Went Friday/Saturday ...Friday to check out the Stanley No 1 No 2 Stanley's bench planes for sale at the Tool Preservation Society.
Fairly pricey expensive as is to be expected but I knew it would be so having checked out availability on the web ...it's an aspiration that I would like to work towards down the track to complete a bench plane collection but not one to get hung up about.Bloke told me about a recent and very rare No 2 corrugated sole bench Stanley recently acquired by somebody ...heck rare as hens teeth..something to be treasured for sure.
Saturday to view some of the ongoing seminars and to further the deal made on a router from All Tools,who I have not dealt with before but came away happy with a fixed "D" handle Makita (another one SWMBO cries out) but for $55 off the top it coudn't be given a miss ..I have a set task for it.However I was magnanamous in shouting her a $5 stamp loupe from McJing's stand...assuaged somewhat...then onwards to MIK's stand and a further relieving of some $$$$ on 12mm HNT & a 19mm HNT shoulder planes that I have been eying off for some time.
Checked in with Tom O'Donnell said Hi,shook hands, good to catch up with him ...loking well and in fine voice and it would be a shame if he's not there in future shows but he's getting on now ...and Tom, I HOPE YOU MADE A REAL QUID THERE, for you have offered up your knowledge and are deserving of all the merits it offers.
Spent some time viewing the lot's of timber available but none could offer any English Oak (quercus Robur) I think is it's latin nom de plume.However some nice pieces there and a bargain could be there for the perceptive viewer with the knowledge of prices/availability.
A distinctive lack of Eastern States contributers from previous shows here...could be sign of the times with fuel costs rising,display costs,the isolation could be more manifest in time.
I thought the woodwork exhibits were of a high standard and displayed a cross section of timbers across the medium that is particular here in the West.
The triangular (& slightly rounded) tables were of a high standard and an unusual but practical design that I found most pleasing to the eye for me.So Much so that I now will view the prospect of building one myself ...practical and functional for at least six people to eye contact in a setting ..a rarity these days.
With the lack of U_Beaut caps perhaps the organisers will permit a sign inside and at the entrance saying " All U-Beaut members meet here at...time?" COS not ever body has the cap!!
BUT not for the lack of trying!
ALL in all not disappointed...but perhaps more depth!
Cheers John
