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Post by jfc on Oct 1, 2007 16:19:00 GMT
For a tea room . Ive been asked to make up a unit with lots of 9" X11 1/2" boxes for a tea room to display the tea they are going to sell . Heres the start of it , i'm using the uprights as temp supports right now . They will be fixed tomorrow .    The annoying thing is it's going to be waxed a dark oak colour but i need to glue the uprights in so cant wax the larger sheets before hand i'm going to have to wax lot's of silly little boxes . Still you all know i enjoy the briwax experience ;D |
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Post by dom on Oct 1, 2007 17:25:14 GMT
Why wax ? Lacquer it and then wipe some wax on for odour, wax won't be resilient enough.
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Post by jfc on Oct 1, 2007 18:19:46 GMT
Cause wax is fast and i can leave them a tub or two to touch up . Plus it gets me off my head when applying it ;D
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Post by engineerone on Oct 1, 2007 18:26:43 GMT
at colin c's suggestion i covered the oak table in b&q satin water based varnish, and will wax later. seems a good idea to me didn't so far cause any gluing problems  surely evostick is better than briwax  paul  |
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Post by jfc on Oct 2, 2007 17:07:17 GMT
A bit more done today   Just the oak 2x1 face frame to go on now . A domino would be a handy tool for this i guess . |
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Post by houtslager on Oct 3, 2007 11:44:14 GMT
just outta curiosity, what did you charge ?
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Post by jfc on Oct 3, 2007 13:34:59 GMT
It's around the 1K mark  |
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Post by dom on Oct 3, 2007 17:50:57 GMT
Still think you're too cheap
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Post by jfc on Oct 4, 2007 12:03:45 GMT
A bit more  |
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Post by lynx on Oct 4, 2007 12:09:28 GMT
out of interest, how much 'would' others charge?
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Post by engineerone on Oct 4, 2007 16:05:25 GMT
even as an amateur i think that's too little jason. would have thought nearer 1.5k would be more sensible paul |
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Post by dom on Oct 4, 2007 18:58:43 GMT
Closer too 2k
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Post by jfc on Oct 5, 2007 13:08:58 GMT
Added a little bit of detail  And now im going to go and get off my nut on Briwax ;D |
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Post by davyowen on Oct 5, 2007 14:01:00 GMT
And now im going to go and get off my nut on Briwax ;D And you had the cheek to call me a p*ss head the other day... ;D Looking very nice Jason. I agree with the others though, you are too cheap. |
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Post by engineerone on Oct 5, 2007 14:23:24 GMT
well if you saw his volvo you would know why paul |
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Post by jfc on Oct 6, 2007 17:21:32 GMT
First coat of wax .  What a fun day i had ;D |
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Post by davyowen on Oct 6, 2007 17:24:55 GMT
I know you're cheap, but you could have at least put the lights on for the picture ;D
Or were you too high to take the bright light?
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Post by andy on Oct 6, 2007 17:28:55 GMT
I know you're cheap, but you could have at least put the lights on for the picture ;D Or were you too high to take the bright light? Thats so you can't see all the mistakes and crap joints  |
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Post by dom on Oct 6, 2007 18:02:48 GMT
Nice job Jason, so would you like to make half a dozen for me I'll pay you a grand a piece |
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Post by jfc on Oct 6, 2007 18:12:07 GMT
Yup , i'm happy with that . Maybe i just work faster than you lot ;D
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Post by dom on Oct 6, 2007 18:30:01 GMT
No it's taken you 5 days so far and you're not finished yet it needs more wax and you have to deliver and install it |
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Post by jfc on Oct 6, 2007 18:36:42 GMT
No , it's taken about two days . I'm also making 20 more windows .
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Post by Keith on Oct 6, 2007 21:18:01 GMT
Jason how did you attach the face frame?
and I agree with the others you are charging country rates
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Post by jfc on Oct 6, 2007 21:22:03 GMT
Titebond and dovetail pinned with the default where needed , most of the upright parts are just glued .
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Post by jfc on Oct 8, 2007 17:09:41 GMT
 Well its on the wall , it took 3 men to lift it  6 6" ficher fixings and 30 4" screws are holding it up and i still felt it had to have legs . The ones in the pic are a quick fix while they decide what they want . I thing gallows brackets would look better . |
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6 6" ficher fixings and 30 4" screws are holding it up and i still felt it had to have legs . The ones in the pic are a quick fix while they decide what they want . I thing gallows brackets would look better .