Looking good. Just hoping you are not boxing with your project manager

Gatiep if he comes drunk to work on Monday.

Pinions Drilled
 

Last bits & pieces to be done.

Nearly there! Could be a Christmas present.:)

Yes Johan, from daddy TO daddy with lots of love

Koning, I will be forced to be happy with a six pack Windhoek for myself. Not complaining :D

This is what youngsters do in Plett once they leave school
 

I took this pic this morning on my way to work.Looked like these youngsters had a rough night ( Plett Rage )Wish I had a shebeen:D

Ag fooitog, those kids heard that you go to Plett to spend a night on the tiles - and then they thought it was meant to be the roof tiles! :D

Hennie, did you know that shebeen comes from the Irish and the word was used in America?

Some more info on Plett Rage:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...=matrics+plett

Matriculants are kids who have finished high school, typically aged 18, the age at which they can buy liquor and get driver's licences. And Hennie's beach town (Plettenberg Bay) is where they go and let go. (our school year ends before the summer break, which is this week.)

I didn`t know from Irish but where I grew up in ( Fietta`s -Vrededorp Jhb) there were a couple of them I know what it is about.Raided a couple of them when I was in the SAP in the early 90`s.

Another week and my town is full of tourists.

Don't leave Margate on the Kwa-Zulu South Coast out of this matric rage thing..So many kids do stupid things during this time and pay for it the rest of their lives.:mad:

Ok. silly season is over so now I can spend some time to complete my MM.
Will take a break for the next 5 weeks then it is time for a new year again.
I can complete all the last bits but can not do final assemble until next year when I can move into my new workshop,what a bummer.

Kobus will be in Gangsters paradise from the 20th will contact you.

Just a note to those from the cold northern hemisphere:

Today, most industrial businesses closed their doors for the summer/Xmas holidays, out here in South Africa. We re-open our factories either 5 or 12 January, some even later.

Gerald,
Wednesday this week, we had to close our schools for an ice rain storm that went through the area. :(:eek:

Heath, the first time I read your post, I read:
. . . . . we had to close our schools for an ice cream storm that . . . .
that is just our natural association with the word ice here at the beach in summer. :D

Hennie I am in Sabie fixing some things to my house over here. Will leave for GP on Friday. So contact me and we can get together. I will be back at work on Monday 22 Dec but can always make a plan.

The wife wants to stay till the 3rd of Jan in GP so we can turn a steak over when it suits you will contact you when I am in town.

Projects that funded my Mech Mate
 

I took some pic`s of projects that financed my Mech Mate.

nice very very nice

Beautiful work. I wish we had some of that gorgeous wood here in the US.

Hennie,

Nice work. Did you cut the counter tops and back splash on your machine?

Nils my machine is packed in a container all in pieces I can only assemble it in January when I move to my new workshop.Took a drive to the storage yard yesterday to see if it was still there.

I have used african rosewood for the tops.The kitchen was a revamp where we kept the layout and replaced all visable items ( pannels,doors,mouldings and some rotten units ).

General Mechmate Meeting In Brakpan
 

Had a general MechMate meeting at the home of MechMate Brakpan.Had a nice short visit at Kobus.

Hennie,

If you insist on going around without a beard, we'll be forced to expel you from the South African Mechmate Builder's Society. :D

Man,

Across the ocean the guys are too big ... or am I down ? :(

Doug I am to young for a beard:)

Hennie,

Here's an alternative....

http://www.actonecostumes.net/bmfabebush.html:D

Greg I might just scare the kids

Thanks Hennie, that was a nice visit from you and the BOSS. I will finish that chocolate cake for breakfast this morning...:D....got to work on my boep..;)

It looks like the home of the "BBB" is becoming the central meeting place of the MM builders in South Africa!:)

Ek wag vir jou Johan...bring net jou eie chocolate koek....:D

Cake gets squished in the car! Windhoek beer and Boere wors are a lot easier to pack.:D

And something for the lady of the house just to keep Kobus out of trouble for inviting everybody over.:D

I Am going shopping tomorrow for my Bosch router and some more bits and pieces at Hardware Centre JHB. ( Got some nice mula under the tree)

Most of the cutting that I will be doing will be with 16 mm melamine ( nesting ).I have a question to those who do it everyday.

What type of bit do I need to buy for cutting melamine?
What is prefered shank dia.? ( 12 mm or 8 mm )

Gerald what type of cutter do you use the most with mdf.
( will be nesting my doors also )
and in your part of the town if I need to get spiral down or up cut bits is there a company to sharpen it and do they sell bits also.

I would use 12 mm over 8mm as they are stronger, as long as you don't end up losing too much material in the cut.

Both Leuco (021 557 5364) (they may also have a branch in George ?) and Leitz in CT do spiral compression bits, and they sharpen as well. Another source is any stockist of BWP cutters, they also have spiral cutters in their catalog.

Alan most of the time I factor a 4>10 % wastage in my board product when we cut with the panel saw I can get away with the 12 mm bit.Thanks for the supplier will contact them when I have paid my way out of JHB with the toll gates

Stop moaning about Johannesburg...at least you can buy stuff here off the shelf most of the time......and we can SEE what we are breathing...:D

Jammer om van jou .ak te hoor:)

And did I enjoy my shopping spree:D

True, how many places in the country can you wake up to the sounds of birds coughing...:D Tried going up the cableway today, but the place was too full of vaalies breathing our fresh air.

The best light show happens from the second of Jan every year.Stand next to the N1 and watch all the rear red lights of all the cars leaving for Gauteng:D