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    Now that we have gone off track can we bring the thread back on focus.

    I had a good couple of days at the show catching up with people from the forum.
    Thanks Greg for the great deal on some Kauri pine. Only other purchase was the current version of the wood review.

    Thanks Ubeaut, Fletty and Shane for organising.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Lowe View Post
    Great Pics Crowie
    Sorry I missed you I was there today and bought some nice pieces of redgum burl and and a 3 piece buffing wheel from Mjing but maybe I am blind but I did not find the Forum stand I even asked the person I bought the burl from and he did not know and apparently he is a member and all I got was that he had not seen Neil so he did;nt think there was a stand there.
    Good you got to the show Steve and snagged a few bargains...
    The stand was over near Tasmanian Timber stand on the entry side...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Nah! I think he's just having a lens of you.



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    and thanks to Fletty, Shane and Neil for their organisational skills
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Lowe View Post
    Great Pics Crowie
    Sorry I missed you I was there today and bought some nice pieces of redgum burl and and a 3 piece buffing wheel from Mjing but maybe I am blind but I did not find the Forum stand I even asked the person I bought the burl from and he did not know and apparently he is a member and all I got was that he had not seen Neil so he did;nt think there was a stand there.

    in the morning when the crowds were swollen by a few thousand schoolkids, i had to go round the show three times before i found the forum stand (met crowie and sawdustmaker there) .... spent a couple of hundred dollars at the brassware man from dungog and a bit on some mango from billinudgel ... spent a few hours there looking for around and then got a pass out for lunch

    i came back in the afternoon ... it was quieter although still busy enough and i also found two additional stands that i hadn't seen in the morning ... the hsc one and sturt school ... they had obviously been very popular in the morning ...

    picked up a bit more timber in the afternoon from the outside guys ...

    had a good look at the burl stuff in the top corner but didn't end up buying anything although the round blanks were well priced i thought ... interestingly, it was almost like there were two different stands there with the burl ... all good stuff but one a bit more expensive than i think it should have been ...

    the billinudgel turning blanks were, i thought, very good bargains ... good stuff and quite cheap ... i didn't need any turning blanks although i was tempted to pick up a few anyway (two timbers i hadn't heard of and some other quite cheap options)

    the tassie timber was beautiful (a real standout) but very expensive .... if you have the gear to dress it yourself, you would be almost better off taking the ferry over and buying rough sawn stuff ... that said it seemed to be moving well

    trend had a good and quite large display but much more focused on the machinery rather than the timber ... last time at canberra they had a much better timber display

    i didn't go back on saturday morning deciding that i would head for home instead ... getting away from homebush bay at 8am (i stayed in a motel on site) rather than, say, 11, meant i got home last night rather than staying an extra night somewhere along the way

    congratulations on the forum stand ... it was much better than the melbourne forum stand although i think the melbourne show is probably better overall ...

    regards david

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker View Post
    and thanks to Fletty, Shane and Neil for their organisational skills

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    Scully good to see Steve giving Christos some much needed tuition he needs all the help he can get

    Thanks all for all the pics and comments. I was asked this morning if I was missing mates down in Antartica/Sydney how could I just an sms away or emal or post on here.

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    At the risk of raising Pac man's ire ( just for the record he may be the only Forum member who has made it to both the Brissy and Sydney wood shows this year ), can I respectfully introduce a philosophical note here?

    I reflect back to the Brissy show where I bought two double shot coffees for the grand sum of eight dollars, one small piece of timber from an offcut box for three dollars and spent two days there. So the organisers did really poorly from me.

    Will I go back next year? Providing my work roster allows ( I sometimes have to work while people are in bed or otherwise having a good time at the weekend...I suppose that could be one event) the answer is an unqualified "yes. " The reason for this is that, apart from meeting up with a really good bunch of blokes, we have to support these events if we want them to continue. We are arguably in an age of indifference and apathy, but it is up to us to maintain the interest.

    Who knows, next year I might be up for a big purchase and want to do a little bit of hands on research. The internet is great, but there is no substitute for touching and seeing a demonstration. I was a little glib in my opening as I did get something else from the Brissy show.

    We offered a lend of our hand trolley to the Carbatec lads to move their machines and when I went on their stand to ask why my thicknesser was having erratic feeding issues the young bloke who explained how he sets up his machine so helpful. He spoke with me for twenty minutes or more and offered three suggestions for improvements to the performance and I have at this stage implemented two of them. One of them in the last couple of hours again as the cypress pine I have been feeding through, although it is well seasoned, has a tendency to clog the spiral feed roller. I just have to clean it: Simple.

    We have similar attendance problems here in Millmerran with out Arts Council and attracting audiences to the various performances. Just recently we had a performance entitled "Dustier than Ever" which is a tribute to Slim Dusty performed by the Chris Cook band.

    Now I am not a country fan by any stretch of the imagination so I went along under a degree of sufferance and because SWMBO is secretary of the Millmerran Arts Council. Well, what a treat it turned out to be. Chris Cook is a musical magician who plays guitar, violin and five string banjo, but not all at the same time.
    Banjos" (from the film "Deliverence." Yeah, you remember "squeal like...") which was performed with his double bass player. Wonderful. The "kid" has nothing on Chris Cook.

    My point is (more apologies to Pac man) that you just never know what will turn up and if you don't support these events they will cease.

    Thanks to all of you who went along and particularly those who set up and assisted on the stand. And of course to Neil.

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    For the record in the last 12 months I have done Melbourne, Newcastle, Brisbane and Sydney respectively.

    Each has both something and nothing to offer. Most have nothing new. A lot of the people you meet are really something - especially the mad saw collectors
    Many thanks to the clubs who let me use some of their bubble wrap for wrapping tools up for put in the suitcase.
    Melbourne had some very good second hand book sellers but not second hand tool sellers- only displays. Good veneers and displays that were not primarily wood turning.
    Newcastle had the best hot chips and the shortest queues.
    Brisbane had good machinery demonstrators who cut up my timber to put in my suitcase. Enjoyed the spoon carving also . The minus was putting the food in a dust bowl.
    Which brings me to Sydney. We got what some people from last year wanted - wider aisles -but this came with less vendors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pac man View Post
    For the record in the last 12 months I have done Melbourne, Newcastle, Brisbane and Sydney respectively.
    Oh. I had no idea I was in the presence of a grand slam winner. I would have spoken with more reverence. .

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    I had these ideas I might do a stony on the stand with my kids .... well I hung around for a bit here and there but can't say I really contributed anything.

    But ... the kids had a good time. Cant load the video after several attempts so



    Apparently they won



    Tommy got a pize



    Tyler got a prize. If you can't make it out he had a pair of sash clamps. I'll help him use them



    And Sammy got a prize



    And a group shot




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    I did not realise Newcastle was part of the circuit till after the event

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    Went to the show yesterday. Saw the forum stand.

    Picked up three pieces of Camphor Laurel from outside to make a desktop for my study. Wife purchased the K5 Kreg jig for me when I wasn't looking. I was having a look for a #4 or #4 1/2 plane. Preferred the Lie Nielson one but not the price at almost $600. Might look at importing when the time is right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Oh. I had no idea I was in the presence of a grand slam winner. I would have spoken with more reverence. .

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    No I didn't complete the East Coast circuit - no Canberra.

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    I have had one of 'those' weekends. Not as dramatic as Crowies, but certainly one for the diary. Ive had a 'set-up' half day at the woodshow, an 'official' day at the woodshow, an 'unofficial' half day at the woodshow, a visit from number one daughter, a birthday dinner for number 2 daughter with all 3 daughters and grand urchins present, a night at the Rugby (great game but pity about the result!), a Uni reunion, visited big sister in hospital .... and now home!
    my show booty included
    • some more Burfitt jewel-like pliers
    • orange oil ($50!)
    • sanding gloves
    • very flexi 100mm ducting
    • a 50mm die punch (to make my own 50mm sanding discs)
    • 4, 5, 6 and 7mm taps
    • ...and some other things that my currently jaded brain can't recall

    And then there was the timber, all from Boutique Timbers.....
    • a lovely BIG plank of Australian red cedar (for a marble-topped colonial dresser)
    • some more reasonably-sized boards of rosewood
    • and picked up a burl for Wheelin'

    My regrets are...
    • I should have got some Abranet sanding discs (but I'll wait now for Scally to do a review)
    • there was a tempting Panasonic 18V drill/hammer for (I think) $399 that just avoided my grip

    My perceptions are....
    • considerably smaller but easier to move around
    • mainstream hand power tools not represented by the manufacturers but many offered within the VEK compound
    • food and drink prices high ... but still MUCH cheaper than at the Rugby at Allianz Stadium (where 7 pie and chips = $80!)
    • timber sellers had plenty of stock and prices seemed very reasonable

    Highlights...
    • Big Stan started playing the blues on Friday
    • As usual, meeting the fantastic people who are on our forum
    • Theo's turning demos...... although I got giddy watching
    • the variety and quality of the timber on sale
    • my 3 favourite Australian tool makers all present and accounted for!

    Will I go next year?
    • Yes, even if only to meet my mates on the stand!


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