• Thanks for visiting The Penturners Forum today.

    There are many features and resources that currently you are unable to see or access, either because you're not yet registered, or if you're already registered, because you're not logged in.

    To gain full access to the forum, please log in or register now. Registration is completely free, it only takes a few seconds, and you can join our well established community of like-minded pen makers.

Another Meldrew moment

Neil

Neil

Fellow
Joined
May 21, 2013
Posts
3,137
Location
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
First Name
Neil
I don’t believe it...........

I took a leave of absence from these pages for a couple of years whilst I undertook a wife replacement programme, and on resuming correspondence on this and other similar pages have become increasingly dismayed at the alarming amount of complete and utter Bollocks that is written by some people on, in particular, farcebook, about matters associated with wood. Today’s crap was someone selling some blanks that were quite clearly Utile, being sold as something quite dissimilar for in excess of two quid a blank, and somebody flogging two red mallee blanks claiming them to be stabilised for over twenty quid.

For gods sake, you can’t stabilise any wood above a density of around 650 kg a cube, you can’t do it. Red mallee is 1050 kg a cube, why would you even want to try?

A real victor meldrew moment but the level of ignorance over our core materials I find deeply perturbing.

Back to playing carpet bowls.
 
Penpal

Penpal

Grand Master
Joined
May 26, 2013
Posts
25,342
Location
Canberra AUSTRALIA
First Name
Peter
Probably better than pocket billiards Neil. I just received some world beaters from the horses mouth so to speak included with some mouth watering so called offcuts of world standard of even tighter,3rd heaviest Gidgee.There is a firm I deal with over here still 2.00 a blank in famous aussie wood. Most important choosing dealers wisely.

Peter.
 
Lons

Lons

Fellow
Joined
Dec 17, 2013
Posts
4,758
Location
Northumberland
First Name
Bob
That'll teach you for looking on facebook Neil, the spread of utter boslocks on there is faster than the infection rate of Corvid-19, certainly it's much higher than R1. :winking:
 
yorkshireman

yorkshireman

Wood Rat
Executive Member
Joined
Jan 5, 2013
Posts
5,206
Location
wrexham
First Name
Keith
Nice to see you back Neil mate, you appear to have mellowed lol. Are you still full time pen making?
 
Neil

Neil

Fellow
Joined
May 21, 2013
Posts
3,137
Location
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
First Name
Neil
yorkshireman said:
Nice to see you back Neil mate, you appear to have mellowed lol. Are you still full time pen making?
Click to expand...
Mellowed? Huh, just warming up! No, had to go back to the real world to pay for a divorce. Apparently the volume of drying wood around the marital property can constitute unreasonable behaviour? Ha ha ha:funny:. Now firmly established with a new lady who not only appreciates the need to make a mess but is happy and willing to help me sell at the shows so life is good. Got a bigger workshop out of the deal as well! When this pandemic is over will be returning to the shows gradually but probably not full time, it was a lot of hard work for variable gain.
 
Neil Lawton

Neil Lawton

Longlocks
Fellow
Joined
Dec 26, 2013
Posts
3,120
Location
York
First Name
Neil
Neil said:
Mellowed? Huh, just warming up! No, had to go back to the real world to pay for a divorce. Apparently the volume of drying wood around the marital property can constitute unreasonable behaviour?
Click to expand...

No way!!!!!!Unreasonable behaviour should be the questioning of drying wood!

Anyway don't get me started on facebook stuff. I'm surprised you haven't seen the turn Yew and die posts, ( as it's highly toxic) and the must wear a face shield brigade as every thing I put on the lathe jumps off and Hits me in the face morons! Then you have the ones who mark the points where the shrapnel hit the walls.
Where did stuff flying off the lathe originate? I've had stuff come off and I've taught people who have had stuff come off but nothing has come off and gone up since Newton invented gravity!
 
Neil

Neil

Fellow
Joined
May 21, 2013
Posts
3,137
Location
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
First Name
Neil
Neil Lawton said:
No way!!!!!!Unreasonable behaviour should be the questioning of drying wood!

Anyway don't get me started on facebook stuff. I'm surprised you haven't seen the turn Yew and die posts, ( as it's highly toxic) and the must wear a face shield brigade as every thing I put on the lathe jumps off and Hits me in the face morons! Then you have the ones who mark the points where the shrapnel hit the walls.
Where did stuff flying off the lathe originate? I've had stuff come off and I've taught people who have had stuff come off but nothing has come off and gone up since Newton invented gravity!
Click to expand...

Yup, shocking, yew, perilously dangerous, laburnum, wow, a real nasty one, it’s poisonous. What a load of bo*****s, if it’s not food don’t eat it, if it’s not air, don’t breathe it. You’d wash your hands before you picked your nose or went to the loo (gentlemen) if your hands are covered in Chilli powder, I’d recommend you do the same if you are covered in cocobolo or padauk dust (been there done that before anyone asks! Bloody hell it itches!!!
 
Warning! This thread has not had any replies for over a year. You are welcome to post a reply here, but it might be better to start a new thread (and maybe include a link to this one if you need to).
Top