Thread: hiya from a newby from newcastle NSW

G'Day, Welcome to a top forum Trudi.
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you show off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork.
There are quite a few forum members from the Newcastle area who might be able to help with timber sources.
Cheers, crowie

Welcome to the forum.

No timber in Newcastle, now that is strange, maybe they sent this all to Sydney.

Hi and welcome Trudi

Timber source you have a reply from Greg in your other post.

Seems Newcatsle is the place to be for artsy ATM check out Claw Hammers site a local up there nte the carvings Sculptor & artists - timber furniture sculpture hand-made custom built rustic solid wood timber craftsman Newcastle NSW Australia

Hi Takart, and welcome aboard.

As already stated, there are MANY Forumites in the Newcastle area (there is also a current post about a get together at my place with Dai Sensai (moderator/traveller/woodturner etc etc) for members on Sat Feb 9th if interested.

Carving: There are a few carvers who meet on a Friday at the Woodturners of the Hunter, along with boxmakers. The guy who runs the boxmaking is a very talented carver.

Timber: The Woodturners also sell timber. There are also some suppliers around the area, but you would not find them on the internet.

Cheers, Paul

G'day Trudi and welcome to the fount of wisdom!!!

Probably no wood in Newcastle because of people like Claw Hammer!!

Get yourself a ute and a chainsaw and become a scrounger!!

Welcome to the forum Trudi, enjoy your stay

Originally Posted by takart

hiya all
im Trudi and im a newbie, i wanted to hand carve wood since uni in 2001, but didnt find the time..to many classes not enogh time to do em all, and i wanted to do em all, hahah
anyho im 49 have a fine arts degree, i usually paint and photograph, but am going for somthing new, well a few new things
soldering - got a fab soldering iron for xmas
carving too..
and later in the year a small mig welder, im looking at large metal sculptures..like the first thing will be a huge metal cow, for the front yard, just to anoy to stuckup ones across the road. hahaha
yeah im bad ahahhaah
anyho, i found some silky oak and norfolk pine, gunna grabem on the weekend, but cant find anymore wood around newcastle, and i must say i dredged the net for hours looking arggg
anyho i hope to learn a lot from here, so be safe and happy and have a fabulosa day

Welcome, Trudi, hope you enjoy this site. I'm in Newcastle area too, Mayfield, to be specific, & my main interest in woodworking is making folk harps (please see my intro thread). I only started this at age 66 a few years back, so there's always room for late starters!
I'd love to get a bit of that Norfolk pine & silky oak, if there's any more, or you can spare some.
Also, I'd like to try having carvings in low relief on the sides of my harps - they're long & narrow -(550 or 750 -odd mm x 90 mm -depending on the model). I'll try to attach a photo. So far, I've deco'ed some with hot poker work.
I think meranti or Pacific maple (actually from one of several rainforest trees in SE Asia) would suit woodcarving too.

'Bye,
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Hi and welcome Trudi

Originally Posted by takart

hiya all
im Trudi and im a newbie, i wanted to hand carve wood since uni in 2001, but didnt find the time..to many classes not enogh time to do em all, and i wanted to do em all, hahah
anyho im 49 have a fine arts degree, i usually paint and photograph, but am going for somthing new, well a few new things
soldering - got a fab soldering iron for xmas
carving too..
and later in the year a small mig welder, im looking at large metal sculptures..like the first thing will be a huge metal cow, for the front yard, just to anoy to stuckup ones across the road. hahaha
yeah im bad ahahhaah
anyho, i found some silky oak and norfolk pine, gunna grabem on the weekend, but cant find anymore wood around newcastle, and i must say i dredged the net for hours looking arggg
anyho i hope to learn a lot from here, so be safe and happy and have a fabulosa day