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    I'm sorry guys, Skew and I can't make it.

    I've had a cold for a week now and today it decided to move in, in full force (i've gotten one after another since I started work). I'm not well and wouldn't be much company since i've lost my voice anyway. I'm also keeping Skew.... because i'm a sook and I need to be cuddled.
    Sorry Fletty I wanted to be there to hear your news but I can't .... hugs?

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    Take care. We'll eat an extra snag for you

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    Have a great days guys. Wish I was there. I could have learnt heaps.

    Fletty, your wealth of knowledge and sense of humour will be sorely missed

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    Hi Fletty,

    thanks for an informative and enjoyable get-together. Hearing the first-hand experience of the different joinery "devices" was very useful. I appreciate your willingness to host these sorts of events, and your contribution to this forum.

    Regards,

    ajw

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    A big thanks to Fletty for hosting today. It was a great chance to meet up with like-minded woodies.
    Sorry I had to duck off during one of the demos this afternoon without a big goodbye , but I didn't want to interrupt.
    Thanks again mate.

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    Default The gentleman woodworker does it again - what a top day!!

    The gentleman woodworker does it again - what a top day!!

    THANK YOU Alan for all the time and effort plus the food & cuppas.

    Thank you to the folk who brought the demonstration of joinery jigs and machinery...EXCELLENT and I did learn heaps plus added to my "I'd like one of those list..

    this is is surely what the forum is about mates & like mined people helping & sharing there know how and experience.

    And personally Alan an even bigger THANK YOU, I owe you.

    Cheers, Peter

    PS - The video's will be sent to Alan later this coming week!!!

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    A big thank you to Alan and Helen for a great day. Just what I needed actually. I was wetting myself watching Pac Man cook the snags. Soft hands in the slips saved the glass though. For the first time I was able to appreciate a virtue of the Stelzen cap on a wine bottle.

    Excellent to see all the various devices in action. For me (and I suspect several others) and in order of presentation:
    Leigh jig - right out,
    Gifkin - in,
    Hegner - in,
    Incra fence - right in (just no contest between it and the Leigh, particularly for the same dough, and so many extra super accurate uses)
    Incra iBox - maybe, but I'd have to see it used with a router rather than a Dado stack on a TS
    Domino - absolutely, but then I have one anyway......


    Also good to see some new (to me anyway) faces.
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    Hear hear! I can only agree with all the comments above. I think my picks would be the Gifkin's and Incra positioner.

    Thanks Alan and Helen.

    Iain (owner of the now no longer disembodient red-jumpered arm in Dave's photo above).

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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Leigh jig - right out,
    Bother Brett,
    How am I going to sell my 18" super leigh now!!!
    I want to buy one of the Hegner ZPG12 to replace it!!
    Cheer, Peter

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    What a ripper of a day. I had never seen a Hegner finger jointer before, and had little exposure to the Leigh dovetail jig. All the demonstrators had a crowd around them, especially when a router or saw was fired up, and there were no 'Oops' moments, so all is well.

    A sausage or three was expertly cooked and consumed around the BBQ area while tall tales bounced around. Good company certainly makes for an enjoyable day.

    Dave TTC's kids had an absolute ball riding their cars and trucks down the ski slope all day, and I mean ALL day. They didn't seem to stop except for lunch. I'm sure they will sleep well tonight.

    It was great to meet more forum members, and to renew acquaintances with some regular GTG attendees. Arrangements have been made to meet up again at the Sydney Working With Wood Show next weekend at midday each day at the Carbatec stand, so if you are in the area, call in and say G'day.

    Many thanks to those who brought equipment to demonstrate, and a very special thank you to Fletty and his lovely wife Helen for hosting the GTG and having their premises invaded by the hordes.

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    Thank you Alan for hosting a cracker of a day. The ability to see demonstrations of jigs in a real world setting, by users with no axe to grind (after all, that was what the sharpening GTG was for) and nothing to sell was enlightening. I'm with Brett on the Incra's versatility.

    And of course your hospitality and organisational skills to bring it all together in such a productive way.

    Good too, to catch up with other forumites, and see Brett's great wine save.

    Thanks again,

    Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by markkr View Post
    ....and see Brett's great wine save.
    That was the problem - I only saved the glass, although I guess I did save most of its former wine contents from hitting the ground (which may have been a preferred result...).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Al View Post
    Arrangements have been made to meet up again at the Sydney Working With Wood Show next weekend at midday each day at the Carbatec stand, so if you are in the area, call in and say G'day.
    Alan...
    G'Day Alan, I've confused things in the Sydney Wood Show thread saying to met at Boutique Timber at 12noon for a lunch gathering of forum friends.....
    We'll need to sort it out before Thursday?? Apologies for the any misleading inform or hearing upon my behalf.
    What do folk think please "Boutiques Timbers" or Carbitec?? Cheers, Peter

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    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    G'Day Alan, I've confused things in the Sydney Wood Show thread saying to met at Boutique Timber at 12noon for a lunch gathering of forum friends.....
    We'll need to sort it out before Thursday?? Apologies for the any misleading inform or hearing upon my behalf.
    What do folk think please "Boutiques Timbers" or Carbitec?? Cheers, Peter
    Dunno how to resolve this easily. I posted a suggestion of meeting at the Carbatec stand at midday in my post 24 on the 28th May ( Sydney Wood Show is next month but is the forum having a stand??) as it was the first vendor that popped into my head and mentioned it to quite a few folk at today's GTG, but supporting fellow Forumite member Greg Ward at Boutique Timbers has lots of merit.

    How about lots of publicity on here to support Boutique Timbers as long as it isn't raining, and use Carbatec as a wet weather back-up for the midday meeting place?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post

    Domino - absolutely, but then I have one anyway......
    Thank you all for coming today and making it a great day. The last visitors have left except for those who are staying tonight and they are all now tucked safely into bed.
    I had to laugh though. PJP who did the Hegner demo, rang me about an hour ago. As soon as he got home he started searching for a Domino. He has since found one online .... and has bought it!
    A special thanks also goes to econ for his demos of the Incra and Dowelmax.
    Now, for the lost and found;
    glider, I have your joints ( calm down everyone, I'm referring to woodwork!)
    Pat, I have your chair and beer glass
    DaveTTC, I have your children (oh, that's right, you're here too )
    Thanks again everyone,
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