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Christmas Tool Gloats?
I am sure that most of you have been feverishly dropping hints like Ralphie
from "A Christmas Story" (Red Rider BB Gun) on the various load of tools you are wishing for from Santa. Well, if you are like me, you spent the last waking hour of everyday in November checking the specs, prices and source for each of the desired toys you are hoping to get. Here it is 9:45 PM on Christmas Eve - the gifts are wrapped, a barbed wire fence encircles the gift pile at the base of the future turning stock, which is currently called a Christmas tree, and my wife is avoiding eye contact .... she thinks that will keep her from giving anything away before tomorrow at 5:45 AM! So, I am going to bed, and maybe to sleep with visions of Sugar Maples and Scroll Chucks dancing in my head. Oh Boy - I cant wait I can't wait!!!! Not really - I bet this is how most of you all were today. To me this is old hat - after 4 years of being showered with the greatest in tools, Woodcraft gift certificates and the like, I no longer get excited - - yea right! So, I want to hear about all of you all's hauls of tools, wood, gadgets and the like. Let them fly - make me jealous if you can! I already got my Stubby - so anything else is gravy! Merry Christmas to all and to all Remember to include Christ! Ray Sandusky Tennessee |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
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"Ray Sandusky" wrote: So, I want to hear about all of you all's hauls of tools, wood, gadgets and the like. Let them fly - make me jealous if you can! Know for a fact there's a Proforme and a Stewart arm-brace under Doug with my name on it - was there when it was ordered and dragged the Craft Supplies box in from the front porch a few weeks back. (Thanks Lyn for the fantastic reviews - I poured over each one on hollowing tools a number of times before deciding to go with your recommendation.) UH OH. Better go, I believe I hear a clatter and the only visions dancing in my head are best left viewed on the 'net... _____ American Association of Woodturners Cascade Woodturners Assoc., Portland, Oregon Northwest Woodturners, Tigard, Oregon _____ |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
Well, I will reply to my own message as I am never one to hold back in
telling everyone of how beautiful and generous my wife is! OK Here is my gloat I got $125 in Wood Craft Gift Certs 500 1 1/2 SPAX Screws 1 Supernova Companion Chuck 1 Sorby Heavy Right handed scraper 3 Bowl buffing mushrooms 1 Wax buffing wheel 2 3" Hook and Loop Sanding disc holders and another $145 in cash! It was a good day in the tool receiving department! I hope you all got what you circled in the catalogs too! Ray "Ray Sandusky" wrote in message ... I am sure that most of you have been feverishly dropping hints like Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" (Red Rider BB Gun) on the various load of tools you are wishing for from Santa. Well, if you are like me, you spent the last waking hour of everyday in November checking the specs, prices and source for each of the desired toys you are hoping to get. Here it is 9:45 PM on Christmas Eve - the gifts are wrapped, a barbed wire fence encircles the gift pile at the base of the future turning stock, which is currently called a Christmas tree, and my wife is avoiding eye contact ... she thinks that will keep her from giving anything away before tomorrow at 5:45 AM! So, I am going to bed, and maybe to sleep with visions of Sugar Maples and Scroll Chucks dancing in my head. Oh Boy - I cant wait I can't wait!!!! Not really - I bet this is how most of you all were today. To me this is old hat - after 4 years of being showered with the greatest in tools, Woodcraft gift certificates and the like, I no longer get excited - - yea right! So, I want to hear about all of you all's hauls of tools, wood, gadgets and the like. Let them fly - make me jealous if you can! I already got my Stubby - so anything else is gravy! Merry Christmas to all and to all Remember to include Christ! Ray Sandusky Tennessee |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
Ray,
I can't touch that list. But I did find some rather strange items (for most people) under the tree this morning. For instance: a new 60-grit pink grinding wheel from Woodcraft, a diamond truing jig from Oneway and a dial caliper. I probably should include the Beall chuck and collet set I picked up for myself at the Knoxville Woodcraft a few weeks ago. (Just the thing for Christmas ornament icicles and those little finials for boxes!) Also, the new digital camera for photographing my turnings, that Santa is letting me pick out myself. When I rattled off my list of goodies to some of my relatives, I got a pitiful tilt of the head and a knowing look, (oh, you must have been bad this year) . I say, what a haul! Barry PS My Stubby is going to have to wait a few months. Maybe next Christmas! Hear that Santa??? "Ray Sandusky" wrote in message ... Well, I will reply to my own message as I am never one to hold back in telling everyone of how beautiful and generous my wife is! OK Here is my gloat I got $125 in Wood Craft Gift Certs 500 1 1/2 SPAX Screws 1 Supernova Companion Chuck 1 Sorby Heavy Right handed scraper 3 Bowl buffing mushrooms 1 Wax buffing wheel 2 3" Hook and Loop Sanding disc holders and another $145 in cash! It was a good day in the tool receiving department! I hope you all got what you circled in the catalogs too! Ray "Ray Sandusky" wrote in message ... I am sure that most of you have been feverishly dropping hints like Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" (Red Rider BB Gun) on the various load of tools you are wishing for from Santa. Well, if you are like me, you spent the last waking hour of everyday in November checking the specs, prices and source for each of the desired toys you are hoping to get. Here it is 9:45 PM on Christmas Eve - the gifts are wrapped, a barbed wire fence encircles the gift pile at the base of the future turning stock, which is currently called a Christmas tree, and my wife is avoiding eye contact ... she thinks that will keep her from giving anything away before tomorrow at 5:45 AM! So, I am going to bed, and maybe to sleep with visions of Sugar Maples and Scroll Chucks dancing in my head. Oh Boy - I cant wait I can't wait!!!! Not really - I bet this is how most of you all were today. To me this is old hat - after 4 years of being showered with the greatest in tools, Woodcraft gift certificates and the like, I no longer get excited - - yea right! So, I want to hear about all of you all's hauls of tools, wood, gadgets and the like. Let them fly - make me jealous if you can! I already got my Stubby - so anything else is gravy! Merry Christmas to all and to all Remember to include Christ! Ray Sandusky Tennessee |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
"Ray Sandusky" wrote in message ... I am sure that most of you have been feverishly dropping hints like Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" (Red Rider BB Gun) on the various load of tools you are wishing for from Santa. Well, if you are like me, you spent the last waking hour of everyday in November checking the specs, prices and source for each of the desired toys you are hoping to get. Here's my haul this season.... - 27 ornaments - 50 toys of various types (woodturned and otherwise) - 12 sets of 3 candle holders - 10 necklaces, 15 bracelets - several other things like small boxes, ring holders, puzzles, etc. All for area womens shelters, hospitals, and family services organizations. It was a good year. Here's hoping for a better one next year. - Andrew |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
Oh, I too had over 110 items that were made as gifts for friends and friends
of friends - it was a good year in spreading the joy of turning as well! Ray "AHilton" wrote in message ... "Ray Sandusky" wrote in message ... I am sure that most of you have been feverishly dropping hints like Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" (Red Rider BB Gun) on the various load of tools you are wishing for from Santa. Well, if you are like me, you spent the last waking hour of everyday in November checking the specs, prices and source for each of the desired toys you are hoping to get. Here's my haul this season.... - 27 ornaments - 50 toys of various types (woodturned and otherwise) - 12 sets of 3 candle holders - 10 necklaces, 15 bracelets - several other things like small boxes, ring holders, puzzles, etc. All for area womens shelters, hospitals, and family services organizations. It was a good year. Here's hoping for a better one next year. - Andrew |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
Barry N. Turner wrote:
PS My Stubby is going to have to wait a few months. Maybe next Christmas! Hear that Santa??? Well, as far as I can see in this house, *I'm* Santa, and you ain't gettin' no Stubby from me unless you're a *verrrrry* good boy. Just what you, being a boy and all, could do to get me to buy you a Stubby... Well, I can't think of a thing, so you're out of luck Bub. Sorry. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
Sadly, I did not get my 1/2" forged gouge, which has headed my list of "dad
wants" bookmarks for over a year. But she did shop at Lee Valley. Got the Veritas shoulder plane to work the flat stuff. Kids got me a "bevel boss" for precise angle setting, and a T-shirt emblazoned with "he who dies with the most tools wins" - perhaps a hint? Oh yes, I did get one turning-related gift. Eldest sent a pair of Birkenstock "Amsterdam" clogs. Tough to beat the comfort and arch support in a Birkenstock. Turned for an hour or so during the mother-daughter bonding over newly purchased chick flicks, and the shoes were both warm and comfortable. "Ray Sandusky" wrote in message ... Well, I will reply to my own message as I am never one to hold back in telling everyone of how beautiful and generous my wife is! OK Here is my gloat Mine above |
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Christmas Tool Gloats?
Well, in "this house", my wife is "my Santa". Although she tells me I have
been a verrry good boy............as usual...........ole Santa just can't swing the Stubby this year. She was able to come up with a Oneway diamond wheel truing jig, a new 60 grit wheel for my grinder and a vernier caliper and a digital camera. Not bad for an "off" year. Barry "Silvan" wrote in message ... Barry N. Turner wrote: PS My Stubby is going to have to wait a few months. Maybe next Christmas! Hear that Santa??? Well, as far as I can see in this house, *I'm* Santa, and you ain't gettin' no Stubby from me unless you're a *verrrrry* good boy. Just what you, being a boy and all, could do to get me to buy you a Stubby... Well, I can't think of a thing, so you're out of luck Bub. Sorry. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ |
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