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    Default The Cooroy Camphor Laurel Woodworkers at The Cooroy Fusion Festival 2017

    Hello again,
    Here are a few photos of our activities at the Cooroy Fusion Festival. The day started out with rain but cleared up by 8.00 am. It was a very successful day. We sold nearly 200 sausages @$2.00 each as well as soft drinks.

    The woodwork shop sold well over $3,000 worth of stock. ( that line is for any Cooroora Woodworkers Club Members reading this )
    There was also good timber sales through out the day. We also received five orders for jobs.

    The Simmental Cattle were a big hit as usual. The camel rides did well but were located further into the main festival area. The chain saw demonstration kept visitors enthralled through out the day. My toy stall sales made it worth while setting up. Although, up until the last 5 minutes, I was ready to take up knitting instead.

    Peter the bee man was kept busy all day with inquiries about his native bees and bee hotels. He was very popular. It reflects the public's concern for the world wide bee population decrease.

    A big thanks you to the too few volunteers who gave up their time to help out during the day and on Wednesday with the general cleanup of the workshops. A couple of our regular volunteers were on sick leave and were sorely missed on the day.

    Everything went smoothly on the day but more relief volunteers to help in the shop and on the sausage sizzle would have made it a lot less tiring on those who stuck it out all day. From set up to pack up makes for a long day when you are past retirement age.



    And so to the pics.


    20170513_092152.jpg A damp start
    20170513_091654.jpg The cows were well looked after
    20170513_091641.jpg Our resident native bee man
    20170513_091659.jpg The shop spilling over onto the car park
    20170513_091709.jpg Yes , people still buy these out in the country
    20170513_091714.jpg The cheap bin
    20170513_091722.jpg An assortment of woodwork

    20170513_091733.jpg A few of my toys I made for the group and some slabs for sale in the back ground
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    20170513_091742.jpg Platters, Cutting board and serving boards , very popular

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    20170513_091849.jpg Bundles of off cuts for sale , we sold the lot on here and more from the back of the truck
    20170513_091747.jpg Kids table and chairs
    20170513_091908.jpg These odd bits on the back of the truck sold quickly , white ceder, maple, red cedar, ash , beech, Camphor laurel and some hard wood.
    20170513_091926.jpg My small stall
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    20170513_092019.jpg The sausage sizzle before the rush
    20170513_092102.jpg Shane Christensen the chain saw carver
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    20170513_092120.jpg A koala
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    20170513_141102 - Copy.jpg The C.C.L. President

    Another week closes and another week begins. So far this week I've had requests for a polar bear, a mouse, a horse, a cow, a goat and a sheep. I wonder what other unusual requests I'll get this week?

    All the best in your projects
    bye for now
    the Cooroy Toymaker
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    You're certainly a busy man. Clubs only survive with a core group of people like you so keep up the good work.
    Dallas

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    Thanks for the support Dallas. Here is a tug boat I posted on Page 15 , some may have missed it on the skip to page 16. It turned out quite well , I think.

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    Once again you tend to shame some of us with your output and the quality of your work. Love those timbers. Nothing like that in SA. Keep up the great work.
    Superfoot

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    Default Tanks, Tugs, swords, saws and spoons.

    Hello Fellow Woodworkers,
    This week I've ventured into the military vehicle scene with a couple of robust toy tanks. Tug boats. A couple of simple swords. A couple of more detailed knives and a flash back to a couple of old dioramas that were broken and needed some TLC.
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    20170525_152318.jpgI used two small blocks of wood off cuts. With this larger larger 8 wheeler tank I used a 40mm forstner bit to drill out the wheel recess to about the depth of the wheel then drilled the axle holes. It worked quite well. I will use this technique a lot more in future.

    20170523_134219.jpg 20170511_175854.jpgA tug boat made of red cedar and Camphor Laurel off cuts that I rescued from the rubbish bins at work.

    20170525_152444.jpg20170525_152455.jpg Kids play swords.


    20170524_115357.jpg20170525_152619.jpg20170525_152628.jpg Stylized wooden knives. They feel very comfy in the hand.

    20170524_115245.jpgTungsten-alloy-grinding-head-of-automobile-tire-repair-grinding-wheel-diameter-of-55-mm.jpg The 6 stages of making a spoon. These will be for the Camphor Laurel Woodworkers shop. I use the Tungsten alloy grinding heads that are used in the automobile tire repair industry

    20170524_115312.jpg20170524_115323.jpg Axe and cross cut saw dioramas

    All the best in your projects.

    Bye for now

    The Cooroy Toy Maker
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    Great work - Love the diorama's

    Regards

    Keith

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    Default grader, roller and farm animals

    Hi Fellow Woodies,

    A quiet week this week with a couple of new items made in the workshop.

    20170608_085020 - Copy.jpg A simple design for a grader

    20170608_085034 - Copy.jpg Another simple design. I might work on this one to improve the roller attachment and make large roller wheels for the back wheels.

    20170608_085135 - Copy.jpg Farm animals. Quality tested and passed by my grand nephew.

    see you next time.
    the cooroy toymaker
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    Default Barn with horses and Fairy house

    Hello again,
    A busy weekend with a couple of online orders. A barn with 3 horses and a Fairy House with a stand alone tree. All made from recycled camphor laurel timber.

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    All the best in your endeavors

    Kind regards
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cooroy Toymaker View Post
    Hi Fellow Woodies,

    20170608_085020 - Copy.jpg A simple design for a grader

    see you next time.
    the cooroy toymaker
    I am interested in the process you used to shape the grader blade. Is it curved both inside and outside?
    Dallas

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    Hi Dallas,
    Thank you for your interest and thank you for your question.
    Yes , the blade is curved front and back.
    Using a larger piece of stock I used almost the full depth of a small band saw to cut out the inside curved face.
    Then stepped it back a bit to cut out the curved back and there it was.
    A little sanding on the end of the belt sander to round off the bottom and ends and it was finished.
    I drilled a hole in the thicker part of the blade to inset the dowel.
    I hope that helps.
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    Default Deers, Orcas and construction vehicles.

    Hello again fellow woodies

    This week has been busy in house in the club with the new extension being added and a general tidy up of the whole work shop at the Cooroy Camphor Laurel Woodworkers Group.
    I'll post pics next week when the extension is finished and we are moving the new work benches in.
    This week I've been assisting a new member ( Mark - a retired D.I. from England ) with making toys for children who have been victims of violence.
    He has turned a few spinning tops and made 20 cars for them.
    He also made a couple of deer in the fashion of the crazy looking cows. His wife likes deer. So he has had a bit of practice on my tools and coming along very nicely.
    An Apprentice Toy Maker , my first one.

    So to the pics this week.

    20170620_114828.jpg A set of four construction vehicles for the under fives. Sold the truck and water tanker before they were varnished.


    20170622_082713.jpg The start of a Killer whale.

    20170623_170753.jpg First attempt.

    20170623_170738.jpg Second attempt. It only took an hour to make, you should have a go

    20170622_114339.jpg Here are Marks 2 reindeer's. He came up with the ideas and I helped a little. Not to bad at all.
    Have a good weekend
    Bye for now.

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    You and you cohorts certainly have a whole heap of fun with wood...great imagination and top finish!! well done again!!

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    Default The Cooroy Toymakers Album

    Truly wonderful work. Are you using Arukaria on the dolphins? I remember mum and dad taking me to Cooroy as a young fella to visit my friend Pam James.
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    Quote Originally Posted by seriph1 View Post
    Are you using Arukaria on the dolphins?
    Thank you for your interest Steve. I don't use fancy finishes on my work. As a pensioner I can't afford the fancy products. I usually paint the toys with a sanding sealer, sand them back with very fine sand paper and then rub in a little tung oil. That is how I'll finish the Killer whales. In the Cooroy Camphour Laurel workshops we have a dedicated painter who paints the toys with 3 coats of varnish.
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    Apologies for the confusion mate. I explained myself poorly - araucaria (I also misspelled it so didn't help matters) is the family of trees known as Hoop pine or Bunya pine etc. but now you've mentioned Camphour Laurel I think I have my answer

    .... stupidly I didn't read the name of your club because I went straight to your work which again, is an honest joy to see.
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