Melbourne west shed meet

[kman-oz]

G'day all,

There has been some recent interest in getting a few of us less experienced wood workers together to have a bite and a pint over the work bench. Thus, I offer by humble (and I do mean humble) workshop up for an open invitation to anyone interested in a simple meet and greet with the chance to show off your skills, or if you're like me, to pick up some new ones!

So far I have four or five Melbournites interested in a BBQ and a few brews, so feel free to come along and perhaps put some names to some faces. As details become clearer I'll post changes, in the mean time, details as follows:

Location: Laverton, western suburbs of Melbourne
Date: 5th of January 2008
Time: All are welcome from 10am, lunch at midday-ish. Perhaps dinner too.

Offers for provision of food and beverages have been made, but if numbers grow it'll have to become a BYO affair. If numbers grow a *lot* I might ask someone to bring another BBQ over too. :D

If anyone with perhaps a more substantial workshop would like to act as host to the event, please don't hesitate to offer, I don't have a huge amount of space or gear to share around.

That's all for now, I'll talk to y'all soon!

[thumbsucker]

thumbsucker

[astrid]

astrid

[ftje]

i'm in too :2tsup:

[scooter]

Saturday's a work day for me, but goodonya for hosting one, kman. :2tsup: :)

[Wood Borer]

Fire Season for me but there is a slight chance I might be able to make it.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I may poke my whiskers around the corner - it's always good to meet new members and pick their brains (and I reckon someone'll have to show all you potential darksiders how to turn the lights on... :;) - but won't know for sure until a lot closer to the date.

[kekemo]

Wish I could be there....I know ....LOTTO....if I win I'm there.....
KEKEMO

http://Groups.msn.com/WOODWORKCountryCottage

Otherwise....Bummer....I miss out!

[kman-oz]

The more the meerier! I think I'll have to work out how to open the windows in the garage, I have a feeling it will be hot. Does anyone have a kiddy pool? :D

Croydon and Tolmie are a fair hike guys, I look forward to meet you all.

Um, not keen on posting my address, PM me if you're interested in coming, I'll confirm attendance shortly before the day and send out the address then. The wife has decided to make some of her famous burgers, I'll see what I can do about my famous greek and pasta salads. If you want to bring something along, feel free, I'll make sure there's plenty of ice. If there's any beer left over from my son's christening this weekend I'll put it aside as well (as much for you as to stop me drinking it all actually!).

Ok, workshops; the original idea was to share some knowledge amongst the less experienced of us, so if there's something you'd like to share please make a suggestion. I'm happy for anyone to make use of my workshop for the day, if there's anything in particular you need let me know. I have a fair assortment of power and hand tools, but it wouldn't hurt to bring some along either.

I'll put my hand up for making and tuning wooden planes, and I think TS will be bringing his HNT planes along so he'll probably be able to help me out a bit here. Here's a basic list of what I have currently, but there's prabably a lot more I can't remember:

- small table saw/ work bench with two small front vices
- router table and various bits
- sliding mitre saw
- small drill press
- hand drills
- tenon saw
- basic measuing and marking gear
- planes: 4, 5, 6, block and 60* wooden smoothing planes
- basic chisels
- biscuit joiner
- one rough bench with engineering vice
- bench grinder and sharpening gear (honing guide, stones, glass, W/D paper...)

I've also made a fair size lapping plate, so if you have some planes that need fettling, bring them along too.

See y'all soon!

Dave.

[Wood Borer]

I have a few LN planes, LN saws, LN chisels, water stones, arkansas stone, ceramic stones, a few different marking gauges etc but like I said, we will be on fire alert up here and fairly nervous after the fires earlier this year.

[thumbsucker]

Dave do you have a woodworking vice? Or a working workmate?

I am willing to give demonstrations on handcut Dovetailing and M&T joinery and the using of shaping tools like Drawknife, Spokeshave's and raps for shaping legs and curved items. As well as gloating over my HNT planes. :D

That is about the most I could do in a day.

If someone has a video camera then we can record some of the stuff and post it on the forum.

The only thing I would would need is if someone could give me a lift to and from Daves place from Seddon (very near Dave). As I do not have a car and I would be caring a large box of tools and going on the train and bus would not be feasible.

[kman-oz]

WB, would be great if the LN stuff came along! I'd be interested to see how the ceramic stone compares too.

TS, I've only got two small front vices on my main bench. Not much chop, but they're cheap and effective like most of my tools. Basic 6" steel body jobbies with wooden faces flush mounted to the front of the bench at either end.

I know ftje is very nearby Laverton also, perhaps he could give you a lift? Otherwise I'll come and get you if you're up for an early start?

[astrid]

I can bring a kiddie pool If we can fill it.
personally i think the water poeple can spare a drip in a good cause and i havent washed my car or windows this year :U (or last)
I can bring small clamps that we could attach to an old table if there is a shortage of vices

astrid

TS, Im comming from "Brrhieghton" but can pick you up if theres no-one nearer

[thumbsucker]

astrid it would be nice if you could do a pickup along the way. However we will see as we get closer to the date and make arrangements accordingly.

[ftje]

Gday Lads,

sorry its been a couple of days..

I can pick you up TS if need be.. But as you said, we'll see what happens closer to the date.

Cheers

Joe

[Sir Stinkalot]

To be honest I generally like the idea of keeping the wooding forum as my "virtual" friends .... and perhaps it may the the red talking .... however I think I may be interested in shrugging off my introverted tendencies and coming along. Generally we try and take an overseas holiday at this time of the year but we have delayed it in 2008 so that we can make it 6 months. For some reason the 5th sounds like it is generally busy but I am sure that I can be free .....

Kman-oz if you are interested in having a stinky along please remind me again in late December ...... Laverton works well for me!

I fit the bill ..... I am lacking experience ..... I like a bite and a pint.

Cheers

Stinky.

[kman-oz]

Everyone is welcome Stinky.

My mate Jim will be coming, he's recently got into some box making so he *may* have something to show off. The good news is I have some beer left from the Christening.... I'll *try* to save y'all some :)

Dave.

[PenTurner]

As we get closer to the date i will let you know Dave, ripper of an idea. Amos:)

[BobL]

Thanks for the invite kman!
I'm coming all the way from Perth specialy!
Nah - I'll be in melbourne anyway.
Looking forward to meeting you guys and gals.

Cheers
BobL

[kman-oz]

Excellent news Bob, I look forward to it! :)

[astrid]

thanks kman, looks like we're live,
but any more of the girls comming?
i dont think weve got a shy emotecon:B
astrid

[rsser]

Are there many shy girls on the forum Astrid? ;-}

[kman-oz]

thanks kman, looks like we're live,
but any more of the girls comming?

Feel free to advertise, perhaps post in the WWW section... ignore that, I'll do it myself :rolleyes:

I'll ask Jim to bring his missus along, if any of you folks care to bring partners/family please feel free. My wife Jenny will be around, and the little man will get introduced as well :)

.... I could wear a dress.... :-

[watson]

G'day kman,
Am I allowed to put my name down too??
I live in Avoca, but one of my kids lives in Hoppers Crossing, and his Birthday is on the eigth of January, so I could kill three birds with the one stone:

1. meet you people
2. bludge a night at one of my kids places
3. save postage on his Birthday pressie...then bugger off back into the wilds of Central Victoria.

[kman-oz]

By all means Noel, glad to have you :)

[astrid]

Not exactly uncomfortable, just worried I'll be stuck with the clean up
and thanks rsser i could bring the you know what??


Astrid:U

[rsser]

Astrid, I should be mobile beginning Dec. and will PM you.

[woodwork wally]

Hi at present it appears that I may be able to make it Email an address when you are ready Will be coming through from Werribee Cheers for now Wally
G'day all,

There has been some recent interest in getting a few of us less experienced wood workers together to have a bite and a pint over the work bench. Thus, I offer by humble (and I do mean humble) workshop up for an open invitation to anyone interested in a simple meet and greet with the chance to show off your skills, or if you're like me, to pick up some new ones!

So far I have four or five Melbournites interested in a BBQ and a few brews, so feel free to come along and perhaps put some names to some faces. As details become clearer I'll post changes, in the mean time, details as follows:

Location: Laverton, western suburbs of Melbourne
Date: 5th of January 2008
Time: All are welcome from 10am, lunch at midday-ish. Perhaps dinner too.

Offers for provision of food and beverages have been made, but if numbers grow it'll have to become a BYO affair. If numbers grow a *lot* I might ask someone to bring another BBQ over too. :D

If anyone with perhaps a more substantial workshop would like to act as host to the event, please don't hesitate to offer, I don't have a huge amount of space or gear to share around.

That's all for now, I'll talk to y'all soon!

[kman-oz]

Update: All up there will be about 15 of us, which suites me because my place just isn't that big :)

Between 15 people the beer I have won't last long, so I'd suggest bringing a drink along if you plan to have a couple. Might I also ask that if anyone feels like helping out with food (salads, bread, what ever...) I'd appreciate your help :) The BBQ I can handle; burgers, snags, et al, but if you feel like bringing something along PM me.

Please send me a PM to confirm you intention to attend so that I can arrange meat, seating and all that jazz.

See y'all soon! :beer:

[scooter]

PM sent, thanks kman. :)


Cheers..................Sean

[kman-oz]

Ladies and gents,

I haven't received a lot of confirmations for the BBQ next month, so I thought I send a friendly reminder so that I can firm up numbers and buy stuff. I have a total of 16 people interested which is a great number and I'd like you all to be here :)

As soon as I've heard from you I'll send my address. Thanks folks! :2tsup:

Dave.

P.S. Bring tools, clamps and anything that might resemble a portable work bench :wink:

[astrid]

Thanks Dave,

I'll be there:)
Astrid
PS It might be an idea to email those intrested as they might not have time for the forum

[kman-oz]

G'day again,

I didn't realise I could only send a PM to one member at a time, so my first PM with address details didn't arrive, oops. I've now sent a PM to everyone who's expressed interest, please drop me one if I've missed you.

On the 'How To' front, I've had some recent success building a wooden plane and I'll definitely be sharing this on the 5th. I'll do it in two stages; preparing and cutting the stock plus glue-up, and tuning the constructed plane. I've got one that's complete and 95% tuned to demonstrate also.

[thumbsucker]

I will bring my HNT planes. My dovetail saw will not be hear by the 5th :C so I will give a demo on cutting mortise and tenon, and as well as jointing boards with planes. I can also show how to use a drawknife and spokeshaves if their is time and interest.

[astrid]

Hi TS,
I can bring my dovetail saw, all of your demo ideas sound great.

Mel :)

[masterwood]

Thank you for the invitation

I think this is a great idea to get together & exchange ideas.

I have been in the woodworking industry for more than 42 years with extensive knowledge here & overseas. i would love to share my thoughts & ideas with every one will be great.

I also can bring with me a FRONTLINE BANDSAW JIG & couple FRONTLINE CLAMPS to demostrate .

If there will be a bandsaw to demostrate will be a bonus if not i can run a video of it.

I hope i can make it on the day so far looks okay but i will confim it next couple days.


I also like to have the opportunity to sent my regards to every one out there & i hope all of us we will make it on the day.

And all best wishes for the New Year.


Many thanks
Masterwood

[astrid]

As i hope we'll get some darksider experience, I have loads of old drawer sides and fronts to practice on.
not much point in bringing hand tools if weve no timber:oo:
Ill also bring clamps, dovetail saw, spoke shavers and my scary bench grinder (if I can lift it) and oilstone and oil.

Astrid:)

[kman-oz]

Bringing a little timber along isn't a bad idea actually. I've got a small pile if scrap/salvaged pine and hardwoods, perhaps good for a bench top but not much else. I'm sure to have some left-over Messmate from the bed I'm building, I've also got some Jarah suitable for plane making or turning, but if you'd like to demonstrate on something more exotic you'd do well to drag a few bits along with you.

See y'all next Sat'day! :D

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Just double-checking... it's still on the 5th Jan?

[kman-oz]

Just double-checking... it's still on the 5th Jan?

Next Saturday the 5th of January. Isn't Soren giving you a lift? You'd better be sure he turns up on the right day :p

[thumbsucker]

Astrid a dovetail saw would be good.

I have some red gum, cypress boards that I can bring. I have larger pieces but that would need a chainsaw and bandsaw first.

I have a workmate bench with a heavy laminated top and a No. 7 dawn vice that I could bring but it is a question of Astrid having the space.

[kman-oz]

it is a question of Astrid having the space.

Based on what Astrid's bringing already she must be driving a ute or something :)

By the way folks, I'll do my best to clean up the workshop, but don't expect too much. Apologies in advance for the mess :wink:

[astrid]

ive got a camry waggon
did you want the kiddy pool?:oo:
what am i bringing? TS, some hand tools and clamps, some wood, some munchies, bench grinder,2-4 logs and ts workbench.
anything else?
how big is the bench?
astrid:U

[kman-oz]

TS' bench is quite portable, in a wagon you should have no trouble at all. Unlike mine, which requires two people and tools to move!

Are you bringing kids along astrid? The BOM says it'll be in the low 30's on Saturday (not that they're to be trusted of course), so the kiddy pool might be an interesting new experience for my boy (only 7 months old) if you don't mind? We've been recycling water for the garden for almost 2 years now, haven't used mains water once in all that time, so I'm sure Melbourne Water can spare a few litres for the kids :)

Um, anyone else bringing children along? Up to now I hadn't considered catering for anyone other than BBQ/salad eaters, any special requests?

So, who's coming...

Dave, Jenny and little Jake
Jim and Amy
thumbsucker
astrid
scooter
watson
Skew ChiDAMN!!
Soren
BobL
Woodenink
woodwork wally
kevjed
Groggy

... there are a few more maybes too, so it could be as many as 20 people. In fact, I might cap it at 20 because I'll probably run out of seats. :D

When ever I'm at a BBQ I always get lumped with the cooking, so I hope eveyone likes their snags black ;)

Dave.

[astrid]

my kiddie pool is about 8' across and 18" deep with shade tent.
we can maybe half fill it but it will need to be watched every second if there are toddies around.
I once had the scary experience of somone elses 14 month old climbing in when the bigger kids were in too and adults only 6' feet away, she slipped over backwards and struggled silently as she tried to get up.
If I hadnt seen her from the corner of my eye she would have drowned.
the 8yos' just continued playing.
gives me chills even now.

On a lighter note Ill bring two chair as well.
dont think Ill bring the kids, nice to have a day off :U:U

Astrid

[Pops]

Hi Kman-Oz et al,

You are a brave man mate.:2tsup: This sounds like a main event.:D

Sounds like a lot of woody activity is on the cards.:2tsup:

Don't forget the camera somebody, to share the fun times.:U

Enjoy yourselves.:cool:

Cheers
Pops

[thumbsucker]

how big is the bench?
astrid:U

2.5' x 4.5' and less then 0.5' high when collapsed.

[masterwood]

Hi Dave

Yes i'm coming saturday the 5th January 2008


Looking forward in meeting you all

Regards
Masterwood

[kman-oz]

If there aren't any other kids coming astrid, Jake will be just as happy in a cool bath with a rubber duck :) No need for the pool then, but thanks for offering all the same. Err, seems TS' bench is bigger than I remember... sorry about that :-

No worries Pops, I'll be sure to charge up the camera on Friday. I intend to take it all very easy actually, find myself a stubby holder and a spot in the shade.... might even try to handball the BBQ tongs to someone :beer::eat:

Just kidding!

[astrid]

Ok TS,
bench will fit in fine I think we'll need it,


Astrid

[kman-oz]

Ah, BOM have changed their minds; Fine and 37 for Saturday :o I'll be erecting a marque for some shade, but I'd suggest a hat might be wise.... not to mention an ice helmet!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

37?

I could happily waste another day in a pool. Astrid? You still bringing...? :U

[kman-oz]

Aaawwww, wann'a rubber ducky too!

Happy New Year! :) Everyone in Melbourne looking forward to 41 degrees and a hangover today? :D

[BobL]

Dear All,

I didn't realize that the Guitar making course I am attending continues on Saturday and Sunday (I only found out this afternoon) so I can't make the midday BBQ. However I will try and leave Eltham in the mid-afternoon and see if I can get down there by say 4 to 4:30 pm - hopefully some of you may still be around unless you have melted away in the heat. :oo:

Let apologise to anyone in advance who I can't meet because of this stuff up, I was really looking forward to meeting you all face to face.

Cheers
Bob

[kman-oz]

Oops! Thanks for letting me know, I got your PM.

Um, the workshop isn't as tidy as I'd like it to be. There's still dust and cobwebs everywhere, but it's functional.... just warning you in advance, I've seen some of the pristine workshops around here :- I didn't get a chance to pre-prepare anything for the plane-making demo, so I'll be starting from dressed boards :C

See you tomorrow :D

Dave.

[thumbsucker]

My HNT are packed, my chisels are packed and my bench is waiting for Astrid. I will wait for Bob as I need to meet the man behind the computer.

I have a piece of Cooktown Ironwood that I will bring we could make a plane from that. Look forward to the demo's.

Time to sleep with the fan on full blast.

[Wood Borer]

I plan on being there. It seems that lots of people are bringing great hand tools so I might leave mine at home.

Does anyone need a lift? I'll be bringing my ute so I can carry a work bench or a lathe if necessary. I plan on leaving home about 9ish and I will need to leave the BBQ about 3PM.

[Wood Borer]

Does anyone know if the get together is still happening?

I have a 250 Km drive ahead of me but I don't know the address. I could start heading to Laverton and hopefully someone could SMS me with the address when I get into mobile range.

Any suggestions?

[Groggy]

check PMs

[Wood Borer]

Thanks Groggy, heading off now, see you all there about midday or a bit later.

[PenTurner]

Ahh!!! back from another Ubeaut meet, this time at the home of Dave and Jenny in Laverton, what wonderful hospitality and friendship all round. Met some old faces and many new faces(to me that is). A lovely lady turner in Astrid, who taunted us with olive wood she was going to bring! and then Greg was busy demonstrating and showing some superb hand tools(planes), forget the name , but absolutely wonderful. Helmut brought along his hammer and tool bench, and demostrated the fine art of hand planing, had a go but I sure would need plenty of practise. Scooter was there and so to Jim. Noel-Watson can't remember much of him, he will have to tell you himself!, KevJed-Kevin, Simon-SimonB, Wally and what a wally he was, Woodwork Wally, Skew and Sorren just to name a few, Neil and his wife called by with a box of goodies, and Woodborer -Rob, came in from the high country to have a yarn.
Now here are the photos and names, if they are incorrect you can blame WoodenInk.
1. Astrid, 2. Groggy- Greg, 3. Helmut, 4. Amos-WoodenInk, 5. Scooter- Shaun, 6. Dave and Jenny our hosts, (Kmanoz), 7. Jim ,8. Noel- Watson
9.KevJed-Kevin, 10.Simon-SimonB, 11.Wally-WoodWork Wally, 12.Skew-Al
13. Sorren as Sorren. 14.WoodBorer- Rob. the photographer was busy burning the Barbie when Neil came so he missed his photo beeing taken.
15.Pitching the tent-all hands on deck, 16.Astrid's wood staining, 17, A good idea-wood name tag-Wally, 17, tiny goblets by Wally, the one dollar coin is for comparison! 18. Group photo, 19. Dave and Helmut, 20. And one for the Pen turners, they had this offcut of desert Ironwood from the North of Australia, they threw it at me in disdain and said "here fido, chew on this and see if you can make a pen out of it!!"":) Amos

[PenTurner]

I had a wonderful day with my fellow wood turners and recommend it to any one, thanks you Dave and Jenny and to all who contributed to make this a wonderful day. Amos:)

[Groggy]

Special thanks to Dave and Jenny for their great organisation. Dave, I've made a note to arrange that cooler and will get it to you hopefully next week if it is still for sale.

Always good to meet the faces behind the pixels and catch up with those we know. I got the impression there was some fast learning going on today and it was really interesting watching Thumbsucker and Dave hooking into making the plane (guys, the latest FWW has an article on it).

Glad to see Rob made it down from Tolmie (2 hr drive) looking well and not fretting over fire season :2tsup:

[Wood Borer]

Thanks Dave.

Those who didn't make it missed out on a good catch up and a wonderful BBQ.

500 Km exactly was the round trip and now I am about to cook dinner on the BBQ:rolleyes:

[jow104]

Sorry I didn't make it fellers, but sure looks like you all had a good time.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Aye, 'twas a pleasantly spent day; many thanks to Dave & Jenny for putting up with us.

Helmut (Thumbsucker) promoted the darkside all day, first starting to make a plane with Dave and Kevin(?), then a quick demo of dovetails, finishing with an explanation of using mortice chisels. I'd meant to take some photos of the plane as the WIP proceeded but... well... :B Fortunately Amos brought along some of his pens and Wally a couple of miniature captive-ring goblets, so I got my fix of turning too.

BobL made it later in the afternoon (smart man... things had started to cool off by then) and showed us a few pix from the luthier's course he's doing. Nice. Although I felt (and I think Astrid agreed) that it was a bit eerie seeing a group of darksiders clustered around Bob's lap-top... :innocent:

[woodwork wally]

I"ve got to agree with Amos that was a great day and all thanks to Dave and Jenny for their hospitality This was a first for me and most enjoyable although I couldnt stay till stumps It was good to meet some of the faces behind the names and good to see Neil and Pauline call in as well . and I ended up with the other end of fidos bone [Cairns Ironwood ] to try a pen turn also Apparently something like "real hard "stuff, so I guess that the metal work lathe and some hss turning bits may be reccomended . anyway thanksDave & Jenny & to you all for a great day regards Wally

[BobL]

Well I eventually made it to the Melb-west gtg. Great to meet those that I could and sorry that I couldn't meet the others. I finally did get to eat some of the spicy chicken - I really liked that. Thanks Dave and gang. It's great to put the faces to the nicks.

[kman-oz]

Ladies and Gents, thank you all very much for a great day! We ate, we drank, we got very little actual work done :) Now it's time for a cold shower!

Special thanks to Neil for donating some product which most got to sample and to Amos for doing the cooking, you're a gentleman mate! I didn't take as many pictures as I'd intended to, mostly because I was too busy, but there were a few cameras about and I'll post some progress shots of the plane TS and I worked on tomorrow.

I hope everyone had as good a day as I did, just sorry that I couldn't turn off the heat :(

Dave.

[simon_b]

Dave
Thanks again for organising, I really learnt a lot - seeing what other people are capable of producing is great for motivatation.

Cheers again
Simon

[Soren]

Dave

I wish to thank both you and your wife for being such great hosts. :2tsup: It was great to meet new 'faces' and catch up with old ones.
Look forward to see the finished plane. :)

regards

Soren

[kevjed]

Thanks so much for the great hospitality Dave and Jenny. As a newbie to the forum it was great to put a face to the names. I am stunned by the generosity of the group both on and off the forum.
Amos, thanks so much I'll look after that pen for you mate. (You are too kind.)
To each and every one of you that I met today. Thank you for your kind generosity and willingness to share openly of your talents and views. Open honest discussion on a range of topics and good humour maintained by all.
It was great to see some of those D2 blades in the metal, so to speak. Helmut, you have done a great job there.
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished plane. It was good to get some hands on with the Ironwood.
I had a great time and I'm sorry that I left early.
I look forward to the next meeting.

[thumbsucker]

Kman you are the man, thank you for the hosting the get together, the food was great, it was great to put the names to faces.

Kman did a great job of showing his approach to laminated planes, I look forward to finishing the plane with him.

It was great to kevjed, the man has passion. :2tsup: I look forward to seeing what he comes up with.

Bob it was great to catch up, it is a shame it was so short, keep turning out those tools. Please get back to me, on the blades, hope you enjoy them. Bob thank you for bring Pops little package, they are the ???? as Kman put it.

Simon great to see some young blood, next BBQ you will have to us something.

Wally hope you enjoy the Cooktown Ironwood (http://www.spiritdrums.com/snare/timber.html) it is really lovely stuff. Please post back about how you go with the plane blade.

Astrid thank you with lift and the chat about the business of restoring antiques.

Astrid suggested we have one again in a cooler months. I would be definitely up for that.

Groogy thanks and great to see you, love the HNT tulip wood. Thank you for the tip on the angles of the blade and the finger nail and if the blade digs or slides.

Skew is a closet dark sider, he had a chat about multiple draw knives he had and how much he love using them. Skew your secret is save with me.


All around ten thumbs ups from Thumbsucker.

[watson]

Thanks to David & Jenny for an excellent shed meet. I just found a shady spot and sat (keeping my fluids up)
Good to meet old and new.

[astrid]

A big thankyou to Dave and jen,
We all had a fantastic time and i really learned a lot.
Groggy put the best edge on my profile plane its ever had. and gave a great demo on sharpening.
Helmut gave the best demo and simple expanation on dove tailing (I might finaly get my head around it) and cutting a mortice.
Amos revealled the mystery and attraction of pen turning with some truely stunning examples.
Helmut and dave explained the difference between a block plane and a jack plane and spent some hot hours demonstrating the making of one.
Some great company and informative chats in kevjed, Sorren, Scew, NoelWatson BobL and all the others.

A special separate thank you to Jen (who's chicken took your head off)
who must have been marinading all the previous night.
Thanks Jen lovely food and great company.

Astrid

[thumbsucker]

Helmut gave the best demo and simple expanation on dove tailing

Next time I will have less stage fright and actually finish making a dovetail. I do however I think some of the simple but important stuff often get left out in explanations by the more experienced dovetailers, as a bloody near novice, all those simple and stupid mistakes and ways around them are very fresh in my head. The sum of a 101 mistakes in handcut dovetailing should teach anyone. I should right up an idiots WIP to dovetails.

Thanks again to everyone for a great day.

[Pops]

Hi Kman-oz, (Dave & Jenny),

Well, what a great time was had by all it seems. Rave reviews. Well done to you both.

Thanks Amos for the pics, and everyone else for the other posts outlining the day's activity.:) Glad to see BobL made it, to represent the West.

Should be more of it.:)

Cheers
Pops

[BobL]

Glad to see BobL made it, to represent the West.

Almost didn't make it after pranging my melbourne hosts car on the way to the event. :~ Those plane blades I'm brining back to the west have now officially become the most expensive of that set!

For those of you that I spoke to at the GTG about the Luthiers course - if you check this (http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?p=657386&posted=1#post657386) out you can see where I'm up toso far.

[thumbsucker]

Here are some updated photos and info (http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?p=658605#post658605) on the plane Kman-oz, kevjed and Thumbsucker were working on at the BBQ.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64276

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64277

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64278

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64279

[scooter]

A belated (been away) thank you to our hosts Dave & Jenny for your hospitality, twas a good day indeed. :2tsup:

Good to see some familiar faces, & meet a few new ones as well.

Thanks also to Amos for cooking, and to ubeaut for the giveaways.


Cheers all...............Sean