Christmas is coming.......

[Lord Nibbo]

we have at least 14 planned by mid-2008....

Cheers -

Rob

Yes but 14 WHAT? surely your not going to keep us guessing!!!!! :lol:

 

[engineer one]

rob, you are getting as bad as mike w, hinting, shaking and jigging around just to get all the bucks back to the usa/canada.

think about us for at least one moment, how do we justify 14 of anything in the next 2 years????

all the best for xmas though, and thanks for the past year \/

paul :wink:

 

[Alf]

"Not going to keep us guessing"? Huh? Like heck he's not... :roll: I was going to be nice and spare you, but here's the Evil One's posting from elsewhere - read at your own risk:

Current plan has 14 additions to the plane line before Apr 2008....

6 of those should appear within the next 10-14 months. The first will likely be the LH edge plane (mirror of the current edge plane). At least one plane will be under $50. Four planes will be under $100. Some planes will not be Veritas planes - but will still be made by us, under a new brand. At least one plane will have multiple blades. At least two planes will have skewed blades. Two planes have the word "small" in the description, while two have "large".

And .... this could be all different 6-8 months from now...

There is a third line in development - but it is at least 10 months out - and could be longer... new technologies involved there, and a lot still to work out.

Then too - we still have lots of tools to work on that aren't planes.....

Actually it's surprising how much you could guess, going on previous hints, but even so I'm struggling. Not that I'm going to tell him that.

Cheers, Alf

 

[DaveL]

Actually it's surprising how much you could guess, going on previous hints, but even so I'm struggling. Not that I'm going to tell him that.

er don't tell him your name Pike :roll:

 

[Alf]

You don't think he'll read that bit, do you...? :-k :lol:

 

[Rob Lee]

You don't think he'll read that bit, do you...? :-k :lol:

 

[Alf]

Of course I only said I was struggling pour encourager les autres... 8-[

 

[MikeW]

...Mike, thought you'd have had your fill of beech just recently :wink:

Cheers, Alf

There's probably a bunch of Bubinga to do in the near future. A whole bunch... :wink:

Take care, Mike

 

[engineer one]

does bubinga in bunches taste like bananas??? :twisted: :lol:

or is this another part of the bear eating pizza lineage. :roll:

paul :wink:

 

[Alf]

...Mike, thought you'd have had your fill of beech just recently :wink:

Cheers, Alf

There's probably a bunch of Bubinga to do in the near future. A whole bunch... :wink:

If only our ancestors had known what we know now, they'd have gone into Bubinga farming... :wink: :lol:

 

[JesseM]

...Mike, thought you'd have had your fill of beech just recently :wink:

Cheers, Alf

There's probably a bunch of Bubinga to do in the near future. A whole bunch... :wink:
Take care, Mike

Not trying to steer this thread off course, but is bubinga a good wood for planes and chisel handles. I bought some 5/4 the other day and its very dense and heavy, and have heard its stable. It also has an oily feel to it.

 

[DaveL]

is bubinga a good wood for planes and chisel handles. I bought some 5/4 the other day and its very dense and heavy, and have heard its stable. It also has an oily feel to it.

It's terrible stuff, don't know why they still sell it, you best send it all to me for proper disposal. :roll: :wink:

 

[MikeW]

Bubinga makes excellent anything wood. Among my favorite for furniture, and of course, saws...

Now the bazillion saws which will be made from Bubinga I referred to above won't necessarily be curly like this one, it will be like--really like--this one:

Take care, Mike

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Oh Mike, I'm truly sorry to see that your standards are slipping ....



.......down the slope! :lol: Damn, that's nice. Keep aside some of that curly Bubinga for me next year. :wink:

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[JesseM]

Beautiful stuff. This stuff doesn't look like the second pic nor the first. It looks figured but won't be sure till I take a plane to it.

 

[MikeW]

Yeah, Bubinga varies a lot. Working on a half dozen over the weekend from 3 different boards and each set of two will look different.

These above. The curly Bubinga has a couple things going for it. One, the inherent chatoyance and the fact it had a couple coats of garnet shellac before our other finish.

The bottom picture looks a little dead compared to real life. That was mostly due to the picture being lit too hot. That and the fact I don't pull pictures off the camera until after the packages have shipped. No chance for a second set of pictures.

But I love Bubinga in all its permutations. Wonderful to work, and its variations keep me excited about it.

Take care, Mike

 

[Alf]

Mike, Mike, Mike... He said plane and chisel handles - take those superfluous saws away [-X :lol: Instead, back to reality:

Hmm, curly bubinga chisel handles...? Mmmmm

Cheers, Alf