Thread: Maleny Wood Expo

was there yesterday great day saw what i wanted to and helped me make up my mind on what mill to buy.

and i decided i also want a slab master.

had a browse threw the timber most fo witch was extreamly dear. and the peices people made witch were also to dear.

Good show, credit to the organisers. Place was full of red cedar slabs, even more than camphor laurel, pricey as Carl says.

Ecosaw isn't it weisey? Yep, you need a slabmaster to finish them off.

i am leaning more towards the lucas at the moment i was not impresed by the woble the eco got up.

and teh slab master would be a great thing to have if i had the money.

an yes tehre was a heap of red cedar. especialy that one guy.

Rats I missed another one - was hoping it was on as well tomorrow - Silly really they should have made the most of the long weekend. Never mind I couldn't have made it there today or yesterday anyway. So off to Caboolture Country and Western thingy tomorrow instead.

Hope you get well soon Neil. Bugger of a time to get a cold when the weather and weekends are so wonderful at the moment.

I went yesterday and although I enjoyed the day in the hills with the scent of timber in the nostrils, I am noticing that apart from a couple of new bits of furniture which were outstanding I am sure that a lot of the other exhibitors had the same STOCK as they did 2 years ago.

I may be just getting picky in my old age. As to the "Slabs" of timber, some nice varieties were available but is my idea af a slab (40mm-50mm thick) off the mark; quite a few sellers had their slabs down to about 25mm-30mm thick...maybe a sigh of the times with timber getting scarcer.

Apart from that I had a pleasant day.....beautiful weather, timber being milled, interesting ideas for future furniture and I didn't have to work.

For the first time ever I got to go and I went on Saturday. As a total newbie I found many things interesting but things I'm probably not going to get into. Because of my property, I really liked the bush furniture. I also spent a lot of time watching Curt Swenson and his Windsor chairs. He had a shave horse, drawknives and other traditional tools in use and I watched him intently and asking relevant questions. He then asked me if I wanted a go making spindles on the shave horse. As a newbie I was reluctant but decided to give it a go. I had a humorous moment when I looked around and Curt was gone, leaving me alone demonstrating in the exhibit, he had ducked out to get some water for a sharpening stone. I knew enough to answer a few questions but was trying to focus on doing a reasonable job (my work was very average).

I got his details and will do a course when he resumes teaching.

All in all, it was a good day and then spent a hour or two at Montville on the way home.

I made it up there on Saturday. A lovely way to spend the afternoon.

I didn't buy anything, but really enjoyed talking with some of the more "Xy" exhibitors. I'd definately go again.

I wore the shirt but didn't see any familiar faces. Only one exhibitor made a comment.

Bring on the Brisbane show!
Cheers
Tom