WWJJ WoodWorkers Jerilderie Jaunt Jan 2014

[DaveTTC]

King

[Pat]

, king of the kids and turners.

[DaveTTC]

we did start a lathe or two during the day and many a wagging tongue

there was a glue up in need of doing


and of course it would have to dry, 3 hours later it was on the lathe



then there was lunch and a little more talk but ..... eventually ..... the lathe was kicked into gear



It may have been a good idea if I had taken a pic as the bowl was hollowed out too. Oh well guess it is just the finished product



and so we have a bowl on legs



and here is a finished picture from underneath



there is a little more sanding before applying a finish but all in all I'm rather pleased with my first such bowl. That said any and all C&C is welcome


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

[DaveTTC]

I dont know how I will break to the kids that has gone ... they are still asleep. The kids quite like or "Rocho" as they sometimes say or even "grandpa"

Yesterday as Little Sammy came to her first words as she sat with her breakfast in front of her was. "Daddy, where's ?" and after going to bed the all wanted to get up and say good night to him. Even Tommy (just 2) said "goodnight ". It was the first time he put Goodnight with another persons name outside of immediate family. He also managed "goodnight Lola"



The weekend has finally ended as FenceFurniture (Brett) & Lola just hit the road




Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

[crowie]

I dont know how I will break to the kids that has gone ... they are still asleep. The kids quite like or "Rocho" as they sometimes say or even "grandpa"

Yesterday as Little Sammy came to her first words as she sat with her breakfast in front of her was. "Daddy, where's ?" and after going to bed the all wanted to get up and say good night to him. Even Tommy (just 2) said "goodnight ". It was the first time he put Goodnight with another persons name outside of immediate family. He also managed "goodnight Lola"



The weekend has finally ended as FenceFurniture (Brett) & Lola just hit the road




Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Thanks Dave for some insights in to the man ....
From my meeting him at Katoomba plus all the snip bits others share; me thinks that his handle on the forum isn't correct.. too nice a bloke!!

[FenceFurniture]

He also managed "goodnight Lola"

Hmmmph. You'd think the kid could at least manage a "Get stuffed FF". Everyone else does.

A big thanks to Dave and Rachel for hosting the weekend, and having us there for three nights - Lola and I had a great relaxing w/e. Slightly lesser thanks to Tommy for the stampede up (and down, and up and down, and up and repeat 30-40 times) the hallway last night. Just as I was drifting off - how did he know?

The kids were good fun actually. Tyler has picked up his old man's Adelaide accent (but Samm doesn't seem to have any accent). Tyler is my incessant question asking karma biting me on the bum ('cept it took 50 years to come around). He seems to remember for some time if you try and get away without answering one.

Groeneaj says thanks to Tommy for the perplexing msg he left on his voicemail (my phone got toddler hijacked - maybe I shoulda slid it closed). Guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks if he managed to make any international calls. Or maybe he goo-gooo-Googled something.

Lola and I slipped down south of the border (forgot the sombreros) to Shepparton yesterday to check out the RayG/Brobdingnagian "shed", which is much more like a Lab. Mind boggling what capabilities they have in a back yard there (and within themselves). Oh to have 3 sheds, each far bigger than mine (and the main shed about 15x). I could probably skip the 500 tonne press, although it could be useful for glue-ups .

I must say though, that for such a couple of scientific chaps of rare talent there were a couple of things that bemused and amused me. I spotted a massive mitre handsaw hanging up high, and I reckoned it was a 2 footer. Ray says "Nah, it'll be 19 inches". "Nah mate," says I, "if that's not 24 inches I'll go bare-arsed to Bathurst" (which is a significantly bigger than usual call from where I usually am in Katoomba). "So Ray, what are you going to do if it's not 19 inches?". "Well, I'll call it a 24 inch saw from now on". How lame is that, when I've put 500kms of sunburnt butt on the line?

He nows calls it a 24 inch mitre saw.

The other slightly OTT bit was the fabrication of the new side gate (that would fit the Queen Mary through). Josh ("Brob") has it all laid out under the pergola for the weld-up (woodies can read "glue-up"). Picture the Pergola pavers on which we have a brick at each corner of the gate frame, and then a steel plate on the brick for the frame to rest on. O'course the steel plate is a product of the G Shed, and as such has been surface ground to less than a micron tolerance (really), but I'm not so sure about the bricks and the pavers. Judging by the way one corner wobbled when I stood on it, I'd say they weren't flat to within a centimetre.

Ray very generously made a gift of a late 1800s 16" Sash Saw to me. HEAVY little sucker it is, too (890 grams). Thanks very much for that Ray, very kind. His wife Una is a quilter and shawl-maker who does fabulous work - all in Lola's favourite colours. She works on a bench that Josh made for her: 4.2 x 1 metre x 50mm solid Jarrah....solid, as in one piece....quarter sawn! Only one way to flatten that monster, and all Josh had at the time was a #4 plane - a tribute to his skills, and that was pre-surface grinder and Interferometer. Reckon he might have learnt how to sharpen a plane blade on that job.

So all in all, great to catch up again with a few known faces (Dave, , and Ray and Josh down the road) and some new ones in Repliconics (Trevor and his OUTSTANDING wooden model of the Indian Straight Four engine), Joe Hovel (yup, said Hi to Ray for you - and you were right about how long we spent there - 2 hours intended, 3.5 reality check, and apologies to Ray153 for holding up his chisel's progress), d5k (David) CAG (Craig), Geoff, Peter & Gordon (Dave's mates from the local Woodturning club). I think that was everybody.

How's this for progress - 5 people (4 guys and a gal) sitting around the Barbie on a Saturday night in downtown Jerilderie discussing mental health, and men's in particular. Wouldn't have happened even 10 years ago.

I have managed to stay uncorrupted by Turning (), and that is to say that I haven't turned, but I am deeply interested in Dave's pioneering technique of One-Step Cut and Pyrograph on his mitre saw. Although, apparently it takes a while to wear the blade in on Jarrah sleepers for this technique to work. Dave, the only drawback I see to this catching on is that you only get the Pyrography on the cut face. Oh, and you have to wear a Fireman's respirator. Other than that I think people would be happy to wait for the blade to mature.

Crowie - you could have come with us except we couldn't fit a struck match in. NCArcher's camp chair was very comfy (left a couple of msgs in it for you, and I'll try to get all the splinters out before you show up to claim it).

[RayG]

Hi Brett,

Thanks for the visit on Sunday, it was a pleasure to have you and Lola visit for a time. Call in anytime you happen to be passing.

Ray ( and Josh)

[DaveTTC]

Ray .... Any chance you might come to my next get together?

[wheelinround]

Nah to far to go

glad you blokes all had a great time. Dave should have had them all working hard to restor all that old machinery.


I pity the kids little do they know of Robb's Scythe, Broad Axe and his full power to use them. Still to some he is seen as a Super Hero

[FenceFurniture]

... it was a pleasure to have you and Lola visit for a time.

S'funny you know. A lot of people say that, and I'm starting to think it must be Lola's presence

So lemme guess: the "pleasure to have you" refers to Lola, and "for a time" refers to me.

[DaveTTC]

S'funny you know. A lot of people say that, and I'm starting to think it must be Lola's presence

So lemme guess: the "pleasure to have you" refers to Lola, and "for a time" refers to me.

Don't get a complex. I was happy to have you here

Even if Tommy never said your name when he said good night. Maybe it was never his intent for you to sleep lol

[RayG]

Ray .... Any chance you might come to my next get together?

Looks like the other Ray, beat me to it... If you find yourself with a vacant position for a Ray at future Jerilderie Jaunts, be sure to let me know.

Ray ( another one )

[RETIRED]

'twas good to catch up with everybody.

Pleasant and enlightening debate and conversation.

I had a great time but then I always do.

Thank you to our hosts and attendees.

[DaveTTC]

Looks like the other Ray, beat me to it... If you find yourself with a vacant position for a Ray at future Jerilderie Jaunts, be sure to let me know.

Ray ( another one )

I plan another one most likely the same time next year. It would be great to have you, partners and children welcome etc.

If you're ever passing through this way at any other time let me know, visitors always welcome.

My 'cave' is a far cry from what I understand yours to be but it has the most important ingredients even if the quantities are not in the desired amounts or quality.
tools
Machinery
Space
Power
open to any opinions of other needed or suggested ingredients


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

[DaveTTC]

It's on again

https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=191049


Dave the turning cowboy

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