Thread: Full Report - Welcome Mat, Midge's 4000th post, The big day OUT!!

and Rocker should also be praised for his uncommon fashion sense. sounds like a great time I'm jealous.
-Ryan

In addition to cakes and other consumables, we now find ourselves in possession of a RECTANGULAR GREEN PLASTIC LID.

Would the owner of the lid please make arrangements to send us the container that matches it so we can make use of it?

Alternatively, we could post the lid to you, but we don't know who you are!

Cheers,

P

I, too, must add my sincere thank you's to Pete and Jo for allowing us to invade their beautiful home, drool in Pete's workshop, gorge ourselves on the sumptuous feast, enjoy a quick paddle in the canel and have a wonderful time meeting up with old friends and making new ones. So worth the trip. I had the BEST day - Thank you!!!!

Major Panic - Thank you for the marking gauge - I'm still speechless about that!!!!

Rocker - I'll try out your chairs anytime - I'm no longer a nervous nelly especially after seeing the load the joint was able to take.

Again, Thank you.

cheers
Wendy

Similarly I'd like to thank the Midge's for making their beautiful home open to all of us. Had a great time if albeit a little shorter than I would have liked. And SWMBO was less than impressed that the return journey took 2 1/2 times the one hour drive up there! Bloody Bruce Highway Sunday afternoon car park :mad:

I'd also like to report that Midge's workshop looks more like a kitchen. Roll formed laminated bench tops, a floor you could eat your dinner on and his penchant for jigs that look better than anything I've ever made

Great day and picked a great number of ideas.

Thanks again to all.

Jamie

Biting Midge,


Thankyou for opening up your house to us it was a pleasure to be there and to meet so many interesting and cheerful people. We had a wonderful time although unfortuately shortened with afternoon commitments.

I think I do know who owns the plastic lid - took the bub with us so at least we remembered the important items . Hope you enoy the custard pie, cheese cake and pav - all home made .


Rocker - apology accepted. It was great to meet you and now I have another future project to add to my enormous list of desirable things to make - a rocker. I plan to make one using red gum but don't hold your breath, it will be some time later.

I have added here some pics of the happy crew all identified in earlier posts so whew I don't have to name you all .

Just a few more pics to complete the set.


Cheers

Many thanks Peter & Jo for a fantastic day. It was really nice to put faces to names. The non-woodies also managed to enjoy the day as well and that was great. Both Clare and I thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Cheers,
Keith

Midge, could you post some more boat pics please and give us the blurb about it. It looks grouse. (I love the water views, I'm green ....but then aren't I always )

Teejay,

I would advise against using redgum for the bent laminations of your rocker, for them you need a straight-grained wood, whereas redgum normally has a wavy grain. Perhaps straight-grained jarrah would be good for the laminations.

Rocker

I love jarrah - so jarrah it is - thanks

Jarrah makes a pretty good joint too huh!!

Cheers

Originally Posted by Gumby

Midge, could you post some more boat pics please and give us the blurb about it. It looks grouse.

Which boat?? I guess you mean the two footer in the background: -
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ght=foot+skiff


If you could see under the house you'd see the Goat Island Skiff (whatever 15'6" is in metric), designed by our very own Boatmik and which is now badly in need of a bit of varnish (another excuse for not finishing anything else). Maybe I'll use painting it as an excuse to talk some more!

Cheers,

P

Ok, I thought it was a different one. I thought maybe one of those flash racing remote control jobs like the Marblehead design etc.

thanks anyway, it a lovely craft and I do recall that other thread.

Mrs Caliban and I had a great time mixing with you lot of weirdos.
Canadian sharpening gurus, silly architechs, generous idiots giving redgum burls away, chicks who are better woodworkers than any of us (except Major panic and rocker) and test pilots for jigs.
Wongo would have been in his element. I was.
Wendy even brought a stuffed simian for a certain absent sydney toff.
But I won the yo-yo but I think Silent C must have made a clandestine visit because it had been stolen. Reminds me of two muffins last year.
When will the indignities end :mad:

Originally Posted by Gumby

Ok, I thought it was a different one. I thought maybe one of those flash racing remote control jobs like the Marblehead design etc.

thanks anyway, it a lovely craft and I do recall that other thread.

Hey Gumby,
I got a close up & personal tour of the aforementioned vessel & I gotta say it's a "wee ripper" (spoken in a broard Scotts accent ) Unfortunately we didn't get to take it out & test it on a broard reach, I reckon It'd have be a pocket rocket!!