Pants Boy

Thanks, already spoke to Nichol at NGY ... eish R4000 for a new jib for a Halcat .... only paid a little more than that for the whole boat.

Anyone with a second hand Halcat Jib sail laying around? Or know of any sailmakers that can make me a new one?

That's all.

And finally, krismis is here. Had a couple of leads on boats, but they all panned out to be floating turds. On my way to pick up a Halcat from Harties

Whoop - got the whole of next week off, going to the Vaal for some (actually, a lot) of sailing.

Bertus give me a shout / WhatsApp on 0829405170. I'll be able to, err, knock one out for you

He hit the snooze button

Whoop whoop ... little happy dance is in order! Whilst picking up the set yesterday I 'casually mentioned' that it would be just an awful shame to paint such a masterpiece a drab grey - to which the client said "Well OK then, just sand and varnish it please" Honestly, that made my day. Had a hectic work day yesterday but got a ton of stuff done (and picked up a quad bike frame, wheels, brakes and suspension for a song. Going to try and find the time to build the kiddos a bit of an off-road buggy/go-kart type thing.

Hardehout

Planks turned into headboard. Next up is convincing them to have me make two side tables to match. Must say I like mixing a bit of steel and wood.

From R35 -> R350. I like.

Winner! Here you go.

Bargain for someone.

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That's going to severely limit what you can do - virtually no power tools, bar maybe a drill. And a jigsaw with good blades A well laid out workbench with a good vice and lots of hand tools - good, sharp saws (hand, dovetail, back and coping) an assortment of chisels, from 6mm to 25mm with a couple of comfortable mallets. Kreg jig for joinery.

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Ready for delivery. Noddy badge for correct guess of which woods were used

Ha ha, that would be epic. The old switcheroo ... There's actually quite large tracts of private forest in Knysna area where they are still cutting yelowwood (with permits) as well as blackwood, stinkwood etc. Last I checked (couple of weeks ago) Yellow and Stink were around R35K a cube. The way I see it is that the dining suite REALLY doesn't fit in their place, looks-wise. Rather than selling it for less than the wood is worth, rather paint it and thus preserve it. I've stripped some painted furniture before and it was remarkable how well preserved it was. Paint really protects it - so long as you don't royally screw up removing it 10 years down the line.

So, it's finally happened. I've crossed over to the dark side. Client just accepted my quote to sand her 60+year old 8 seater Yellowwood dining set so that she can paint it. I'll post some pics of the carvings on it - sadly I had to agree with her that she will never be able to sell it for what it's "worth" - including sentimental value. Sigh. I've restored some painted pieces before (Imbuia chairs that were enamelled PINK) but now I'm actually prepping them for paint.

There's a bushing between the two pieces that is used as a guide to the final thickness of the wood.

Got some Jr Gentlemen (again), euro, teacher (first one as a test) as well as a bunch of slimlines - the slims normally sell pretty fast to the right crowd. Just make sure to use an 'African' wood ... lol. Ie Kiaat, but call it Mukwa (it's Zimbabwean name) I've got a bunch of blanks lying around from various projects - from Teak to Stinkwood to Yellowwood and Ironwood and Zebrano ... they just need to be turned.

Sigh. Ordered more pen kits from Mr Woodturner. I don't really have time (right now) to spend on stuff I don't have buyers for right now .... but shew. With the new workshop being so clean and light it's just a blessing to be able to work.

Lekker man. I have a couple of pen kits I'm tackling soon. A handfull Jr Gentleman, a box of slimlines and I think a couple of cigars as well. I'm making a set of pens out of that Ironwood I'm using for that other project - think it may go as a nice gift with the project. Will see .... I salvaged quite a few Ironwood, Yellowwood and Hardepeer offcuts into pen blanks - probably at least 20 of each species.

Lekker Rocket Boy - did you make those bottom rings with guitar strings?