further to the now closed "How much Brainpower would it take" thread

[ian]

I'm not sure why the "How much brainpower would it take" thread is now closed ...

but to continue on from the messages posted in that thread ...

Originally Posted by RossM
Same issue with Officeworks - acres of office stuff & little real variety. Tried to buy carbon paper - staff looked at each other, shrugged & said "what's that?) . At a stationary store for @#$% sake!!)


Originally Posted by Ed..
Funny you should mention that, I actually have an almost full 100 sheet box of A4 carbon paper sitting on a shelf behind me. I have used a sheet three times in the last 10-15 years. Carbon paper was also used in typewriters and receipt books, now I am showing my age!


Originally Posted by RossM
My request above was for some carbon paper to use for transferring designs from paper to wood for some pyrography & carving. I would have been happy with either "pencil" or "typing" but NOT at $190 for a small box - GULP !!

so is the solution for RossM (who lives in Sydney) to ask Ed.. (who lives in Queensland) if he can buy up to 10 sheets of Ed's carbon paper ?

Even at $1 per sheet, Ross would still be $180 ahead.

and as far as I know, AustraliaPost is still delivering between the two states

[Aussiephil]

Interestingly (maybe) you can buy transfer paper (carbon paper) in 48" by 96" sheets from Transfer Paper - Pattern Transfer Paper, they do ship to Aust, well they did last time i bought patterns from them.
This stuff is designed for transferring patterns to wood and i'm sure i still have a couple of large sheets with some patterns.

You can even get a version in white for dark coloured woods

Hope this helps someone