michlins:
oh Lord my God. Now this is premium something.

Did the welder complete the overlay or you did it yourself

nextstep:


I think you have to first realize that even if people are doing things different from how you are, they have their own rationale.
As a person who prefers fabricating locally over importing, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt, e.g.:

- CNC laser cutters are far more expensive than these plates, so for one offs, you're better off with the precut plates
- There is skill and labor involved, which haven't really been developed yet. With time, yes, but no client wants to be the guinea pig.
- CNC requires computer... not too many metal yards (outside Lagos) have the clean environment a computer requires (for now)
- Parts are not off the shelf (yet). If the laser goes kaput (or like happened to me once, the freaking power supply dies in the middle of a cutting session), you're out of commission for weeks.
- We're not even mentioning the power supply needs.

Why assume all this risk when the client can just put up the funds to import?

Like you, I'm not happy with this situation, but things change really quickly... I won't be surprised if there's some fellow in Onitsha today gearing up CNC for production

spyder880:
Our wooden overlay on the wrought iron handrails of this house,

spyder880:


My brother, I had to fight the welder before he returned part of the money, I found someone else to do this one again.

spyder880:
Our wooden overlay on the wrought iron handrails of this house,

ikuku:


Those are really quality work there Mr Spyder. The beauty of this edifice is gradually coming out. My friends are watching too. Good job

Celepope:
Prof Spyder880
Your student have a question for you, what is the width (wideness) of this building in feet measurement? I really need to learn you guys meter measurement.

Celepope:


Please attend to this my question Oga Spyder880

spyder880:


The architect that drew this house, (a Nairalander) won't be happy of I divulge the details of his work online. I guess you should approach him for details of the drawings. Thank you Sir

Celepope:
Prof Spyder880
Your student have a question for you, what is the width (wideness) of this building in feet measurement? I really need to learn you guys meter measurement.

spyder880:
Careful attention is needed to bring out the best of this delicate design, we have just painted it white, the gold trimmings will come later..........

spyder880:
Some parts of the house still being painted..........

mufutau55:


Excellent ceiling designs. Please carry us along with the gold trim sir. Good work.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


This building is really coming out. Splendid work, Oga Spyder.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


All Architect in Nigeria now uses meter.. if you want to know this in feet, there are many options that will convert from meter to feet for you online. I am also familiar with feet/inches than with meter. So I just convert it's roughly around 3ft to 1meter for rough conversion. I hope that answer your question.

Hajji M.

Dennis3D:

1m = 3.3fit

spyder880:
Around the house today..........

Fhemmmy:


Chairman, will you ever go back to when you used to tell us the cost?

Dennis3D:


1m = 3.3fit

kopell:
Sometimes I don’t know how our people think. So the have to import those plates and make it a killer in price, when the could buy ordinary CNC laser cutters to cut those patterns in record time, probably cut 100 per hour. What a shame.

spyder880:
Around the house today..........