Post your woodwork here

[Pants Boy]

YIPPEE!!!

 

EDIT: If you had more camelthorn, I'd order another. 

 

I need to go braai (with a couple of bags of sekelbos) at the Dominees soon

[dev null]

I want Makita's distributors in SA to explain to me why we can't get this kit here.

 

http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-dlx2040tj-18v-brushless-impact-driver-combi-drill-kit-inc-2x-5-0ah-batts#gref

[kosmonooit]

I want Makita's distributors in SA to explain to me why we can't get this kit here.

 

http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-dlx2040tj-18v-brushless-impact-driver-combi-drill-kit-inc-2x-5-0ah-batts#gref

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Makita-DLX2145TJ-18V-LXT-2-Piece-Kit-DHP458Z-Combi-Drill-DTD152Z-Impact-Driv-/172270271313?hash=item281c1bbb51:g:v~UAAOSwanRXg6wn

 

 

£320.00 = R5900

 

Then get it shipped via Bongo from EU address, maybe R1500

 

VAT?

 

Duty?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Makita-DLX2145TJ-18V-LXT-2-Piece-Kit-DHP458Z-Combi-Drill-DTD152Z-Impact-Driv-/172270271313?hash=item281c1bbb51:g:v~UAAOSwanRXg6wn

 

 

£320.00 = R5900

 

Then get it shipped via Bongo from EU address, maybe R1500

 

VAT?

 

Duty?

Those aren't the brushless ones though

 

And I wish we had the same range. Very interested though. Ping Lexx for the import tarriff

[dev null]

Those aren't the brushless ones though

 

And I wish we had the same range. Very interested though. Ping Lexx for the import tarriff

 

The one in my link is though.  I had the DHP481 in my hand this afternoon. Makita only sells it as a bare tool. Then you still have to buy the charger and 2 batteries separately, getting you to almost over R10k for the set. F_n nuts! Rutherford must think I am their personal cash cow. Sorry!

Edited August 2, 2016 by Moridin

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

The one in my link is though. I had the DHP481 in my hand this afternoon. Makita only sells it as a bare tool. Then you still have to buy the charger and 2 batteries separately, getting you to almost over R10k for the set. F_n nuts! Rutherford must think I am their personal cash cow. Sorry!

Yeah, I know. It's pathetic. Beginning to think that Importing via eBay and aramex global shopper is the way to go.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Seems as if it's a non duty item. Will work out far cheaper. time to start investigating

[dev null]

I always suspected that Rutherford is inflating their Makita prices heavily, now I know for certain they do. Problem is that in SA Makita has almost cornered the pro-tool market, with no decent competition from the likes of Bosch (cordless, other tools good), DeWalt (poor product support) and others. The only real competition they have is with the corded power tools where Festool, although expensive themselves, are only a fraction more expensive.

[Tromp]

Damn ,just reading these posts , wakes up the urge to find the tools that has not been used for many years (that hasn't grown feet ) and cut a few pieces of wood , just for the smell of thereof.

[LeTurbo]

Blimey! I'm just looking at the number of posts here already ... is this the fastest growing thread on the Hub?

[LeTurbo]

I like doing stuff with scraps, usually side tables and such. So I had a bit of oak left over from something or other. And a kiaat plank, about 900mm long. What to do? 

 

1. Lay 'em out until something interesting starts to crop up. They're too short for legs, unless they're very short legs. I can live with that.

 

2. I feel like cutting some dovetails. I like dovetails. I like birds. Birds live in trees. I like trees and birds.

 

3. I wonder if I can cope with this. 

 

4. OK. Two more of those to go. 

 

5. Let's throw in a through mortise-and-tenon for fun. The chisels need some work to do, otherwise they'll feel lonely and left out, and I'd feel cut up about that.

 

[LeTurbo]

6. Let's complicate matters slightly, just because we can. Well actually, no, it's just because we're going to want a slight 45 degree bevel when we put in the post.

 

7. Planed first (the plane mustn't feel lonely), and then a router, just to prove I live in the twentieth ... er, damn, twenty-first century. Sometimes. Except when it comes to carbon bikes. I don't do those. Or slopey crossbars. 

 

8. I found a nice vintage contour plane that I wanted to use. Wouldn't want it to feel left out either. That'll be interesting for the top brace, I think. 

 

9. Getting lazy about m&t joints now. But also maybe a little bit of contrasting grain could be interesting along the line (as it were).

 

10. Yeah, that's ok. Nothing a plane and a file and some sandpaper can't put right. (Old sanding belts are great for this - they might be siek 'n sat on the machine, but they've still got plenty of life for handsanding. Rip a strip.)

[LeTurbo]

11. Let's get jiggy with the table saw. I routed the tabletop with a circle jig (fit a block onto the router's rods, send a screw through into the base of the piece, adjust the distance, and plunge to your heart's content). Now, on the table saw, you raise the blade until it just touches the underside, then turn the tabletop until it stops cutting. Raise the blade a bit more, and repeat. (I toyed with the idea of a board clamped over the top to hold it down, but that might have been trickier in terms of working space. Also, you might want to use a hold-down handle with sandpaper mounted on its base).

 

12. That worked ok. Bugger! The base is too thick. Oh well, out with the plane again. I think I'll take off about 5mm and an afternoon...

 

13. Two brass screws (slots aligned, very important for my OCD) to hold the top, and she's done. Funny little thing, but hey! Mom loves it because it's a bit higher than most, to go with one of these overstuffed Coricraft couches (seemingly especially designed so old people can't put their feet down, or lean against the back).

 

 

[LeTurbo]

And then just some details, because I'm bored sitting here on a semi-public holiday night ... but really, the pubs are packed and I don't drink anyway. 

[Guest notmyname]

Awesome dude. Real awesome.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Very very nice, turbo