Shopping Spree

I wanted to make the walls in balsa wood, but decided against it, mainly because it's simply hard to find in my area - and I'm talking within a 50 km radius! I didn't feel like purchasing online, since it's a fragile material, and quality can be all over the place. So it was back to the old DIY store for me, to purchase more wood, this time in the form of some 6 metres of panelling, clocking in at around 150 kr. (15£) and a "carpenter's square" for another 100 kr. (10£).

I also went a bit crazy and found an old, used table-size buzzsaw for the reasonable price of 200 kr. (20£), much to my neighbours' regret I'm sure, to help with cutting the walls and doors. It's not really necessary, but it was a decent price, so I decided to go for it, especially since I have already thought of several new projects I'll tackle when I eventually complete this Space Crusade board.

My final purchase (this time around) was a set of Super Magnets for the removable doors. I purchased mine at super-magnete.de*, since I'm in Europe and have dealt with them before, and was happy with the service. Crossing my fingers it'll be the same this time. There's 24 doors on the board(s), and I've decided I need 2 sets of 2 magnets for each. To be on the safe side, and because the more you order the cheaper they are, I went ahead and got 80 of each, for a grand total, including shipping, of 40€, roughly 300 kr. or 30£.

At this stage, I'm oiling up the buzz-saw before use, so the walls in the picture are actually hand-sawn, but I have made a trial-cut for one of the doors with it, and it seems to be working fine (it's rather noisy though, so I'll try and limit the use of it to when I need it).

The reason I'm rather meticulously writing down prices and expenses is that when I'm done, I'd like to be able to look back and see what kind of total cost we're looking at. At the current building rate, there's no way I'm going to remember if I don't write it down, so there we are! I also think it might be interesting to anyone wanting to do something similar themselves.

*no, I am not affiliated with these guys, nor do I get anything from plugging them!

Images of the first couple of walls, the buzzsaw, and the holes I've drilled for the magnets for the door below:

For those noticing the Magic: the Gathering cards: I play occasionally, but strictly "limited" only, and so I have loads of cards lying around that aren't worth the cardboard they're printed on - but that's exactly why I keep them: they're a good source of cardboard! I realize this is akin to blasphemy to many, but there you are.