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  1. #1
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    Default G'day g'day, and how ya goin?

    Hi all, I signed up here a while ago and have slowly been looking round the site...there's a lot to read!

    I live in Brisbane, originally from the UK, and have always had a big interest in working with wood, though not much time or proper skills to do much that I would care to show anyone! Functional but not beautiful I think sums up a lot of my stuff. I am definitely on the amateur end, but not a novice. I have recently built some large speaker cabinets of which I am quite proud (I'll post some pictures later if anyone is interested), and have recently been thinking more and more that I should really pursue my love of wood and tools and aquire some skills to go with my passion.

    Would anyone be able to recommend a good place to start in Brisbane, i.e. a good general word working course? I guess I am unsure at this point quite which direction I want to head. Somewhere in between carpentry and joinery I suppose. I have a huge box of old hand tools I inherited from my father that I would also relly like to learn to use properly. I'll post some pictures of these too sometime! There's a bit of stuff in there I have no idea of the purpose for, and many others, such as a whole collection of different planes, that I know the use of (such as, er, planing), but not the specific function (for example some have a shape that suggests they may be specifically for door jambs or something!). I guess ideally I would love to find someone in Brisbane who also loves old hand tools who would be interested in taking a look and perhaps teaching me how to use them.

    Any suggestions or offers would be most welome. I am of course willing to pay to learn.

    Thanks, I look forward to delving further into this lovey site!

  2. #2
    Join Date
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    East of Melbourne Aus.
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    welcome to the site. we need pics..
    I am learning, slowley.

  3. #3
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    Apr 2010
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    Okay...this is a mini "Rhino" scoop (sub woofer) I recently finished:


    And this is what it looked like mid-build:


    Don't have any pictures of the tools on my comp...will have to take some and post later.

  4. #4
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    Lambton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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    Welcome JL, very funky colours the colour of music. I'm sure you'll enjoy the forum.
    Instagram: mark_aylward
    www.solidwoodfurniture.com.au


    A good edge takes a little sweat!!

  5. #5
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    Nov 2007
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    Dundowran Beach
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    Thumbs up

    G'day JL and welcome to the madness!!!

    Just guard those old handtools very carefully - there are some darksiders lurking hereabouts.

  6. #6
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    Welcome aboard JL; speaker looks good. Nice and colourful.
    Reality is no background music.
    Cheers John

  7. #7
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    Welcome to the forum. Ah the joy of wood working. Should really say the joy of creating because that is what you have done.

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