Friday, April 29, 2022

Turning fence palings into dressed timber–part 1

Turning fence palings into dressed timber with the ALDI WorkZone Planer Thicknesser.

Dressed pine timber is expensive - very expensive. Wherever possible I use cheap fence palings for my projects and… if needed I dress my own timber.

The machine has two configurations - planer and thicknesser. We are setup for the latter here to smooth the paling faces.

Friday, April 22, 2022

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Black & Decker Alligator Lopper–part 1

This beast that belongs to a family friend has - lost it's bite.

This looks tricky - lots of screws and even springs (OMG) with a layered build.

Another new toy for kitties.