A good time was had by all !

**Eastie** · 10th August 2004, 02:56 PM

A big hip-hip-hooray for Wood Borer for last nights beer, wine, pizza and bull dust session

The activities kicked off with Craigb, , Wood Borer and myself huddled around Borers prized ‘little’ collection of hand planes, fervent to give each one a bit of a run, except for who was happy looking on, giving a few pointers and generally making sure Craig and myself didn’t devalue Borers collection too much.

We had a bit of a play with the Mujingfang planes that Craig smuggled across the Mexican border and after a bit of a touch up on the water stones and a bit of a bash here and there with a lump of wood we managed to get a shaving out of one – not bad for four blokes who didn’t have the faintest idea about which way up the bevel should go! (Derek, you would have been horrified)

We tried out Derek’s method (?) for flattening water stone on some plasterboard ‘fly screen’ sandpaper and to the surprise of the crowd it worked like a charm – five water stones flattened in ten minutes! Then came the comparison – King v’s Norton water stones finished with some green crayon., and the winner is…. my sandvik chisel which is now nice and shiny.

After many beers, a bottle of red and a few cups of tea it soon dawned on us that unless we wished Borer and Meg farewell that it would in fact be dawn.

Having moved on from the safety game I was happy to find that it’s out of my system already as I managed not to say anything to Wood Borer about the state of play in his shed, including the dust and shavings a foot deep on the floor, the gas heater, the suspicious looking DIY electrical job, ……..

If ever you want to see structural cob webs and wood shaving used as insulation in the old fashioned way, Wood Borers shed is a must see

I hope the new shed is as homely.

Best wishes to Rob, Meg, Craig and ,
Mark

**Wood Borer** · 10th August 2004, 03:38 PM

Eastie,

The pleasure was ours and we are happy you enjoyed yourselves.

We look forward to the next visit.

I didn't realise there were safety standards for cobwebs. Anyway it shows that the shed is healthy otherwise all the redbacks and those big black spiders would have turned up their 8 legs by now

- Wood Borer

**ozwinner** · 10th August 2004, 08:44 PM

How did I miss this event?

Al

**fxst** · 10th August 2004, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by ozwinner

How did I miss this event?Al

TOO busy settin up shop with Mrs 'arrald

**Cliff Rogers** · 10th August 2004, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by ozwinner

How did I miss this event?

Al

G'day Al,

May be you weren't invited???!!! :eek:

**Wood Borer** · 11th August 2004, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by ozwinner

How did I miss this event?

Al

Al,

There wasn't a general invitation because I only have a bar sized beer fridge.

Originally it was an invite to Craig but Eastie and wanted to catch up with Craig which after many detailed calculations made me reach the conclusion the lemon tree could only take so much :confused: Volume of a combination cylinder/cone compared with the volume of a sphere, erosion, drainage, water table ....

- Wood Borer

**silentC** · 11th August 2004, 09:46 AM

Not to mention what it does to the lemons

**Wood Borer** · 11th August 2004, 10:12 AM

Silent,

Good to see your brain is sharp at this hour of the day

Good point, lemons are good for Vitamin C which must be close to Vitamin B (VB) so yes my lemons must be extra healthy for you. Do you want me to send you some?

When the lemon tree is eventually ripped out to make room for the new shed will the timber take a finish?

- Wood Borer

**silentC** · 11th August 2004, 10:21 AM

Do you want me to send you some?

Depends. How good was your visitors' aim?

**Wood Borer** · 11th August 2004, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by silentC

Depends. How good was your visitors' aim?

At what stage of the night?

- Wood Borer

**craigb** · 11th August 2004, 11:06 AM

Just wanted to add that I had a great time at Mr Borer's too.

I definititely can't fault the Mexican hospitality, absolutely fantastic.

You blokes have definitely raised the bar for us northerners (some unkind people call us cockroaches

)

This all sprung from a request from moi for directions to Melbourne Carbatec.

Before I knew it, I had Eastie offering to drive me there, an invite to Borer's shed, and a dinner invite from .

Well done guys, and thanks from a grateful Sydneysider.

It sure was better than sitting in a hotel room or associating with a bunch of computer nerds.

Cheers
Craig

**Wood Borer** · 11th August 2004, 11:31 AM

Craig,

The pleasure was ours. Did you make it to Carbatec?

- Wood Borer

**nik** · 11th August 2004, 12:21 PM

oi craig, it could be worse, some unkind people could call you canetoads.

**craigb** · 11th August 2004, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

Craig,

The pleasure was ours. Did you make it to Carbatec?

- Wood Borer

I sure did. Even managed to do it by PT. It was easy peasy in the end.

Actually as you probably know Carbatec are having a moving sale. 10% off floor stock.

I picked some of that green honing stuff and a Marples marking gauge.

I wonder if I can give them to the missus as a souvenier of Melbourne ?

Craig

**Wood Borer** · 11th August 2004, 02:21 PM

Very clever Craig,

If you get your missus into the woodwork then you will have to get another bench and another bandsaw and another thicknesser and another cyclone and eventually a bigger shed.

These interstate visits are really worthwhile, the exchange of ideas is beneficial to everyone.

- Wood Borer

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