Australian Woodsmith

Upgrading to Spiral Cutters

n a previous life I taught Evening College woodwork out of the Mosman High School workshops. Lots of fabulous stuff got built, a lot of it from recycled and rough sawn timbers. The workhorse that made it all happen was an Australianmade Davden 20" thicknesser. As you can see the Davden is built to last at least 100 years. The

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