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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.
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Ironwood
Didn't even take a picture of the Yellowwood planks, was too mesmerized by the Ironwood 
I have the benchtop version of the Adendorf drill press. Bought it off Gumtree second hand for R 1000.
Not very happy with it: As soon as the bit is under a bit of torque, the belts just slip. I replaced the belts, tighten them as much as possible, feed as slow as possible, speed up, slow down, nothing seems to help.
Any suggestions?
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?
A bit overkill that
You forgot to mention that you also have a lathe you dont use
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.
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But then again, I've got a 3hp Triton router mounted on a Ryobi router table .. what do I know
I'd go for the Record Power. Nothing to do with Rercord/Irwin, however it gets good reviews overseas and the unit is exactly the same as Toolmate stuff that's sold locally.
Today is the first time I've read good things about MacAfric, so ja, I'd personally avoid it.
At the end of the day, all these eastern made power tools are made in the same factories in Taiwan, just sold under different branding, whether it's Martlet, Toolmate, JET, Grizzly or Record Power.
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)
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Hey now, Im seeing one of those swivel head lathes in there, why dont I ever see you posting stuff you turned in here???
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.
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@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.
Hey man, I feel you, I was also in IT and around the same time felt the same but left the industry then. Before I left I tried various streams in IT but it just didnt do it.
All the best with your future endeavors. Maybe making some coffee tables to sell and some other furniture. I always tell my wife I am gonna call myself a carpenter and get chipboard cut up at the stores and then assemble in sight for people
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
Those are really cool, is that stained pine?
Jeebus no. It's Rhodesian Teak
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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.
So the Mario mushroom crochet blanket arrived yesterday, and it came with a free 1-Up Mario mushroom, which is now part of my bike.
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You simply have to name him Chris Shroome
Personally I like this one.... damn clever
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/
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Ooh ... think I found my next project's inspiration:
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Do any of you guys use pipe clamps? Im looking at getting some but cant find a store locally which has them. Looking online I can get hold of the Pony ones but it seems you need to have pipe cut and threaded to make them up, do normal plumbing type stores do that?
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.
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