WWW @ Jeff's Shed

[Grumpy John]

Hi All
Heard mention of a posse heading over to Jeff's Shed for the Melbourne leg of the working with wood expo. Have any details been finalised yet and if so what are the arrangements.

Cheers
GJ

[scooter]

I'm heading in on the Friday, usually do the first hour look around for bargains first.

So, how about meeting at eateries, at the easternmost tables & chairs at 11am?


Cheers......................Sean

[DJ’s Timber]

I will be there Friday, even thinking of doing the full 3 days

[ubeaut]

Pay for 1 day and see me for entry on the others will have a few free passes for reentry

[Wild Dingo]

Jeffs shed?? Whatsa Jeffs shed? :?

nah dont wanna know :o caus its gonna mean Im gonna be bloody jealous all over again :C

Have a good time at Jeffs shed AND the WWW show :2tsup: ... damned eastern staters! :doh:

[Pat]

Shane, they mean : " Melbourne Exhibition and Conference Centre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Exhibition_and_Convention_Centre)" aka Jeff's Shed after Jeff Kennett, former premier of Mexico :U

They are attending the Working With Wood & Timber show there.

Yes you are correct in not wanting to know, now where is that green eyed dingo emotican:D

[Wild Dingo]

:doh: oooh that dipstick :roll: Never mind then... I thought they were yakkin about some forumites shed they were gonna invade DURING the woodshow or before or after or whenever they could get there... must admit young Neil had me a bit bothered about the tickets thing but thought well some fellas gotta win a raffle somehow :q


Hey Pat??







nah :U dont wanna gloat to much now do I :;

[K_S]

I'll be there Friday, hopefully from the opening bell.
Look forward to meeting other forumites:wink:

[Grumpy John]

I'm heading in on the Friday, usually do the first hour look around for bargains first.

So, how about meeting at eateries, at the easternmost tables & chairs at 11am?


Cheers......................Sean


I will be there Friday, even thinking of doing the full 3 days

Looks like I might have to take a sickie :rolleyes: as I was planning to go in on Sunday.

[Glenn_M]

Friday for me too (at least to start with:U)

[rsser]

Work permitting Friday will be the day. Hooking up at 11 sounds good.

[rsser]

... Richard Raffan is demo-ing bowl turning at 10.15 so maybe 11.15 would be better to hook up (for turners at least!).

RACV is offering a discount again - up to 45%; see the WWW show home page.

[scooter]

Meeting time can be fairly flexy anyway, 11.00 - 11.15 ish - sounds good :2tsup:

[Pat]

What have you got this time, Shane? Hope everyone has fun at the Mexican wood show and leaves with plenty of goodies from Unca Neil:U

[Waldo]

G'day,

:yes: I'll be there on the Friday as in the past inc. the 11:00 cattle call at the rip-off joint.

[rsser]

Meeting time can be fairly flexy anyway, 11.00 - 11.15 ish - sounds good :2tsup:

Cool. Make mine a medium cap. no sugar :U

[chrisb691]

Anyone going in on Saturday???

[johnc]

I will be there on the Saturday, probably around 11.00, and I think there are a few others lined up for the same day. Not sure if anyone has planned to meet up at this stage.

John.

[Allan at Wallan]

Will be attending WWW for the first time and
going in for the Friday and Sunday events.

Will be selling raffle tickets at the Eltham
Woodworking Club site on both days for the
C.W.C. raffle.

Hope to see Ern, Scooter, David, the Skews,
, DJ, David and others on the day.

Allan

_____________________________________________

I am not at all worried about dying
... but just hope I am not there at the time.

[Big Shed]

Anyone going in on Saturday???

Yep, I'll be there on the Saturday (if we survive the drive back from Adelaide on the Friday!)
Hope to meet up with you, DJ and Watson and whoever else will be around. Will be wearing my forum cap!:2tsup:

[haosiliu235]

i'll be going to the show for the first time too at saturday...planning to get there early and spend the whole day there. Hope to meet u people there!!

[haosiliu235]

I'll probably wear orange t-shirt and jeans...so if any 1 sees me you'll know :U
so excited:!:!:! :p

[rsser]

Allan, missed you in the crowds.

So what did people score?

I was happy to get a platter sized lump of well coloured camphor laurel, bowl blank crotch piece of crow's ash and a figured bowl blank of southern mahogony. Also a couple of unhandled Crown turning tools at half price: 32mm wide skew and a dovetail chisel which was cheaper than a HSS blank.

Raffan was interesting at the lathe. Sure works fast.

[GC]

I thought bargain of the day was some veneers I bought, $2 a leaf.

From a non cost perspective, watching people like Raffan and Stephen Hughes turning was a highlight.

GC

[rsser]

Missed Stephen GC. When was he on?

[GC]

He was doing demos on the Omega lathe stand, all through the day.

GC

[rsser]

Ah, in that case I saw him :doh:

[haosiliu235]

went today...really good saw some dovetail demo.

[againstthegrain]

went today...really good saw some dovetail demo.

Yep, me too. Lots of great demos and displays. And many quality goodies at bargain prices.

I just need to take more money next year. :D

[Groggy]

The dovetail demo would have been run by Alastair Boell.

[Allan at Wallan]

Goodies gained:
Ubeaut Glow 500ml
Ubeaut Sanding Sealer 500ml
Handful of slimlines from Froggie
Little Wonder cup tool from Woodcut
Lump of nice Tassie Sassy
Three different grits sanding belts
15" chisel handle (good value).
and a couple of other bits and pieces.

Probably only disappointment was the quality of
some wood for sale. Was looking for some nice
stuff in tiger myrtle, sassafras, blackwood and
Huon pine. Got sick of picking up pieces which
were flawed with cracks and rot.

Otherwise good day out - first time at a WWS
and would go again. :2tsup:

Allan

[GC]

Agree,
I thought some of the wood was a bit pricey$$

GC

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I couldn't make it in, so to make up for it I treated myself to a trip to Pete's Bargain Centre today. I lashed out and bought some coach bolts, some belts for the linisher, some...

Ahhh.... who'm I kidding? It just ain't the same. :C

[Waldo]

Ahhh.... who'm I kidding? It just ain't the same. :C

:pointlaugh:

:D Sorry mate, just had to have a kick while you were lying down. :U

[rodent]

cross slide vice no sand paper they only had 600 grit velcro backed

[Solutions Aust]

Goodies gained:
Ubeaut Glow 500ml
Ubeaut Sanding Sealer 500ml
Handful of slimlines from Froggie
Little Wonder cup tool from Woodcut
Lump of nice Tassie Sassy
Three different grits sanding belts
15" chisel handle (good value).
and a couple of other bits and pieces.

Probably only disappointment was the quality of
some wood for sale. Was looking for some nice
stuff in tiger myrtle, sassafras, blackwood and
Huon pine. Got sick of picking up pieces which
were flawed with cracks and rot.

Otherwise good day out - first time at a WWS
and would go again. :2tsup:

Allan

October 07 Melbourne Working With Wood Show was a success.
Thanks to all the Forum guys who dropped by to so hello and look at the new Woodfast woddlathe and Bandsaw pdducts.

Woodfast Aust:)
www.woodfast.com.au (http://www.woodfast.com.au)

[bpj1968]

Went this year and last year. Was it just me or was it smaller this year? It's a bit hard to have a goo dlook, when pushing a 2 year old around. In and out in 2 hours.