Newsletter October 2020

BAYSIDE WOODTURNERS & WOODCRAFTERS CLUB INC. 15 Harman Street, Manly QLD 4179

Website: www.baysidewoodturners.com Email: [email protected]

Bayside Woodturners and Woodcrafters Club banking details: BSB: 06 4142 Account: 0090 3158

PATRON Joan Pease MP Member for Lytton

POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL

President John Ford 0421055387 [email protected]

Vice-President Chris Young 0421660615 [email protected]

Secretary Brian Enchelmaier 0427699383 [email protected]

Assistant Secretary Clara Adams 0449508337 [email protected]

Treasurer Mark Johnson 0410504302 [email protected]

Assistant Treasurer Bill Sedgwick 0413960396 [email protected]

COMMITTEE MEMBER

Beryl Diamond 0428322670 [email protected]

Charles Bate 0407021306 [email protected]

Maurice Page 0439750933 [email protected]

John Piddick 0438646555 [email protected]

David Praeger 0411843627 [email protected]

Gary Field 0447157737 [email protected]

Evan Lloyd 0432209777 [email protected]

Wayne Skyring 0409016906 [email protected]

Graham Weir 0413054312 [email protected]

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CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR 2021 st To Be Paid By 31 December 2020 Single: $35 Family: $45 Country Member: $10 Club Joining fee: $5

PLEASE BE PROMPT IN PAYING Fees can be paid by direct deposit to the banking details noted above or by cash

President’s Report

Greetings Woodies

I hope you and your families are staying well. I would like to thank all members for their support and adherence to the COVID-19 entry and sanitising requirements. We still have way to go before a vaccine is available, so please keep up the good work.

Welcome to our new Club members. If you see some unfamiliar faces around, introduce yourself. I know you will all take the time to bring them into the Woodies fold and share your knowledge and mateship.

The Learner Turners are coming to the end of their lathe sessions. Wally and Rob have been rotating them through and honing their turning skills while Graham has been grinding the point home on which end of the stick to sharpen. Looking forward to seeing their work on display at future Show and Tell sessions.

The Bunnings sausage sizzle is on Sunday 1st November. Many thanks to all for volunteering to assist on the day. Bill says, “Please remember to put the onions on the bread under the sausage”. (It’s a good job we are not cooking eggs!)

The BBQ breakfast and woodwork show last Wednesday was a great success with more than seventy attending. There were more than forty pieces on display from all facets of our craft. A slouching young gentleman in a sailor suit was a standout.

We held a turning demonstration at the Anglicare retirement home earlier this month – thanks to Bill for his work on this. This was very successful and as a result we will be conducting another demo, this time on box making. Residents will be encouraged to participate on the day, either by decorating pre-assembled boxes or assembling box kits themselves.

The benches are set up and ready to go and new equipment has started arriving from the grant funds. This equipment will require some installation/placement and we will also need to put together some training sessions. We will keep you posted on these. The new lathes will be another couple of weeks away.

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The old shed will be taken down this Wednesday. The replacement shed will be a few weeks away so wood storage in the main shed may become a little congested in the meantime. Please take extra care when selecting that special piece.

Just a reminder, Club membership fees are due by 31st December. Please note the increase in fees to $35.00 annually.

Remember your mates, if you haven’t heard from them for a while, maybe give them a call to catch up. You never know the good gossip you could share.

That’s all for now - keep making chips.

John F.

Lookin’ Up Yer Dates

1st November – Bunnings Sausage Sizzle – help required to man the stall - so please add your name to the roster sheet on the notice board in the club. 4th November – Club Challenge Group to meet – open to all members 14th November - Redcliffe and District Woodcraft Society Inc. Open Day 8am – 2 pm 27th - 28th November – tentative date - Brisbane Timber, & Artisan Show – confirmation of date & further information as it comes to hand

Demonstrations When the club recommences:- In-house demos will be scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month prior to the meeting. They will start at 8.30am and during the demonstration period no work will be undertaken by club members with any machinery. There will be no show and tell for that Wednesday morning which is only one day of the month.

Demos by outside demonstrators will be as usual on Saturday morning. When there is a guest demonstration there will be no Wednesday demo.

Remember: You can get DVD copies of all demos for $2 a copy - see Rob McGregor.

Regular Meetings 1st In-house 8.30am Demo by Club members NO show & tell at the Wednesday demos club meeting that follows of month Club show and 10am to 12 noon Sharing of wit and wisdom, knowledge and Wednesday tell and experience, techniques and tips Shed open from 9am All contributions welcome. each week meeting 3rd Breakfast & Novice & Open section No show and tell contribution today. Wednesday Club Competition Entries to be benched before 9:30. of Month competition

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Tuition - Free to Members Monday 7.00pm – 9.00 Instruction and self paced projects pm 1st Monday of month ADVANCED WOOD TURNING group 8am & SCULPTORS Tues evening CARVING 6 pm till 9 pm every week and From beginner to advanced 1st Monday of month 9am – 5 pm Wednesday arvo TURNING INSTRUCTION 12:30 till 3 pm every week Teachers / mentors for all skill levels

2nd Saturday MACHINERY GROUP 8:30 till 12:00 Hands on use of all workshop equipment in making projects Thursday after the MACHINERY GROUP 8:30 till 12:00 second Saturday Hands on use of all workshop equipment in making Sometimes 2nd projects sometimes 3rd Thursday every week CLOCK MAKING GROUP 2 pm till 4 pm 3rd Saturday SCROLL & 8:30 till 11.30 Come and learn the tips and tricks

Saturday General Access to Club Facilities You must be a member There must be two Club Members in attendance and both must be accredited on the machines. 1st Saturday of month if no club demo AVAILABLABILITY FOR GENERAL ACCESS 3rd & 4th Saturday of month

Contact the Shed Captain rostered for the day to express your intention in attending

Club Equipment, Training & Safety

Due to Corona Virus Please consider you fellow club mates DO NOT attend club meetings or work groups if you are Experiencing ANY signs of a cough, cold or Flu like symptoms.

Complete the ’’CLUB ENTRY AUTHORITY – COVID-19’’ form and hand it to the Session/Shed Captain BEFORE entry into the shed. Turn all machines off at the wall, clean & tidy up when finished using them.

ABIDE STRICTLY BY THE RULES

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Articles of Interest Recent Club Breakfast with an impressive display of projects completed by members.

This picture shows only a few of the many members who attended the recent Club Brekky. Many of the members were checking out the impressive display of projects completed by other club members. Photos of these can be seen in the gallery at the end of this newsletter.

A big thank you must go to to all those who helped make this event such a wonderful time where members could catch up and chat.

Everyone is looking forward to then next one.

Cleaning up after your Club Group meets

How disappointing it has been to frequently note that there is a group not cleaning up after themselves.

When you have finished for the day, your GROUP MUST CLEAN the entire area by, cleaning all equipment and stowing it away correctly, vacuuming and sweeping the floor, emptying the bins, and leaving the area clean and tidy.

THIS IS A MANDATORY CONDITION OF USING THE CLUB FACILITIES. PLEASE STRICTLY ABIDE BY THEM.

OPEN DAY INVITATION

Redcliffe and District Woodcraft Society Inc. is having an Open Day on Saturday 14 November 2020. Your members are cordially invited to attend.

Woodcraft demonstrations will be conducted during the day. Sa les of woodcraft items made by Club members Display of entries and prize winners in the Club’s For further information contact Kerry Cameron Annual Competition Disp osa l of surplus tools, equipment and timber Tel: 33250116 Sausage sizzle

Location: Woodcraft Centre 463 Oxley Avenue Redcliffe Date: Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 8.00am to 2.00pm

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A message from ‘’On High’’ about caring for club equipment and supplies

READINGS FROM THE BOOK OF IDIOTS Chapter One Verse I to IV

And verily, it came to pass, that things at the temple of Bayside were not as they should be.

One of the disciples was toiling away to make some play things for the children at the nearby kindergarten. There were a number of blocks of wood constructed for their amusement. Alas, others thought their needs more pressing and removed several of the blocks for their own purposes. Oh ye of little faith.

Lesson No 1 The timber for sale and use by the multitude is at the rear of the temple. Do not assume that things left inside are to be shared among you and are yours for the taking. The makers of boxes are also the victims of disappearing supplies.

It also came to pass that in the hall dedicated to the followers of turning, another sin was committed. As well as the aforementioned misdemeanour, some other miscreant, presumably trying to clear the table, possibly for prayers, put the ‘Out of Service’ card on the smaller . The unintended consequence was that the disciples could not perform their duties on this machine for the duration of the service, until the high priest could cast out the demon and render it safe to use again. Even if it was found not to be unclean.

Lesson No 2 Mind where you sow your seed.

From the hall of the woodturners came another plague. One of the larger chucks was inflicted with the palsy. The high priest ministered to it and stripped it bare and laid hands upon it. Prayers were offered up, but still no revival.

Then the revelation.

Some acolyte had dropped it and had caused the jaws to turn away from the straight and narrow. It must have been a devil that made them do it. Apparently, it was struck from memory, as no advice was shared with others as to this indiscretion.

Lesson No 3 If you ignore it, it does not go away.

Worse was to follow. The oscillating bobbin was in need of succour. Alas the poor disciple could not find one of the two magic wands that could transform the size of the thing.

After much prayer and seeking of guidance it was decided to dismantle and investigate. And Lo and behold, the recalcitrant spanner must have been in a desperate bid for freedom and was hiding inside the bottom of the machine.

It must have been divine intervention. Surely one of our number would not have stumbled, dropped the spanner down the hole and decided against telling the master for fear of his wrath and retribution.

Lesson No 4 Confession is always followed by forgiveness. Concealment of folly, may result in something dropping on you from a great height. Here endeth the lesson.

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Hallelujah the High Priest Maurie has spoken.

The congregation must abide by the rules of the ‘’Bayside Temple”, and report any faulty equipment be that by error in judgement by the user or the piece of equipment has departed this life without explanation.

If a piece of timber doesn’t have a visible price on it and is not amongst the timber for sale at the BACK OF THE SHED it is NOT FREE FOR THE TAKING!

Transgressors must suffer the wrath of the ‘’HIGH PRIEST’’ and become thumbless!!!

Scroll Saw Blade Tensioning Update

DO NOT use this knob to tension the blade

I had my scrollsaw serviced by a Carbatec Service Technician as it had developed a bad vibration.

He had to replace the internal linkage assembly because the knob on the top arm at the rear had been used occasionally to adjust the blade tension.

This knob must never be used for that purpose. It is to keep the arms parallel and to compensate for wear internally. This is contrary to what we have been told in the past but I have the invoice to prove otherwise. A notice will be put on each club machine as a reminder.

This problem is not unexpected as the club has 4 different brands of scroll , each of which have different procedures for applying the correct blade tension. With this in mind we have produced 2 User Manuals which cover the Hegner and Carbatec machines.

I strongly urge members to familiarise themselves with these manuals which will be in the club library for perusal and NOT to be REMOVED FROM THE PREMESIS.

By following the correct procedures of the manuals it may save expensive repairs having to be carried out on the club machines.

Thus endeth another valuable lesson.

MESSAGE FROM THE CLUB COMMITTEE

Purchase of Equipment for Personal Use from Carbatec

Carbatec now has a system where each Bayside Woodturners & Woodcrafters Club Member has their own account so you don’t have to buy your purchases under the Club name you may have to register if you haven’t been there for some time. You will have to pay for your choice of goodies and it will save some confusion with Club Accounts.

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WOOD PLANES

How ironic I had to take my to Carbatec for a service and noticed that they had on display an impressive range of hand wood planers. It was my intention of doing an article on them for this month’s newsletter so I asked permission to take pictures and use them to enhance our article.

If the is not on these racks then you don’t need it.

LOOKING for timbers, have you checked out the impressive range Carbatec has in store? Mitchell Lee from Carbatec was very helpful and offered heaps of information on the range of timbers. Check out their impressive range next time you are searching for that special piece of timber.

Every timber that box makers and scrollsawers could possibly use is here. Carbetec have some very exotic timbers from Honduras in Central America to and 1700 year old Huon . There are also many timbers which we are all familiar with which have lovely grains and patterns.

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Make the time to check their range and to pick some nice timber for your next project.

Carbatec also have many interesting how to videos and playlists. Check out their website: https://www.youtube.com/user/CarbaTecToolsForW ood/featured

This month they are featuring:

Hand planes part 1 selection & set up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUwXm5Pmyc

Squaring up timber using a hand plane part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhgEwgD7lI

Why use Handplanes in a Modern World? Written by Peter Geddes - a Brisbane-based woodworker https://www.carbatec.com.au/article/125/handplanes-modern-world

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WOOD PLANE

Hand planes are ancient, originating thousands of years ago. Early planes were made from wood with a rectangular slot or mortise cut across the center of the body. The cutting blade or iron was held in place with a wooden wedge. The wedge was tapped into the mortise and adjusted with a small , a piece of scrap wood or with the heel of the user's hand. Planes of this type have been found in excavations of old sites as well as drawings of from medieval Europe and Asia. The earliest known examples of the woodworking plane have been found in Pompeii although other Roman examples have been unearthed in Britain and Germany. The Roman planes resemble modern planes in essential function, most having iron wrapping a wooden core top, bottom, front and rear, and an iron blade secured with a wedge. One example found in Cologne has a body made entirely of bronze without a wooden core.

79 AD Roman plane from Pompeii

Although there have been some examples found of Roman planes that have iron sole plates riveted to the wooden bodies, most Roman planes were constructed of an iron cutter with a wooden body, push bar and wedge.

Roman Plane Silchester

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Archeologists unearthed an extremely rare example of a Roman plane constructed from elephant ivory in East Yorkshire, Britain near the town of Goodmanham. Known as the Goodmanham Plane, this ancient is displayed at the Beverley Guildhall.

Ivory & Iron Roman plane 2nd Century

Wood Planes from the Tudor Period The earliest surviving British planes are from the Tudor Period (1485-1603). The wood planes were found when the ship HMS Mary Rose, one of King Henry's warships, was discovered in the 1970s. It was brought up from the floor of the English channel in 1982.

Early Wood Plane Makers of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

During the next several centuries, most of the wood planes continued to be made by the town blacksmith or by the craftsman himself. Sometimes the user made the wooden parts and had the blacksmith make the blade. During this time not many people became known for their woodworking tools.

Antique Wood Planes: Mass Production As the demand for furniture grew, companies began to manufacture wood planes in large numbers. Many of the planes were made for specific trades that included:  Carpenters  Coopers  Shipwrights  Furniture makers  Instrument makers

In high demand by tool collectors are wood planes made by companies during the later years of the1800s and the first half of the 1900s. Several of the companies manufacturing wood planes at that time were:

 Stanley Rule & Level Company of the United States  Leonard Bailey & Company of the Unites States  Ohio Tool of the Unites States  Auburn Tool Company of the Unites States 10

 Sandusky Tools of the Unites States  Alex Mathieson and Sons of Glasgow and Edinburgh  Mosely and Sons of London  Robert Sorby of Sheffield  William Marples of Sheffield,  Stuart Spiers started in business in 1840 and was the first to manufacture steel planes in Britain  Thomas Norris & Sons of London

The Stanley company purchased patent rights to many wood planes, as well as acquiring most of the competitive tool manufacturing companies.

By the early 1900s, the Stanley Company dominated the wood plane market producing a vast array of wood planes for different jobs. Early Block Planes

Most early block planes (pre-1800), were actually made of iron. A “shoe-shaped” Vergatthobel made of iron, and 4 inches in length is described in “A History of Woodworking Tools” (Goodman) from the 16th century. Goodman also describes an iron from circa 1570 (Historical Museum, Dresden) – a small iron block plane, with the ends bent around in a semi-circular fashion.

(Vergatthobel – old German interpretation of a mitre-plane)

A 16th century Vergatthobel

1596 Dutch Plane

19th Century example of an exquisitely carved German plane

From 1800 onwards many planes trace their origin to Sheffield and London as the craft of the toolmaker had now begun to develop and centre on these places.

Experiment continued. Bronze was used (as it was in Roman times) for plane bodies but mostly in smaller planes such as bull nose and shoulder planes. More accuracy of sole and mouth was the goal and it was not long before cast iron was used to attain this. Although experiments with planes with cast iron soles were taking place as early as 1827, it was not until about forty years later that a satisfactory tool was marketed. The man responsible for much of this development was an American, Leonard Bailey of Boston, Mass.

The story of the gradual evolution of American metal planes of the Stanley type is rather hazy although a fairly accurate pattern of development can be obtained from old catalogues and patent specifications. Even so, some of the more important improvements to planes were not made the subjects of patents at all.

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As mentioned above the first glimpse of a metal soled plane seems to have been in 1827 when a patent was taken out by H. Knowles for a plane with a cast iron sole. This would seem to have been a with a flat sole. The side plates rose to their maximum height about one third of their length from the front Two ribs on the inside formed a to take only a single iron and a wooden wedge. At the back was a closed handle with a turned knob at the front.

An early Bailey try plane of

wood and iron dated The transitional stage about 1880.

The history of the wood plane from the late 1800’s to the present is well documented as the quality of the tools developed rapidly. There are many types of planes and each has it’s unique purpose.

Some of these planes are featured in the gallery:

plane  Fillister plane  Finger plane  Combination plane

GALLERY OF OLD PLANES

1280 medival plane from Charavines, France One of the planes made by Stanley Rule

th Dutch antique plane 18 Century wood plane

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Carpenter’s plane Antique Stanley Wood plane

Stanley No. 9 Metal Block Plane 1870

Chariot Plane

Finger planes Rabbet plane

Combination plane

Research: Fillister plane Antique Wood Planes Antique Stanley Wood Planes https://workingbyhand.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/a-history-of-early-block-planes/ https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/Antique_Wood_Planes https://www.handplane.com/879/a-brief-history-of-the-woodworking-plane/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(tool)

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Northshore Sculpture by the River Exhibition

These photos show sculptures that were completed by Ian and Hermann who are talented members of our club.

Hermann with Ian & his ‘’Remora’’ sculpture.

WW2 saw US sailors disembarking at Hamilton 'The Remora' byWharves Ian Manley and off to the Giuffrida family fish shop, WW2 saw USResting sailors Sailordisembarking by Ian at Hamilton WharvesThe Remora Cafe. This history inspired the design of this sculpture based upon the Remora fish’s sucker like dorsal fin.

Ian showing Bayside Club Visitors Hermann’s spacecraft

‘’Marina Obelisk’’ by Hermann

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Clock made by Bob Webb

This is the kind of article we like to see from members about any projects they are doing. It makes the newsletter worth while and inspires all of us to do bigger and better projects.

Just thought any contact at this pretty difficult time has got to be a worthwhile idea. This is the latest project aimed at keeping my feet moving, mind engaged and one step ahead of homes for the aged that do not seem to be such a good idea these days. Hopefully, it is all self-explanatory.

I am a fan of Heath Robinson and wanted to make a contraption that was worth a "pretty penny” that did something else besides keep time. The finished product is actually worth at least a shilling because I added a couple of other decorative pennies and three threepenny pieces that actually contain a bit of silver.

The Mechanism I also wanted to design something that used something other than a pendulum or shaft to activate the count wheel to drive it. So I decided to make a "wagon wheel" and see if I could get it to interact with an electromagnet controlled by a microprocessor programmed to activate a coil 30 times a minute.

Other Stuff I mounted one of the polished pennies at one end of a wooden rail with a solenoid I wound using a rare earth magnet below it. At the other end are two pieces of brass. When the solenoid is activated, the rail tilts, the penny rolls down and makes an electrical connection which turns on "Christmas lights" and a small 12v motor that has a spoked wheel attached to it. The wheel is connected to a larger spoked wheel with a drive belt I made from some rubber impregnated rope and a little blue man with a black cap attached to a cam. I made quite a few of these wheels years ago and have finally found some use for a couple of them.

I could pretend that I picked blue because of a deep artistic and historical connection to the colour blue but that would be baloney. I just happened to have blue in my cupboard. I would have preferred green.

But the black cap is significant and is directed at the Kiwis who keep beating us up at rugby, Bathurst, the America's cup and sometimes Netball. More recently they showed us how to get a prime minister we can all actually feel good about. How a country with a population not much bigger than an Australian country town is able to do that is very demoralising.

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But so far, we still have the edge over the blackcaps on the cricket field. But if they ever start beating us up at cricket, I included a speed control (housed in a small lidded box) so I can make the little black cap work very very hard. I told you I was a fan of Heath Robinson.

To activate the entertainment, I mounted a plastic disc on a brass wheel on the hour shaft and cut 8 slots in it. The plastic disc passes through a photovoltaic switch and when the slot lines up with the send/receive diodes in the switch the extra stuff gets to work

The timbers I used are Jarrah, WA Sheoak, Gidgee and Queensland .

The following pictures are the Jigs Bob made to build his ‘’Contraption’’ (as he calls it).

I built the ball-turning to make the aluminium ball that sits on top The jig on the bandsaw is made from an old of the clock. aluminium fly screen frame that has a perfect 45 It slides onto my quick change tool degree angle which acts as a guide. The sliding block post on my metal lathe so taking it is made from a bit of brass Charlie Bates gave me on and off is a breeze. years ago.

What a wonderful project Bob Webb has completed. Check out the finished working ‘’contraption’’ on the following website: https://youtu.be/fw2ySrEUR18

Thank you Bob for sharing this special project of yours with club members.

For Sale by tender

 2 Woodfast 908 wood lathes 5 speed drive  1 Jet Midi EVS drive  Hitachi C10FS drop saw & stand

Please submit your price in a sealed envelope to: President John Ford by the 4th November

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For Sale

 1.5 hp Nova 1624-44 lathe in very good condition little use.  Face plate, f/p spanner, drive and live centres, standard 4"and 12" plus 3 home made tool rests of various lengths.  Hand wheel and bed extension, approx 1100 between centres.  3 chuck inserts 1.25x8tpi - 2 to fit Vicmark (allegedly ) 1 to fit Nova chuck.  Lathe manual.

Stand never used, still in original packaging, lathe has been bench mounted.

Asking price $1,200.00 negotiable. Trolly not included.

Contact: Peter Rush H 38084923 M 0435081671.

Turning a Grin

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Photo Gallery of only a small portion of the wonderful work of Club Members It is not possible to show, in the newsletter, every item made by Club members so check out the club website and facebook for detailed pictures of these and many more items. https://baysidewoodturners.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Bayside-Woodturners-Woodcrafters-Club-1432805143643413/

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John R has refurbished this mandolin. What a wonderful job he has done on the restoration.

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Thank you to the Business Supporters of our Club

Joan Pease MP & her staff at the LYTTON ELECTORAL OFFICE For their continued support with the Club’s bulk printing

Jim Molineux Electrical Pty. Ltd. Industrial, Commercial & Domestic Electrical Contractor

398 Wondall Road Manly West 36 Tenth Ave. Kedron QLD 4031 Phone: 33591139 Mobile: 0418713547

12 Trade Street LYTTON QLD Phone: 07 3893 2066 Email: brisbane @stairmaster.com.au

David Carrigg

Phone: 1300 855 807 Australia’s Largest Range Mobile: 0419 767 222 Website: www.ipests.com.au of Email: [email protected] Tools For Wood

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