Gentle Galoots, We are at B minus 9 days from the 2015 BAG-A-Thon.

Festivities start around 10 AM on Saturday, September 12th at my house:

5505 Santa Cruz Ave.
Richmond, CA 94804.

My cell is 510/847-1720.

Activities will include Tom Conroy's demo on Best English Octagonal handles

To be performed on Joe Parker's (hopefully) completed Gentlemens
Combination Workbench

http:
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(though I understand that Joe's bench is in COLOR!)

Bill Kasper and I will be forging Roubo style planing stops at the anvil in
the smithy,

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>http://lostartpress.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/forp_stop_img_6967.jpg

and we'll have two workbenches out for a scrub plane competition with
valuable prizes!! So bring your 40, 40.5, radiused jack or euro horned
scrub.

Food is traditionally a combination of potluck that leaves everyone
groaning.  I'll have the grill with the brats and saurkraut going, along
with beverages both hard and soft.

This will also be the final wooden wine box distribution by Greg Hahn, so
if you haven't yet built a spokeshave rack, biscuit jointer box or just
classed up your scrap wood box, next week is your last chance.

Rough headcount would be nice, but everyone is welcome.

See you next week.

Michael - frightening the neighbors since the year Four.

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