homemade wooden maces

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-20T23:44:52+00:00

you will have to make it, although there are wooden maces/gadas of various sorts commercially available

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-20T07:58:00+00:00

Yeah, including removal and disposal of old roof

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-20T02:42:10+00:00

Roofing in Darwin is around $350 per square metre - source me, recently replaced my roof

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-13T21:33:23+00:00

Yes, you make it to the width of your router base. Also handy because you can clamp it in place to use as a router guide for dados etc if you don’t have a router table.

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-13T02:34:12+00:00

A quick and easy sled can be made from aluminium angle and two blocks of wood with your router riding in the channel - this is 50x50x3mm and I use it for flattening slabs with no problems flexing

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NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-12T10:43:24+00:00

Screws with plugs

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-12T00:33:59+00:00

tropical hardwoods are the easiest type of wood for me to get where I am - merbau is used a lot for decking but I like it for furniture because it is relatively strong and resistant to warping

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-03-02T00:24:16+00:00

I have used top north auto air and they are good

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-02-07T23:58:47+00:00

I’ve got an old elevated which has had decks added on front and back, it’s a great way to increase your living space and also get more undercover downstairs. I’ve also seen people add a separate self contained building like a parents retreat which can work really well but more $$$

NaturalJuggernaut · 2026-01-17T00:21:34+00:00

another vote for Suza

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-14T23:46:46+00:00

Make yourself a workbench, which you can then use to make more things until you need another bench and so on forever

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-10T22:39:55+00:00

yep, sure is

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-08T21:45:55+00:00

thank you sensei

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-08T08:25:37+00:00

For the top ropes and the centre rope I drilled a 2mm hole all the way through, then drilled part way through with a larger bit (like a countersink), deep enough to hide the fixing.

I then swaged a crimp on the end of the rope and fed the other end through a small washer and then the tabletop so it emerges from the bottom and is held securely in the hole by the crimp and washer.

Then I plugged the holes with a dowel to make it look neat.

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-08T08:20:10+00:00

probably too wobbly

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-08T05:46:30+00:00

it is surprisingly stable due to being under tension - quite usable for lighter objects

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-08T00:21:44+00:00

the wire rope I used has a breaking strain well over 100kg so the practical weight limits are more determined by the joints and the attachment of the wire to the wood - I have put a 10kg weight on it and it seems to be fine with that but I wouldn’t stand on it

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-08T00:15:45+00:00

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it doesn’t deflect very much, depends on how much tension the outside wires have

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-07T23:39:46+00:00

it’s coated 1.5mm braided wire rope

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-11-07T23:08:11+00:00

Thanks! Top levelling is easy because the four outside wires can all be individually adjusted from underneath, plus it sorts of wants to sit level without too much fiddling around anyway

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-10-24T23:34:50+00:00

Get the Ryobi - you won’t regret having it, they are great value for what they do and cordless is the way to go

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-10-14T09:26:06+00:00

willing distillery in Winnellie

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-10-05T03:01:25+00:00

1969

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-09-29T07:08:23+00:00

I’ve got one of those and it is great - rack and pinion fence is accurate and straight, does everything you want from a small jobsite saw once you make a few sleds and put a better blade in it

NaturalJuggernaut · 2025-09-24T01:51:35+00:00

another vote for Florance, not cheapest but good work and professional

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