Thread: Perth Woodshow

Originally Posted by LineLefty

We've spoken before of a ubeaut meet up......................

To help recognise each other, we could use the attached label. Just add your ubeaut name and avatar and your real name in the appropriate spaces. This will wind up being roughly the size of a business card (90 mm x 55 mm) and will fit in one of those transparent lapel badge holders that you can buy at stationery stores and pharmacies etc.

What do you think?

Col

Excellent. You can also fit AWWFUL in the box at the bottom.

Originally Posted by vsquizz

Excellent. You can also fit AWWFUL in the box at the bottom.

Good idea. Here's a revised version.

Attention Sandgropers

SilentC has put me onto a great idea and Ozwinner has designed the Al Foil model see http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...7&page=1&pp=15

You could all wear these at the Perth woodwork show so you can easily identify fellow BBers. If it works we will try it in Melbourne. We would want photos of course.

- Wood Borer

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

Attention Sandgropers

SilentC has put me onto a great idea and Ozwinner has designed the Al Foil model see http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...7&page=1&pp=15

You could all wear these at the Perth woodwork show so you can easily identify fellow BBers. If it works we will try it in Melbourne. We would want photos of course.

- Wood Borer

Listen WB - if you think you'd catch a bunch of sensible Sandgropers walking around the Showgrounds with little Al Foil condoms on their heads then you clearly underestimate us! We're sensible blokes. And anyway, we know you're only trying to steal our thoughts. Those Al Foil helmets aren't designed to protect our brains, they're designed to steal them! We're on to you, mate!

Col - The alert but unalarmed

The secret is out - this is standard dress for a sandgroper so perhaps if we risk not wearing ours for the woodshow we will be able to idenitify fellow forum members.

I went, I saw, My hip pocket burst into flamess.....Sigh


dream...dream...dream...

Definitely worth a visit then eh?

Dave

Terry Gordon was excellent. I like the way he talks to people, like a real person, explains everything, goes through his planes in detail. He has got me as a customer. Lots was usual Ho Humm. I found PTMS (Jet) guys willing to talk and listen and chase down my sperious questions. Richard at Hammer (KR Engineering) was also very good and spent ages going through a machine with me. Some nice pieces of furniture in amongst some that is well...you be the judge for yourself.

Coffee $3.30 for little foam cup:eek:

I didn't spend much time at the hand/power tool stands but it was all the regular stuff with some bargains to be had. Met a couple of mates who had saved themselves a deal of money with show specials.

4 hours was not long enough. You really need to go on two days.

Cheers

Oh BTW, I thought the Hand Tool Preservation display was excellent. There was also some good old planes up for sale and these were getting snapped up for reasonable prices. Saw a Stanley No 7 in fair nick go for $115.00, don't know what age it was.

Originally Posted by vsquizz

I went, I saw, My hip pocket burst into flamess.....Sigh


...

Spontanious Combustion? Or Spontanious Spending?

I think it was a true case of spontaneous combustion combined with a nervous disorder. A disorder that randomly inflicts itself upon unsuspecting woodies at WW shows. The combustion part starts as a warm sensation in the hip area (there is some credit still on the card). It works its way into a belly burning searing heat that wells up affecting brain functions followed by weakness of the knees, a nervous shake and spending compulsion.

If your lucky a mild case just results in staggering from one stand to the next witha glazed/open mouthed look and random drooling.

The worst part is the brain is tricked into thinking that on the way home a magic light will flash and some way of explaining it all to SWMBO will be forthcoming.

Of course I have personally never suffered from the above....some guys I know just told me about it....................and

does anybody have somewhere in Perth I could sleep for a few days??


Mea Maxima Culpa

I survived!

I trawled around, spoke to Terry Gordon for a while and watced the plane presentations and managed to walk away and only buy $15 worth of lacy sheoak offcuts. Thats it! I was warned though.

you're right, the hand tool preservation society guys were funny. They thought I was a bit strange given my age but they gave me some good advice on how to get some bolts unstuck on a plane and which markets to go to on the lookout for old planes.

I skimmed past most of the power tools and new fangled jigs. Not really my thing.

Anyone else think the people from the freo school were a bit hoity toity?

Originally Posted by vsquizz

Oh BTW, I thought the Hand Tool Preservation display was excellent. There was also some good old planes up for sale and these were getting snapped up for reasonable prices. Saw a Stanley No 7 in fair nick go for $115.00, don't know what age it was.

I know what you mean - I needed a good jack-plane, and didn't want to part with $125.00 for a new Stanley No 5 - they had about 6 or 7 No 5 planes going for about $75.00, two No 5 1/2 planes for $85.00 odd, two No 6 planes for $60.00, and only one No 7. All were in very good nick, but some had handles that were a bit ratty, and would need to be replaced. I picked one No 5 that was in great condition, with near perfect Rosewood handles, before parting with my cash. When I got it home, I put it straight to work, and finally got some newly saw pieces of old Jarrah smooth, square, and straight. It was a real joy to plane a full 1 meter long shaving!

They also had some old, miniature, bull nosed shoulder planes for $75.00 - but I need to think of the mortgage, and SWMBO was hovering as I had bought a couple of other toys earlier as well. I will have to save up for a good sholder plane, but that will have to wait for another day.

Buy the way, did any of you see the wooden clock? I didn't get the makers name, but he had won first prize. The thing was amazing, see pictures that the owner was happy for me to take. He said it was made from Jarrah, Sheoak, Ebony, and a tiny amount of brass. The hands were a bit weird in shape, but it ticked along beautifully. Some people a just too clever!