Back in the mid 80's I won a CB radio base station and antena in one of
those
store "fill in a form and win a ____". Haven't won anything since -
until recently.

I did manage to walk under a 12KV power line - just before it snapped
and fell
were I'd just been walking - and melting some concrete, some asphalt and
catching a tree on fire. But that was LUCK, not WINNING.

So last month I won a Jimmy Clewes "lidded chinese box" in a club
raffle. Nice
piece and having watched it being turned - at 3,000 rpms. If you want
an
adrenaline rush stand near a 10" x 4" x 2 1/2" "propeller" wind up to
3K.

So Saturday a buddy and I went up to the SawDust Shop open house, mainly
to see their Epilog Laser Engraver - a guy was going to show me how he
laser engraves lidded boxes he turns on Sunday for an article for the
club's
website. They were going to have a drawing and I HAVE to enter
drawings
that involve woodworking stuff - it's an OCD thing. Didn't know what
the
prizes were and didn't care - getting the entry form filled in and put
in the
box was all I HAD TO do. And I bought two "safe drive centers" and two
"live centers" as donations to a high school that has some kids
interested
in turning but only face plates as a way of holding the wood. School
budgets
being what they are, "shop class" stuff is at the very bottom of the
priority list, especially for equiptment, and there are kids with an
affinity
for woodworking who don't get a chance to even try it.

The Sunday Epilog laser engraving session got postponed to Monday. That
2 hour session was really enlightening. Opens up a lot of possibilities
- If
you have access to a laser engraver - which I didn't foresee ever
having.
(I'll post the url to the page(s) on what I learned when it/they are
done.)

So tonight I check my e-mail and see yet another "YOU"VE WON!" message.
I get four or five of those things - a day. But I open it and read it
before
deleting it just to see how crafty these rip off artists are getting.

SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.
For space and budget constrained woodworkers, this place is a dream
come true. If you're in the south San Francisco Bay Area the shop is
in Sunnyvale a mile or two off US 101 and Lawrence Expressway.

http://www.sawdustshop.com/gallery_shop.asp

Now I'm thinking a lottery ticket or two . . . There's this laser
engraver that might fit in my shop - and it's ONLY around eleven
grand.

charlie b

"charlieb" wrote in message
So tonight I check my e-mail and see yet another "YOU"VE WON!" message.
I get four or five of those things - a day. But I open it and read it
before
deleting it just to see how crafty these rip off artists are getting.

SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.

Congratulations. A nice reward for the school donation.

You've now inspired me to open all my spam email, just in case.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

On Mar 11, 3:16 am, charlieb wrote:
Back in the mid 80's I won a CB radio base station and antena in one of
those
store "fill in a form and win a ____". Haven't won anything since -
until recently.

I did manage to walk under a 12KV power line - just before it snapped
and fell
were I'd just been walking - and melting some concrete, some asphalt and
catching a tree on fire. But that was LUCK, not WINNING.

So last month I won a Jimmy Clewes "lidded chinese box" in a club
raffle. Nice
piece and having watched it being turned - at 3,000 rpms. If you want
an
adrenaline rush stand near a 10" x 4" x 2 1/2" "propeller" wind up to
3K.

So Saturday a buddy and I went up to the SawDust Shop open house, mainly
to see their Epilog Laser Engraver - a guy was going to show me how he
laser engraves lidded boxes he turns on Sunday for an article for the
club's
website. They were going to have a drawing and I HAVE to enter
drawings
that involve woodworking stuff - it's an OCD thing. Didn't know what
the
prizes were and didn't care - getting the entry form filled in and put
in the
box was all I HAD TO do. And I bought two "safe drive centers" and two
"live centers" as donations to a high school that has some kids
interested
in turning but only face plates as a way of holding the wood. School
budgets
being what they are, "shop class" stuff is at the very bottom of the
priority list, especially for equiptment, and there are kids with an
affinity
for woodworking who don't get a chance to even try it.

The Sunday Epilog laser engraving session got postponed to Monday. That
2 hour session was really enlightening. Opens up a lot of possibilities
- If
you have access to a laser engraver - which I didn't foresee ever
having.
(I'll post the url to the page(s) on what I learned when it/they are
done.)

So tonight I check my e-mail and see yet another "YOU"VE WON!" message.
I get four or five of those things - a day. But I open it and read it
before
deleting it just to see how crafty these rip off artists are getting.

SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.
For space and budget constrained woodworkers, this place is a dream
come true. If you're in the south San Francisco Bay Area the shop is
in Sunnyvale a mile or two off US 101 and Lawrence Expressway.

http://www.sawdustshop.com/gallery_shop.asp

Now I'm thinking a lottery ticket or two . . . There's this laser
engraver that might fit in my shop - and it's ONLY around eleven
grand.

You truly do suck, Charlie! Damn, that shop looks inviting. BTW,
newsgroup rules, if you hit the lottery you have to buy everyone a
complete Festool shop. Them's the rules. Now go buy a bunch of
tickets!

R

And I bought two "safe drive centers" and two
"live centers" as donations to a high school that has some kids
interested
in turning but only face plates as a way of holding the wood. School
budgets
being what they are, "shop class" stuff is at the very bottom of the
priority list, especially for equiptment, and there are kids with an
affinity
for woodworking who don't get a chance to even try it.
So tonight I check my e-mail and see yet another "YOU"VE WON!" message.
I get four or five of those things - a day. But I open it and read it
before
deleting it just to see how crafty these rip off artists are getting.

SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.

Carmen strikes again. Oh wait, that's karma. Either way, a nice donation
for the school and a well deserved win. Enjoy.

jc

charlieb wrote:
Back in the mid 80's I won a CB radio base station and antena in one of
those
store "fill in a form and win a ____". Haven't won anything since -
until recently.

I did manage to walk under a 12KV power line - just before it snapped
and fell
were I'd just been walking - and melting some concrete, some asphalt and
catching a tree on fire. But that was LUCK, not WINNING.

So last month I won a Jimmy Clewes "lidded chinese box" in a club
raffle. Nice
piece and having watched it being turned - at 3,000 rpms. If you want
an
adrenaline rush stand near a 10" x 4" x 2 1/2" "propeller" wind up to
3K.

So Saturday a buddy and I went up to the SawDust Shop open house, mainly
to see their Epilog Laser Engraver - a guy was going to show me how he
laser engraves lidded boxes he turns on Sunday for an article for the
club's
website. They were going to have a drawing and I HAVE to enter
drawings
that involve woodworking stuff - it's an OCD thing. Didn't know what
the
prizes were and didn't care - getting the entry form filled in and put
in the
box was all I HAD TO do. And I bought two "safe drive centers" and two
"live centers" as donations to a high school that has some kids
interested
in turning but only face plates as a way of holding the wood. School
budgets
being what they are, "shop class" stuff is at the very bottom of the
priority list, especially for equiptment, and there are kids with an
affinity
for woodworking who don't get a chance to even try it.

The Sunday Epilog laser engraving session got postponed to Monday. That
2 hour session was really enlightening. Opens up a lot of possibilities
- If
you have access to a laser engraver - which I didn't foresee ever
having.
(I'll post the url to the page(s) on what I learned when it/they are
done.)

So tonight I check my e-mail and see yet another "YOU"VE WON!" message.
I get four or five of those things - a day. But I open it and read it
before
deleting it just to see how crafty these rip off artists are getting.

SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.
For space and budget constrained woodworkers, this place is a dream
come true. If you're in the south San Francisco Bay Area the shop is
in Sunnyvale a mile or two off US 101 and Lawrence Expressway.

http://www.sawdustshop.com/gallery_shop.asp

Now I'm thinking a lottery ticket or two . . . There's this laser
engraver that might fit in my shop - and it's ONLY around eleven
grand.

charlie b

Congratulations on your good luck. The shop looks too clean. What's
the fun in dropping a screw if you don't have to rake through shavings
to find it? It'd be like having an Easter egg hunt in an empty parking
lot. I found a screw eye yesterday that I dropped last week and looked
for for 10 minutes. It just made my morning.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

I wish I REALLY knew what I was doing.

"charlieb" wrote in message
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SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.
For space and budget constrained woodworkers, this place is a dream
come true. If you're in the south San Francisco Bay Area the shop is
in Sunnyvale a mile or two off US 101 and Lawrence Expressway.

http://www.sawdustshop.com/gallery_shop.asp

Now I'm thinking a lottery ticket or two . . . There's this laser
engraver that might fit in my shop - and it's ONLY around eleven
grand.

charlie b


Very cool Charlie, so uh are we now going to se a bunch of FS posts offering
a relatively new Domino, a new Akeda DT jig, etc? LOL
Sounds like a really nice opportunity to test tools before you buy and or
keep you from having to buy a tool that may only be used once or twice.

RicodJour wrote:
On Mar 11, 3:16 am, charlieb wrote:
Back in the mid 80's I won a CB radio base station and antena in one of
those
store "fill in a form and win a ____". Haven't won anything since -
until recently.

I did manage to walk under a 12KV power line - just before it snapped
and fell
were I'd just been walking - and melting some concrete, some asphalt and
catching a tree on fire. But that was LUCK, not WINNING.

So last month I won a Jimmy Clewes "lidded chinese box" in a club
raffle. Nice
piece and having watched it being turned - at 3,000 rpms. If you want
an
adrenaline rush stand near a 10" x 4" x 2 1/2" "propeller" wind up to
3K.

So Saturday a buddy and I went up to the SawDust Shop open house, mainly
to see their Epilog Laser Engraver - a guy was going to show me how he
laser engraves lidded boxes he turns on Sunday for an article for the
club's
website. They were going to have a drawing and I HAVE to enter
drawings
that involve woodworking stuff - it's an OCD thing. Didn't know what
the
prizes were and didn't care - getting the entry form filled in and put
in the
box was all I HAD TO do. And I bought two "safe drive centers" and two
"live centers" as donations to a high school that has some kids
interested
in turning but only face plates as a way of holding the wood. School
budgets
being what they are, "shop class" stuff is at the very bottom of the
priority list, especially for equiptment, and there are kids with an
affinity
for woodworking who don't get a chance to even try it.

The Sunday Epilog laser engraving session got postponed to Monday. That
2 hour session was really enlightening. Opens up a lot of possibilities
- If
you have access to a laser engraver - which I didn't foresee ever
having.
(I'll post the url to the page(s) on what I learned when it/they are
done.)

So tonight I check my e-mail and see yet another "YOU"VE WON!" message.
I get four or five of those things - a day. But I open it and read it
before
deleting it just to see how crafty these rip off artists are getting.

SURPRISE - it was for real - a Lifetime Membership to the SawDust Shop
woodshop - with the Epilog Laser - AND - a ShopBot - along with the
other stationary tools, benches, clamps etc.. This shop is LOADED.
For space and budget constrained woodworkers, this place is a dream
come true. If you're in the south San Francisco Bay Area the shop is
in Sunnyvale a mile or two off US 101 and Lawrence Expressway.

http://www.sawdustshop.com/gallery_shop.asp

Now I'm thinking a lottery ticket or two . . . There's this laser
engraver that might fit in my shop - and it's ONLY around eleven
grand.

You truly do suck, Charlie! Damn, that shop looks inviting. BTW,
newsgroup rules, if you hit the lottery you have to buy everyone a
complete Festool shop. Them's the rules. Now go buy a bunch of
tickets!

R


Yeah, I seem to recall reading that
somewhere....

Tanus

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