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Originally Posted by craigb
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Originally Posted by craigb
Neil.
Missed the Gathering, Was looking forward to it, but Hey :confused:
Got some bad news and would not have been decent company,
not that I am anywhere near decent at the best of times.
I'll get myself back on track,
Mow the lawn on Zero setting,
and cut some inch cube blocks from the largest piece of timber I can find;
One saw width at a time........Grrrr!!!!
Feeling better already, not much though ;)
Ivan;
with leaky eyes :D
Dai Sensei,
Thankyou for organising this get together.
We may not have been big in number but we made up for it with quality :D
The meal was sensational - maybe a good thing we didn't swim in the pool - glug - glug.
In the first pic we have L to R Soundman, Ruffly Rustic, Wizen of OZ (standing), Dai Sensei, Ella (TEEJAY'S SWMBO), TEEJAY, bub Ron.
Pic 2 In Neil's kitchen admiring the workmanship in Brian's (Wizen) scraper and mallet and the timber in TEEJAY's clocks (another Brazilian rainforest turned into pallets) then recycled into small clock stands.
Pic 3 and 4 Ruffly serving up the pav and Dai Sensai getting the cuttlery ready as Wizen surprises us with some home made lemon marangue (SP?) pie to add to TEEJAY's pav - YUM :D
We were made welcome by Neil and he showed us some of his wonderful creations and works in progress. His kitchen table in slab camphor laurel is beautiful to the eye - his bed in kwila with the engraved dragon and writings is better than can be seen on his site - even though it looks impressive there too.
Also we saw a WIP in his entertainment room where he is preparing a large entertainment unit in a mixture of red Australian hardwoods - the doors are mostly done and the panels are in progress - a treat for the pic site soon I hope.
Neil was a great host and not only cooked a delicious barbecue he gave an indepth tour of his workshop where we were impressed with his ideas for organising the layout as well as storage and dust extraction - some sound ideas I need to put into practice and study more.
It was nice to meet some of the guys and gal again and share a coffee with some of Soundman's home made chocolate chip cookies and yarn about works, this site and what's happening in our part of the universe.
Ruffly thanks for the photo albums they will find a special place and Neil I will sort some of the timber you are interested in for you soon.
For those of you who didn't get there - we had a wonderful time - shame you couldn't get there - hope to meet you at another get together next year. :)
Cheers
Looks like a good time was had by all. :)
A very tropical looking spot you've got there Neil.
Cheers
Craig
Love the photos teejay.
Great day, well company wise anyway, the rain never quite went away. Tarps over the pergola kept us dry, but it never quite got hot enough for swimming for me.
Plenty of meat left over, but I'm doing it all again next weekend for work, so nothing goes to waist. Mind you, I just finished more steak and salad for dinner, with left over merang and pav for desert - yum:p Leftover Soundsman biscuits still for supper, I'll sleep well tonight.
I scored some cool new toys (drawknife and scraper) along with some timber.
Thanks for the company.
Cheers
Sorry to hear it Ivan. catch you next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivan in Oz
Sorry you didn't make it, but the cyclone is still there if you want it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wood Butcher
Cheers
Thanks neil great day.
some good trading went on all round.
good thing TJ braught the family or we'd all still be there making sure the food didn't go to waste.
pitty more coldn't make it.
cheers
Umm Niel, doesn't it all go to the waist anyway? I know it does with me :( sigh.....Quote:
Originally Posted by dai sensei
Mick (the waisted)
Hello Neil
Thanks for a good day. Great barbecue. Loved your very well organised small workshop. I'll have to stop complaining that mine is too small and use some of your ideas.
Thanks for showing us your work. Rose sheoak is a great looking timber, is it not? Impressive pen collection too.
Hello Ruffly, Soundman, Teejay (& lovely family), enjoyed your company. Sorry if I talked too much. Don't I always.
Thanks for posting the pics, Teejay.
See you all at another get together sometime soon..
Kind regards
Brian
My apologies Neil for not getting there.
The flu bug has been going round the house and although I've escaped it till now I'm afraid I came down with it Saturday arvo and it hit me harder than Brett Lee's six :eek:
Sounds like a great day was had by all. Sorry I missed it. Oh well next time.
Jamie
Thank you Neil, for a wonderful day. It was great being able to spend a relaxing day socialising together.
Great photos TeeJay, Another one for the Wood Forum Party Archive. Your clock is gracing my computer station at work.
Brian - lovely to finally get a proper chance to talk with you. I'm so going to enjoy using your Scraper - Thank you!
Soundman - as always - a pleasure doing business with you, there'll be some dovetail trials happening soon.
Ivan - is there anything left after your sawing? - Hope it was therapeutic for you and am looking forward to meeting you another time.
Barsney - Get well soon!!!
cheers
Wendy
Well I could say that I'm sad I missed it, (and that would be the truth,) but when I saw that there was some of that Teejay Pavlova and we didn't get there!!!!!! :eek:
Hey Wizened, did you ride your bike down??:eek:
Glad all had a great time, I almost started cutting out the canoe panels though!
Cheers,
P (looking forward to next time too!)
:D :D
No Midge. But I took it with me. Went down on Saturday and bought a few things from the ever-obliging Gary Pye. Rode around the Coast all afternoon and intended to get in the saddle again Sunday morning but it was raining and I'm a squib so I watched the RL Test instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
And by the way. I never thanked you and Jo on this forum for the great day we spent at your place 4 weeks ago. Put it down to age. I always do. Consider yourselves heartily thanked for that particular day.
Kind regards
Brian
Looks like you all had a great time. Sorry to have missed it but one day I wil make it.
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Cheers sam http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...cons/icon7.gif