Great Southern Bash (PARKING)

[wizer]

Just kidding Bob. We're leaving about 6:30am but we'll probably pause for breakfast along the way. ETA 11ish

 

[9fingers]

Just kidding Bob. We're leaving about 6:30am but we'll probably pause for breakfast along the way. ETA 11ish

You will have motorway most of the way Tom. M25/M3/M27 - about 3 hours flight time with luck.

I'm hope to arrive about 11 as well.

3 phase motor and inverter demo all packed, camera on charge ready to go

Yee Ha!

Bob

 

[wizer]

Oh good point I better go and get my stuff together. Daughter's birthday today. Carnage ensued.

 

[Escudo]

I am sorry fellas circumstances and changing family plans prevent me from attending this do.

I had hoped to make it, right up to the last minute, but just can no longer get away, what a wrench.

Despite my absence I am sure you will all have a great time.

Travel carefully. regards,

Tony.

 

[newt]

Sorry guys heavy cold would not want to infect you, have a great day.

 

[Blister]

Got up

Was about to get in the car

and then realized

I had no address to go to :?


Still I should have asked if the penny had dropped

Will look at all the photos later

 

[Tom K]

Why didn't you ring Wizer? ](*,)

 

[SVB]

What a great day. It was really nice to meet so many members and talk saw dust all day.

Others will be along with photos to prove it did happen but can I just say a big thanks to waka for hosting a great bash and also for providing (with Mrs Waka) a fantastic lunch.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


Simon (and Dad)

 

[Nigel]

Thank you Waka for hosting the Great Southern Bash and the forum guys who demonstrated various things,

The Cabinet is a fantastic piece of work to see up close (well done)

It was damp start to a great day meeting old and new friends and putting faces to names,

WoW what a lunch spread and there was pudding

Thanks again

Nigel

 

[stewart]

Thanks for a fantastic day, Waka - a truly generous and hospitable host!

Great to put some faces to names and meet some old faces again. Tomorrow I am going to tidy up my messy workshop and do some tuits!

 

[frugal]

Thanks for a great day everyone. It was nice to meet so many people I have only seen online. The demos were really useful, and I think I have fallen in love with spokeshaves

Thanks also to Waka and Mrs Waka for a huge spread of food and unlimited tea and coffee.

 

[JeremyM]

Another BIG THANKS for a great day. It was lovely to see the cabinet in the flesh, great work. I thought I was on a slipper slope but realize now merely undulations!

Great to meet everyone there.

As a token of my thanks I've promised to sharpen Wakas LN dovetail saw...I wonder how it will turn out. :roll:

Jeremy

 

[paulm]

Thanks Tony for organising a great day and for some great cheesecake too !

Was good to meet up with some of the regulars again, shame you couldn't make it Pete and hope you shake off your cold, and good to meet others for the first time too.

Thanks to Philly and Rob for demonstrating opposite ends of the sharpening spectrum, both highly effective and very interesting to see different approaches.

Phil continues to turn out some beautiful planes and the shavings that they were taking were pretty amazing too.

Thanks to Rob for the spokeshave sharpening holder, a simple but ingenous and well thought out design, and to Martin for the selection of old classic pocket knives which I'll research a bit and let you know what I find out.

Good luck to Tom in his upcoming back op' and hope some of the reading material will help while you recuperate.

Another great UKWorkshop meet, what a nice bunch of people

PS, Rob, I don't see how you could possibly manage without a Domino, you know it makes sense :wink: :lol:

Cheers, Paul

 

[promhandicam]

A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Waka for hosting the Southern Bash. Interesting to see some familiar faces and plenty of new ones too. Also interesting to see such a fine collection of tools with a combined value approximately equal to the GDP of some small countries.

Steve

 

[woodbloke]

A geat day at the GSB...many thanks to Waka and Mrs Waka. Here's a few shots from the day just to prove it really did happen:

and just to show Waterhead 37 that you really can shave with a Domino:

a fabulous day out, great food and great company - Rob

 

[wizer]

The Simple Sharpener

Sheer Tool ****

The Dovetail Master

The Tool Cabinet

The Lovely View

The lovely Poppy

The aftermath of a sumptuous banquet. (I think I've put on a stone or three).

The Domino Hard Sell

What a fantastic day! Great to meet up with old faces and new. I always pick up ideas and tips at these things and today was no exception.

Waka thanks for laying on such a lovely spread and being a great host. Please pass on my thanks to the behind the scenes assistance. Much appreciated. Thanks again for my gift. It will be treasured.

Looking forward to the next one!

 

[Paul Chapman]

Many thanks for a great day, Waka, and thanks also to Mrs Waka and the other helpers for the great food It was nice meeting up with so many people and I thought the cabinet was fabulous 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[maltrout512]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[WellsWood]

I'd just like to add my heartfelt thanks to Tony (Waka) and his wife for hosting such a brilliant bash with hospitality of the highest order - Tony even managed to persuade the rain to stop and the sun to shine for the the amazing spread put on for us at lunchtime. If I've been informed correctly credit must also go to (Dave) Lord Nibbo for the fantastic Cornish pasties, I'd forgotten how good a proper one was.

It was great to meet up with some new (and some not so new) faces, and apologies to those whos names I forgot within minutes of introductions

I really enjoyed Philly's well practiced demo of low tech sharpening as well as (Woodbloke)Rob's one to one introduction to the new Kell jig (sorry Rob, I still don't really get the point), if ever there was a prime example of "horses for courses" the contrast between the two must qualify surely. (yes Rob, and don't call me Shirley :wink: ).
I found it particularly entertaining to see Rob teetering on the edge of not one, but 2 slopes by the time he left. First the Domino one courtesy of Paul Chapman, followed swiftly by the efforts of a trio of enthusiastic Jet P/T owners (we know who we are). Go on Rob, buy both - you know you want to :twisted: :wink: there's more to life than dovetails you know, even if they are hand-cut, half-blind and superb =D> =D>

We were treated to a peek at a couple of items from (Mahking) Martin's collection, I had an interesting talk with Mike (username unknown) about bench design and came away with some great advice for mine which is planned for next year, and had a crash course in the benefits of 3 phase motors from Bob (9fingers). Finally Tom and I left with our reputation for being last out unscathed.

A truly superb day of stimulating company and tool gloatage, thanks again Tony ccasion5:

 

[Chris Knight]

Looks as if everyone had a super day - well done Mr and Mrs. Waka! I bet your tool cabinet has more than a few finger marks on it now..

It's impressive to see just how versatile the Domino is too Rob!