Richard R

Good man! Well resisted.

Wow! Definitely not for the shy and retiring types.

Welcome aboard! I see you're in Chatteris - I have never been there but it's the subject of one of my favourite Half Man Half Biscuit songs 😁

Thanks all. Sweet cherry or red eucalyptus is close enough for me. Based on the photos it looks like the eucalyptus, but it is light so in the absence of DNA testing I'll leave it as either. Eventually I'll post what I have done with it. Don't hold your breath though...

The colour still isn't right on the photo, it is redder than this, no amount of photogra-faffing on my phone seems to adjust it right. And it will look different on your phone anyway. It is light. It's roughly 22.5x5x15.5cm, so about 1,743cm³. Weight is 999.5g. So density is 1/1.743 g/cm³ which is 0.57g/cm³ or 570kg/m³. Which I think favours the red eucalyptus, as cherry is denser and walnut would be more brown?

I think it's new wood. The skip was outside a carpenters I was parked by. They were refitting and in the course of that were also clearing up. I got talking and had a couple of large bits of quite decent ply that had been shelving and this random lump that looked quite nice. I should have asked! I thought I might route it out for deep pen tray type thing. Or give it to someone who can make use of it. Dunno really!

Apparently Spanner Crabs are red and walk both forwards and backwards rather than sideways.

Looks quite fun - let us know how you get on with it.

I think it's an identifying scrawl - maybe S7.

Too nice for firewood, too small for a chopping board.

That is jaw-dropping and mind-boggling at the same time! Fabulous work!

The gear was interesting on that video, but the bass faces were hilarious!

At some point I'll think about logistics like paying the balance on the hall and how to setup in advance on the morning. Volunteers very welcome. I'm not as organised as Scrumpymike who has already taken advance payments and sorted out jobs for the SW bash in October!

Any suggestions what this lump of wood might be? Retrieved from a skip, so no provenance, but it's quite a nice piece and has clearly been planed on three sides. Colour is a warm, slightly pink brown. Oyster card for scale. No idea what I will do with it.

Evening all. 👮‍♀️ There are a lot of folks on this forum who modify basses, and a few talented individuals who can make them from scratch. But there aren't many who can actually make a living from building basses and guitars. So I thought it might be interesting for us to have as a guest someone who does exactly that - our very own Robin, aka @Manton Customs, who is quite often at a Bash with his unique creations. The format will be a live Q&A, running to about 25 minutes I guess, and I'm hoping Robin will bring along some works in progress as well as the usual stunning finished basses. https://www.mantoncustoms.co.uk/basses