Thread: Dw 125 ras

G'day Steve and welcome to the forums.

I'm fairly sure I've got what you are after and can send it on to you. I've recently sent copies to France and South Africa so it is no problem to change an address.

PM me your email - don't put it in an open thread such as this or you may have problem with spam.

Regards,
Bob

Originally Posted by Bob38S

G'day Steve and welcome to the forums.

I'm fairly sure I've got what you are after and can send it on to you. I've recently sent copies to France and South Africa so it is no problem to change an address.

PM me your email - don't put it in an open thread such as this or you may have problem with spam.

Regards,
Bob

G, Day Bob,

I would very much like to take you up on your offer, but being new to this newfangled system I'm not sure what you mean by: "PM me your email". I do have an email address of course, just don't know where you want me to put it?

I put my inabilities down to my rapidly declining brain cells, or could it just be all those years of inadvertently inhaling wood dust..

Many thanks,

Steve001

Email with a link to my FTP server sent. There is a full manual, PDF on rebuilding them and some other stuff. Should keep you out of trouble.

Originally Posted by Groggy

Email with a link to my FTP server sent. There is a full manual, PDF on rebuilding them and some other stuff. Should keep you out of trouble.

OR....
click on Groggy's name, click on 'send a PM' and that lets you send a message inside of the forum that only Groggy can read,
fletty

On its way

- enjoy and keep in touch - would like to hear about woodworking in the Falkland Islands and how you manage there.

Regards,
Bob

G, Day Bob,

Thanks for the DW 125 RAS manual it was just what I was looking for.

As for my work in the Falkland Islands. I'm employed by the local museum in Stanley as a Taxidermist/Model maker, bit of an unusual occupation I know, but someone has to do it.
So you may be asking, where does the wood working come into it.. Well, quite a lot actually, as it's not only the specimens I prepare but also create the display cases that house them.
Before I relocated to the Falkland Islands back in 2001 I had my own business in the UK, and a very nice little carpentry workshop, that I still keep up, but hasn't been used for many years. When I was in the UK I used to make oak and walnut display cases for my own work, as well as suppling fine moulding to other taxidermists in the UK.
Unfortunately, since relocating I have had to leave all my machines behind, but eventually hope to get them down to the Falkland Islands once I have gone through the tough immigration process and have the right to stay.

The Falkland Islands have no native trees, and many find it a very bleak and desolate land, but I personally like the uninterrupted wide open landscape. A few tree have been introduced around the main city Stanley and outlying settlements these mainly being; Pine and Antarctic Beech, but they really struggle to survive, in the more or less constant strong winds.
All the houses tend to be wooden built with corrugated roofs and cladding so the local carpenters are kept busy.
With all timber being imported mostly from Chile it's pretty expensive and stocks are limited mostly to the requirements of the building trade.
There is a small local interest in wood turning and these guys mostly try and make use of the driftwood washed ashore from the many old wooden ship wrecks around the extensive coast line. Old 100 year old plus Cabratcha (not spelt correctly I'm sure, but a form of iron wood with good colour) fence post are also made good use of.
Most of the ship wreck wood has been riddled with Toledo Worm, and Gribble, a tiny marine mollusk. The Toledo bores a hole the side of your middle finger following the grain and it just keeps going avoiding other worms holes. The tiny Gribble mostly attack the surface wood in their thousands leaving holes similar to woodworm.
If you can find wood that hasn't been too infested, the heart is usually very good, sound and with good colour. Some craftsmen see the holes as natural decoration and try and make the most of them.
My current involvement in carpentry is limited to a little bit of furniture and picture frame restoration, the building of display cabinets and small items of fine wooden jewelry. However, sometime in the future I would like to import my machines from the UK and set up a "proper" carpentry/cabinet makers workshop, something that seems to be lacking in the islands.

Anyway.. I'm sure that's enough for now, Needless to say if anyone is interested in further information I would be happy to supply.

Thanks again Bob for your help,

Bye for now.

Happy to oblige Steve, that's what this forum is all about.

There are many very knowledgeable people aboard who are willing to share and help out. The Aussie sense of humour may take a little getting used to but I guess that is the price of admission.

Thanks for the background on what you do in the Falklands - very interesting.

Regards,
Bob

Steve001, did you get the link I sent to you?