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Don't know about the rest but #3 is shaggy parasol (Chlorophyllum brunneum).

Here's a slightly different take on the subject. Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius), funnel chanterelles (Craterellus tubaeformis), and gypsy mushrooms (Cortinarius caperatus). All delicious.
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Nice one! Here's something I'm working on right now: a Thinline Tele with mango on top of ash/cherry/ash.
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Wendy,
would have loved to come, but as I'll be approximately 15000 kms NNW of Toowoomba on the 9th I'm afraid I'll have to give it a miss. Will make sure to raise a glass though.

In Chimay :D

Click here: l'Abbaye de Scourmont (Google Maps)

Kopi Luwak

There's a place near Townsville where they sell Kopi Luwak coffee - at $50 a cup.

Great avatar Gingermick. I've made a pilgrimage to the monastery where they make that stuff. The...

Mercury vapour is far less efficient than high pressure sodium, and the light spectrum isn't as good. HPS isn't optimal either (if and when daylight is the yardstick), but at sufficient power levels...

Great stuff. The nude with the muscles showing reminds me of Damien Hirst's "Virgin Mother". Egrets... on the other hand reminds me of Ari Liimatainen's paintings (which I happen to like very much)....

And what a beautiful piece of work it is - it's going straight to the pool room as soon as I come up with one!

Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. MajorPanic for a wonderful afternoon! There must be something...

Don't have a workshop at the moment :( but here's what I used to use a while ago:

Bandsaw (for cutting body overall shape, etc.)
Handheld router (for cleaning up after the bandsaw, body cavities,...

Electrics: Melvyn Hiscock, "Build Your Own Electric Guitar", runner-up Martin Koch's book "Building Electric Guitars"
Archtops: Bob Benedetto, "Making an Archtop Guitar" (haven't made one yet, but...

Looks like an Opel Kadett but the steering wheel says Vauxhall (I think) so I'll go with Vauxhall Viva. The year would be sometime in the 70s.

Nice work Noodles. Very elegant and classic. Good call for not using a pickguard. What finish did you use?

I have a D50 as well. My previous camera was a Nikon Coolpix 990, lasted five years and about 15000 shots before I decided not to bother with the fiddly battery door. Thought about getting a...

On the other hand, Ikea pencils are quite all right, and you can't beat the price...

They do the job, this was never meant to be a fancy instrument.

Here's a Telecaster I made a few years ago. Some of you may already have seen the pics on another forum. It's still the only instrument I've finished; what can I say, I'm lazy.

The 2-piece body is...

Check out Reverse Garbage in West End, they have offcuts, surplus stock etc. of all sorts of fabrics and other materials. My wife found some black velvet for a project of hers the last time we went....

Which cold country would that be Sturdee? I did 35 years of hard time in Finland, after which the Brisbane weather is a bit of alright. I'd say my personal cutoff hovers around +15 at this point...

One of our submarines is missing tonight
seems she ran aground

Enough with the teasers, come out with more details in the air and nobody gets hurt!

Hi Shane, welcome to the Forum. Let me get on my soapbox a bit here: all that imported stuff will be quite expensive, and not necessarily better than native timbers. The Maton website has a section...

Isn't that the case with battery-only detectors as well?

A "handful" a WEEK? :eek::eek::eek: Mate, you need a spray rig. I've done exactly one electric in nitro with a spray setup, and am seriously considering getting a compressor + spray gun even though...

Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program

http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus/cat_training.html

I have a work in progress where I finished the neck in Tru-Oil. As it's a WIP, it hasn't been played yet, but so far it's really promising. The easiest thing to put on - wipe on, wipe off, buff with...

Me neither, but someone seems to think there's a distinct lack of the former around here.

Must be, and must do wonders for fuel consumption when the caravan's not there... I saw this contraption moving as well, they left at the same time as I did. They must be used to heads turning...

Here are a couple of snapshots from the show. Special thanks to the UBeaut crew for arranging the Forum discount tickets. It was good to meet a few fellow Forumites, too bad I can never remember...

I'm going over there in July for a few days, I don't suppose there are any cheaper places to go for a beer than this one?

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19062474-13762,00.html

I'm definitely one of those - count me in.

There's a restaurant in Brisbane that has all sorts of native tucker on the menu, including possum. Tried it - wouldn't recommend it. The wallaby was excellent though.

If there is, it's probably not a real mahogany. They tend to grow in slightly warmer climates. Could be a name tacked on to some completely unrelated wood by some enterprising wood merchant. I've...

He's definitely going to be hit by a customs fee (5%? no idea what the customs duty for tools is over there) + 22% VAT on top of the total, including shipping :eek::eek:

Here's one data point for you:
http://www.gtp.com.au/cgi-bin/icommerce3/order/formclassic.cgi?file=woodstock&display=595&id=VL300ESVX

Wonder why they don't put useful info like this in Lonely Planet? I'm off to Cairns in 3 hours - guess I'll have to go and see for myself!

I would have voted for me except someone beat me to it. Had to vote for Al instead.

We need another poll for ugliest mugs.

Titebond I is an AR glue.

I'll be building an electric from silky oak soon. Got it from Teak & Fancy Timbers aka www.woodworld.com.au, they also had QLD maple which I'll be using for the neck.

Here's an electric (of sorts,...

And I just bid $1 on it :D:D:D

I edited the post so it's up to date now. They've also put up a web site since last I checked.

No first hand experience, but khaya is used in instrument building for the same things as other mahoganies: acoustic guitar backs/sides, electric guitar bodies. Sometimes for necks, especially...

Hi Browno, I've been looking into this (finding wood for guitar building near Brizzy) a bit recently. I haven't had time yet to check any of these leads, but:

A few people have mentioned Lazarides...

I was afraid of that...

I've used a bandsaw for the task I'm thinking of (cutting electric guitar bodies), but I don't have room for one currently.

How powerful does a jigsaw need to be in order to cut through 50 mm of maple or similar hardwood?

A Love Supreme. John Coltrane. 1964.

And Hot Rats, but definitely on vinyl, none of this revisionistic extended bits stuff added please thank you.

WoodWad,

extremely nice guitars! You could have chambered the Les Paul body to reduce the weight a bit - that's what Gibson does.

I use all three, but then again I get paid for it. There's really no easy answer to this question, and you'll probably get votes for each.

That being said, Macs have given me the least amount of...

You'll also want to make sure that there are no nail heads that could come in contact with skin.

Proper ventilation, as someone else already said, is crucial. Here's an article with diagrams.
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