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Post by woodrat » Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:26 am

Just some explanation for the above pictures. The tone wood was moved to a secret location for crating up...my friends dads garage which was about 4 times larger than his his son' s back garden :lol:
The material was cut up only as small as it needed to be...ie, kept as large as possible so that my options are left open when I get it home.
In answer to you Peter...Yes I have applied to the CITES management authority here in the UK for an export licence. Our government department that handles CITES does not charge for the paperwork...over here I was slugged £47.00 or about $85...John was none to happy about that! :twisted: Mahogany that is in the form of a finished product like furniture is not controlled like D.nigra but sawn boards and veneer is...ie needs export permit. So yes the mahogany should be no drama.
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Post by woodrat » Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:28 am

...sorry for the duplicate post.... :oops:
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Post by kiwigeo » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:44 am

woodrat wrote:...sorry for the duplicate post.... :oops:
What duplicate post??? You've been staring at that wood for too long and now youre starting to see things :mrgreen:
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Post by woodrat » Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:56 am

Hi again everyone....I am at last back in OZ!...The trip is a long one...seems to get longer every time I do it...that was my 5th time... anyway I thought that I would update you on how I went with the packing and shipping of the booty of my raid of the Old Country...

...firstly...it pays to do some homework. I bought ply and some 2 x 2 pine battens from the local hardware to make a crate. So I made the crate and proceeded to pack it and then I searched for a freight forwarding company. Well on finding a company they wanted to know what the construction of the crate was and I said ply screwed to battens. They asked if the battens were treated...apparently the wood of the battens needs to be treated to comply with Australia's quarantine laws. It has to have been heated to 56 deg C for 30 minutes...that is what the treatment is. So I contacted the freight company and they were able to supply me with the proper battens that had a stamp saying they were treated. After unpacking the crate I replaced the battens so that they were "approved" :?
Anyway so that was that...

With regard to the Brazilian Rosewood I jumped through the hoops with that too and got a CITES export license for it ... paid 47 pounds to take it with me on the plane (some went in the crate) only to have an Australian Customs official ask me what was in the package with the yellow plastic around it. I said"its some bits of wood from a piece of antique furniture" ...she said "Oh, no worries dear ...off you go" ....47 quid to hear that! :lol:
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BRW I took on the plane with me
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Post by woodrat » Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:06 am

...also because I had sawn up the table that had made my export application invalid because now I was exporting pieces of rosewood and not a table...so I had to describe all the pieces and have separate export licenses for each piece...thankfully it didnt cost any more for that...here is what I got for my 47 pounds.

you gotta love red tape! :evil:
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Post by charangohabsburg » Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:15 am

Congrats John!
Right, wood over 6mm thick is regarded as a potential bug carrier.
woodrat wrote:With regard to the Brazilian Rosewood I jumped through the hoops with that too and got a CITES export license for it ... paid 47 pounds to take it with me on the plane (some went in the crate) only to have an Australian Customs official ask me what was in the package with the yellow plastic around it. I said"its some bits of wood from a piece of antique furniture" ...she said "Oh, no worries dear ...off you go" ....47 quid to hear that!
Well, you'd better keep that piece of paper for a looong while. ;)
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Post by woodrat » Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:30 am

Right Markus! ... I wonder how dangerous 5.5mm wood is? :D

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Post by charangohabsburg » Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:51 am

woodrat wrote:Right Markus! ... I wonder how dangerous 5.5mm wood is? :D
As long as you can convince customs that 5.5mm is thinner than 6.0 mm it is not dangerous. 8)
And I think that furniture, even if chopped up is yet another international tariff number. I'm sure you know (now) more about that than I do.
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Post by P Bill » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:36 am

I posted these boxes on another site and it occurred to me these are probably safe from future harvests. :D

The carved box is my "Four Seasons ", different view from all corners. Four Seasons is not finished polished.
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Post by woodrat » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:19 am

Very Nice Bill... :cl :cl :cl

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Post by P Bill » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:29 am

Cheers John,
I'm as guilty as they come. This verandah boot cupboard is old stringers and treads.
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Post by woodrat » Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:42 am

Bill, you're obviously not guilty in my world! :lol:

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Post by auscab » Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:33 pm

Nice work Bill . I like them both .
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:shock:
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Post by auscab » Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:32 pm

:lol:
That was weird , I read it three times and just thought WTF ??
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Post by 56nortondomy » Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:35 pm

Very weird indeed Rob.
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Post by Bob Connor » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:48 pm

It was supposed to be a PM to Woodrat, which I deleted at WR's request.

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Post by kiwigeo » Wed Aug 20, 2014 12:46 pm

Bob Connor wrote:It was supposed to be a PM to Woodrat, which I deleted at WR's request.

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Post by woodrat » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:47 pm

Thanks Gents....Now back on Topic!....the WoodRat is soon going to be doing what he does best again.....He is planing another raid into the heart of the Motherland! .... Research has been done and targeted raids have been devised so as to use as little "ammo" as possible but to bring down the biggest game...

....one thing that I learned from last time is that you can never trust an antique dealer to have a sharp saw so I am going to get a nice folding one with 10,000 Japanese teeth to fit stealthily me pocketsss....... :lol:

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Post by kiwigeo » Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:10 pm

The word is Christies auction house has beefed up it's sceurity
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Post by DarwinStrings » Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:50 pm

Rumour has it that the British got wind of the last trip and they are now banging nails into any old furniture to save them from the saw.

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Post by needsmorecowbel » Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:13 pm

As your agent John, I am offended that I have not been informed of these traveling arrangements.

How will we ever get "Top of the tables" or "No leg to stand on" onto BBC one?

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Post by woodrat » Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:22 pm

DarwinStrings wrote:Rumour has it that the British got wind of the last trip and they are now banging nails into any old furniture to save them from the saw.

Jim
Jim it gives "distressed furniture" a whole new meaning when I am in town!... :lol:

Martin...Christies are safe in their fortress....until I get through the small towns that is....:)

Stu....jokes about an extra leg go down like a lead balloon in the UK at the moment!

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Post by Bob Connor » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:12 pm

When are you going?

I'll be there in December.

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Post by woodrat » Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:51 am

Bob Connor wrote:When are you going?

I'll be there in December.

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Hi Bob....I will be back by then.....:(

...I will make sure I leave some furniture for you...:)
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