Belgian biker Posted June 16, 2017 Share another great thread on this forum I just finished my first year of woodworking's course and I love it! I missed quite a lot of classes (that's what happens when you spend 3 weeks in SA and get knee surgery afterwards)This is my best work so far: a shoe kabinet! The doors will be painted white The lamps are a little project I made with my 12-year old nephew. Skott5, Kalahari Vegmot, Wannabe and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 16, 2017 Share Because I had sell all my bass fishing stuff just to buy 1 bicycle...I only need a small space above the window for what is left of the rods [emoji12]Some of the bicycles now take up the rest of my office...Busy designing a unit to support the bicycle wheels with a lock on the pedal and crank arm...so you just hook the pedal into the lock and the wheels are supported...no need for chains ...straps and wire. Pants Boy, Jakkals., Long Wheel Base and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted June 17, 2017 Share yea, seems so, US sellers and a branded item. I'll work out a provisional , will put through my business, so there will be shipping & VAT but myus.com shipping costs / options are quite reasonable. still going for this? I'm still onboard if you are. hopefully there are others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted June 17, 2017 Share yea - just missed a consolidated shipment of IT goodies though. Let me get this one out the way then I will do the costing, there's a few other things on my shopping list. Capricorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon-goose Posted June 19, 2017 Share I'm wanting to make a fold out sleeper couch that is big enough for two people. Has anyone made something like this and have ideas to share. I saw this picture which looks really cool. Would need to sources some decent wood for the frame. The top half folds over to form a nice big bed Edited June 19, 2017 by mon-goose Tuxstir, Capricorn, DJR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted June 19, 2017 Share So the other day I buy some prime American Cherry at a company that sells rare woods and pay about R34k per cube (rough) and that was einas. 10 x 1.8m planks R3k. Then last week I go to a warehouse that sell builders material and looked at some Meranti - need some to repair a window frame. Nearly had a stroke on the spot. Meranti off the shelf - yes it was PAR but that softish stuff not the hard red one.When I converted the price it worked out to R39 000 per cube..Am I missing something - am I getting old or am I just plain nuts? Edited June 19, 2017 by porqui DJR and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted June 19, 2017 Share No I did not buy any I will get it rough at that rare wood place. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, DJR and Pants Boy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted June 19, 2017 Share ............Am I missing something - am I getting old or am I just plain nuts?No, salted nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretched@Birth Posted June 19, 2017 Share So the other day I buy some prime American Cherry at a company that sells rare woods and pay about R34k per cube (rough) and that was einas. 10 x 1.8m planks R3k. Then last week I go to a warehouse that sell builders material and looked at some Meranti - need some to repair a window frame. Nearly had a stroke on the spot. Meranti off the shelf - yes it was PAR but that softish stuff not the hard red one.When I converted the price it worked out to R39 000 per cube..Am I missing something - am I getting old or am I just plain nuts?Somebody is smoking some good stuff, I just had a look at our prices, 38 x 152 Meranti (rough) is around R11 600 per cube. I wish we could get R39 000 per cube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted June 19, 2017 Share Somebody is smoking some good stuff, I just had a look at our prices, 38 x 152 Meranti (rough) is around R11 600 per cube. I wish we could get R39 000 per cube! 2.4m x 44mm x 69mm R358 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanCT Posted June 19, 2017 Share another great thread on this forum I just finished my first year of woodworking's course and I love it! I missed quite a lot of classes (that's what happens when you spend 3 weeks in SA and get knee surgery afterwards)This is my best work so far: a shoe kabinet! The doors will be painted white The lamps are a little project I made with my 12-year old nephew. Nice. What stock did you use. Is that birch or pine ply. What joinery method did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted June 19, 2017 Share Firstly get this book: Woodturning, A Foundation Course by Keith Rowley. It is very good at teaching the basics. The book has a DVD as well to demonstrate the basics. Then have a look at mrwoodturner.co.za for the Hamlet chisels, or at toolcraft.co.za and look at the Narex chisels. Robert Sorby chisels are also very good, but a bit more expensive. You can find them at strandhardware.co.za and hardwarecentre.co.za in Randburg. A set works out cheaper per chisel than loose chisels & gouges etc. But it will set you back R 3500 to R 4000. Unfortunately the very cheap Chinese sets are shaped all wrong with incorrect bevel angles etc. It is very difficult to learn with incorrect tools, so stay away. Hardware Centre sells a 'cheap' Chinese set, but at least those are shaped correctly. I think they are around R 2800 for a set, but maybe 8 chisels rather than 5 or 6 in the other sets. Or, if you have friends visiting from the UK, you can get a set of Robert Sorby for around R 2200.Awesome, thanks for the info. Busy looking at what is available, seems its a slippery slope once you get into it but looks like a ton of fun! carrera4s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted June 19, 2017 Share my advice would be to join the wood tuners guild/ association in his area...the fellas have a wealth of information and offer really good first hand experience...good chance he could get a chiesel or 2 from one of them. there is one in east london. he will also need a good chain saw to keep in his car Good advice on the chainsaw! I had to get a really big genny on to the back of the bakkie yesterday to run my electric chainsaw on some left over wood from a tree the municipality cut down. As luck would have it the genny wouldnt start on the electric start so I pulled for a solid 10 mins before I got it going!! one of my shoulders is barely functional today but it was fathers day and some nice wood was handed over after that. carrera4s and eccc whippet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian biker Posted June 19, 2017 Share Nice. What stock did you use. Is that birch or pine ply. What joinery method did you use?Pine ply and joined with biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Boy Posted June 20, 2017 Share Somebody is smoking some good stuff, I just had a look at our prices, 38 x 152 Meranti (rough) is around R11 600 per cube. I wish we could get R39 000 per cube!Do you guys do MDF at all? I might be looking at getting a bunch of 6mm MDF (as used for laser cutting stuff) soon-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-Zulu Posted June 20, 2017 Share Lucky me - went for lunch, new Café being built next to my lunch spot, ripping out old counter top, scored a section of solid oak about 1.8 x 650 x 20 for mahala! JanJan, eccc whippet, Grebel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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