Australian Wood Review - September 2022

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Contents
ISSUE 116 – SEPTEMBER 2022
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PROFILE WOODCARVING
38 Largely Made to Measure 78 Beyond the Black Stump
Maintaining attention to detail at scale is the Guy Breay finds inspiration in the salvaged
ultimate challenge for a furniture maker, says branches and roots that he sculpts into
Josh Carmody, explaining why his strength is flowing forms.
big, made-to-measure projects.
DESIGN
EXHIBITIONS
62 Topping it Off
66 Sequences
Andrew Potocnik shows how contrasting
Hugh McCarthy creates a series of stacked materials and forms can spark creative solutions
columns which allow him to present the joinery for turned boxes.
he commonly uses in a new and sculptural light.
TECHNIQUE
PROJECTS
32 Machining Small Parts Safely
24 Details That Matter
From rough-sawn to finishing cuts, Neil
Jake Sawyer shows how to create the shadow Erasmus looks at safer practices for machining
lines, tapers and cut-outs that characterise his small sections.
elegant hallway table.
52 Syncopation in Wood
46 Close-up and Critical
What happens when an engineering
Raf Nathan makes a batch of boxes with patternmaker uses wood as a medium for
mitre keys as an exercise in batch production creating art? The answer lies in Paul Kay’s
and accuracy. recent exhibition of wall art.
WOODTURNING
72 A Simple Plate
Terry Martin demonstrates how to turn an
everyday item of lasting worth.
REGULARS
06 Editor’s Letter
22 Maker of the Year awards
presented by Carbatec
76 Wood Diary
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CONTENTS
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TOOL & EQUIPMENT
Machinery & Tool Reviews
08 Laguna Supermax 16-32 drum sander
10 Across the Forest 3D printed
honing guide
12 Felder FST160 sanding table
14 Jessem Mast-R-Lift Excel II
Ultimate Router table package
18 Blue Spruce honing guide
20 Wood Measure Super-Square
70 FastCap FastTenon joiners
56 Troubleshooting Bandsaws
Bandsaws are one of our most versatile
machines, so it pays to know how to diagnose
56
problems and improve set-ups. Story by David
Luckensmeyer.
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Editor’s letter
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PRINT AND ONLINE EDITOR:
Questions of scale Linda Nathan
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This issue is all about scale and perspective. Josh Carmody and his work CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:
first appeared in this magazine in 2010. Twelve years later Josh is on the Raf Nathan, Robert Howard
Richard Vaughan, Neil Erasmus
cover with a later rendition of his now signature Legless stool, a piece that
CONTRIBUTORS:
marked the start of his maker journey. However it’s through complex, large
James Brook, Damion Fauser,
scale commissions that Josh, who is also an architect, claims to have found
Jugo Ilic, Charles Mak, Terry Martin,
himself. As a furniture maker he says ‘maintaining attention to detail at scale Troy McDonald, Darren Oates, Andrew Potocnik,
is the ultimate challenge…’. Read about Josh from p.38. Carol Russell, Graham Sands, Peter Young.
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At the other end of the spectrum Raf Nathan writes how small scale work James Ostinga
invites macro viewing like nothing else! Do we see the whole piece, or the hole STUDIO MANAGER:
in a piece? The smaller the piece, the bigger its faults can appear. I confess to Lauren Esdaile
doing this myself! Admiring and yet scrutinising a fine piece of work, why do our GRAPHIC DESIGNER:
eyes seek out and settle on the merest ding or deviation in gap size? Personally Emmily Kalyvas
I love incredibly fine work but I also love organic lines and textured surfaces that ILLUSTRATIONS:
convey expressive or rustic charm. Where does perfection lie? And does that Graham Sands
matter anyway? In any case, Raf’s story shows how making simple boxes can MARKETING MANAGER:
allow you to upskill and improve your processes. Lucy Yaffa
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Reviewed by Richard Vaughan
The drum sander is nowadays a basic tool for many
woodworkers as it enables fine adjustments to thickness
for even small components such as those common in
boxmaking. It can also dimension highly figured wood that
would explode in a thicknesser, and workshop made veneers
and facings are simple to produce.
The Performax was invented in Minnesota USA in the
mid 80s. Its value was quickly recognised and spawned
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but with the Supermax name on them, while Jet kept the
Performax name. The smaller machines with the Performax
name are made in Taiwan. In 2017 Laguna bought Supermax
technology and name.
The constant improvements over these years informed
my choice when it came time to replace my original
Performax, and the pedigree shows in the features of this
current machine.
The 72kg heft of the boxes when delivered gives immediate
cred – this is a solidly built machine. Assembly was simple
with no issues of non-alignment of parts or bolt holes. The
first significant improvement I noticed was how easy it is to
adjust the sanding drum to be perfectly parallel to the table
that carries the workpiece. It is no longer a matter of shims
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calipers to measure the wood after each pass when setting
up. The Wixey digital read-out of thickness takes care of that.
Another refinement is the SandSmart feature which monitors
the load and slows the feed speed when the wood is giving
too much resistance. The option to lever the depth of cut for
large adjustments rather than winding all the way is a well
thought-out convenience. The wide range of capacity from
veneer at 0.8mm to a solid 75mm is another plus.
Yet another innovation in this machine is the ability to handle
material wider than the drum without getting a line at the
junction of the passes. A lever tilts the roller a tad which
blends the passes to satisfactorily sand a board width of 32
inches (812.8mm).
The 100mm diameter dust extraction outlet has turbo
blades for more efficient airflow. I fitted reduction pieces to
accommodate the 43mm diameter of my Festool hose and
the resultant dust extraction is very effective.
The infeed and outfeed tables fold down when not in use, and
are an extra but a very worthwhile investment. Castors are also
an extra but I was able to reuse those from my old machine.
In short the only issue that I can have with the current Laguna
Supermax is that it wasn’t available 35 years ago.
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1. Showing the Laguna 16-32 with infeed table lowered
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Richard Vaughan is a furniture designer/maker in Brisbane who
2. A close-up view of the Laguna drum sander controls. also runs woodwork classes. See richardvaughan.com.au
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It was only a matter of time before this The blade locks into position
happened: a 3D printed tool. Having with one of two wide wedges,
never seen an object made this way, depending on how thick the
it looked a bit rough and crude, with blade is. This is easily and quickly
surfaces that looked unfinished. This is done, thanks to the way the tray
the effect of the way the object is built holds the guide in place. The
from multiple passes of the computer wide roller is particularly helpful
driven nozzle, with each pass leaving a with preventing narrow blades
small track on the surface. Moving past from rocking sideways during the
what is really only a cosmetic problem, sharpening process.
to the guide itself, I was intrigued to
find a cleverly designed tool with some My guess is that this guide has been These are early days for this method
unique features. produced with Japanese blades of production, and both the technology
foremost in mind, but there is no and the results will continue to improve
The idea of using a small tray to hold the reason why it would be limited to them. in the years to come. I hope enough
guide and the moveable angle stop was Unfortunately, some of my Japanese woodworkers are supportive of this
new to me. It takes advantage of both chisels, as well as the largest Lie- effort to allow it to continue to grow,
the plastic and the adjustable accuracy of Nielsen chisel, were too thick for even and to improve on this impressive start.
the 3D printing technology so that both the smaller wedge to be used to hold
the guide and the angle stop snap into them. A different wedge combination, Review tool supplied by Japanese
place easily and are held firmly. However, or an additional wedge, would fix this. Tools Australia, see https://www.
it took me a while to learn how to use the japanesetools.com.au/
included square to ensure the blades are As expected it is not as rigid as the
held so the sharpened edges are square metal guides in use, but it did the job.
to their length. The instructions are not How it stands up to prolonged use Robert Howard is a woodworker and
clear about this, and the most intuitive is one question in my mind, but for sculptor who lives in Brisbane. He
way to position the square is not the woodworkers at home I think it would teaches woodwork classes from his
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