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RE: Our Building story - ChicEco - 02-23-2009
THANK YOU Ed!
Will you be a sales rep for Bamboo Living Homes? If so, I'd like to collaborate. Send me a direct email if interested. If not, I'd like to market bamboo homes solo through my biz. Would love your permission to share pics.
With appreciation,
Delia Montgomery
d/b/a Chic Eco
Environmental Fashion & Design ~ Consultant & Broker
www.ChicEco.com Info@ChicEco.com
RE: Our Building story - Royall - 02-23-2009
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Originally posted by EightFingers
Ed and RB,
It looks like you cleared two years ahead of building, what did your land look like after two years' worth of growth? Or did you keep it maintained somehow?
Royall and all other fellow woodworkers: A get together would be great, we could all talk shop and see who has the biggest "tools". [] Unfortunately, the soonest I'll be able to be permanently on-island will be about 4 years [
]. I will have about 11,000 pounds of woodworking equipment to move (Oh what fun).
I will be visiting in about 3 weeks so if there's gonna be a Punaweb party at that time, LOML and I would love to be there!
Hey eightfingers..... tried to send you a message but it bounced....
Please contact me at royallncathie@hotmail.com
Royall
What goes around comes around!
RE: Our Building story - rbonplaza - 02-23-2009
Everything I send through PW comes back with a "bounce" although some get through. My email address is Ralphbrydges@yahoo.com.
I have to say, I am a long way from an accomplished wood worker. Did most of my stuff back in my 20s but would love to learn more now that I'm retired. I'm only bringing the Uni, a bandsaw and hand tools. I have my dad's 1950 Shopsmith, but not sure about bringing that.
RE: Our Building story - Royall - 02-24-2009
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Originally posted by rbonplaza
Everything I send through PW comes back with a "bounce" although some get through. My email address is Ralphbrydges@yahoo.com.
I have to say, I am a long way from an accomplished wood worker. Did most of my stuff back in my 20s but would love to learn more now that I'm retired. I'm only bringing the Uni, a bandsaw and hand tools. I have my dad's 1950 Shopsmith, but not sure about bringing that.
This is just a suggestion Ralph, but I wouldn't bring the shopsmith. From what I've seen of them and read about them on the woodworking forums is they are a bit awkward. Too much hassle to reconfigure for each operation you want to do. About the only thing it seems the old shopsmith might be good for is a lathe, but you can get smaller machines that will do more with a smaller footprint in your shop. You've already got a very good saw with the unisaw and if the BS you have is a 14" Jet/Delta/Grizzly (with a 6" riser block would even be better) type you've got a good start to fill the shop. The thing to do next try to define the kind of WW'ing you want to get into. If you want most of your WW'ing to lean towards turning, then get the biggest, baddest lathe you can afford and bring it with you. There isn't that much selection here to choose from. That goes for other tools too. A few other tools to consider is an 8" jointer, 13" planer, dust collector, bench top drill press (or floor model), 8" bench grinder, two good quality 1/2" routers (one for hand held work the other to mount in your router table that you can build), a good wood vise or two and if you have lots of extra room in your container I'd bring extra materials. Wood is expensive here. I was at a hardwood outlet in Shippman industrial park last week. I found nothing for less than 5 BUCKS a boardfoot!!![:0][
!] A sheet of 3/4" cherry ply was 150 BUCKS and the topper..... Koa, 45 BUCKS! A guy on the WW'ing forum that I post at said he can get select Koa in NJ for 40 BUCKS[:0][!] Whats wrong with this picture?[!] One last thought Ralph. Did you put in enough lighting in the shop? I've found people off grid tent not to have that many lights (except David M's house)[
][][] My shop is 20x28 and has 6, 8' two tube high output fixtures and my old eyes thank me every time I go into the shop!Well sorry for the long post Ralph, I think this is the most I've posted in a couple of years. Will be glad to hear from you and Ed in person some day and talk woodworking,[
]Royall
What goes around comes around!
RE: Our Building story - Ed Smay - 02-24-2009
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Originally posted by ChicEco
THANK YOU Ed!
Will you be a sales rep for Bamboo Living Homes? If so, I'd like to collaborate. Send me a direct email if interested. If not, I'd like to market bamboo homes solo through my biz. Would love your permission to share pics.
With appreciation,
Delia Montgomery
d/b/a Chic Eco
Environmental Fashion & Design ~ Consultant & Broker
www.ChicEco.com Info@ChicEco.com
Hi Delia,
We are primarily customers of Bamboo Technologies.
You can review their website at www.bambooliving.com
They are based in Maui with manufacturing in Viet Nam.
Contact David Sands, Architect/CEO
Ed
"From knowledge comes understanding"
RE: Our Building story - EightFingers - 02-24-2009
I could go on and on about woodworking - been doing it for over 30 years and not tired of it yet!
Anyone that wants to can email me directly at EightFingers@kc.rr.com
Royall, I'll send you an email later on today. I have gotten emails from Punawebbers in the past, so it is possible to get through (I think)
That koa in New Jersey? That is most likely Formosan koa and I've seen it here also. It is NOTHING like Hawaiin koa[
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