So whadidya get?

[craigb]

What did people spend there hard earned on at the show this year?

For myself I bought:

A cap
Some Trad wax
An 800 grit stone
A set of electronic verniers
A resaw bandsaw blade from Henry Bros
A roast beef roll
And a Pepsi

Cheap outing this year

[bitingmidge]

Cheap outing this year

Not if the roast beef roll was the same price as at Brissy!

P

[craigb]

Not if the roast beef roll was the same price as at Brissy!

P

$8.50 :eek:

[AlexS]

Cap, Bellingham T-shirt, Trad wax, polish reviver, small countersink from McJing, hinges & brass chain, 2nd hand eggbeater drill, LA block plane, lotsa brochures.

Lost my parking ticket, had to pay $20

[craigb]

Lost my parking ticket, had to pay $20

Bugger !

[multinut]

cap,polish reviver,shelac,1 x free u-beaut pen (thanks doorstop),2 x prizes in the woodcarving competition,free parking

cheers
multinut

[Theva]

Spoils of Saturday afternoon trip

1) Foil cap for BH, I have no brains

2) Some ornamental Vasse for BH, it was turned from old tallow fencepost.

and ,

3) Lie Nelson low angel smoother 164 for me


Free parking of course.

By the way, good to see U & Beaut again after two years, did not go last year. Neil looks as he has lost a lot of weight / waist & clean shaven!!!.

No stopping / changes with ChrisStopper; he kept on turning.


Regards,

Theva

[Paul B]

An old deep throated 'G' clamp - perfect for gluing guitar bridges.
Two pieces of ringed myall that are stunning to look at - they'll become guitar fingerboards and bridges.

[oges]

Forums non-foilie hat
ubeaut water dyes
mallee stump and camphor slab (to hopefully make small table thingy)
white top burl

wanted to get the drum sander on demo at MIK for Intarsia work, maybe later on.

good to meet a lot of the guys on Saturday and Hovo on Sunday, took the young fella today (Sunday) 15 months never too young to appreciate woodwork! He quite liked the timber slabbers, wonder if we can convinvce mum to get him one for Christmas.

[Babytoolman]

I got $19 sanding drum kit, EEE, Neils book, P&N 16mm Supa Gouge, and some drill bits, hairy oak penblank and um let me think there was one other thing..... oh yeah a Vicmarc VL175 from the Vermec boys.... get it in a few weeks.

[graemet]

Amongst other trifles, two turning blanks, one jarrah burl and a bit of Tasmanian blackwood for a couple of fundraising event prizes for last night. The jarrah was a treat to turn and came up beautifully with EEE and then Shellawax. (Thanks Neil for the handbook!) The blackwood is a real coot, hairy endgrain big chunks coming out of the corners and started to split before I even had it roughed true. Gave up on it in disgust!!! Should have bought some of the camphor laurel with less figure. I might fill the cracks with superglue and try again later once I cool off!
Cheers,
Graeme

[RETIRED]

This is off topic I know but I am allowed.

Graeme, in most cases you need a very sharp chisel and go down to a smaller gouge and take light cuts. You will probably have to use a scraper for the final cuts but I did not tell you that.

Some Blackwood can be a real bastard to turn. But man the results are worth it.

[bsrlee]

As I mentioned in another thread, I bought one of the 'new' Timbecon MC660 lathes plus a set of cheap turning chisels & a spindle duplicator. Still haven't unpacked it as it takes up less room in the boxes

I had hoped to get back for a 2nd bite, to pick up some of the stuff I forgot, or wouldn't fit in the back seat of my friend's 4WD, but I just didn't get round to it I 'spose I'll just buy it bit at a time over the next 12 months.

[SWR]

Hello All,

After getting a leave pass and the all clear to "spend" from SWMBO, I got the following:

A re-saw blade & a fine bi-metal blade for general work for the band saw from Henry Bros. Some wierd alloy welding rods, this fancy"sparkly" plastic for turning handles and pen blanks, The best bowl guage ever made (in the words of the rep from P & N) lotsa wood to turn, a "blue" norton grinding wheel, an Incra mitre guage (the cheapie, but still waaaaay better than the one I had), some router bits and two magnets for welding steel at various angles....all in all a good day for the shed...

Spoke to lots of folk and generally had a blast....but did feel it was a bit of the same as last year as far as the exhibitors went anyway...

Scott in Peakhurst.

[Pat]

A Folie cap, Australian Timber Buyer's Guide, Veritas Cabinate Scraper, a couple of Pfeil carving chisels, LN tool care kit, Veritas burnisher, Traditional wax , a Myrtle burl and a small sharpening stone. I regret not meeting anyone, but I had fun.