N.E.Scotland meet ( Glen Tanar)

[Adze]

I wonder if anyone else following the meet has had the same woodworm problems as KiltedPict noticed in his wooden crate?
I've since had a report from another attendee of a hole in a piece of 4x2 which, measured using a nail, was 18mm deep.
Bugling, for some reason, appears to encourage proliferation.

(earlier evidence in tongue-and-groove)

I appear to have discovered a new strain...

...all I can say is 'POTATOES!'

 

[Chance]

Good shot!
Apart being a little out-of-focus.

 

[CBJ]

HAHAHA those bugle worms are on the increase.

Great stuff

atb

Craig

 

[bronskimac]

doing just fine now thanks. I'm bidding on a set of chainmail gloves for the next meet.

Blade safety gloves http://www.arco.co.uk/products/14G5600/299115/Skytec®+Ninja+Knight+Palm+Coated+Glove . I went for Kevlar gloves from somewhere else.

 

[nickliv]

Kevlar gloves obtained. I am keen not to test them though.

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[Adze]

While protective gear can be a good idea... it's never as good as protective gear and using the tool in the correct manner!

 

[nickliv]

Spot on. Anyone else had a go at the cider?

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[Chance]

While protective gear can be a good idea... it's never as good as protective gear and using the tool in the correct manner!

Is this the point at which I say "a blunt knife is safer than a sharp one"... and sit back and count the posts until someone compares me to [insert dictator of choice]?

And nickliv, it's irresponsible to encourage the mixture of cider and sharps; with or without Kevlar or Dyneema.

 

[Chance]

Spot on. Anyone else had a go at the cider?

No to cider. We did just make nettle soup thickened with pignut, to go with beech/lime/hawthorn/ramson/dandelion salad; but it didn't last long enough to ferment.

Prompted by your question, I've gone and found where Mrs Chance had been hiding last year's, thankfully unexploded, seabuckthornade. Without tasting it (being TT), how can I tell if that's the smell of carbon dioxide or fizzy vinegar?

CO2 being famously acetic in its odour.

 

[nickliv]

Stand the unopened bottle in a bowl with a lit tealight in it, and see if the tealight gutters when you open it?

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[grilled bear]

Any idea when the next NE meet will be?

 

[charleslockerbie]

Some time in September i think

 

[CBJ]

Yep were aiming for September and it will probably be at Haddo park.