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    Default What did you buy at the wood show?

    Now that the wood show is over lets see the haul. I supose we can count stuff baught at pre show or no show sales too.

    By bigest purchase wat the new lathe.
    Look out the soundman has a lathe :eek:
    The jet mini lathe, from garry pye.
    to go with the lathe one of the standard cheapo 6 piece chisel sets & I couldnt resist the little cheap chissel set for $18.
    I anticipation prior to the show I picked up mike darlow's firts two books.
    Check out my firts set of reasonably sucessfull coves.
    Also on the list the gospel according to garet hack & a no80 kunz scraper.
    A modest haul but enough to keep me amused for a while.
    cheers
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    Hi All,
    We spent more than we intended, but I guess that was the plan anyway.
    Our notable purchases were a Carbatec 2hp dust extractor and connection kit. Numerous wax, oil, glue and clamps. The other treat was a CMT upcut spiral bit, solid tungsten. I figure that I will be using it a fair bit once I copy Rocker's mortice jig.
    Sorry no pics tonight. However I will post a selection once the workshop setup is finished (about two weeks).
    We also picked up some black heart sassafras on the Sunday afternoon just before it finished.
    Cheers
    Tom and Dan

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    Quote Originally Posted by soundman
    Check out my firts set of reasonably sucessfull coves.
    Soundman, them's beads, actually, not coves!
    You're using the skew, by the look of the catch on the second bead from the left, so that's a pretty good effort for a first go!

    My haul included a new Delta mortiser and an 8" grinder. Been looking at various styles of both for a couple of years now, trying to decide. All the talk about China re-valueing its currency got me nervous - might be more expensive machinery at next year's show! So I went there and made some real decisions. Haven't been able to set up the mortiser, yet, but I took a couple of chisels out and polished them up - they seem to be as tough as my old ones, which have served me well. The finish is a bit hit and miss, so a couple are going to take a good many strokes on the diamond lap to get really clean.

    Got a few other bits and pieces, including a nice little piece of 3/16" diameter HSS from one of the tents outside. Put a handle on it, and I have a new scraper burnisher - doesn't work any better than the old smoothed-off file I've been using for 25 years, but it looks a bit neater. My 'bargains' were a set of stainless steel vernier calipers ($19!) and a set of 16 metric forstner/sawtooth bits for $39. That's just a few cents more than $2 a bit - and though they may not be the best bits made, they are reasonably well-finished and seem ok on a brief tryout.

    361 days to the next one.........
    cheers,
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    Well, this year I bought a Vicmarc scroll chuck, a Triton respirator (works very well) a couple of really good P & N chisels and a Robert Sorby tool rest. Also a couple of other bits & pieces. Also bought some silky oak & huon pine for a couple of projects for the "General Manager". (She actually came this year and really enjoyed herself). Suffered an attack of crinkly nose last year though because I bought a Gifkins dovetail jig with all the bits & pieces.

    I really enjoyed the demos, the product range was very comprehensive (as usual), the prices not too bad (except for the timber) & generally an enjoyable day.
    I've already started on my "absolutely must have" list for next year. A sanding thicknesser sounds pretty essential....

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    Probably spent more than I should have. But what the heck! It's only money.
    Took a copy of Woody and got my extra discount from U-Beaut (Thanks, Neil). Spent several hundred here.
    Bought a Metabo duo random orbital sander. Been putting off this purchase for years. I've always been a fan of Metabo power tools and although I've only had a little play with it this tool exceeds my expectation.
    The other largish purchase has come up a little short of expectation. As I don't have a panel saw, cutting sheet materials accurately has always been a bit of a pain. So I invested in the Ausangle Guide which was being demonstrated. Firstly, in spite of the demonstrator's claim, my little Protool 160mm saw did not fit without some modification to the carrier. A few other little annoyances with this which I will e-mail to the maker.
    A couple of mini turning tools fron MIK and some pen making supplies from Gary Pye rounded out my purchases.
    Now to get back and use them.

    Kind regards
    Brian

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    Picked up a couple of bits and pieces from U and Beaut. Also the Veezy Mat Cutter set - need some practice with that the boss recons. Also got a small bag of Huon Pine offcuts for Pens - made two on Sunday, nice.

    Big purchase was a Scheppach Tiger 2000 Wet Grinder for $379 from Carbatec. Gave it a practice run last night with a couple of old, crap chisels - very happy with results. Think everything in the toy room is gunna get sharpened in the next couple of weeks.
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    Finally took the plunge and got a REAL table saw to replace the Triton
    Ordered the Jet Supersaw and a Dust Extractor from Gregory Machinery for pickup on this Saturday. The show price for the saw was $1800, a significant improvement on the $2150 they were advertising at the start of the year!
    "If something is really worth doing, it is worth doing badly." - GK Chesterton

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    Did a recce for the Sydney show yesterday, went to H&F and Carbatec. Bought a 12" disc sander from H&F - $150.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW
    Soundman, them's beads, actually, not coves!
    You're using the skew, by the look of the catch on the second bead from the left, so that's a pretty good effort for a first go!
    Thanks Ian you are correct they are beads. I am very pleased with that effort after a total of 3 hours of lathe experience. Much reference to darlow helped. Turn turn :eek: bugger. read darlow. Turn turn :eek: read darlow. and soforth.

    cheers
    Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
    Most powertools have sharp teeth.
    People are made of meat.
    Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.

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    14 cups of coffee, one steak sanga, one caramel cheesecake, one silly hat, one dremel tool, 145 bits to suit, one bottle of enginewise, one set of tramel points, one magnetic blade height setter, one 18" Jet bandsaw with two extra blades for free, (thanks Garry), two bottles of clearglass, one HSS tool blank & two veritas spokeshaves for my mate who builds boats the darkside way..... I think that covers it.
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    Hmm, I bought the only hat worth buying and a few little bits of wood to play with. Oh, and a coffee and a rubber mat from Soundman, and a little turned bowl on a stand from one of the woodworking turning clubs.

    I'll buy up big when I get my shed.

    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
    14 cups of coffee, one steak sanga, one caramel cheesecake

    Thats my WWS budget in one blow
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    I broke my bank the weekend before at the Carbatec sale

    But at the show I picked up a couple of back issues of Aust Wood Review and a 3 pack of the eze-lap paddle type diamond sharpeners from Gary Pye. (Which were $5 cheaper than the eze-lap stall who, according to the guy behind the counter "are cheaper than anyone else at the show" )

    Krunchy.

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    Yeah, Krunchy - I bought the big 2-sided lapping plate last year with the same promise, from the same bloke, then walked a few paces and saw MIK had the same thing cheaper. Because it was only $2 difference, I wasn't about to go back and demand a refund.
    But maybe I should've, on principle??

    I'm happy with the plate, though.
    Cheers,
    IW

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    Smile Broke the bank, mums not happy

    Been waiting and looking for a long time, I was the one with all the green tags on the floor stock at Timbecon, lathe,tablesaw,thicknesser,bandsaw,drill press,dust extractor. What can I say, actually saved close on 2k by taking the floor stock and it was all set up just had to re tweak it when I got home.
    It is better to have tried and failed than never tried at all.

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