Yeah man. Sorry about the distinct lack of visual aids. I will pop some up tonight.
I have varnished it last night using an exterior matte varnish. Matte anything is OK in my books. Looks nice. Flawed but nice.
Looks like we might get some turns in later in the month. Woo.

We will see chrismp, we will see :) I think I may have spoiled my epoxy by putting the hardener lid on the epoxy and the other way round when I seated in the t nuts. The epoxy was lumpier than I remembered it. It seems crazy that such a little amount of hardener that could have sat on the lid could ...

hey guys So my skim coat didn't really become drier after a week. Today I went to bunnings and got myself a heat gun and some other goodies and have taken to the board. I have gotten 99 percent of the goop off and feel better now. I have also trimmed and routed the sidewalls after giving them a belt...

Me also.

the skim coat was a batch all on it's own. The others seem to have hardened nicely.

Domo Arigato Gozaimaaaaass. I used the entropy that doesn't need heat so I thought it would be ok. I had another look today and it looks like it's slowly hardening. I have used a scraper to see if I can scrape some of the tacky stuff off in one patch and have scuffed it up on another. I am going to ...

Hey Mate,
Will do.
My house is really cold so I will have to find somewhere to put it that is warm. Maybe I can get the heater turned on. Might get the dryer out as well.

Hey Guys, So I had a crack at pressing my first board on Friday. I am not sure I would have called it a success. It seems kinda like it worked. So I layed everything up and it looked like it was going well. The problem came when I tried to bag it up. I hadn't put a layer of plastic under the board t...

Thanks skidesmond. Also, i have heard people rabbet by eye so any extra gap will just fill with epoxy or does it need to be perfecto.

Another core related question. As I am not using sidewalls would I still need to cut my core out exactly to shape before pressing? I was thinking I would leave it slightly oversize and trim this when I cut the board out. Is this dumb? I can still rabbet (sp?) For the edge prior

Thanks everyone. I did search and look at vacuum bag suppliers in oz but everything seemed real exxy. I will give the blue tac a crack. Thanks again. Vacuum gauge to purchase and I can probably do my first board the weekend after next.

Hi folks, I have been trying to find some mastic tape to seal when vacuum bagging. Everywhere I go people look at me like I am speaking some strange language when I ask for it here in Australia. Does anyone know what other names it could be called or what its originally designed to do? Any other sug...

Thanks guys, first build so I'm a little antsy

Hi everyone,
Quick question. My cores crack/split quite easily along the grain in the tip and tail. They are 2mm thick. I am guessing as long as I keep it flat when pressing the epoxy will fix this up? Incorrect? Thoughts?