A good time was had by all !
A big hip-hip-hooray for Wood Borer for last nights beer, wine, pizza and bull dust session https://www.ubeaut.biz/thumbupwink.gif
The activities kicked off with Craigb, , Wood Borer and myself huddled around Borers prized ‘little’ collection of hand planes, fervent to give each one a bit of a run, except for who was happy looking on, giving a few pointers and generally making sure Craig and myself didn’t devalue Borers collection too much.
We had a bit of a play with the Mujingfang planes that Craig smuggled across the Mexican border and after a bit of a touch up on the water stones and a bit of a bash here and there with a lump of wood we managed to get a shaving out of one – not bad for four blokes who didn’t have the faintest idea about which way up the bevel should go! (Derek, you would have been horrified)
We tried out Derek’s method (?) for flattening water stone on some plasterboard ‘fly screen’ sandpaper and to the surprise of the crowd it worked like a charm – five water stones flattened in ten minutes! Then came the comparison – King v’s Norton water stones finished with some green crayon., and the winner is…. my sandvik chisel which is now nice and shiny.
After many beers, a bottle of red and a few cups of tea it soon dawned on us that unless we wished Borer and Meg farewell that it would in fact be dawn.
Having moved on from the safety game I was happy to find that it’s out of my system already as I managed not to say anything to Wood Borer about the state of play in his shed, including the dust and shavings a foot deep on the floor, the gas heater, the suspicious looking DIY electrical job, …….. :D
If ever you want to see structural cob webs and wood shaving used as insulation in the old fashioned way, Wood Borers shed is a must see :D I hope the new shed is as homely.
Best wishes to Rob, Meg, Craig and ,
Mark :)
