Irish Woodturners Guild Craobh Cuig Deag

Well last night i attended my first monthly meeting of the Irish Woodturners Guild (http://www.irishwoodturnersguild.com)

at the Blanchardstown Chapter (http://craobhcuigdeag.org/)

To be honest i didn't have a clue what to expect, sure i haven't even got a lathe yet to do any wood turning! But i have one ordered and hopefully it will be arriving shortly. :D I'll do another post on that when i get it.

Anyway, i arrived for half 7 to a room already packed with beginners and experienced wood turners

My Hand Planes

Since i started out woodworking not too long ago i always wondered why every workshop you see has a load of hand planes in it. Well the answer to me is.... It's addictive buying them!!! Not new... but 2nd hand!! the first pieces of hardwood i bought were Rough cut Walnut 4ft boards, one was 7inches by 2 inches and the other was 6 inches by 1 inch. there was a horrible bow in the 7 inch board so i said that no about of sanding would get that down so i purchased my first plane. I bought this one new... A Stanley 102 block plane.