Hmmm, last time they were checked I only needed a slight increase in the magnification of my glasses :o, maybe I better complain to the optometrist next time I see them :q :UQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
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Hmmm, last time they were checked I only needed a slight increase in the magnification of my glasses :o, maybe I better complain to the optometrist next time I see them :q :UQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Here is an early guest so eager to drive here that he/she/they cant let go of the steering wheel.
And all they keep saying is TOFU, TOFU......:?
I think its ....
Al :U
Maybe thats the problem, you cant see them....:doh::q:UQuote:
Originally Posted by djstimber
Hi Guy's,
Just being talking to scooter about a gifkins h20 jig that I bought to make some boxes as you do. Was wondering if anyone going to the BBQ has preferably either an A or B series template that I can borrow for a couple of days? If anyone is able to help out I can arrange for template to be couriered back to the owner.
Your assistance would be much appreciated.
David
I live in Upper Gully if it's any help. I have an A or B you can borrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by djfoggin
I won't be at the BBQ 'cos I'm off to sunny Qld from Sunday until Friday.
PM me if you want to pick it up.
Just trying to guage any interest in looking at some new/old stock Carb-i-tool router bits. The local autolec has a number of bits that have been sitting unsold for some years and is interested in quiting them at 50% of current retail price. If there is some interest I can bring the display case along and all can have a look. As it is a BBQ and not a swap meet it can also be left where it is.
I'd be interested in anyones response, there are a few rebate bits and so forth but at this stage have not had a close look.
Cheers, John
Bring em, I will have a look
Bring'em along, could always do with more router bits
I wouldn't mind having a look too.
Chris
Better looking than me.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Never a truer word was spoke.Quote:
Better looking than me.:p
Sorry about the fire Al, but glad to hear not too much damage. I have had experience with shed fires :-
Whilst here in Melbourne my mother has had me busy on the odd job or twenty. One of those was to remove an old dead red bottle-brush tree. Not that big, but it had a few branches coming from the bottom up to 75mm dia. Sure enough when I dug around it at the base, there was a 400mm dia x 150mm thick odd root ball :2tsup: . There is enough room in my suitcase for the root ball, sorry guys, but I'll bring the branches to the BBQ. More suited for the turners for pens and perhaps a pepper grinder, but like any pen turner, I hate seeing even small braches of good timber going to the tip.
Not to worry...:p onwards and upwards...:UQuote:
Originally Posted by dai sensei
Im looking forwards to the bbq on Sunday it will give me a chance to relax for a while.
Al :cool:
How many people are you expecting Al? (Including me, I know I just scrape in to the people category).
12 14 15 ish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grunt
You can see why I didnt do well at maths at school.
Al :U
Don't kid yourself. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grunt
If the people category is between the goal posts, and almost human is a point either side, mate, you are out on the full. :wink:
:D
yeah, Ya gunna have to use more petrol next time:;:U:UQuote:
Originally Posted by dai sensei
One hundred and twenty one thousand, four hundred and fifteenish, better book the Melbourne showgrounds :D :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
Nah, mate, you'll be playing mine host & ensuring the rest of us are so relaxed we'll be bordering on comatose... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
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Originally Posted by Iain
Maaaate, everyone loves a BBQ.
Al :D
TOFU in bold print will bring it back to a more acceptable number
I shall be there, with some of that awful Camphor Laurel (only because I can't work with it:( )
Got room if you need a lift, Iain.
Ship sails 9am sharp.
Cheers.................Sean
Looking up phone number now.......Quote:
Originally Posted by scooter
Thanks for hosting again Al! It was good to meet everyone there, hopefully Dai Sensei now knows most of the MLB mob. We raised a glass to Auld Bassoon too.
Thanks to Al for hosting the BBQ. Had a ball and even came back with more timber than I started with :- , thanks to all that donated stuff :2tsup: . Here's the few pics I took, using my mum's software to reduce photos, sorry not quite what I am used to.
I'll leave it to others to identify names etc as I am hopeless.
Thanks again.
'Twas a pleasant way to spend a day, even if the weather didn't want to play along.
(I still reckon you could've got away with taking home more wood, Neil... perhaps stuffing the pockets of an old Army great-coat wouldn't have worked, but I'm damned sure you could've stuffed a couple of Iain's Camphour Laurel slabs and more of Groggys RTedgum blanks into a back-pack and claimed it as a parachute "as required by your cheap-asre flight insurance." :D)
I came home with more than I expected, too... bought some pen blanks off DJ and Al very kindly laid on some piano keys that I'll hazard to say are true Ebony and Ivory, along with some assorted timbers including Huon Pine and Black Heart Sassafras. Choice! Also took home one of Dai Sensei's custom awls and some timber he brought with him, a copy of the Polisher's Handbook and a belly full of snags, chops 'n muffins.
(Betchas didn't know Neil cooks a mean choccy muffin! :wink:)
Thanks Al, for putting up with us. Somehow I felt right at home... all it needed was a roof overhead and it'd have been just like my shed. :-
Thanks to Al for the BBQ, I also came home with more timber then I took :o.
Some nice Huon, also some piano keys, bits of Blackwood, Mrytle, Black Heart Sassafras from Al and some Bottlebrush from Neil. Thanks Guys :2tsup:.
And few shots of the boys as well
And it was evident that winter is here or at least very close....
no prizes for guessing who these belong to:D :D :D :D Just got home and tried some of Watsons home brewed barley wine, it's a mean drop and I'm not sure if I like it or not, will have to go back for a few second opinions on the 'Drop Bear Dribble'.
SWMBO tried a drop and said it is the strongest Chardonnay she has ever tried.
Aaaahhhh, the joys of fermented drop bear dribble......
:rolleyes: So I gotta take the sheep for a walk every now'n'again or they become cantankerous. Alright? :~
Thanks Al,
Excellent day. Pity all them woodworkers were there.
:D
Guys, the pleasure was all mine, thank you for making the effort to travel so far to meet other forumites.
Im glad you all enjoyed it. :2tsup:
Uncle Neil supplied some give aways, so people went home with pens, I still cant work out why it has a red light in it? :?, some Ubeaut polish and EEE, and 2 lucky people went home with the Polishers Hand Book. :2tsup:
Thanks Neil, Im sure they will appreciate the gifts.
We toasted Auld Bassons life with some fine red brought by Watson ( thanks Noel), I later poured the remainder of the bottle on the fire so it will be waiting for Auld in heaven.
I only lit the fire because I knew Neil was from Qld and may have felt the cold. :roll:
Al :)
Thanks Al for putting on the BBQ. Had a great time catching up with some fellow addicts. Hope the auction moves all your stuff next weekend.
Here are a few pictures of the craporium today.
Thanks for the BBQ AL..good day too....nice to meet some new...and old faces.
Well done that man!
Nice pics Grunt...
The Mermaid as I call her is in the net....:U then there is Watson (Noel) and Gra (Neil).
The male torso is a model of me...:U:U:U:U
Al :2tsup:
Hmmm, Names....
Neil's 4th photo
Skew, Groggy, ? , Watson , ? , Al, Gumby, Scooter, Alexs??, ? , er incognito, not quite so incognito..... sorry Gra :rolleyes: '
And Neil was taking this photo.
How'd I do?:?
cheers
Wendy
Im a bugger for names, if my name wasnt sewed into my jocks Id forget it..
Anyway..
Skew, Groggy, ? Gra, Sturdee, Me, Grunt, Scooter, Iain, ?, ?, Watson.
Im really sorry if Ive left you out, it must be an old man memory thing. :-:-
And Neil was taking the photo.
Al :-
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Originally Posted by rufflyrustic
Better than some who attended! :thyel::DQuote:
How'd I do?:?
ps Gumby is in Port DouglasQuote:
Originally Posted by rufflyrustic