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The GSWT met at the Homestead Woodworking School in Newmarket. Many thanks to Alan Mitchell for Hosting our meeting.
Despite the inclement weather 16 members showed up. The meeting started with some announcements of upcoming events. Namely the AAW Symposium at Pittsburg June 25/28, Totally Turning Symposium in Saratoga Springs NY on March 28/29 and of course our Symposium at Pinkerton on May 9th.
Jim Forbes reporting; No changes in our finances.
There were several items for the show and tell portion on the meeting. All of which sparked good conversations.
Woody Magnuson provided to main presentation. Topic; Tools we make. What worked, what did not work and why. How much they cost and how they were made. Several members brought an item or two for discussion but Wayne Baker brought a boat load of tools he has made over his 30 years of turning. Wayne had a gouge made from a bicycle frame, tools from grinding wheels, screwdrivers, files, flooring nails, ice skate blades, kitchen knives, 1/4" bench chisels, tile scrapers, a box wrench (for sizing tennons) and saw blades. Woody demonstrated a number of tools he had made, many for hollowing.
Great Meeting. Thank you to all of you for participating.
Please be aware that there is a scammer answering these ads. Be careful!!!!
I recommend that you only take CASH or checks from people you know. Very little of the stuff that is advertised is so rare or such a great deal that someone would hire an “agent” to ship it.
BE CAREFUL!!!!
Peter
If you are selling something online, as a business or through classifieds ads, you may be targeted by an overpayment scam.
The scammer will contact you, make you an offer—often quite generous—then make payment through credit card or cheque. They will be for an amount that is greater than the agreed price.
The scammer will contact you with an apology for the overpayment, offering a fake excuse. The scammer might tell you that the extra money was included to cover agent’s fees or extra shipping costs. Or they may just say they simply made a mistake when writing the cheque.
The scammer will then ask you to refund the excess amount or they will ask for you to forward the amount through to a third party. They will ask for this to through an online banking transfer, pre-loaded money card, or a wire transfer such as Western Union. You then discover that their cheque has bounced or the credit card had been a stolen or fake card.
A newer variation on this scam involves online sales, usually through classified sites, where the scammer pretends to have made a payment for a larger than agreed amount through services such as PayPal by sending a fake receipt of payment. The scammer will claim that the money is being held until you forward on the extra money.
If you send any money, you will not get it back. If you have already sent the ‘sold’ item you will lose this as well. At the very least, the scammer will have wasted your time and prevented you from accepting any legitimate offers on your sale.
I just wanted other Sellers to be careful as I see some valuable machines for sale here.
