Pants Boy

I got prime -.75 last year, with a 30% deposit.

Beerwhip

Picked up some wood from a couple who bought in on honeymoon 21 years ago - "It's time we do something with it" Watch this space. Had them planed this morning. Hardepeer Ironwood Didn't even take a picture of the Yellowwood planks, was too mesmerized by the Ironwood

Check that the pulleys aren't spinning on the shafts. If they do, take them to an engineering shop and have them fix it. The pulleys could also be coated with gunk and grime?

Honestly that Triton is perfect in that table. Never going to remove it, will rather buy another one when the Bosch adn the Cryobi ones break. Couple of pics I could find of stuff I turned. Bowls are normally long gone before I remember to take a picture.

But then again, I've got a 3hp Triton router mounted on a Ryobi router table .. what do I know

I've got a fair few Mac-Afric machines. Satisfied with each and every one of them. Except the "Big Sucker" - but I should have bought the bigger unit from the get-go.

I've got a Mac-Afric drill press, one of those R3500 jobbies you linked to. I'm very happy with it, would have loved to have an easier way to change the speed but changing two belts over three pulleys is not that much of a time waster. As far as run-out goes, I did a simple test in the shop before loading the machine in my bus. Simple test meaning I dropped the chuck down as low as it would go, pressing against the shaft from a few angles on the way down (that ... that just sounds wrong) As far as I'm concerned: 1) Drill presses are NOT high precision instruments. Milling machines ARE b) You will shed many more tears over a drill press table that is not squared (or wobbly) than you will over run-out iii) Drilling holes in wood can (almost) never be seen as a high-precision exercise. Wood grain always screws with drilling Pull the trigger on the Mac-Afric one. If you're not happy with the run-out, you can turn or replace the chuck (most likely culprit)

Workshop almost sorted out. Man it's a mission to try and weld benches, store all your stuff inside, and do enough work to feed the hounds.

Quit yer belly-achin an' grow a pair. I'm gonna be stuck in a hospital tomorrow and you'll be sailing ... lol.

Just a note - Rubio MONOcoat is exactly that. ONE coat. Most woods won't accept a second coating, although I've had to do a second, very light coating on Cherry before. The product may seem expensive but trust me it goes moer far

http://rubiomonocoat.co.za/en/s/dealers?country=za&gclid=Cj0KCQiAh_DTBRCTARIsABlT9MbvAZnppObaJRybrJC33RCYGcU3yCxH3reVP1hp1QW-LnA2agApVzoaAq0BEALw_wcB Much easier this way

@NotSoBigBen - I like Woodoc 25 - hard wearing, scratch resistant, relatively cheap and easy to apply. @Spoke101 - Rubio Monocaot. 1 coat. It's expensive but I've got a sign board that we re-did 4 years ago, takes full sun the whole day as well as rain, and it looks like we did it yesterday.

Thanks man - yeah I already have a good side hustle going with woodworking, time to kick it up a couple of notches.

Not sure if Stretch supplie Kiaat veneer - if he does, get it from him. Else https://www.boardmaster.co.za

Seems as if everyone is in a rush - I normally avoided small jobs in January, rather trying to get one large project going early in the year. Last year I only made guns, so this year I decided to see if I can rustle up a few small jobs in Jan. Invoiced around R15K in small <R500 jobs for Jan ... and every single one of them was a rush job Quote today, deliver in 2 days max. My boss (in the IT part of my life) has decided to a)short pay me for Jan and b) try and force me to reduce my hours to 3 days per week, with commensurate pay cut. I can understand it from a short-sighted company perspective, and have seen it coming for a while now, but it sucks man. I had an offer at another IT company last year but didn't feel that the move would be right - my skill set is not 100% up to scratch, and I don't intend to brush up on new stuff as IT has lost it's soul somewhere between 2001 and 2005 So, if anyone has some projects to throw Pretoria way, gimme a shout

Jeebus no. It's Rhodesian Teak

Made a quick bunch of trophies on Thursday and Friday - the guy I did it for got dropped by his usual supplier on the morning of delivery. He sent me the guy's prices and I can see why - my material was more expensive than his quote on the larger trophy. He may have planned on using off-cuts etc, but he shot himself and his client in the foot. Hopefully I'll get some more work, I liked the challenge of getting the angles right.

Spookpoep where I come (came) from

You simply have to name him Chris Shroome

As much as I'd love to, I'm not even close to that level of fabricating. Unless one buys a hardware kit, sure I've seen one somewhere on the intertubes. I'm thinking of something along the lines of a 7-8 foot diameter round table, with a removable lazy Susan centrepiece that hides a 'gaming' pit. Place where you can place your board, roll the dice etc. 8 foot might be a little large for it though, but I'd like to be able to seat 10 people around it. Thinking caps on!

I'm leaning towards a proper bastardization between these two: https://offermanwoodshop.com/project/zeus-wagon-wheel/ https://offermanwoodshop.com/project/zeus-wagon-wheel/

Ooh ... think I found my next project's inspiration: https://wyrmwoodgames.staging.wpengine.com/prophecy-2/

No, I don't use pipe clamps myself. I'm rather fond of my heavy-as-a-dead-donkey cheap-as-chips bar clamps from Adendorff's. Some shops might do cutting and threading for you on plumbing pipe, but the beauty/simplicity of pipe clamps are supposed to be the ability to use standard lengths off the shelf.