Monthly Archives: March 2020

Disc sander for wood lathe – part 1

Posted on 16/03/2020 by AlanM52

Disc sander for wood lathe – part 1 This is a addon to convert the ALDI Workzone wood lathe to a disc sander.

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Wood lathe disc sander – part 2

Posted on 16/03/2020 by AlanM52

Kicking off this project with making the 30cm MDF sanding disc. I have ordered a 30cm Velcro pad and already have a pack of 30cm sanding discs. Bought two sheets of MDF this afternoon from Bunnings.         … Continue reading →

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Wood lathe disc sander – part 1

Posted on 16/03/2020 by AlanM52

This is a add-on to convert the ALDI WorkZone wood lathe into a disc sander.  Doing some planning with a mock-up.

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COVID–Brandon Park chemist (update)

Posted on 15/03/2020 by AlanM52

After waiting over one hour collected, paid and on the escalator ET checked (good thing) the bag and wrong tablets !!! Went back to fix that and in the end walked out with only ONE tablet packet. We know where … Continue reading →

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COVID–Brandon Park chemist

Posted on 15/03/2020 by AlanM52

Off again this time with ET back to Brandon Park where I was this morning. Half hour wait at chemist and more shortages !!!

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Woolworth Wheelers Hill this afternoon

Posted on 15/03/2020 by AlanM52

Add no meat, no sugar, no dishwashing liquid, low milk to the growing ‘forget it’ list plus…no cling wrap !!!

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Al’s Sunday morning shopping adventures

Posted on 15/03/2020 by AlanM52

Decided to make the effort and checkout ALDI Brandon Park. Got there a bit before 8.30 and the car park was full…not looking good. Walked inside and was shocked to see the queue ! about face back to the car!

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Workshop updates

Posted on 13/03/2020 by AlanM52

Some of todays activities Mounted the planer thicknesser with table onto a dolly so it’s easier to move around plus now at a more convenient work height.

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WorkZone planer thicknesser – planer fence (part 5)

Posted on 11/03/2020 by AlanM52

Now for the final part of this build, screw on the actual front timber piece for this sliding fence. To reiterate the whole purpose of this sliding fence is to even blade wear (when edge planning) across the full width … Continue reading →

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Study desktop PC–Windows 10/64 upgrade.

Posted on 10/03/2020 by AlanM52

Before leaving for the vet with Holly started a backup to the new Seagate 4TB drive – 63GB. Just got home and it’s about 87% complete. After a rest and coffee I’ll go down and start the clean install.

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