Thread: Hello

Welcome onboard Gabriele!

Not sure if any of us are qualified to correct your English - we are not much better at times

Questions are welcome- and typically answered 5 times over!

Stu

Welcome to the Bulletin Board.

I hope you will understand our Australian humour and words.

Is woodworking as a hobby very popular in Italy?

Hi Gabriele.

I think your "self made" would translate as DIY ( Do it yourself ) in this part of the world. And this is right place for questions / showing your DIY wood projects.

Cheers

Ian

P.S. Although you type with an 'accent' your English is pretty good

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

Welcome to the Bulletin Board.

I hope you will understand our Australian humour and words.

Is woodworking as a hobby very popular in Italy?

Hi Wood Borer,

I'll try to do it .
About woodworking I don't know if it is can be said it is a very popular hobby.
One moment, now I think, no.. it isn't a very popular hobby.. I don't know anybody who does a "true" woodworking (nor me:confused: ).
Here there are some "selfs" where you can find anything you want about woodworking,metalworking and so on. But unfortunately, for my thought, the quality stuff is very poor. Yes, there are brands like Stanley,Bacho but the range is very small. And more, there is most attention upon electric tools. Because I love hand tools those places aren't what I am searching. For hand tools I have had to switch on the internet market (UK, USA) and on Ebay.

Originally Posted by Ianab

Hi Gabriele.

I think your "self made" would translate as DIY ( Do it yourself ) in this part of the world............

Yes, of course

Hello Geppetto, welcome & I hope we make some sense to you.

Originally Posted by E. maculata

Hello Geppetto, welcome & I hope we make some sense to you.

By personal experience, I am sure it'll be.

Many thanks.

Italian: Buongiorno Signora Geppetto,
Italian: Come sta?

Australian: Gidday Mate?
Australian: How's it hanging?

My SWMBO (She Who Must be Obeyed - Wife) and MSWMBO (Mini-She Who Must be Obeyed - Daughter) are heading to Italy in August for a couple of weeks. As this is the first time either of them have been overseas they are doing it as a package tour - but hopefully next time they'll get some freelancing in. I think they heading to Roma, Venice, Sorrento, Capri, Lombardo and so on.

They are heading to the place where they do the Inlay? I was hoping they might be able to pick up some offcuts.

Cheers

Welcome to Australia!
I too watched my Nonno making things when I was a child. We lived on a farm.
My Italian is not as good as your English - Io non parla italiano bene....
Mia familiglia sono calabrese e piemontese..... (nonni..)
Ciao
Pietro

Originally Posted by namtrak

Italian: Buongiorno Signora Geppetto,
Italian: Come sta?

Australian: Gidday Mate?
Australian: How's it hanging?

My SWMBO (She Who Must be Obeyed - Wife) and MSWMBO (Mini-She Who Must be Obeyed - Daughter) are heading to Italy in August for a couple of weeks. As this is the first time either of them have been overseas they are doing it as a package tour - but hopefully next time they'll get some freelancing in. I think they heading to Roma, Venice, Sorrento, Capri, Lombardo and so on.

They are heading to the place where they do the Inlay? I was hoping they might be able to pick up some offcuts.

Cheers

Hi namtrak,
I hope the whether is good, in August. Always it is.... excuse me, and you remain there in Australia ??
About your translation, you had to say : Buongiorno Signor Geppetto, because "Signora" is referred to a "lady":eek: . "Come sta?" it is OK.
Ahhh, your members family came in Roma,Venezia,Sorrento,Capri, Lombardo??? (perhaps Lombardia which is a part of nation)..... and nothing in Florence (Firenze)- Tuscany ???( I live very near Florence . In Vinci where born Leonardo)

Excuse but I don't understand the mean of "
They are heading to the place where they do the Inlay? I was hoping they might be able to pick up some offcuts.
"
Might you explain me with others words??

Originally Posted by geppetto

Hi namtrak,
I hope the whether is good, in August. Always it is.... excuse me, and you remain there in Australia ??
About your translation, you had to say : Buongiorno Signor Geppetto, because "Signora" is referred to a "lady":eek: . "Come sta?" it is OK.
Ahhh, your members family came in Roma,Venezia,Sorrento,Capri, Lombardo??? (perhaps Lombardia which is a part of nation)..... and nothing in Florence (Firenze)- Tuscany ???( I live very near Florence . In Vinci where born Leonardo)

Excuse but I don't understand the mean of "
They are heading to the place where they do the Inlay? I was hoping they might be able to pick up some offcuts.
"
Might you explain me with others words??

Buona sera signor
mi mogli SWMBO parla poco L'italiano. Capisce?

Yes, they are visiting Florence and Tuscany.

Inlay, is the process of placing some small bits of feature timber in larger pieces. Sorrento is world famous for it.

Sorrento Inlay

And no I am not going to Italy, I am what you call a homeboy (I dont like travelling that much) so I am going to take our other daughter up North to a place called Cairns at the same time!!

Cheers

G'day Gabriele,

Hope you stick around. We don't have that many members from a non English speaking background and perhaps we are the poorer for it.

You don't need me to tell you that your country has a long and proud history of making beautiful things. Many of them in wood.

Where does your interest lie? Furniture, turning, boat making, etc?

Cheers (can't spell ciao )
Craig

italy makes some of the best woodworking machinary around, my wife who is a german even admits it, and it has the pope too.

welcome. post some pictures of your work..

what sort of timber do you use or have access to over there ? is it expensive ?

Originally Posted by namtrak

Buona sera signor
mi mogli SWMBO parla poco L'italiano. Capisce?

...........
Sorrento Inlay

Cheers

Hi, the correct way is :" mia moglie SWMBO parla poco l'italiano. Capisce?"
therefore it was vary good.
Excuse me, a little : are you sure that those music boxes come from Italian production ? I have travelled a little in the web site but I do not see any link to Italy.:confused: