Joint Genies are causing a stir - Just been discussing the merits of dowelling systems and a customer strongly held the view that a ganged array of well aligned dowells, preferably across two adjacent rows, used with a quality glue and quality hardwood dowell is unmatched for joinery strength. The amount of side grain to side grain adhesion is so in excess of any other system.
We're now agents for King Arthur power carving tools. These are accessories for an angle grinder - circular chain saw blades, flap sanders and carbide burrs - all USA made. Use with care no prisoners taken with these tools!
June 13th 2010 - New line of dowelling jigs available in late June. Check out the Joint Genie.
Very cool tools. See the You Tube video on the Home site.
June 1st 2010 - Australian GST Glitch - Apologies to our overseas buyers who have had order confirmations which include the Australian domestic goods & services tax. We're getting the site tweaked so that you will see GST exempt pricing soon. In the meantime we will subtract the GST component for all overseas customers.
May 4th 2010 - We're launched!! Our new site is up. Please enjoy but we would appreciate feed back any glitches, missing or incorrect data. We have to work through content for several thousand items and it takes time.
April 15th 2010 - Customer in Western China - expat from California - needs to know how to tint pure tung oil...
March 20th 2010 - Violin makers gouges into stock. Note these are ground to order - the off the shelf grind is straight across
Feb 15th 2010 - Today I placed an order for some Stubai, Austrian made carving tools (for whom we are agents) for a voilin maker in Melbourne who had been loaned a set of heritage carving tools by an 80 year old mentor maker who loves these tools so much he pretty much sleeps with them. Stubai have offered to buy them off this old guy (a German trained Dutchman who migrated to Australia after WW2) to include in their museum in Austria.
Feb 10th 2010 - I have another order today for tools for another Sydney based Dutch emigree (as it happens) who makes rocking horses for the likes of Tom Cruise - charges $10 to $15K each.
Feb 8th 2010 - A cabinetmaker in the US after high precision squares with tolerance specs, a school with a scroll maintenance saw problem, a tradesman with a battery to get repacked with new rechargeable cells.
Feb 4th 2010 - A customer needing advice and referral for a "bronze disease' problem he has (we supply him wax) for a working replica of the early mechanical computing machine made by Babbage in the UK (probably the only one in the world which is destined for Canada).Skunk Hair shellac blender brush, a company in Melbourne needing threaded brass inserts, a guy neeeding a walnut coloured microcrystalline wax stick for furniture repair, a customer needing a replacement quartz clock mechanism.
