Brisbane Forum Members GTG - THE WASH-UP

[MajorPanic]

Well, what a great GTG!!!

9 forum members turned (myself included) up for a day of wood stuff, lunch, door prizes & drinkies.



From left to right; Soundman, Phil Mailloux, rockola, wattlewemake, dai sensei, greenie512, paul collins.
(Seated) MajorPanic, rufflyrustic.

A couple of hours spent in the shed seemed to fly by as we played with spraying some timber samples & some myths were busted!

After a very nice lunch by Mrs. MajorPanic, we had a bit of a door prize draw..... I don't mind this type of draw as everyone present gets a prize!

rockola won the first draw & selected a Silky Oak marking gauge.
I wasn't quick enough to record what everyone won but all seemed pleased with what they received.







Phil Mailloux brought his 6 string fretless base guitar for us to drool over which was beautifully made & was suitably drooled over!



All in all I'd say that a great day was had by all & I'm sure rufflyrustic has some more photos to add.

I'd like to thank all those who turned up for a very enjoyable time.

[paul collins]

mark & daphne,ty for a most enjoyable day.great to put faces to names.mark,well your work just inspires us mere mortals to try harder.phil ,well if thats only your 4th guitar..look out martin ..gibson et al.a very good day to see how much i have to yet learn.hope to see you all again so i can look ,maybe learn.ty so much.

[goodwoody]

Bit of a rough looking bunch!!!!! Glad to see Wendy added some class and sophistication to the shindig.

[greenie512]

Yep, would also like to thank Mark & Daphne for being gracious hosts and looking after our motley crew. Mark provided a great demo on spraying lacquer and proved how easy it was to apply and finish.

Hope to catch up with you all again at the Brisbane wood show!

Cheers - Phil

[Honorary Bloke]

Always great to put faces with names. Thanks for the pictures.

Rather more civilised looking group than that mob at Robbos a week or two back.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Mark provided a great demo on spraying lacquer and proved how easy it was to apply and finish.

It's not the spraying I have problems with... it's the clean up that ensues.

Can we expect to see any video footage? No? I s'pose that not every state has it's own Stuart. But I am looking forward to seeing Ruffly's pix... it's always nice to put faces to names.

[martrix]

Phil, that bass is awesome. Can you play it well? A fan of Les Claypool?

Nice pics Major, bet those chairs are pretty awesome in real life too.

[paul collins]

wife was a blessing,spent a hard day at MajorPanics,met some very good people.was a bit worried though.guys you know how it is,skip delivered,tell wife leafy parts first,heavy will push them down.got home all was well,wife (ang) had a cold beer waiting,said honey was that cut up small enough.i replied baby if its good enough for you same for me.

i had a strange dream. ..woke up in empty skip,,, wife in my face..heavy logs on chest,wife saying ..THAT SMALL ENOUGH DEAR..
amost enough to tell her no luv my thicknesser ony 48 inches wide.oh we fix that then... i woke in a cold sweat. i need therapy.

[Phil Mailloux]

Thanks Mark, That was a great GTG I loved it, especially happy of your spraying tricks too. It was nice to meet all you guys over there too.

Paul, that was my second bass only I'm up to my fourth build right now.

Martrix, yeah I'm a big Primus fan, that's why I built it but no I'm not that great with it. I prefer fretted. Never played a fretless before I built it.

[DJ’s Timber]

Rather more civilised looking group than that mob at Robbos a week or two back.

Are you suggesting we're an uncivilized mob are ya Bob

[Honorary Bloke]

Are you suggesting we're an uncivilized mob are ya Bob

If the shoe fits, mate . . . .

[Gumby]

If the shoe fits, mate . . . .

or in this case, the thong.

[RufflyRustic]

Thanks Mr & Mrs MP. It was a fantastic day, great company, delicious lunch,

Here's a few pictures of the lacquering. No video sorry, I forgot to take extra batteries


Pic 4: This is one extremely rare photo - can you guess why
Cheers
Wendy

[Rocker]

or in this case, the thong.

Careful, Gumby; Americans mean something different when they say thong.

Rocker

[Cliff Rogers]

..Pic 4: This is one extremely rare photo - can you guess why....

There are shavings on the floor.