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.

Please let me know brand name, cost, etcetera.

Thanks!

Wanda

Wanda Pangborn said:

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.
snip
Please let me know brand name, cost, etcetera.

Wanda, it a hard thing to do - for others to pick out tools without
knowing what he now has. Take him to a woodworking store and see what
he gravitates towards. I have no doubt he'll talk about SOMETHING he
saw. For weeks! ;-)

FWIW,

Greg G.

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.

Please let me know brand name, cost, etcetera.

Thanks!

Wanda


For right around $600 you could get him a Sliding Compound Miter Saw.
Many recommend Makita. Google to see what tool I'm talking about. Top
brands include DeWALT, Bosch, Porter Cable. Some have lasers to assist
in positioning the board accurately. I haven't used a laser and some
consider it a pricey gimmick. Having said that, I'm considering buying
a laser equipped SCMS myself, but not til I see one in action.

It will take a lot of wrapping paper and lots of room under the
Christmas tree for this tool!

Dave

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.

Please let me know brand name, cost, etcetera.

Thanks!

Wanda


hopefully your hubby isn't Kenneth.


not enough information to really give you good advice about what to get
him. for instance, we don't know what tools he has now or what kind of
work he is doing and what work he wants to do. I'd say get him a gift
certificate to a good tool store, a local brick and mortar
establishment in your hometown if possible, where he can walk in and
look stuff over in person and talk to real live people about what he
needs.

A gift certificate to Lee Valley

Seeing as he may be interested in wood turning since he owns a lathe, a
bandsaw would be a good fit whether he's a turner or wants to get more into
building furniture.

Grizzly has a selection that will fit your budget
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...000&sort=price and
still be of good quality.

Jet has some rebates going on (see their home page but this shows a
selection of bandsaws. You can always do a web search using the model number
to find out the price, shipping, availability - such as www.amazon.com,
www.rockler.com, and plenty of others.

http://www.wmhtoolgroup.com/index.cf...s&vid=1&CID=72

Delta is another good name:

http://www.deltamachinery.com/index.asp?e=136&p=903


A 14" enclosed base with a 1hp (or greater) is within your budget. If you
shop wisely, you can find rebates, and specials such as free shipping this
time of the year. But don't hold off to the last minute. Obviously there's
a gazillion potential gift suggestions but a bandsaw is one of the most
versatile tools around.

Bob S.


"Wanda Pangborn" wrote in message
reenews.net...
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.

Please let me know brand name, cost, etcetera.

Thanks!

Wanda

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

http://www.woodbutcher.net

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

Just about anything from http://www.knight-toolworks.com/ would make most
any woodworker happy.

-John in NH

Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:18pm
(Wanda*Pangborn) asketh:
snip Can you guys give me a good idea what I should spend about 5-600
dollars on? snip

You don't buy him a damn thing. You get him a gift certficate, so
he can pick out what he actually wants. Simple.



JOAT
If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green

"J T" wrote in message
snip Can you guys give me a good idea what I should spend about 5-600
dollars on? snip

You don't buy him a damn thing. You get him a gift certficate, so
he can pick out what he actually wants. Simple.

Yeah, but you've got to make the presentation of the gift certificate
exciting. I've got a foot long piece of railroad track I occasionally use as
an anvil of sorts. More than once when I've been giving a gift certificate
or cheque or something else equally small and light, I've taped whatever it
is to the railroad track, wrapped it up and dragged it under the Christmas
tree. Whenever someone has come around to surreptitiously examine the gifts,
this present that's too heavy to pick up has always garnered the wildest
guesses.

No anvil? A piece of rock or concrete brick will do in a pinch. And Wanda,
if you've got someone who is looking for some big iron for his workshop,
something like this will fire his imagination even more.

Wanda Pangborn wrote:

Hey woodworkers,

"Hey"?!? Where the hell are your manners, woman? This is not your
turf, so you should have had the common courtesy to greet the regulars
here with either a formal "hello" or a casual "hi".

My husband is interested in furniture making and I think he used to
lurk this group.

*You* think? I haven't seen any evidence in this post to support your
claim.

I found it was one of the ones he subscribed to anyway.

You found it buried among the many pornographic binary groups to which
he is also subscribed? How convenient - your sex-crazed hubby hace
subbed to the mighty woodworking group to learn how to better work his
woodie!!1!

Understand forthright that I don't know anything about the wood
working biz.

Understand forthright that nobody in this newsgroup could give a ****.

I want to get him a really versatile piece of equipment

Your husband's erectile dysfunction - noted!

for Christmas.

I would suggest a new mistletoe, but it wouldn't serve any useful
purpose as long as your husband's "equipment" is out of order.

He has some kind of lathe, but I don't know what exactly it is.

Lathes are off-topic in rec.woodworking; try rec.crafts.woodturning,
and be sure to let the door hit your arse on the way out.

I know he talks about saws a lot.

You know what they say - all talk, no action. No wonder he ain't
workin' it for you, baby.

Can you guys give me a good idea what I should spend about 5-600
dollars on?

A high-end vibrator and few dozen porn DVDs.

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.

When all else fails, a hummer should suffice - and I'm not talking
about the SUV. ;-)

It could even be hand tools or something.

His hands are probably tired of working his tool on a regular basis. A
battery-operated artificial vagina is what he needs!

Please let me know brand name, cost, etcetera.

REQUEST DENIED!

Thanks!

Screw you, damsel wench!

Wanda

Go wanda off into a desert somewhere and **** yourself with a rusty
spike.

--

The w00dsmith of Mordor

Lance Snyder wrote:

I'm thinking about treating myself to one of these babies.

Pervert!

Before I do that, I would like to hear some opinions.

Opinions are like arseholes -

1. Everyone has one.
2. They all stink.
3. They all require cleaning in the end.

Do you still want mine?

Amazon sells it for $499.99,

Only a moron would order power tools from Amazon. Go right ahead and
place your order! ;-)

including free shipping.

Cheap skate!

Are there any other comparable jointers in the same price range that
I should consider?

Yes, but I *refuse* to share my super secret list with a ****wit like
you.

Thanks!

Go jump off a cliff!

Lance Snyder

Tell someone who gives a two ****s.

FOAD! HTH & HAND!

--

The w00dsmith of Mordor

Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 2:00am (Upscale) who can only come
up with:
Yeah, but you've got to make the presentation of the gift certificate
exciting. I've got a foot long piece of railroad track snip

Uh, you're forgetting something. This is a female gift giver. I
know I'd be pretty damn disappointed if the most exciting idea she could
come up with is taping a gift card to a chunk of railroad track. On the
other hand, I just be a lot younger than you. LMAO



JOAT
If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green

Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 9:34am (EST+5) h did
spew:
A batch of the usual sad, dull, boring, dorky troll crap.

You could at least "try" to be amusing, instead of a total dork.



JOAT
If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green

Ba r r y wrote:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:35:40 -0500, (J T)
wrote:


Uh, you're forgetting something. This is a female gift giver. I
know I'd be pretty damn disappointed if the most exciting idea she could
come up with is taping a gift card to a chunk of railroad track. On the
other hand, I just be a lot younger than you. LMAO


Good point. There's LOTS of places my wife could tape a Lee Valley GF
to!
Photos on ABPF? :-O

The Woodsmith of Mordor wrote:

{bunch of juvenile, sociopathic drivel snipped}

The w00dsmith of Mordor

See what happens when you don't get enough fiber? It all comes out the
other end.

And you might want to think about not playing with yourself in the
shop. Wood splinters can lead to staph infections which, in turn, can
lead to meningitis which, in turn, can lead to erratic and unstable
mental behavior.

On second thought, perhaps it's too late for you. So let me tell you a
secret. The greatest turn-on EVER is the thickness planer. Here's how
it works: Turn the planer off, disrobe to the point where
your....um...."equipment' is available to you, and place said equipment
under the feed rollers on the inboard side. Lower the carriage until
you are being held _securely_. Now turn on the switch and you will
experience something like you've never experienced before. WOW! Go
for it!

One final thing - if your "equipment" is too short for the power planer
(and I suspect it is), you can achieve much the same effect with a
good, Scary Sharp (tm) hand plane. Set the blade out about 1/4" or
more if you are able. I'm telling you, you've never felt like this
before!

Should you survive this and show up here again, I've got another secret
involving your testicles and a router.

All the best. Remember, it's really difficult to type one-handed, so
try using no hands next time, 'k?

"J T" wrote in message

Uh, you're forgetting something. This is a female gift giver. I
know I'd be pretty damn disappointed if the most exciting idea she could
come up with is taping a gift card to a chunk of railroad track. On the
other hand, I just be a lot younger than you. LMAO

Now wait a minute. YOU were the one that told her to get a gift certificate
for tools instead of tools themselves. In MY fantasy, the gift certificate
wouldn't have been for woodworking tools.

I've been wrapping Christmas presents 'creatively' for over 35 years now.
Used to do it for a different family member each year.

It's been getting more and more difficult to find new ways each year. Noe I
only do it every other year or so.

Some of the past methods that could be done by either gender....

remove all stickers off all sides of a Rubik's Cube. Paste on blank labels
on all sides, write the location of the present using words spread around
all the sides, then mix up the cube.

You used to be able to find a vendor that usually sets up a temp booth in a
mall around Christmas, that provides a wrapping service. The one I found
would insert your gift in an aluminum can and apply the label of your
choice, for example a 'Campbells Soup can' label. That year it was an
engagement ring

A doxen golf balls, each one placed in a zip-lock baggie then all of them
pushed down into a 5-gallon pail of roofing tar. Make sure to leave the
bucket of tar outside in the snow for a few days.

build a small wooden box to contain the present of choice. glue all the
sides and top together. Then nail (using finishing nails so they aren't that
obvious) all sides and the top and bottom. Then screw all sides, top and
bottom together. Be nice enough to give the reciepent of the gift, a worn
out screwdriver. That year was a pair of levi's

Build a form about 2' x 3' x 1'. pour half full with cement. Take card with
money or a gift certifivate inside and put in in a plastic bag. put plastic
bag between two pieces of masonite slightly bigger than the card. place
sandwich in the cement. finish pouring the form full of cement. allow to
cure. Now here's the hard part..... with the gift reciepent sitting on the
couch, go get the gift, carrying it in your arms trying to pretend it
doesn't way 80-100 lbs, walk over and from a height of about 2 ", drop it in
his lap. That year it was a gift card for a sporting goods shop.

Get a large cardboard box. put gift certificate inside a card and again put
that in a zip-lock bag. Go to local borg and stock up on cans of expanding
insulation. This took me about 10 cans. spray several layers of foam in the
bottom of the box, wait a bit for it to expand. Place card. continue to fill
box up with foam. with luck, when/if it cures it will form into one solid
block of foam. If you're feeling sorry for the reciepient, also give him/her
a knife or drywall saw. That year it was a digital camera.

Put present in a box and again put gift in a zip-lock bag. Purchase several
sheats of 2" rigid foam insulation. Cut insulation to create a box around
the gift and glue and screw the sides together. Cut more pieces of rigid
foam to form another box layer around the previous box, make sure to use
construction adhesive to not only glue the sides together but also apply
clue to the entire surface of the inner box sides. Repeat with as many
layers as you want (make sure to keep it small enough to carry and fit in
your car. Again, you may choose to give a drywall type of saw as a gift as
well. I started this way to wrap the digital camera, but after three layers,
I realized I didn't have enough time to let the construction glue to cure
properly, so I ended up taking it all apart (what a gooey mess that was) and
used the above spray foam method instead that year.

If the reciepent doesn't happen to have much in the way of tools.....
Find a suitable length and diameter of pipe. That year the gift was a shirt
so a 5" or so dia length of pipe worked. Thread ends of pipe. Cap pipe on
both ends. Put pipe in a large vise, use a pipe wrench with a 3' piece of
pipe as leverage and tighten end caps. Give hacksaw with blades as part of
the gift.

Very similar to above, roll up a pair of pants. Wrap pants in several layers
of aluminum foil. Find 2' length of 5" square tubing. insert pants. Weld
plates of 1/4" steel on both ends. Give hacksaw as gift.

Gift was a selection of 3/8" drive and 1/2" drive sockets. Bought sets at
local crapsman store. Removed sockets from their plastic holders and put
each socket in a zip-lock bag. Keep original plastic socket holders aside.
buy your typical heavy-duty tool box you can buy for hand tools at the local
borg (same size as a typical fishing box). Buy a box of 3" deck screws. Turn
toolbox upside down and drive a series of 3" screws in a random pattern
through the bottom. Fill toolbox partway full of cement (you can guess what
happens next) place the sockets throughout the cement. finish filling the
toolbox with cement. It took two toolboxes to hold all the sockets. The
screws are there to prevent the reciepient from turning the box upside down
to get the cement out. Also give a cement chisel and small sledge as part of
the gift. Oh.... remenmber the plastic socket holders?.... Put them in a bag
and give them first, to show him what he should be looking for.

All true stories, and many other methods used over all the years.

Each year when the family gathered at Christmas to swap presents, they all
looked forward to see what method I'd choose this year and who this years
victim would be.

Anybody can wrap with simple paper and a ribbon.

Make it an adventure.....


"Ba r r y" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:00:03 -0500, "Upscale"
wrote:

Yeah, but you've got to make the presentation of the gift certificate
exciting. I've got a foot long piece of railroad track I occasionally use
as
an anvil of sorts. More than once when I've been giving a gift certificate
or cheque or something else equally small and light, I've taped whatever
it
is to the railroad track, wrapped it up and dragged it under the Christmas
tree. Whenever someone has come around to surreptitiously examine the
gifts,
this present that's too heavy to pick up has always garnered the wildest
guesses.

I once wrapped a gift certificate in a dishwasher box. G

It took a while to wrap, but it was worth it!

Barry

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:28:24 -0000, The Woodsmith of Mordor wrote:

Lance Snyder wrote:

I'm thinking about treating myself to one of these babies.

Pervert!

Before I do that, I would like to hear some opinions.

Opinions are like arseholes -

1. Everyone has one.
2. They all stink.
3. They all require cleaning in the end.

Do you still want mine?

Amazon sells it for $499.99,

Only a moron would order power tools from Amazon. Go right ahead and
place your order! ;-)

including free shipping.

Cheap skate!

Are there any other comparable jointers in the same price range that
I should consider?

Yes, but I *refuse* to share my super secret list with a ****wit like
you.

Thanks!

Go jump off a cliff!

Lance Snyder

Tell someone who gives a two ****s.

FOAD! HTH & HAND!

You made me go searching for your reply so I could read this junk? You have
some serious problems, guy.

Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 7:48pm (Upscale) now admits:
snip In MY fantasy, the gift certificate wouldn't have been for
woodworking tools.

Ah, I MUST be younger than you. LMAO



JOAT
If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green

Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 8:18pm
(Timothy*Drouillard) admits:
I've been wrapping Christmas presents 'creatively' for over 35 years
now. Used to do it for a different family member each year. snip

If you were in my family, and I got one of those, your Christmases
from then on would be "adventures" in gift receiving.



JOAT
If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green

Yep. sometimes it's that.

If you do it to others, you gotta expect them to do it to you.

That's have the fun.


"J T" wrote in message
...
Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 8:18pm
(Timothy Drouillard) admits:
I've been wrapping Christmas presents 'creatively' for over 35 years
now. Used to do it for a different family member each year. snip

If you were in my family, and I got one of those, your Christmases
from then on would be "adventures" in gift receiving.



JOAT
If it ain't broke, don't lend it.
- Red Green

"J T" wrote in message
snip Can you guys give me a good idea what I should spend about 5-600
dollars on? snip

You don't buy him a damn thing. You get him a gift certficate, so
he can pick out what he actually wants. Simple.

Yeah, but you've got to make the presentation of the gift certificate
exciting.

That's what I'm sayin! Butt naked on on all fours!

Go wanda off into a desert somewhere and **** yourself with a rusty
spike.

Now that's a true "Wrec" response to an honest question. Nothing
helpful, just a bunch of mean spirited humor at someone elses
expense, while trying to make much ado over ones own experience and
intellect. One thing you missed, telling the old bag to do a google
search or try the archives.
Just a chip off the old Wrec you are.

And a merry Christmas to me.