On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:18:24 -0500, "Wanda Pangborn"
wrote:

Hey woodworkers,
My husband is interested in furniture making and I think he used to lurk
this group. I found it was one of the ones he subscribed to anyway.

Understand forthright that I don't know anything about the wood working biz.
I want to get him a really versatile piece of equipment for Christmas. He
has some kind of lathe, but I don't know what exactly it is. I know he talks
about saws a lot.

Can you guys give me a good idea what I should spend about 5-600 dollars on?
I want him to have something nice and of quality, so it doesn't have to be a
big table saw or something. I'm wanting to get him a quality gift he will
appreciate. It could even be hand tools or something.

Do you have a sister?

Let me tell you the story of an exchange I had with my son a few years
ago. It may give you the flavor of a tool enthusiast's mindset.

One night (actually, early in the morning) I was channel surfing on
the TV and saw an ad for a hammer that had a magazine and would self
feed nails. As a tool aficionado I was immediately consumed with
nausea, but after a few seconds I recovered. Watching for a few
minutes more I saw that someone that didn't know much about tools
would think that might be a good idea, and, "quelle horror" might make
a good gift, as well.

As soon as the time was decent I called my son and told him about the
ad I had seen and cautioned him that it was not something I wanted, if
anyone had thoughts of gifts on their mind. He told me not to worry,
he knew I was too finicky about tools for him to risk buying something
without checking with me first. Love that kid.

My point is, you hubby also may be finicky, and as well intentioned as
you may be, it's far better for him to love something you bought and
use it than it is to use something you bought because he loves you.

So, what about the sister?

--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

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