Bingo...!
Bingo...!
White vinegar is indeed the answer...!
What's the connection to Australian Summers and some other times..???
Mosquitoes, those damn devils that love me to death...!
Insect repellent spray is expensive and doesn't last long, I get pretty much the same results with the white vinegar that cost me about $1 per litre...!:wink::biggrin:
Poor
wyone he worked so hard and getting some of these blanks that, I will award him also with a 12 blanks set, congrats to both of you...!
This game has no DL (30 days Disable List) to any of the winners, in honour to our "Anzac" Aussies soldiers, commemorated on the 25 of this Month...!
Well, this ends a long marathon to put this game #23 together, thank you everyone for your contribution...!
As promised, I have said that at the end of this game I would reveal the moral of this story so, here it goes...!
To many of your, is nothing knew of my passion for what I do and the excitement I feel when I make a new find. Most are seen as "treasures" and give me great pleasure and satisfaction to process and work with so, nothing knew here, right...???
Sure, is nothing knew and some of you may have experience some or many of these finds that not always turn out to be treasures but nevertheless still gives us that excitement of the find well, there are also many of you out there that, for whatever the reason, have never experienced this type of "rush" either from the find, right to the moment the treasure is open and revealed.
When I found this chunk of wood, I though immediately in inviting ALL of YOU, to follow me on this journey and share with you that excitement and expectation/anticipation to opening that treasure chest.
I know, what that does and means to me, I would be doing exactly the same thing, if I did not sell any of my woods, is not the monetary value that matters to me but, the ability (in much decline, unfortunately) to be able to bring to life, something that would be discarded or destroyed...!
I hope that I achieved that, and that I manage to share with all of you, what "fuels" me...!:biggrin:
Winners list; (Please Paypal me AU$18.00 each for shipping as per usual...!)
*- Sprung
*- edohmann
*- Skewer
*- wyone
*- 1080Wayne
*- Krash
*- lyonsacc
*- southernclay
Below is a pic of the blanks made from the 2 x 1/8 of the whole chunk, I haven't count them but, it will be enough for now, I have 3/4 of what you see in straight cut, some diagonal and some cross, I may have to make some more in cross cut as I like the way they look.
Total blanks= 12 x 8 winners = 96 blanks :wink::biggrin:
Where you see the blanks is where I have my waxing pan but, after I waxed the shorts I had, I decided to leave them as is, they get so damn dark with the wax that, you don't see much...!
This is typical of the Red Gum wood, the deeper it was in the ground and older the timber is, the darker it will become when wet. The under water cured Colonial Red Gum wood/blanks, were also very dark, if you may remember.
Cheers
George
