Paul.J
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This weekend.
Anyone going from here :?:
Were going Sunday,hopefully to miss the holiday traffic.
Paul.J.
Anyone going from here :?:
Were going Sunday,hopefully to miss the holiday traffic.
Paul.J.
Westonbirt
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Anonymous
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Paul,
please come and say hello on Sunday afternoon. I'll be on the Gloucestershire Association of Woodturners stand all afternoon. I've been trying to drum up support for ages but nobody is responding.
Dave
please come and say hello on Sunday afternoon. I'll be on the Gloucestershire Association of Woodturners stand all afternoon. I've been trying to drum up support for ages but nobody is responding.
Dave
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Anonymous
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I'd love to be there but I'm working at the Nat Forest Woodfair... maybe nest year :wink:
Bodrighy
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And I'll be working in Cornwall, ferrying the LOML around all my children
Pete
P.S. Has anyone here ever been over to Trucciolaris place in Italy? No good asking him what it's like he's biased :lol:
I ask because it's been suggested that I go there for one of his tuition holidays next year whilst LOML visits the kids
Pete
Pete
P.S. Has anyone here ever been over to Trucciolaris place in Italy? No good asking him what it's like he's biased :lol:
I ask because it's been suggested that I go there for one of his tuition holidays next year whilst LOML visits the kids
Pete
Paul.J
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Davejester wrote
please come and say hello on Sunday afternoon
Will do Dave
Will you be turning some more flowers this time
Paul.J.
please come and say hello on Sunday afternoon
Will do Dave
Will you be turning some more flowers this time Paul.J.
paulm
IG paulm_outdoors
I'll be there DJ but today rather than Sunday, hoping to be less crowded and pick up some early bargains, sure you will see some familiar faces around though on the day.
Cheers, Paul.
Cheers, Paul.
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Graham, would be good to hear how the Nat Forest Woodfair goes.
Pete, strange you should mention Trucciolaris place in Italy. I was considering a trip as well.
Paul J, I doubt they'll let me anywhere near the lathes. There will be proper turners there demonstrating.
Chisel, if you get time tonight it would be good to hear what to watch out for.
Great weather for a weekend of wood!
Dave
Pete, strange you should mention Trucciolaris place in Italy. I was considering a trip as well.
Paul J, I doubt they'll let me anywhere near the lathes. There will be proper turners there demonstrating.
Chisel, if you get time tonight it would be good to hear what to watch out for.
Great weather for a weekend of wood!
Dave
cambournepete
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If I can persuade SWMBO to go there rather than take her mother out for lunch then hopefully I'll be there...
paulm
IG paulm_outdoors
Had a good day out at Westonbirt today, will try and post a bit more about it later this evening if I can, probably on the General Woodworking page to broaden it out a bit from just the woodturning (though I am a turner myself of course !).
Well worth a visit.
Cheers, Paul.
Well worth a visit.
Cheers, Paul.
paulm
IG paulm_outdoors
Sorry for not posting last night, got caught up in other stuff.
Can't be bothered to open up a new post in the General section after all !
Was a great day out yesterday. £8 to get in which was not extortionate. Made a beeline straight away at 10 am for Mike's Classic Hand Tool marquee and had a good mooch around, plenty to see and tempt. Worth going just for this alone.
Mike had 10% off all LN gear, so splashed straight away on the little bronze low angle block that I have fancied, sorry needed :lol: , for a while now.
Was great to find that he also had not just a 1" bevel edged LN chisel that I needed to fill the hole in my tool rack but he had it with the cocobolo handle to match the rest as well. Better be careful or I'll start to sound too much like a collector :shock: :lol:
Added to that one of those LN shaving brush things a la Philly to replace my Harris wallpapering brush which has been doing sterling work till now , and a beautiful little Blue Spruce cocobolo handled marking knife, and my budget was spent. Didn't have the courage to ask Mike if he had a No 9 mitre plane there to have a look atcause if he did I am not sure I could have left it behind especially with the 10% off deal.
Thought I would catch Mike first thing in case he had limited supplies of what I was after, didn't want to go all that way to find he had sold out, but seemed to have lots of gear, or perhaps I was just lucky. He had lots of Blue Spruce stuff too, the knives in a whole range of timbers, very nice.
The problem with hitting his tent first was that I then managed to miss Rob Cosmans first demo on sharpening and planing which started at 10.30, and he wasn't on again till 3.45pm I think doing dovetails which was too late for me as I would have got caught up in all the bank holiday traffic if I left there at 5pm. So managed to miss what I was particularly looking forward to, and wasn't that interested in seeing how to hollow out a windsor chair seat (sorry James !), so the demo's were a bit of a dissapointment for me. Would have been much better in my view to have the headliners like Rob more central in the day rather than too early and too late for many.
Conrad Saur was in Mike's tent as well with some beautiful planes and letting the odd individual have a go with them which looked almost like a religous experience judging by some of the reactions. I would have tried but couldn't get near enough to the stand, and anyway, having tried some of Philly's works of art I knew Conrad's would struggle to impress :shock: :lol:
Martin Brown was there as well with a big pile of Brimarc gear and all the planes to try out, including the neat little new edging planes, and Nick Gibbs was there with his British Woodworking stand and some special deals for signing up, and doing some planing for a new workbench purportedly though it looked like an excuse to play with one of Martin's low angle jointers to me :lol: which suitably impressed.
Mark Hancock was demo'ing too and I had a go with one of the deep hollowing tools he was using and had a few tips on how to use and sharpen and some of the pro's and con's of different types, so that was fun and kept finding shavings in the most unlikely of places for the rest of the day :shock: :lol:
Found time to investigate the Westonbirt timber piles as well which again I headed for early as those in the know pick out the best pieces early on. Good supplies of oak, sycamore, ash, box and yew, probably some others I can't remember too. Picked up some more yew, a crotch piece about 5' tall and 2' or more wide, 2" thick for just £20 !!!! Should get some nice platters and boxes out of that once it has dried for a while.
Had a wander round the rest of the marquees and stalls as well and some interesting stuff, but avoid the "Liquid Weld" man as he was pretty grumpy and aggressive when I decided I was bored and he insisted on finishing his sales speil before he would tell me the price of a bottle of his wonder glue, so I walked off !!!
Best catering I found was the van opposite Mike's marquee. There were two there and the one to the left and at an angle did the best bacon baguettes, masses of bacon, and a coffee for a fiver, sounds a lot but a massive roll and well worth it.
The chainsawed sculptures were amazing as always and plenty of action to watch as well.
Hope everybody else has a great time today and the rest of the weekend, and look forwards to seeing some pics as I forgot to take my own camera
Cheers, Paul.
Can't be bothered to open up a new post in the General section after all !
Was a great day out yesterday. £8 to get in which was not extortionate. Made a beeline straight away at 10 am for Mike's Classic Hand Tool marquee and had a good mooch around, plenty to see and tempt. Worth going just for this alone.
Mike had 10% off all LN gear, so splashed straight away on the little bronze low angle block that I have fancied, sorry needed :lol: , for a while now.
Was great to find that he also had not just a 1" bevel edged LN chisel that I needed to fill the hole in my tool rack but he had it with the cocobolo handle to match the rest as well. Better be careful or I'll start to sound too much like a collector :shock: :lol:
Added to that one of those LN shaving brush things a la Philly to replace my Harris wallpapering brush which has been doing sterling work till now
, and a beautiful little Blue Spruce cocobolo handled marking knife, and my budget was spent. Didn't have the courage to ask Mike if he had a No 9 mitre plane there to have a look atcause if he did I am not sure I could have left it behind especially with the 10% off deal.Thought I would catch Mike first thing in case he had limited supplies of what I was after, didn't want to go all that way to find he had sold out, but seemed to have lots of gear, or perhaps I was just lucky. He had lots of Blue Spruce stuff too, the knives in a whole range of timbers, very nice.
The problem with hitting his tent first was that I then managed to miss Rob Cosmans first demo on sharpening and planing which started at 10.30, and he wasn't on again till 3.45pm I think doing dovetails which was too late for me as I would have got caught up in all the bank holiday traffic if I left there at 5pm. So managed to miss what I was particularly looking forward to, and wasn't that interested in seeing how to hollow out a windsor chair seat (sorry James !), so the demo's were a bit of a dissapointment for me. Would have been much better in my view to have the headliners like Rob more central in the day rather than too early and too late for many.
Conrad Saur was in Mike's tent as well with some beautiful planes and letting the odd individual have a go with them which looked almost like a religous experience judging by some of the reactions. I would have tried but couldn't get near enough to the stand, and anyway, having tried some of Philly's works of art I knew Conrad's would struggle to impress :shock: :lol:
Martin Brown was there as well with a big pile of Brimarc gear and all the planes to try out, including the neat little new edging planes, and Nick Gibbs was there with his British Woodworking stand and some special deals for signing up, and doing some planing for a new workbench purportedly though it looked like an excuse to play with one of Martin's low angle jointers to me :lol: which suitably impressed.
Mark Hancock was demo'ing too and I had a go with one of the deep hollowing tools he was using and had a few tips on how to use and sharpen and some of the pro's and con's of different types, so that was fun and kept finding shavings in the most unlikely of places for the rest of the day :shock: :lol:
Found time to investigate the Westonbirt timber piles as well which again I headed for early as those in the know pick out the best pieces early on. Good supplies of oak, sycamore, ash, box and yew, probably some others I can't remember too. Picked up some more yew, a crotch piece about 5' tall and 2' or more wide, 2" thick for just £20 !!!! Should get some nice platters and boxes out of that once it has dried for a while.
Had a wander round the rest of the marquees and stalls as well and some interesting stuff, but avoid the "Liquid Weld" man as he was pretty grumpy and aggressive when I decided I was bored and he insisted on finishing his sales speil before he would tell me the price of a bottle of his wonder glue, so I walked off !!!
Best catering I found was the van opposite Mike's marquee. There were two there and the one to the left and at an angle did the best bacon baguettes, masses of bacon, and a coffee for a fiver, sounds a lot but a massive roll and well worth it.
The chainsawed sculptures were amazing as always and plenty of action to watch as well.
Hope everybody else has a great time today and the rest of the weekend, and look forwards to seeing some pics as I forgot to take my own camera
Cheers, Paul.
Paul Chapman
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chisel":2610r2mo said:Added to that one of those LN shaving brush things a la Philly to replace my Harris wallpapering brush which has been doing sterling work till now
:roll: :roll: :roll:
Cheers :wink:
Paul
paulm
IG paulm_outdoors
I know Paul, fancy using a wallpapering brush eh :lol: :lol: :lol:
I guess that's what you meant :wink:
Cheers, Paul
I guess that's what you meant :wink:
Cheers, Paul
Paul Chapman
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chisel":1d8q2gf6 said:
Yes, OK :roll: By the way, I have a gloat as well. I bought 4 chisels from Lidl yesterday for £4-99 8) 8) 8) Unfortunately they didn't have cocobolo handles - maybe they'll be in next week :lol:
Cheers :wink:
Paul
paulm
IG paulm_outdoors
Interesting actually that Mike, or perhaps it was Alex, from CHT mentioned that LN were discontuing the use of cocobolo generally. Didn't really get to the bottom of why as it was pretty busy but I think it was mentioned that it's harder to work, more fragile perhaps and not really suited to machining processes.
Perhaps Mike could elaborate when he's back from the show or next week at DaveL's.
Would be a bit of a shame as it makes nice tools even better I think, but can always make our own I guess.......
Cheers, Paul.
Perhaps Mike could elaborate when he's back from the show or next week at DaveL's.
Would be a bit of a shame as it makes nice tools even better I think, but can always make our own I guess.......
Cheers, Paul.
CHJ
Established Member
Just got back from N/Wales in time to miss the holiday traffic and have been informed that I will be allowed a 'short leash' visit on Sunday.
Hope to catch some of the faces there.
Hope to catch some of the faces there.
Paul.J
Established Member
Nice one Paul.
Does Sound like a good day out
CHJ wrote
I will be allowed a 'short leash' visit on Sunday.
Hope to catch some of the faces there.
See you tomorrow than Chas
Paul.J.
Does Sound like a good day out
CHJ wrote
I will be allowed a 'short leash' visit on Sunday.
Hope to catch some of the faces there.
See you tomorrow than Chas
Paul.J.
Philly
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Just got back - what a fantastic day out!!!! It will always be top if my list - such beautiful surroundings!
Paul
Can't believe you bought a L-N brush - you'll be growing your hair long next :wink: C
Konrad Sauer is a gent - I managed to glean quite a bit out of him. Although not a plane...... :lol:
Cheers
Philly
Paul
Can't believe you bought a L-N brush - you'll be growing your hair long next :wink: C
Konrad Sauer is a gent - I managed to glean quite a bit out of him. Although not a plane...... :lol:
Cheers
Philly
paulm
IG paulm_outdoors
Not sure about the hair Philly, but am practicing my strumming on the guitar :shock:
Bit worrying I think, you have a lot to answer for :lol: :lol:
Cheers, Paul.
Bit worrying I think, you have a lot to answer for :lol: :lol:
Cheers, Paul.
Philly
Established Member
Then my work here is done......... :lol:
Cheers
Phil
Cheers
Phil
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Anonymous
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Today was fantastic. I've never chatted to so many people about various areas of woodworking. Every corner I turned I found somebody else to chat to about what they were doing. I even got to meet the legendary Philly! Couldn't pass him by without saying hello. Waka just gave me a strange look when I smiled at him while he was on his phone!
I came away with plans for making a rocking horse, glue for attaching my credit card to my hand (got to keep it handy!), polish and some pen kits.
I'm going back tomorrow to spend some more money and see what I missed today. Thankfully swmbo and kids won't be with me so I'll be able to pick up some more necessities.
Dave
I came away with plans for making a rocking horse, glue for attaching my credit card to my hand (got to keep it handy!), polish and some pen kits.
I'm going back tomorrow to spend some more money and see what I missed today. Thankfully swmbo and kids won't be with me so I'll be able to pick up some more necessities.
Dave
