The most common reference to camphor trees in South Africa is cinnamomum camphora, from Asia (and a declared weed in Australia)

But it seems the true African timber camphor tree is the Ocotea usambarensis

Another Champhor slab being used at the local Sabie Backpackers. The 'Tree-Doctor' is taking a rest on his table.

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Kobus,
Do you know if the York plant makes marine ply? Did the window covers fit OK?

Hi Marius, I bought the flat bar. Must first make the 'wooden frame' before I can put those screens on. The BOSS kept me busy this weekend with flower boxes and tea trays....The Nesting function in V-Carve Pro is MAGIC..:D

I am working at a sandstone wall. I made a washing room for the wife a while back, but the wall was never painted and finished off. The wall size is 3062 mm wide x 2385 mm high with a door in the middle. Thinking of doing a TEXTURE on the stones, but I will change the cut depth on every other stone to give me the REAL effect.
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I don't think they have Marine Ply....they do the waterproof one for construction I know

Maybe something like this...will work on the textures some more

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Kobus,
Yes it is amazing stuff. I don't know why, but I thought that it had some plasma function. I am busy with the headgear of a plasma cutter that will fit in place of the router with very little fuss. So I will be looking for some decent plasma CAM software soon.

Kobus what do you do to get 3d carving on v-carve to be posted on the forum?

After you selected your vectors and tool the program show how it will / should look. Somewhere on that page you can save the image as jpg or bmp..Then you upload the picture like all the others.

Hope this is what you were asking.

Jip!

Hennie I sent you a pm. thanks

Did you get them there is some more.

Hey you Capie...if you steel my space I DEMAND some as well...;)

Ok, dam duiker I will send you some.

Gerald, Hennie, Alan, Lex or any other South African that are in the woodworking / tool game. Please help...where can I find a TRUNNION for the 14 inch Taiwanese bandsaw table in South Africa. I looked on the internet and can find some in America for around $ 6.00, but let me first see how much and if I can source it locally. I need two of them and the bottom pully...think it is about 80 mm with a 21 mm shaft.

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I checked with the vernier, the motor shaft is 16mm. Who is the best to go to for this small pulley.

I don't think I can help much but I will keep it in mind. Your picture is not very clear. It looks like two mating halfs?

Thanks Johan. Will try and post another picture tonight. I did get a new steel pulley from Bearing Man with taper bush for just under R 100.00

This should be better Johan.

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Eish! Not something you can buy at the corner store!

The guys we would try in Cape Town for that part would be Rutherfords and Hardware Center, both have branches in Johannesburg.

Some feedback on those Trunnions...managed to find them at Hardware Centre in Pretoria.

As today was a public holiday and the weather is improving, old BBB was singing all day. I started on those SANDSTONE bricks I am making to cover a wall inside the house. Managed to do about 30 pieces in different sizes with a TEXTURE surface...thanks to V-Carve Pro. The Nesting also helped to optimise the 2400 x 1200 sheet of MDF.
I did the textures with a 19 mm ballnose and the total amount of G-code lines in Mach 3 was more than 96000...yes ninty six thousend lines of G-code...took more than 5 hours to do the job.....
Good news.....the Motion King Steppers got nice and hot...very hot as they were working today, but old BBB did not miss a step.

Today I did not sit and watch him do his thing. I managed to sand the big garage door and gave it a coat of fresh varnish. Also did some plastering on a outside wall and did some frames for the wife for her lead glass project.....

Overall a productive day.

Well done! Where do you get all the energy?

Ho Kobus,
I'm confused, did you just said cut sand stone bricks? or you textured the mdf?

Ken we do strange things in this Country:)

Ken, see posts 26 July above.

Lex, I am not THAT old yet...I suppose it is the change in weather...in Winter not much gets done , but now that we can work in the workshop again without warm clothes, we get things done.

Yes Ken cutting SANDSTONE look alike bricks out of MDF. I took the measurements of the wall with the door in the middle, layed out some different size BRICKS on the plan to look like a sandstone brick wall. Then numbered each piece. Then did one texture on the EVEN numbers and a slightly different texture on the UNEVEN numbers. Will stick them to the wall with tile cement. Paint them and afterwards put in a different colour grouting....Hope it all works OK for the amount of effort so far.

Hi Kobus
 

Die gogga het my ook gebyt:eek:, ek het geen ondervinding in cnc nie, maar ek wil so graag een van die monsters he.

Mag ek jou vra hoeveel die hele projek jou gekos het?

Wil ook vra of ek die monster(mamba) kan kom besigtig.

Good job, keep it up!

regards

kooskoek

No problem just say when. I was lucky and got some parts for free ...total about R 22 000.00. I think it can be done for around R 30 000.00 - R 35 000.00 all depends what components you decide to use.

Want to build one for my father, he stays down on the South Coast. He has 3d experience, comming from CAD background. So I think he would love It as a Gift. Can't afford a Porcha to fit in one of his double garages.

This baby will fill it up surely.

Welcome Dave! I wish that I had a son like you! (Sean, are you reading this?)

ha ha

hmmmm

Sean just say yes " oupa " then the whole ball game changes,isn`t it someones birthday tomorow :)

Sean,

If you are too busy to build a MM for your Dad, I bet he would settle for a Porsche like Dave was talking about.

You will have to make it a Cayanne, he just wouldnt look right in one of those wimpy 911's :D

Had to share this with the group. My wife made a stained glass panel for the entrance hall. I was ordered to get old BBB working and make the box for this panel. It will house a 8 Watt tube light.

After making the thing I could not decide on the finish. The glass and lead (solder) that went into this thing needed something special. So I popped into the local Mica Hardware store and had a look around. My eye caught this tin of RUST-OLEUM American Accents STONE finish paint. It said UNIQUE TEXTURED FINISH on the tin. At R 123.00 [$15] a tin I thought that this must be good at this price. Well, I was not dissapointed. The finish is what I wanted and I will buy this product again. Waiting for it to dry and then I will cover it with some CLEAR.
Well done America...this product is MAGIC..

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Naturally after you are done with that you will show us the finished product :) it sounds interesting.

Right here we go.

The lightbox cut on old BBB and painted with that STONE paint.

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Then more of those flower boxes things that my wife like to give to her friends.

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Then some small side tables....still got to do the legs.
Made sure I finish the can of STONE paint before it get's old or clog up

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Kobus,
Very Nice! Did you use MDF for the base material in the tables?

Yes Heath all done in MDF