Going to local shows. #2: Alternate Wood Show

Looks like a great day had by all hope you did well on the board front mate ….........

-- cut it saw it scrap it

sounds like you had heaps of fun!
tell the guys from the woodworkers warehouse that there is a ripe to pick country a bit to the south of Oz that just waits for Jet, Powermatic and Incra…..

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

This was a good practice run for the big show.
Love the LJ’s shirt, you go man !!

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

Thanks much Larry for the Melbourne report. Looks like it was fun with a lot of goodies to see. I sure wish they had shows like that here in Norway. Maybe they do, but I’ve never heard about them.

We do have a woodworking store here in Stavanger which in fact is the largest of it’s kind in Norway. Each year they have a cruise up to Nordkapp (the midnight sun place) and hold turning and other woodworking skills courses on the ship underway, stopping at different ports along the way.

Maybe you can get the Torque Work Center people to sponser a trip to Norway to market the work center. We have some fantastic machining companies here (largely due to our oil industry). Maybe they could produce the Torque Center on license. I think a machine like that would be a big hit here in Norway.

I hope you will blog the next show coming up too.

-- Mike, American in Norway

40% discount? 10% discount?

Here in the US the internet has taken so much business from the wood shows that they don’t give any discounts.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Thanks for the pictures, Larry. That looks like a wonderful event.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Hello Goos,

thank you very much for your nice report from a very nice day you hat on the Woodshow.
On the photos you can see they hat a lot off nice tools on the Woodshop.
I love to look to the videos from Stu shed, it seems to me that he is a very nice guy.
Maybe next time you can take your video, to make some nice video report from the Woodshop
and maybe some interviews :-)

Thanks Goos.

Schummie.

-- Greetings from the Netherlands.

Sounds like the show was a blast.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

I guess I’ll have to come to Australia to find some woodworking show bargains. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Larry, looked like a fun day. Thanks for keeping us posted. BTW…I noticed the shirt right away, as I’m sure Martin and everyone else did. Great job!

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Larry: A nice report. It didn’t look like the show was crowded with people. Was this is the non busy portion or was it very light crowd?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

looks like fun…did you get to sell any boards???

also—-why is it the alternate show? is there another show?

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

hope you did good on selling all of your boards Larry, do you have photos of your booth, and of the wee beastie booth? I noticed everyone was walking upright, not upside down, or did you turn your camera over? lol

-- Smitty!!!

Hope you had great fun Larry. Sure looks like it. Hope you do well at the Big Show. That’s more important.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Hey Larry
Looks like a great day.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

This was the ‘Alternate ‘show for those who are not attending the Melbourne Working with Wood show next week.
This was on the Friday.. mostly attended by people who did not have to work that day.. I didn’t takle these pics until late in the day and most of the crowd had left.. I was busy talking to the many woodies that crowded around the Torque Work Centre..
If you look at Stu’s site and his blog on this you will see the shot labeled Show Floor… in the bottom right hand corner you will see the top of the wee beasty with all the crew from the woodworkers warehouse.. including Juanita… who owns the shop…. taking a peak at the machine…
Yes shummie … Stu is a good bloke… very down to earth… I hope to eventually make some videos of the shows I attend but I must learn to walk before I run.. lol
As for the boards.,.. all woodies…. so no sales but a lot of…..”how do you do that” comments and then I just sent them to the Lumberjocks site to read all about it…
I would say that there should be some new aussie members join soon.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

We did get lucky. Here is a shot of Larry’s wood headed for Melbourne for next weekends show. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2008-2-9-Il76-in-Australia.wmv

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

That was only one of the planes.. lol Bob… thanks for the vid.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

Way to go Larry.

You are making us proud Mate!

-- Eric