Hello Will welcome to the far side (of the Timber framing pond!)
You would be welcome to 'play-in' and in fact may have jumped the gun a bit.
I was planning to arrive at a spec that most of us could buy in to, then sound out a few of the manufacturers, and follow that up by contacting the Guild or the UKCF and see if they would be prepared to front the deal.
As last resort we would probably do it, but it would be better if a non partisan body were to be the principal buyer / distributor.
I can see a whole mass of carpenters not wanting to buy the "Bill Keir memorial Rip saw - by Carpenter Oak & Woodland Co Ltd"
I think Tim's idea is excelent, and I see that it could go like this:
step 1
Establish a spec that 90% of the people are 90% happy with, (lets not saddle ourselves with impossible targets from the out set - 90% might be too ambitious as it is)
step 2
Find out how many people are realistically interested, and in what price range.
step 3
Find someone who would be prepared to make them.
step 4
Encorage someone to be the principal fronts person, (ideally the TFG id say?)
Right now we need to solicit additional conspirators to our club.
[This message has been edited by Bill Keir (edited 09-26-2001).]
