Thread: faFFing around - The Tour de SEQ - photo & fun heavy

You won't get any sense out of any of them 2 hours after dark.

Originally Posted by ozhunter

You won't get any sense out of any of them 2 hours after dark.

That has been my most recent experience, but I didn't like to say. It didn't make any difference. We still had a wonderful time.

Regards
Paul

The 'encounter' went very well. ianW, faFF, Yachtie and I all had a great chinwag and Yachtie surprised us all with the most amazing bottle of red ... but that's his story to tell! I had to depart for Mother's Day duties but suspect that they're all still getting along famously.

A great example of what makes these forums so enjoyable.

David

At the meet, Fletty and I were chatting about restoring old furniture (in amongst a whole lot of other overlapping conversations) so I thought that he would be interested to see one of my chance encounters on the way back from ianW's place - that someone had put out for the roadside 'large items' cleanup currently in that area. It is an Australian cedar kitchen chair that has been left in the weather, is falling apart and has packing tape on it for some unknown reason (as it doesn't seem to be covering any breaks - but further exploration will reveal).

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It will look a whole lot better once I restore it. There's no chance of any 'original' finish on this one, but it will be fixed with hide glue and French Polished! I'll post that in the restoration forum.

BTW, I will do my best not to sand it, Oxalic acid for a starter I think, then we'll see.

Regards

David

Thanks for all the beaut photos Brett, especially of Warwick were I spent the first 5-6 years of my life....Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by ian

It's Sunday arvo, getting on to 4PM...there should be a report from faFF's encounter with IanW

Apologies for the temporary interruption to service, folks, it's due to my being in a black spot for mobile phones, & I couldn't find the damn key for the router, so the lads couldn't attach to the web yesterday.

However, the faFF WERE sighted, so don't panic. I last saw them clearly at around 2.:30 PM talking with yachtie (facing camera) & Xanthorrhoeas on my back veranda: faFF visit.jpg

As you can see, throats were being lubricated, in preparation for a lot of work over the ensuing hours. That's the first bottle of red cracked already - it was followed by one or two others. There's a story goes with that bottle. Without my specs on, the label bore an uncanny resemblance to a certain species of plonk that is usually faaar outside my budget. I was appalled not so much at the thought of scoffing it as a random 'quaffer', but the fact I could read "2014" on the label - it would be infanticide!! Yachtie gets the most delighted grin on his mug & says "Put yer glasses on & take a proper look". I did, & saw I'd been sucked right in. It's a home-brew (and quite a good one, too), with a bit of fun added with the label. Good one, Yachtie!!

After that, things are a little hazy, but I sort of remember we had a very pleasant afternoon & evening - I'll leave it to the OPs to tell their stories.....

Cheers,

HELLO, WE ARE BACK. Well, I am. Monsieur f may be returning from Mars shortly.

We are relatively fine, all things considered, and thanks for your concern. I will attempt to post in chrono order.

Saturday afternoon coffee and Lamingtons in Millmerran. I knocked up the Lamingtons in a spare few minutes that I had. Not quite sure why I packaged them in a commercial tray with plastic wrap so that they looked like they were purchased at the market, but I have been known to do odd things at times.

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Paul and Leanne have done a brilliant job with the garden (Paul builds, Leanne plants). In fact the property feels a little bit like a resort at the back - a little cluster of buildings in a sympathetic shape (orrite, they are mostly containers, but one of them is the studio, which was my room). It was a really excellent stay, and I would recommend it to all. The rates ARE STUNNING! Thanks very much P&L, we had a really great time with you!

Fletty looks comfortable in the last 2 pics!

So TOD was set by FF as 9:11. However, Mother's Day calls (FF) and still eating breakfast at some place in the Lockyer Valley (f). TOD was discreetly reset to 9:41. That found us on the motorway in towards Brisbane, but still well west of Ipswich. What I like about TOD is that it FORCES me to look for pics. Now they may not be great, or even reasonably good pics that I would take by choice, but there have been a couple come out of it that are worthwhile and would not have been otherwise taken without TOD.

FF's 3 entries are as follows:

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Fairy Martin's nest
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A really really small Fairy Martin's nest - in fact the whole family. These were just below Mum & Dad's place, so I attribute them to one each for the kids.
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Originally Posted by Pat

Fletty looks comfortable in the last 2 pics!

And he doesn't in which particular pic?

On the road out of Millmerran....

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Can you go back and pinch one of those silos for me please. Should be room in the trailer.

Well we had the best time at Ian's place. Met Xanthorrheas and Yachtie. Before that, Ian pulled out one home-made infill plane after another until a substantial part of his bench was covered with them. (f has a pic to post I think). Now when I say home made.....these could EASILY be regarded as professionally made planes. In fact all that is missing is an engraved logo....might have to get f to give that some consideration....

It's an absolute blast being in Ian's shed. I have seen numerous pics over the years of various trays of chisels, marking gauges, chisels, planes, chisels, marking gauges, files, planes, chisels, try squares, a few more chisels, but seeing them live, being pulled out drawer by drawer, is amazing!

I didn't see all of the contents, but what I did see of the main tool cabinet would indicate that somewhere around 80% of the contents was made (or at least partially made - handles) by Ian.

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Just incredible - the beauty of the tools, because he can. Heavy, beautiful, functional. Anything else required? The attention to detail in the shaping of the pieces of (mainly) Camphor Laurel that house the tools. Sloped beds for paring chisels that fit perfectly with a 4mm wall between them, et al. All so easy to break during construction (chiselling).

I think f may have some slightly better pics than that.



Now you know what the say about certain tools:

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After a really excellent afternoon, Ian cooked us a Moroccan (?) inspired lamb casserole, which was a great accompaniment to three bottles of red. (if you click "Pics required" I will ask Ian to remove your subscription to the thread).