Marky Ferguson's Workshop and those Bl**dy potato boxes !!!

[Lord Ferguson]

Getting on with (and pretty fed up with) potato box production.  Another 40 ready to go now Ben - should have 60+ by the end of the weekend if the wife & kids let me get on with it

[Lord Ferguson]

Thanks Ben... I'll do some marking out first I reckon.

[FB]

yeah thats what i did....can be fiddly though!

[Lord Ferguson]

Put it here so's not to go OT (being the good boy I am) (2006 awards not that far away...) anyway.. Someone had the bright idea of staining the boxes with a stained wax (can't remember who sorry - and can't find that thread !) - anyway... I think they look a lot more authentic like this - what do you reckon 

[Lord Ferguson]

[THEBRITFARMER]

Yes look much better Mark  :)

[JC]

:o :o :o

You didn't need to make me that many Mark!! 

I prefer them without the sealer. 

[FB]

still got the wax on my hands! :D

be over around 8pm Mark on friday to pick them up! ;D

[Old Ford]

CAN I ORDER FIVE THOUSAND PLEASE MARK. ;D

[Tractorman810]

thers enought there to fill mjb's shed easy ,

[FB]

so whats the best then,

plain or waxed?

waxed gives it an older look and i think also adds a muddy look to them ???

[Tractorman810]

:o :o :o

You didn't need to make me that many Mark!!?

I prefer them without the sealer.?

he didn't it's one of mjs sheets printed off  :D :D

personally i prefer the waxed ones,they look a bit more used

[JC]

I'm guessing the real thing would be bare would with no preservatives, food safety and all......  \

[FB]

he didn't it's one of mjs sheets printed off? :D :D

personally i prefer the waxed ones,they look a bit more used

cheers!!!...i got some waxing to do next week! :D

[NewHolland2]

Looks good Mark. You've got a hell of a lot of boxes there...... ;)

[FB]

68 are off my way on friday! :)

[NCC]

Look rather good Mark, that wax has worked a treat gives it a more soiled, used look as no tattie boxes are ever clean :D :D

Could you PM or post the prices of them as I might be interested in a couple of hundred  ??? ;) :D :D

[Pingu]

Look great done your self proud mark

[Lord Ferguson]

Look great done your self proud mark

Thanks MF Fan - easy to make (good job really !) but VERY time consuming indeed.  Trouble is I've let them all go now and I've decided to have some of my own  ... bugger 

[FB]

i'll pop over and give you a hand....still have 66 more to wax! :D

[Lord Ferguson]

i'll pop over and give you a hand....still have 66 more to wax! :D

Thanks Ben... you've really got stuck into that waxing then  :D :D

[FB]

yeah, not had the amount of time i wanted, just 10 mins here and there really....i know i could have done a few in that time! :D

[Pingu]

Thanks MF Fan - easy to make (good job really !) but VERY time consuming indeed. Trouble is I've let them all go now and I've decided to have some of my own ... bugger

Well they look like they were more than worth the time you spent on them

[NewHolland2]

Thanks MF Fan - easy to make (good job really !) but VERY time consuming indeed.? Trouble is I've let them all go now and I've decided to have some of my own? ... bugger?

......easy to make Mark, but really good mate...... :)

[Lord Ferguson]

Thanks MF Fan and you Martin - It makes one feel all warm up one leg when you get praise like that.  As with all these tasks its easy if you have the kit - I'm pretty hopeless at this sort of thing but my little bandsaw does a really good job - Anyone thinking of making a workshop investment should consider one of these - mines about 85 quid now so it won't break the bank (seeing what some of you pay for models).  I think I may have posted that before somewhere - forgive me if I have 

[FB]

I'll back him up on that, if he hadn't of offered to show me his tools  : I'd probably be on box number 3 by now using a small hacksaw and hobby knife to cut the wood! :D :D

cheers Mark!

I'll get you some Hamlet next time i'm over!  :)