Watcha Dooen in Dooen 2018 ... Australia Day Weekend

[DougCarr]

I would like to thank Dave and

Raechell for organizing the weekend, doing things like this is not easy. I had a great time, met lots of new friends (some of who I might even remember their names).

[rwbuild]

Also a BIG thank you to Dave and Raechell for a great weekend. My mate Wayne also enjoyed it and is keen to join the forum.
Will have to rely on Al for the photos.
One interesting antidote to the weekend my good wife rang me to say that a friend who we hadn't seen for probably 10 years called in to see her while I was at the GTG and when I got there her husband (not a forumite) was at the GTG with his children as well, it was a real blast to catch up with him.

[DaveTTC]

There are a few more pictures here to upload and I hope some of our visitors still have sone to share.

In another note

What ya Doin in Dooen 2019

For those who were here you may have seen an ideas book. Among the suggestions were

Box making
Pole dancing
Souvenir Tee Shirt
Home made tools (clamps, marking gauges etc)

Also working on

Thread chasing
Casting

The casting demo is reasonably certain. It is pencilled in for 9am Sat and 9am Sun to turn the cast product

More ideas welcome

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

[doug3030]

Home made tools (clamps, marking gauges etc) ...

... More ideas welcome

I know I made three young people very happy making mallets on the weekend. I was thinking about possibly doing something along a similar line next time (I guess the homeschoolers will be there again?) maybe with a different tool and was considering making up a few marking gauge kits.

Nothing definite yet though. Mallets only happened because I was making a couple for myself and it all flowed from that. I have no idea at this stage what I will be doing in 2019.

Cheers

Doug

[DaveTTC]

Yes the kids will be there again. Marking gauges would be good for them and for us.

Sounds good Doug

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

[DaveTTC]

On another note ... a special thanks to those who put in extra effort to prepare projects and or do these with the kids. In no particular order

Doug Carr who do boxes with secret compartments on his mini mill set up



Sammy was one of those who enjoyed making the box and has been playing with it ever since



Uncle Al who prepped 20 pencil boxes for the day and bought his sanfer down



Amongst the kids at least one adult also got great satisfaction from assembling one of these and has been showing it off to those close to him



Dia sensai aka Neil who demonstrated pen turning



And assisted our wood be (pun intended) pen turners



Mr Tooradin did is lathe thing helping tje kids young and old



Doug3030 with his simple yet impressive mobile bench. Was blown away how good the hold fasts worked even in a 50mm plank



And the kids were so proud of their mallets



There will be more

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

[KBs PensNmore]

Looks like I missed all the fun of that day!!!!
Won't be next time though.
Kryn

[DaveTTC]

Looks like I missed all the fun of that day!!!!
Won't be next time though.
Kryn

You were missed. Least you made the rest

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

[doug3030]

Doug3030 with his simple yet impressive mobile bench. Was blown away how good the hold fasts worked even in a 50mm plank

And the kids were so proud of their mallets

Holdfasts are great! The young mallet-makers learned to use them very quickly. They are the main form of work-holding I use on that temporary bench. I also have wonderdogs and associated items and a z-vise that will fit on that bench and can be configured for use as a tailvise. I left all of them packed in the car because the holdfasts were all that was needed for that job.

[Simplicity]

Are we talking like a activey that everyone takes part in.
Similar to that dodgy saw sharping class that happened a while back in another part of Victoria.
That I think a couple of you participated in.
Or just more demos of sorts.

Cheers Confused Man child.

[DaveTTC]

The hand tool thing would be something i hope everyone had a go at

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

[DaveTTC]

Question for all ????

Looking at calendar for next year Australia Day is on Saturday. There is a public holiday on Monday 28th.

Should my next event be a 3 or 4 day event ?

I'm happy with either and plan to be much more prepared.

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

[Benny_]

Question for all ????

Looking at calendar for next year Australia Day is on Saturday. There is a public holiday on Monday 28th.

Should my next event be a 3 or 4 day event ?

I'm happy with either and plan to be much more prepared.

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

I wouldn’t mind either way... depends what mum and dad think but one of them is asleep and the other is asleep on the couch

[Treecycle]

Don't stress about the preparation, I'm sure everyone is just fine with what you have done in the past (which we know is heaps) as we always feel welcome and enjoy our time there.

[KBs PensNmore]

Hi Dave,
What if the Friday was for the homeschoolers, Saturday and Sunday was socialising, demo's, socialising, demos more socialising, tool making etc. No matter what happens WE ALL have a fantastic time..
Monday could be an easy day, for those that want/need to go home, with some sort of wrap up for the week end.
Kryn