Are you a scavenger?

[Gardengirl]

Just like Mubgrub I got all my long bamboo canes for runners from a skip :)

Can't see your table CG - just get the 'bad gateway' page :'(

[Gardengirl]

[Zippy Seale]

Gardengirl,
I have fixed that link now, :).
you should be able to see it

[Gardengirl]

Absolutely brilliant CG ::) :)  You are a very talented person :)

[Roy Bham UK]

;) Excellent piece of workmanship :) did you actually inlay the veneers on the table top?  :o  That would go well with the chess set that I made out of aluminium pipe ;D I'll see if I can find a piccy of it. :)

[Mimi]

What a beautiful table.  I cant believe that was made from skip fodder..  Wonderful !!!!

[wardy]

I am now trying hard to find a re-use for everything!  I use cardboard on my plot in long strips (when I can get it) and use it right up to my rows, each side.  It keeps weeds at bay and soil off my boots  :)  I have two builders rubble sacks filled with manure and planted up with courgettes and squashes which are coming along nicely.  I put a few tagetes in so it looks quite attractive.  My pallet decking in front of my shed looks lovely.  I'm after another plastic drum to use as water butt. The first one I got is proving the best thing on the plot as I have harvested so much water which means I'm not carrying water as far.  I have nailed four pallets together for a compost bin and my OH has screwed four window panes together to make me a frame for my cucumbers and peppers.  Plastic bottles are cut up for plant labels and milk containers make good measuring jugs as well, and cloches.  I can't pass a skip either.  I had to laugh at Annalex who said her son was so embarrassed by her skip raiding that he joined the navy  ;D

[Zippy Seale]

Roy Bham UK,
Thats not veneer, but solid squares of wood. 1/4 inch thick.
the 'white squares are a eucalyptus tree cut down and log, I grabbed a few logs and kept it for 2 yrs, then planked it, and season for another 3yrs.
lovely pinky grain.  rest is same mahogany that made the wifes coffee table, and a little oak, again from a pub beening renovated(devoided of character by witherspoons).
I suppose i better have the best looking homemade shed and coldframes, etc.
Or get a lot of flack for you lot...lmao
total cost for that chess table was 36-40 quid.
cple of spray cans
1 Book of gold leaf.
add the old sticky back plastic( yes I did watch blue peter) and you to can be a master skip craftsman.....hee hee                                                         

[Roy Bham UK]

:o Wow you must have a keen eye and patience with an excellent skill in woodwork, well done, what a treasure, I still think it would look nicer under my home made chess set that I'm quite proud of. ;D 8)

[Zippy Seale]

very unique there,
and very nice.
if you like to the pieces I made
here is the my site.
http://uk.geocities.com/ba_seale/index.html
Still trying to work out how to post pics here,  ...lol
not the only only i think
CG

[Roy Bham UK]

 :'( Can't see your chess set :( Yahoo says...Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable! 
Thanks for the compliment ;)

[Zippy Seale]

bugger yahoo.  was working just now...lol

[Roy Bham UK]

:) I love those pieces ;) how did you make them or what are they made from?

P.S. Your table has gone now ::)