richarnold
Established Member
Hi folks.
This is just a provisional post to see if anyone might be interested in an idea that I have been thinking about for a while.
I work from a rural workshop on the Leicestershire/Northamptonshire border, and was wondering if anyone would be up for an open weekend. I was looking at some time in June as this month doesn't seem to clash to much with other events, or holiday periods.
The main reason I was thinking of hosting this event was to raise some money for Macmillan Cancer Support. As an unashamed collector of 18th century tools (yes I did just admit to being a collector
), I often end up with a surplus amount of other tools that I ether sell or more likely give away to fellow woodworkers. I would like to pass these tools onto other members of this forum to use in there many projects, and rather than trying to sell them I thought it would be better for people to give an anonymous donation to charity for anything they might find useful. As well as this, running a small joinery, and cabinet business generates a lot of offcuts, so a selection of timber, and sheet material may be up for grabs as well. The open weekend would also be a great opportunity for people to meet up, and have a good chat. To encourage folks along I am happy to set a couple of benches up for people to try out some tools that they may not have had the opportunity of using before, such as infill planes and molding planes I was thinking of making it a two day event to give as many people a chance of attending as possible. I could do any weekending in June. Has anyone got any preferences?
I don't want to open this event up to too wide an audience so it will only be advertised here, with the possibility of mentioning it to folks in the tools and trades history society as well
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated
Cheers, Richard
This is just a provisional post to see if anyone might be interested in an idea that I have been thinking about for a while.
I work from a rural workshop on the Leicestershire/Northamptonshire border, and was wondering if anyone would be up for an open weekend. I was looking at some time in June as this month doesn't seem to clash to much with other events, or holiday periods.
The main reason I was thinking of hosting this event was to raise some money for Macmillan Cancer Support. As an unashamed collector of 18th century tools (yes I did just admit to being a collector
), I often end up with a surplus amount of other tools that I ether sell or more likely give away to fellow woodworkers. I would like to pass these tools onto other members of this forum to use in there many projects, and rather than trying to sell them I thought it would be better for people to give an anonymous donation to charity for anything they might find useful. As well as this, running a small joinery, and cabinet business generates a lot of offcuts, so a selection of timber, and sheet material may be up for grabs as well. The open weekend would also be a great opportunity for people to meet up, and have a good chat. To encourage folks along I am happy to set a couple of benches up for people to try out some tools that they may not have had the opportunity of using before, such as infill planes and molding planes I was thinking of making it a two day event to give as many people a chance of attending as possible. I could do any weekending in June. Has anyone got any preferences?I don't want to open this event up to too wide an audience so it will only be advertised here, with the possibility of mentioning it to folks in the tools and trades history society as well
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated
Cheers, Richard
