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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40954 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #15 - Nov 25^th, 2023 at 3:53pm 2 other good name brands are Irwin, Spear and Jackson. Not as well known as Stanley or Estwing. They are more gardening/handtools than high tech stuff. Nice tools, good steel, good balance, good feel. Good steel is critical
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 52770 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #16 - Nov 25^th, 2023 at 4:21pm I use a balancer guide to sharpen my lathe blades against stone wheels. Come off super sharp without having to tediously slowly use a manual stone. Works for my chisels as well. No complaints and I get a very fine edge.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #17 - Nov 26^th, 2023 at 8:26am I need some gardening hand tools. What Bunnings has will not be good steel I imagine.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #18 - Nov 26^th, 2023 at 9:43am Likely order online from Spear & Jackson.
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Reply #19 - Nov 26^th, 2023 at 10:30am

Jasin wrote on Nov 25^th, 2023 at 4:21pm:

I use a balancer guide to sharpen my lathe blades against stone wheels. Come off super sharp without having to tediously slowly use a manual stone.
Works for my chisels as well.
No complaints and I get a very fine edge.

Great idea, gives that curve to chisels too
Sharp tools make all the difference.
I once had a big digging job to do, so sharpened the spade before I begun

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40954 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #20 - Nov 26^th, 2023 at 10:32am Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 26^th, 2023 at 9:43am: Likely order online from Spear & Jackson. yes, if you like better tools places other than bunnings might suit you. I had a 'Spear and Jackson' something (Can't remember what it was) but it was good. Bought a Spear and Jackson hand plane yesterday
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #21 - Nov 29^th, 2023 at 4:12pm Ended up with Fiscars hand tools for gardening—want to get the trees in the tree bags to full heath: weed, loosen top layer of soil, add some blood and bone, cover with compost, water in with water with seasol seaweed extract in it.
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Reply #22 - Nov 29^th, 2023 at 5:20pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Nov 29^th, 2023 at 4:12pm:

Ended up with Fiscars hand tools for gardening—want to get the trees in the tree bags to full heath: weed, loosen top layer of soil, add some blood and bone, cover with compost, water in with water with seasol seaweed extract in it.

Fiskars are good. I have some of their secateurs. Well done.
Pony Jorgensen are pretty good too

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40954 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #23 - Nov 29^th, 2023 at 5:22pm Jasin wrote on Nov 25^th, 2023 at 4:21pm: I use a balancer guide to sharpen my lathe blades against stone wheels. Come off super sharp without having to tediously slowly use a manual stone. Works for my chisels as well. No complaints and I get a very fine edge. What is a balancer guide? Can you post an image please?
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #24 - Nov 29^th, 2023 at 5:23pm Yes I have their secateurs.
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 51464 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #25 - Dec 3^rd, 2023 at 8:39pm Vacuum cleaners for gutters. Any suggestions? I don't want to hose all the gunk down the pipes in case they get clogged. Vacuuming when it's all dry and dusty seems a better way. Have you done this?
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Reply #26 - Dec 3^rd, 2023 at 8:48pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 29^th, 2023 at 5:22pm:

Jasin wrote on Nov 25^th, 2023 at 4:21pm:

I use a balancer guide to sharpen my lathe blades against stone wheels. Come off super sharp without having to tediously slowly use a manual stone.
Works for my chisels as well.
No complaints and I get a very fine edge.

What is a balancer guide?
Can you post an image please?

It holds your chisel (and Lathe chisels) up to the stone wheels to be sharpened and allows for 'curvature' in the case of the rounded lathe chisels.
I'll see if I can post a picture of mine soon (not tonight) to give you a better idea.

Most of my newer Lathe instruments have rotating head blades and can come off and just put flat on a stone to sharpen real easy without worrying about 'angles'.

I've just forked out thousands for a new Table Saw.
I'm a bit worried about the Tungsten qualities on Circular Blades these days. They just don't seem to last as long or seem as hardy as of just 5 years ago.
My bet is that 'Made in China' curse has compromised the quality of metal coming into Australia.

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Reply #27 - Dec 3^rd, 2023 at 8:55pm

Frank wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2023 at 8:39pm:

Vacuum cleaners for gutters.

Any suggestions? I don't want to hose all the gunk down the pipes in case they get clogged. Vacuuming when it's all dry and dusty seems a better way.
Have you done this?

I have to do gutters often as I'm lucky to be surrounded by the love of nature's shade. A Blower is better than a Vaccuum as the sticks basically stuff the bags when they come into them. Just put a sandbag in the top of downpipe and blow away. You can also gurney the extra gunk out with the downpipe blocked, just in case.

I have the Sandbags hanging close by to the down pipes, where - if fear of fire. I can block the downpipes and fill the gutters up with water via hose connections hanging from the gutters as well. It's a very quick process of filling up all the gutters.
That's the contingency if my hose to the top of the house and 5-star spread Sprinkler system fails.
Don't waste your time with a pissy garden sprinkler.
Buy a strong powerful sprinkler system with different lengths of output. My strongest up there shoots water way past the roof in all directions. Cost a bit - but hey. Wink

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #28 - Dec 3^rd, 2023 at 9:09pm Some of that is actually useful info Jaye. Thanks (I live in what is classed as a high fire risk area. Still WAY too many very inflammable trees around. Bloody eycaplypts!
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 52770 Gender:	Re: Good tools at good prices Reply #29 - Dec 3^rd, 2023 at 9:19pm That'll be $60 thanks Monk.
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