OK..on a more serious note..

@earthmover said:

This is my WIP. Very soon it will become a car that tranform to a house that flies. Please not spam me. I am only .0039948957% done. Please vote to me. It will be awesome. Sorry I not make more...I'm tired from many hours at Harverd Law.

You beat me to it!

@stu said:

@unknownuser said:

No, you daft ozzie! Post it here! It's the Corner Bar, anything goes!

Actually Stinkie, I couldnt find the Thai recipe....but this one looks damn good too!!!!
http://www.cuisine.com.au/recipe/salmon_fish_cakes

Yummmm..!!!

And while we're on the subject of food......does anybody out there have a good Christmas Pudding recipe?

This sounds delescious...I wish I could make it... Damn metric system..

Probably one of the least annoying things in this thread...

@unknownuser said:

@kdsdesign said:

well, Coments anyone?

There's a saying in Dutch, that roughly translates as: a donkey doesn't hit it's head on the same stone twice.

I love these translated folksy sayings..." A rooster never crows at the same sunrise twice"

@unknownuser said:

It should be bleedin' obvious by now - the thread's been removed from the Gallery, for crying out loud.

Theres allot of 800Lb (362.873896 Kilos) gorillas in this thread my freind...

Wow...I just tripped over this thread and had to read every post...it's kinda like watching a movie thats real long and then being disappointed at the end...

@remus said:

I suppose theres also quite a high chance of triggering it accidentally though, like if you brush the side of the blade for example. Could get pretty pricey pretty quickly if you did that a few times.

There is a chance that you can trigger it accidentally when sawing lumber thats not fully dry...like pressure treated. The saw has an override switch that allows you to disable the safety feature if you are cutting wet lumber or if you might be cutting metal with it as well. I am mostly a cabinet/furniture builder so I rarely need to saw wet wood...I am always working with plywood or kiln dried hardwoods.

Like Dave R, I have also been using a table saw for many years and luckily have not had any bad run ins with the blade...thats not to say it wont happen, but experience does lend itself to better safety practices. Before I throw the power switch I plan out how I am going to make my cut..even if its a simple rip..and when the blade is running I am always aware where my fingers are in relation to the blade. I never rush while using the saw..if you talk to allot of table saw injury victims ( my wife is an E.M.T and she has transported a few table saw accidents) they will say they were in a hurry, or they were just making a quick cut...you let your guard down and thats all it takes!

I have a few friends that are in the commercial cabinet making business and they have been telling me that allot of commercial shops are buying them...seems their insurance companies are giving them discounts due to the increased safety factor of the saw.

Hazza, thats the point I was making in my first post..compare the cost of the saw to what it would mean to loose a finger..or more than one..you really cant put a price on what your body parts are worth..but the insurance companies don't seem to have a problem doing it!
I just flat out can't afford one...hopefully like allot of other new technology it might come down in price when it's been on the market for a while. The cabinet saw has been out for a few years but the contractor saw just came out within this year..so I guess I will have to be careful on my regular old fashioned flesh chewer and hope I still have enough fingers left to get the three grand out of my wallet for a Saw Stop.

Yes it's a remarkable piece of technology, and both the cabinet saw and the contractors saw are very well made pieces of equipment. I witnessed a live demonstration of the "hot dog" test at my local Woodcraft store..it was pretty impressive. That being said, I think personally for me the price is a little outrageous. The contractor saw alone once you get the necessary accessories for it and spare cartridges for both conventional blade and dado, your looking at over $3500.00...for a CONTRACTORS SAW! Not to mention that if you do trigger the cartridge you are also out a blade as well( I use Forrest WWII blades at almost $100 bucks a piece). I can get a brand new Powermatic 2000 with a 50" Biesmeyer fence for allot less than that. But what price do you put on your fingers? I think they are great saws, and I put a high value on my fingers...but I just can't afford the technology.

Thanks for the link hazza...can't have too many resources for textures! The Western Red Cedar texture on the majority of the house is from Form Fonts, but I think the Pine is a default texture.

I recently bought some plans for an "Extreme Birdhouse" that I ended up building as a present for a family member. Of course, like a solid Sketch-a holic as soon as I got the plans I did a Sketchup model of the bird "condo". I thought I would share a couple of renders of the model. It is still a work in progress..I sent a few screen shots of the model to the guy who designed it and now he wants me to help him do over his plans replacing his basic AutoCAD drawings and pictures with my model.
This is a Podium render with shadows turned on...

The rest No backdrop, shadows off.. trying to get a good look for the instructions..

I'm not happy with the roof..it's supposed to be standing seam metal roof painted hunter green. I want to physically model it rather than do an applied roofing texture. The interior dividers are plywood but I haven't found a real good plywood texture yet.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome...thanks for looking!

Love your design and the render! I like the natural finish one better..I have always thought it was a sin to paint perfectly good wood!

Ya...all those shots look like they fell right out of the Form Fonts website! I guess if all your doing is making a room a furnishing it with components you should be able to churn it out fast and cheap!

I would definitely wear pants..

A couple of republican dogs..

Wow...the last few renders look like photos...great model and awesome renders! I think your kit has a real old school feel to it, so I would go with bass drum mounted rack toms. The texture on the ride is killer. If you really want an accurate look you might consider putting a front head on the bass drum with a cutout for a microphone. Fantastic work!

@remus said:

I dont know what mountain dew is, but im fairly sure drinking that much of it cant be good.

Go out and gather as much squirrel pee (or any other small animal) as you can put it in a tin can, chill and serve...

Click on everything in the picture...some multiple times..

http://www.palinaspresident.us/

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-thursday-bush-endorsement/783981/

I love these! You really nailed the "old school" render...they look like they are right out of a few '60s architecture textbooks I have on the shelf!