Thread: Melbourne Turn-on 31 January 2010

David,

Thanks for the offer of a lift but as luck would have it I'll be taking my daughter to Melbourne airport early (7am flight) so I'll be in Melbourne anyway.

So I'll see you there.

Hi Groggy,
I will attend if all goes well ,will confirm closer to the date.
What can I bring to help with the day?
I will bring some Atlantic Cedar,
I have turned a small bowl from this timber,it was dry and finished well, coated with Organ oil and a week later it has become all sticky the resin came through the finish
Has anyone used this timberWould shellac prevent this from happening
Our club has had a lot of this timber ,just received another trailer load of logs the other day
Regards
David

David, yeah, same prob with Deodar.

Solution thanks to Neil was to scrub the bowls out with meths and then 4 coats of ubeaut Hard Shellac.

Hope to see you at Groggy's.

Hi Groggy,

Please put me down on the attendance list as a learner ...... If there is anything that you need me to bring along please let me know ....... I have some nice pepper grinder blank timber (hint hint!).

Calm - as an ex Ballarat boy I am sure that you have both thongs and the trackies & moccasins in the wardrobe so it will just be a matter of deciding between summer or winter wear

Issatree ..... I trust there is a spare seat in the van????

Cheers

Stinky.

What's on the agenda:

Finishing techniques;

• getting a clean finish off the tools,
• preparation,
• sanding,
• types and application of finish,

Discussion on faceplate finishing - led by Ern
Pepper grinder - Calm
Give aways, Buy 'n Sell (GABS) table


Note: Please mention any questions you might want covered on the day and we will try to include something to cover them. We would be interested to hear from anyone what they have found works well or what they have struggled with.

Who can attend at this stage

Learners:
Calm
govarney
Groggy
Grumpy John
Sarge
Sir Stinkalot
Sturdee and Michelle
woodwork wally

More advanced:
Ern

robert brown
issatree - (had to cancel, no longer coming)

Originally Posted by Sir Stinkalot

Please put me down on the attendance list as a learner ...... done

If there is anything that you need me to bring along please let me know .......
will let you know, at this stage it is a bring your own meat and drinks and I will supply bread and salad. Others usually bring cakes etc
I have some nice pepper grinder blank timber (hint hint!).
Oh! How about you bring some nice pepper grinder timber if you happen to have some?
Issatree ..... I trust there is a spare seat in the van????
Probably, but Issatree is no longer coming due to a family commitment.

Two weeks and counting...

Originally Posted by Groggy

Two weeks and counting...

Looks like I will need to drive myself unfortunately ...... the thought of spending the day in Issatrees van in the driveway is less appealing.

Does anyone who is coming have an inertia (aka rotary) sander they can bring along?

Ern, if you mean one of those spinning doohickies on a stick then I have one.

That's a bit technical for me Groggy ;-}

One of these from our sponsor or similar ...

yep, got one

Mine was pulled out of shape by the packaging being too tight and has not recovered its true round shape (1 year on) so it gets a bit bumpy. Note to anyone buying them, they don't get their shape back so make sure it isn't deformed in its packaging.

David, seeing as you're doing a pepper grinder demo would you be able to bring along some photos of different styles of mills, or better still some examples?
Ern, are you planning on bringing some of those wiz bang American abrasives for us to have a look at?

Cool, thanks Groggy.

GJ, haven't put in the order yet but can talk a bit about abrasive types; given the attendance, covering the basics would be 1st priority.

Throw another prawn on the barbie, I'd love to attend too.