Thread: The true cost of woodworking

Originally Posted by damienhazo

... The German plug however, is far superior to the Aussi IMHO.

How come?

Originally Posted by damienhazo

Look forward to the Chico roll but have no idea what a square bear is. If it's anything to do with pillow-biting, you don't have to worry!

Square bear is Bundaberg Rum - the logo is a Polar Bear and the bottle is square. Best rum in the world IMO - nothing humble about it at all.

Regards,
Bob

The Aussi plug is an external 3 prong, the fitting of which depends on the spring contacts behind the faceplate. The German plug is a two prong with side earths which fits into a socket. The prongs don't make contact till the plug itself has sealed the hole. This makes it impossible to have contact with the prongs while electricity is flowing. It also means the plug sits tightly in the socket. It also prevents the breaking of plugs and sockets under accidental sideways stress.

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The square bear is Bundy rum? Don't mind a bit of the OP... Wanted to drive the porcelain bus one night but didn't quite get there in time and ended up making a Bundy pizza in my mate's room instead. I was 16 or 17 at the time and couldn't even smell the stuff for years after that - but I'm over it now and ready to support the local Queensland economy in any way I can...


Damien

Originally Posted by stuart_lees

In Bunnings last weekend, they had a GMC router table, which included a 1200W router for $99.

200k's to the nearest bunnies for me....

The best I can do is smallish Mitre 10 or Tru Value which in turn means the prices are raised due to lack of real competition and stocks are extremely limited.

The trade offs we make to live away from the major centres sometimes hurt in ways we don't realise till too late.

Originally Posted by jugglingogre

200k's to the nearest bunnies for me....

The best I can do is smallish Mitre 10 or Tru Value which in turn means the prices are raised due to lack of real competition and stocks are extremely limited.

The trade offs we make to live away from the major centres sometimes hurt in ways we don't realise till too late.

Mitre 10 will order stuff in for you, I've never been asked for freight.

You can also see their cattledog here:

http://www.mitre10.com.au/onSale/catalogues.asp

so shop by the Net and get the local to order in. Shame about the missing Bunnies tho

[QUOTE=stuart_lees]My first shed was 3m x 3m, and I had my Triton workcentre, router table & stand, and a GMC lathe all set up in there. I have no idea now how I managed, but I did .[QUOTE]
You are describing my current situation 3.7x3 shed.Anything that can have wheels does and it's tight. I have to take out 2 bicycles & the triton workbench as soon as I open the door to get to the router table and lathe. Setting up the extension table requires heading out the doors. Still I'd rather have this workshop than none at all. I have to go now as the UGLY GREEN MONSTER IS STIRRING

Thought I'd show some pictures of my cramped, but productive and much loved shed.It ain't what you've got it's how you use it Who am I kidding I want DAMIANS workshop
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Groggy,

WW is still cheaper than therapy, less risky than bank robbing, more productive than sitting in a traffic jam. All in all, this is not the worse of the uncurable terminal illnesses. Who needs research to solve this disease?:confused:

Cheers

Originally Posted by aljenit

Thought I'd show some pictures of my cramped, but productive and much loved shed.It ain't what you've got it's how you use it Who am I kidding I want DAMIANS workshop
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We can swap workshops anytime. I will however, be keeping my tools of course...

Originally Posted by damienhazo

General Motors Corporation? Over here it's called Opel

Seriously, the equivelent would probably be Einhell? http://www.einhell.de/englisch/engli...le=unternehmen
I tend to go for a little bit better. Somewhere in between AEG and Festool...

Einhell stuff worse than GMC I reckon. Ive got an Einhell router that I used once and never again...could have done the job better with a sharp chisel and a steady hand.

Originally Posted by Tete de Bois

WW is still cheaper than therapy, less risky than bank robbing, more productive than sitting in a traffic jam. All in all, this is not the worse of the uncurable terminal illnesses. Who needs research to solve this disease?

All very true indeed. I enjoy splinter therapy very much, in fact, I wonder if acupuncture started out with a Chinese woodie .

You don't make a million out of carpentry, but it sure is enjoyable & tools are one of the fringe benefits. Depreciating the tools over 5yrs & taking that amount off my taxable income does not add up too a huge sum of money, but its better than a kick in the bum. My heart goes out to the blokes who do WW purely for the love of it, but still must buy tools without any financial recompence. The sort of tools I have are not entirely applicable to WW, skewed somewhat by the needs of my trade, but they fill a fair amount of the requirements of WWing. When I get a shed I suppose I'll be in a position to look more at "workshop" (read - not portable) machinery........it never ends!

My shop is 10m X 10 m, quite comfortable by any standard. Always looks full no matter how little I'm actually doing! I find that commissions plus the occasional sale through galleries support my habit for tools and timber to the tune of about $4.5 per annum for the last 5 years. Recent aquisition of a HNTG plane and a Jet bandsaw (replacing a Hafco mistake) will be a large part of this years aquisitions.
Only rule for future purchases---never ever ever skimp!
Jacko