Issue Number 72
March 2004
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Child's Chair
Solid Timber CD Rack
Elliptical Occasional Table
Screen to hide your bins
Removable extension for
a sack truck
Build your own workbench
Bookshelf Television
Table of Contents
Renovation & Building
Save
Energy, Save Money
Solar Power
by John Ross
Recent advances
in technology have made solar power more affordable for remote location and grid
feed systems.
Lighting
Effects
With the latest downlights, uplights, wall washers, pond lights
and path lights, you can decorate your home with light.
Paint
It On!
Your choice of paint brush, roller, pad or spray is a critical
factor in achieving a quality finish with minimum effort.
Stairs
and More Stairs
Consider your options before choosing a ‘standard’ staircase.
It could save you money or give you better value.
How
to Lose Money Fast!
Find out your rights and obligations before you build
or renovate, or face the risk of financial ruin.
Learning
About Electricity Without Getting Bored — 37
Four basic rules that homeowners
should adopt to make electricity safer and more useful.
Plumb
Simple — 9
Backflow — what causes it and how to prevent it.
Hardware
DIY
with Bunnings Warehouse
Great Ideas to Conserve Water
ARI Plastank
domestic rainwater tanks and the Waste Water Diverter Valve.
The
Triton Workshop
Setting up the Compact Saw Table
by Ev Seymour
A metalworker finds success with a different approach.
Second
International Triton Convention
Early details of the Convention to be
held on 24-26 September 2004 in Canberra.
MitrePlan
(Mitre 10)
Build Your Own Workbench
Make a sturdy timber workbench
using basic tools and skills.
Tools
& Tips
by Les Miller, Associate Editor
Planes and Planing
Pt.3
Having covered bench planes and planing operations, Les looks at
the many different types of hand planes, some of which still have their uses in
the modern workshop.
Projects
User
Report
Norton Rapid Mask Pro 2000 Masking Tape Applicator
by
Shaun Bateman
The Pro 2000 is the fast and easy way to mask up a room
or a whole house.
Child’s
Chair
by Leigh Brown
This sturdy wooden chair is ideal for
a child’s bedroom or rumpus room.
Solid
Timber CD Rack
by Michael Green
Convert your large lumps
of timber to attractive CD racks with this quick tablesaw project.
User
Report
Mighty Plank and Redline Trestles
by Craig Tilley
A trip to Bunnings Warehouse can save you a lot of effort and backache when working
at heights.
Elliptical
Occasional Table
by David Haskett
This narrow oval top creates
an attractive table for rooms where space is limited.
Serving
a Knead
by Pat Crowe
Maintenance tips for breadmakers and
other appliances.
A
Screen to Hide Your Bins
by Craig Tilley
A simple Pine lattice
project to solve a common problem.
Removable
Extension for a Sack Truck
by Bert Toomey
This home-made
modification increases the ability of sack trucks and removalist’s trolleys to
handle bulk loads.
A
Friction Stay Repair
by Bert Toomey
A rivet replacement can
save the cost and trouble of finding a replacement window stay.
A
Bookshelf Television
by Pat Crowe
This novel shelving solution
created a place for the television.
Book
Reviews
Installing & Finishing Flooring
by William P Spence
Stone House — A Guide to Self-Building with Slipforms
by Tomm Stanley
Making Garden Floors
by Paige Gilchrist
Soldering, Brazing & Welding
by Derek Pritchard