feature of their climate, and Melbourne is certainly renowned for it.  Today was a very unusual day – hottest July day on record (23.3C), and then the temperature plummeted as a cold front swept in, bringing strong winds and a downpour.  At the time I happened to […]

Episode 93 Installing a Gas Log Fire