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  1. #1
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    Default G'day from Gippsland Lakes

    G'day all

    Long time lurker and greatly appreciate the timely tips, knowledge and experience from members. We have a lot of older blokes around here who have fantastic skills and expertise and I love hearing their stories.

    I have just recently retired from 33 years in the emergency services and enjoying doing what I want to do for a change which includes all things wood.

    I have an unhealthy interest in old wooden boats and have almost a dozen or so in my Boatyard in Paynesville awaiting resurrection. The boatyard provides services and space for people to work on their own boats or we have a number of contract shipwrights and other tradies who can help out with the tricky stuff.

    I try and stock timber that is suitable for boatbuilding and have almost finished my collection of large, old 3 phase wood and metal working machines that would give the worksafety man an embolism. I just love the older machines and the superb heavy duty engineering that you don't see in newer machines.

    I am looking forward to learning turning and increasing my woodworking skills and have a dozen projects wizzing around my head. I would love to get a lucas mill or similar and am very interested in recycling and recovering timber.

    I worked in Fiji for several years and a Fijian mate who is in the timber industry there has just sent over a container load of Fijian Mahogany which I am testing the market with. Beautiful timber from 60 year old plantations. The poms planted Honduran Mahogany 60 odd years ago and it is now coming to fruition.

    I would love to build an older style Hacker or Chris Craft design and may have to if I don't get to sell the 16m3 I have in the shed!

    Thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself

    Best wishes


    Mark

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    Welcome Mark
    Do you know my brother ? has a hole in the water he calls a boat and lives in Paynesville
    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.


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    Default G'day from Gippsland Lakes

    Sure I know him

    I have relieved him of some hard earned dollars on the odd occasion with his boat. Now he has a bigger boat it will cost him more money.

    We spoke via phone a week or so ago. Timber finally out of jail and delivered. Very happy with it, sands up a treat.

    bw

    Mark


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    G'Day & Welcome "Mark",
    You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
    Thank you for the photos showing off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP photos with build notes.
    Enjoy the forum.
    Enjoy your woodworking.
    Cheers crowie

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    G'day & welcome.

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    Welcome to the forum.

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    Gidday Mark & welcome to the forum

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    Welcome to the forum

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    Default Thanks for the welcome

    Thank you very much (merci beaucoup to you JJF) for the warm welcome to the forum which has now become my latest time waster on the IPAD - theres nothing on TV anyway!

    bw


    Mark

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