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Cheers for the experiences :)

Speaking to various teachers, it comes across to me that the successful discipline methods have changed over the years.

I remember myself being one of the ratbag...

Cheers, Although I do understand the difficulties of teaching and am sure it will be a shock dealing with ridiculous parents and painful teens, it is something I am interested in doing.


I have...

G'day, I'm trying to find out about a bachelor of secondary education.
I am a tradesman furniture maker with 12 years experience and looking to get into highschool teaching.

Primarily, I'm trying...

Shoutout for someone with an interest in antique restoration.

I need a trades assistant for the wood working element of antique restoration. You may on occasion be asked to help the polisher......

Clint, I will take a photo of the piece it goes into when I get on to the job to restore, the glass is packed away in the rack and will be for quite some time

that's the problem, we have called them... all of them... no listed companies are interested

kinda hoping someone kicking around from the days gone by would be interested

true that, any idea why it would always have that "wet" look?

ended up using the bunnings grey decking oil...

it looked rubbish.... no better than smeared on paint...
the client was happy, but i wouldn't have been... :~

Found this in the garden, it is always wet-look

Otherwise, does anyone have any idea what it is?

G'day, I have a Large Buffett with mirror,

It needs to be either re-silvered or replaced

The catch for replacing:
It is shaped with tight internal bevels, 2 mickey mouse ears on the top...

Hey, I need a method to fake the UV damaged appearance on Teak (that silvered/grey appearance it gets)

Cheers... I am absolutely clueless with this one...:doh:

Nightingale PUA Cartridge

how old are ya mate?

I'm looking for a Junior to take on, long term employment
...

Lookling for a trades assistant, for an antique restoration in Moorooka, Brisbane
Monday to Friday, 38 hours, full time
Junior Position (16-18yo)

Job description:
Assisting tradesmen, in...

few more

deck rasped, cockpit cut, ends cut

bit plain ain't it.... ;) all part of the plan

sorting out the timber for the cockpit riser (splash deterrent) and then slicing down a roll of gaffatape to...

:) the dream is a reality for this mob

used nails for this part of it, too impatient for the hotmelt, the effects are nice

each side took 5 hours to fit, 2.5 hours to glue

retilt the angle, this is the most angle it can take if given a decent whack offroad

the corners are just filled in with teak and painted over


no it isn't finished, just painted over, might...

G'day mate, fair call on this

no, it isn't comprehensive insured, just 3rd party

i'm not at all concerned about it even if it were, the barn door is the item that sit out the furthermost, and...

lol daddles, i go from extreme to extreme ;)

this may be a strip built kayak, the next being a clinker built longship :D:2tsup:

absolutely loving the build :)


that hotmelt gun is just...

:D more

:2tsup: well lads, it's been a while hasn't it?

i'm no longer a furniture maker, the boss went whacko, i quit, moved the kayak, and it now has a new home, this project is now hand tools only, just...

2 layers of side strips are up, and homebrew bungee straps shall make an appearance tomorrow.... (shocked at the price of bungee straps in stores...$6 each for 600mm cords.... ....BAH!

twine and a...

yea scraped sanded flipped

haha anything to make me spend time on this project instead of spending money

to be made in marquetry on the forward deck

compliments of
http://amadarien.deviantart.com/art/The-Bearded-Warrior-110614848

beard = burl walnut and aussie red cedar (ranga to stand out)...

hahahah should have taken a photo of the scoop plane (hand made plane with a tungsten blade profile cut)

more planing and sanding.... and a planer blade in a thumb hahahahah :2tsup:

minor drama with the #### end, the laminate was too thick, and slowly sprung back into shape (expected this, but didn't want to use laminates, and don't have the time for the steamer to go to work on...

bash strip is on, check out that quarter sawn american oak:2tsup: in the real light, the crossbands change from light orange to golden, all high gloss

centre strip sorted, will plane it down and attach the quarter sawn american oak tomorrow

....wednesday deadline, looks like it will happen:2tsup:
should be flipping it over on thursday by the...

hahaha ;) how about this bit of burl, got 50 sheets at 1200*800
all the bottom needs is the laminated centre strip now, tassie oak for structural purposes, with wild quarter sawn american oak as the...

ends of the hull are complete, got my eyes on a sheet of flame mahogany for the centre part:2tsup:

as you can see, i don't care too much about how neat the join is between the 2 sides, it's going...

got some Wenge and Blackbean on it now

takes so much longer to clamp without the bead and cove moulding on it! (twice as long~ 2 hours to a layer)

spanish cedar will continue to strip the rest...

more strips added, only 1 layer has needed cheater strip so far, and only just above the waterline:2tsup:

going to sus out a few different decoration designs on it tomorrow, so doubt i will fit...

buildup of my steel rear bumper (still needs finishing, but can't do that till it's professionally welded)

destroyed the crappy plastic thing after much offroad abuse, and sick of morons in...

the strips are stapled from afar (safety removed so i can shoot from 20mm's away so they don't submerge the heads) and spring clamped together

all joins are staggered


test snapping of 5...

saturday:
the forms all cut out,

sunday:
the forms slapped onto a length of 60x60 rock maple, 100% rigid!, even with 5 metres of leverage, no flex - the red photo is just using the laser level...

haha i really should hurry up with this :P

cut the forms today, got the strips, got the epoxy, got the fibreglass, got the space, got the time....

it shall be coming alive over the next month...

spent plenty of time on the beach?

did you check inside the chassis rails for sand/rust?

give a shocking ride? i love the body roll, can't stand anything else, the increased vision is a good thing too, on hot roads the mirages don't affect you as much, night vision is better, see over...

3.0L grenade patrol

google it

strangely enough, i like it

kinda has the new mustang look to it...

...actually scrap that car, lets get the new mustang:2tsup:

Bought the fibreglass sheeting today, 200gms @ $10.56/metre x 1metre wide, 10 metres of it, from Volksglas fibreglass in slackscreek

Reasonable price?

i'm finally on holidays, and if all goes...

just thought i'd give a heads up, this project is not abandoned, just been too busy to do it.... life needs an extra day for the weekend:2tsup:

hey, no problems with hijacks, it doesn't take much for anyone to sift through them, besides, it's all on topic anyway, if any questions or suggestions help others in the future, then it has been...

nah, no progress just yet, gotta wait for my brakes to be repaired, then i will buy some sheets of ply for the forms and strongback

if the admins create a "steampunk" section, this would be the item to go in there

build your own, cheaper, sturdier, stronger, as interchangeable as your imagination allows you to go