Derek Cohen
08-07-2017, 10:54 AM
It's that time of the year again. The West Australian Woodshow was this past weekend. Chris Vesper, toolmaker extraordinaire came to stay, as he usually does, and I spent the weekend on his stand. Usually we get up to some form of mischief, but this year Chris brought along a few boxes of NOS saw files ... which were the very best I have ever seen ... 5" Nicholsons needle files made in Australia and sold last in 1998 ...
https://s19.postimg.org/hgmx6v6oz/Files1.jpg
And so I spent a couple of days demoing filing saws. It's amazing how many people will stop to watch and ask questions. Got through a few ...
I was also there for the furniture competition. I had entered the Sofa Table (with hidden drawer) ...
https://s19.postimg.org/4p45mm7j7/1.jpg
This year I won first prize.
https://s19.postimg.org/z7ty7kwpv/2.jpg
Second prize went to this hall table. It was really nicely done with some of the most amazingly fiddleback Sheoak ...
https://s19.postimg.org/6w8eajctf/3.jpg
Third prize went to the winner of the past three years in a row. Ian specialises in veneer. This piece had a waterfall edge, the product of a recent workshop run by Michael Fortune ...
https://s19.postimg.org/b6n264hwj/4.jpg
He also did this chest, below, which was one of my favourite pieces. The drawers let it down (not dovetailed) ...
https://s19.postimg.org/f4abvj4pv/5.jpg
Another good piece was this bombe (let down with some poor finishing) ...
https://s19.postimg.org/dqip085gj/6.jpg
There were interesting boxes, although I did not find that these were up to the standard of last year. First prize went to this unusual piece ...
https://s19.postimg.org/72m3dmlyb/9.jpg
This piece was the second place ...
https://s19.postimg.org/3yg0ukujn/10.jpg
The winner of the past few years, who has built some amazing boxes, came in third. He actually entered a trio of boxes, and this may have been his undoing. Here are two ...
https://s19.postimg.org/hn0m9yftv/11.jpg
https://s19.postimg.org/6jlli3jxf/12.jpg
There were some fantastic embellished turned pieces. This was first place ...
https://s19.postimg.org/krba6qwmb/7.jpg
First in collaboration ...
https://s19.postimg.org/fwczuq8wz/8.jpg
There was also a category called "small treasures". I didn't really get the first place ...
https://s19.postimg.org/he31k131f/13.jpg
And a last picture, from the carving section ...
https://s19.postimg.org/8t9psusv7/image.jpg
Until next year ..
Regards from Perth
Derek
https://s19.postimg.org/hgmx6v6oz/Files1.jpg
And so I spent a couple of days demoing filing saws. It's amazing how many people will stop to watch and ask questions. Got through a few ...
I was also there for the furniture competition. I had entered the Sofa Table (with hidden drawer) ...
https://s19.postimg.org/4p45mm7j7/1.jpg
This year I won first prize.
https://s19.postimg.org/z7ty7kwpv/2.jpg
Second prize went to this hall table. It was really nicely done with some of the most amazingly fiddleback Sheoak ...
https://s19.postimg.org/6w8eajctf/3.jpg
Third prize went to the winner of the past three years in a row. Ian specialises in veneer. This piece had a waterfall edge, the product of a recent workshop run by Michael Fortune ...
https://s19.postimg.org/b6n264hwj/4.jpg
He also did this chest, below, which was one of my favourite pieces. The drawers let it down (not dovetailed) ...
https://s19.postimg.org/f4abvj4pv/5.jpg
Another good piece was this bombe (let down with some poor finishing) ...
https://s19.postimg.org/dqip085gj/6.jpg
There were interesting boxes, although I did not find that these were up to the standard of last year. First prize went to this unusual piece ...
https://s19.postimg.org/72m3dmlyb/9.jpg
This piece was the second place ...
https://s19.postimg.org/3yg0ukujn/10.jpg
The winner of the past few years, who has built some amazing boxes, came in third. He actually entered a trio of boxes, and this may have been his undoing. Here are two ...
https://s19.postimg.org/hn0m9yftv/11.jpg
https://s19.postimg.org/6jlli3jxf/12.jpg
There were some fantastic embellished turned pieces. This was first place ...
https://s19.postimg.org/krba6qwmb/7.jpg
First in collaboration ...
https://s19.postimg.org/fwczuq8wz/8.jpg
There was also a category called "small treasures". I didn't really get the first place ...
https://s19.postimg.org/he31k131f/13.jpg
And a last picture, from the carving section ...
https://s19.postimg.org/8t9psusv7/image.jpg
Until next year ..
Regards from Perth
Derek