The UBeaut Bulletin Board has helped me in my woodwork significantly and is a valuable resource. What benefits have others experienced?
Since becoming a member of the Ubeaut Bulletin Board how has this influenced your woodwork?
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The UBeaut Bulletin Board has helped me in my woodwork significantly and is a valuable resource. What benefits have others experienced?
Since becoming a member of the Ubeaut Bulletin Board how has this influenced your woodwork?
foiley:confused:
It has also introduced me, both online and in person, to the greatest bunch of bastards a bloke would be lucky to meet in a lifetime. There's too many of you to name but thank you all for making my life a little bit richer.
Sincere thanks to you all.
Bill Flannery
Zenwood,
Where have you been?
Foileys are foil hats we wear to stop the aliens stealing our thoughts and influencing our thinking. There are many references to them on the BB and even the UBeaut hat comes with a foiley option :)
Check out http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ighlight=alien
Since joining the forums thanks to Reeves, I have finally found a group of people as wood-mad as myself, with whom I can talk wood till the cows come home as well as many other interesting topics and tom-foolery and the eyes/ears don't glaze over within 1 minute of mentioning the word 'wood'. I've even ventured beyond the backyard workshop to Maleny, Brisbane and Currumbin, visited a fellow-forum member's shed and finally made contact with other fellow female wood workers. I no longer feel like I'm an oddity, but an accepted fellow-forum member of the wood-working variety.So as far as I'm concerned, I'm Home!!!!!!:D
cheers
RufflyRustic (hic)
What Bill said. :)
Plus has also been an endless source of information on many subjects.
Not all of them woodwork related either :rolleyes: :D
Cheers
Craig
Bill & Wendy both saved me some typing. :D
It 'Has improved my work and inspired me to greater levels, new methods and techniques '
I've also found new sources & resourves for all stuff wood...
but I had to vote for the foilies & panckes. :rolleyes:
Ditto to what Wood Borer, Termite & Craig - but also helps me take my wood work seriously but not too seriously - you know, get to see the lighter side (and dark side)
Well put Ruffly. Agree 100%Quote:
Originally Posted by rufflyrustic
On foileys: only ever seen them on "Signs" (but then I'm just a newbie here). You dudes actually wore these? Who are you guys? (I can't talk though: I wear a beret:D)
Anyone want my pancake recipe? Takes 5 mins if that, is scalable for different numbers of breakfast-eaters, and satisfies all takers.
I'll bite - Pancake Recipe??? Bring it on...
RR
But that is a pre requisite, we all are..............just don't feel like it :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by rufflyrustic
1. Decreased my work productivity by about 20%.
2. Deprived my wallet of it's excess funds.
3. Caused me to wonder at the silliness of so many others.
Oh, and the other stuff that you other guys said too.
This forum gives me reason to come to work. (BLOODY WORK :mad: ).
I get to know some many great people through this forum. :)
Thanks to Neil. :)
Bit of a lopsided poll this one isn't it? Everone seems to have the same sentiments that have so ably been previously expressed by everyone else.
What more is there to say? :)
I have found that through this forum I can be part of a like-minded woodworking community, which would otherwise be hard to achieve, since I do not live in a capital city; woodworkers in my locality seem to be solely engaged in wood-turning, which is not my interest. But through this forum I have been able to meet up with about a dozen forum members, some of whom, like MajorPanic, Aussieglen, and others, have awesome skills that I can only envy.
I think I learn something new from the forum almost daily, and I suppose I must spend at least an hour a day perusing the threads. It has made a big difference to my life, and I am very grateful for its existence.
Rocker
All of you have already said it for me.
Other people - Mick (journeyman Mick) and Darren (silentC) among them - have from time to time compared this BB to the sort of group you might meet in a big working environment or a large club. You meet people who have a common interest but who are all different. The rich mixture makes for a great atmosphere.
Thanks to all of you for cheering me up, pissing me off, making me laugh and teaching me a helluva lot! :)
Col
Most of it has already been said, but the best thing it has taught me is a new appreciation of hand tools.
Previously I would have gone out of my way to avoid using certain hand tools now I grab the best tool for the job irrespective if it is plugged into a power point or not.
And ofcourse the friends I've made on the board, great bunch of guys with the same weird sense of humour. :)
Peter.
Where else can you get good advice, help & insultes all in one sentance from a bunch of likeable ratbags???
Agree with; Termite, Ruffly, Craig, Wood Borer, Rocker &......... well... you know who you are!! :p
I really like this BB except for all the foilie wearing, pancake eating, tool using wood workers.
:D
I would like to say what everyone else has but this is all getting a bit too touchy feely for me! GROUP HUG AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH This is making me feel all soft and lovely. I think I want to cry. You are all just so beautiful, I love you soooooo much.
GOD STEVO WAKE UP COME TO YOUR SENSES MAN
This is woodworking list. They are all tough and strong here. Be a proper bloke or get chucked out on your ****. Get all that finger licking soft touch, willy nilly, mumbo jumbo and take it out of here.
THIS IS THE SHED
*VBG*
Stevo
Ask not what the BB can do for you, but what can you do for the BB. :)
I can do all sorts of good things for my fellow Boarders.
Hijack.
Make with the funny stuff.
Post funny piccys. ( usually of myself )
P#ss everyone off.
Give advise when I have the knowledge.
Give advise when I dont have the knowledge.
But most of all, spread my love.........Awwwhhhhhh. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/...ve/smlove2.gif
Awwhh yeah, youse lot do the same back too. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/...etz/scared.gifhttp://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/...etz/scared.gifhttp://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/...etz/scared.gif
Al :D
What everyone else said. Met some great people in person & on line. Learnt lots, hopefully helped a bit.
Now where did Zed put that link to Kum-bay-yah again? :D
I've personnally learnt how to spend a poo-pot of money on stuff I dont really need to survice. However I love this hobby and it gives me a sense of acheivement when people say "bugger, I thought you were useless at everything, can you make me one ?" the best part is when I say it will take x time and y of your $ for me to do this and they say ok.
however - we hates you all, you and your tricksy ways, give me back my ring, wankers the lot of yers. especially craigb, silentc, frigging grunt, wongo, OZWINNER!!!!, bitingmidge - pah!, woodborer, doorstop, darrylf and his sanitary workshop, majorpanic and his endless supply of new toolware, bloody and alexs, and all you others that make fun of us poor lower order primates ....
I feel a rendition of:
"I'm a bloke, Im a yobbo,
and me best mates name is ,
me shirt is flannellette,
blue heeler for a pet... etc..."
kissi ... kumbay ya... kumbay ya.
Yeh Stevo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Studley 2436
Give yerself a left-handed uppercut!! ;) :D :D
Almost too late, the thought of hugging collectively with you lot. :eek: :eek:
I spend way too much time , my time not work time :eek: :eek: :eek: , on this forum. It's the only place I go everyday without fail, sort of like a toilet really. :D
Speaks volumes about you lot of ratbags. Can't wait for the Newcastle show to meet the monkey boy.
Besides the humour, I look forward to my daily fix of inventive solutions and advice from experienced woodwreckers given honestly and freely.
Thanks to Neil, Ubeaut & All
what makes you think I wont avoid you again ? eh ??? you were a friggin no show - neil told me! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by hovo
Now now it's all right. The foilie will keep those nasties away, besides you'll have the yew beaut new cap to help identify me this time. I might leave SWMBO at home this time so I can hang around longer this time instead of doing laps ten metres behind you. :D with her foot tapping out an increasingly more urgent tattoo with each successive lap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zed
You can't get out of it anymore, so bring those muffins with you as I still haven't sampled one of those thanks to that silent(?)C character, who stole my last one after plying me with copious quantities of amber liquid.
Hmm. I recall getting in on the Big Bessey Buy, that has greatly simplified clamping time and effort, allowing me to get other things done.
I have a shed-load of wood, thanks to this BB.
My TS was researched here and in other fora.
I've picked up lots of local knowledge of stores, events, displays etc.
I get to help others on occasion.
Techniques and ideas are easily retrieved from the search engine.
I got to meet some good guys in the process.
Oh yeah, nearly forgot - it has a resident talking monkey!
What everyone else has said (especially Al!), it's a source of information on almost any subject (sometimes even woodworking related) and a pretty nice place to hang out and shoot the breeze with some cyber woodworking friends. I've even had the pleasure of meeting some of them at Gary Pye's, unfortunately the afternoon was just too short and I didn't get the chance to talk to everyone for any where near long enough.
Mick
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wood Borer
Do a search :D
I swear I never touched it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zed
Like a cross between The Bold and the Beautiful and trade school. And the electric kool-aid acid tests....this BB is a good place.
Have a nice day,
Rusty.
I have enjoyed visiting the site, learnt new techniques, visited Australia and have been given much friendship and hospitality. Thank you.
I joined the site after a large proportion of the google searchs I was doing pointed here. Time after time the answer to whatever issue I was look at was found on this BB.
Fine wood working is new to me. I have spent a life time being rough and ready, so have been struggling with detailed work. Its quite a brain shift to go from building a wall or a deck to cutting dove tails.
This BB has been a great resource for seeing what can be achieved and how. Unfortunatly my skill improvement has been slow (old dogs and all that) but atleast its moving in the right direction.
It has made me laugh, angry and inspired me, but what I like most is that in a world of dollars, there are the exceptions to the rule and they are easily found on this forum. Examples of people going out of their way is common place here. Be it T-shirts, freight, meeting points etc., its fairly commonplace and I've only been here are short time.
Ive met a few of you and look forward to meeting more of you. Joegee is a perfect example ...:D
Unfortunately, I get to see the worst of people on a regular basis and this forum is for the most part a form of relief.
Oh and if you didn't realise, I know everything.....dont you love some of the options....:D good thread.
OK ladies, time to put the frilly apron on. Somebody wanted a recipe for pancakes, see attached for ingredients list (scaled according to quantity desired)
1. Put all ingredients in bowl, except butter.
2. Mix (rough enough is good enough) (whisk works well)
3. melt butter and add to mixture while stiring
4. get well seasoned, round sided pan really hot
5. add 5/6ths of a soup ladle of mixture to pan (and use gravity to spread it into a disc about 25cm diameter.
6. When top has ceased to be a liquid, but before bottom has burned (adjust stove as required), flip pancake
7. Cook 2nd side between 5 and 10 seconds, and slide it off onto stack/plate whatever.
8. Eat with lemon juice & sugar, maple syrup, (or if you are an experimentalist like no. 2 son, milo and jam, cheese & walnuts, etc.)
These are very thin, crepe style pancakes. Pankcake can be folded over topping, or coiled up, swiss-roll style.
Finish with ebeaut EEE and minwax.
Hmm? What do I get from the BB?
Headaches.
Lost time.
Abuse.
Friendship. I have met some very nice people because of the board.
Laughter. Some of you crack me up with your quick wit.
Knowledge. I thought I knew a bit but I learn something off all of you.
A sense of humbleness sometimes when I hear of the struggles some of you have with what life has thrown at you.
All in all not a bad bunch to know.
Doesn't mean I won't delete improper posts though. :D
Tried to give you a greenie but the great moderator won't let meQuote:
Originally Posted by AlexS
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
i learned to work wood here. :o and have met some great people:D