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The Official "What I got for Christmas" thread...
I'll start:
A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) |
A recent vintage (ie nothin' special) Stanley block plane
A Veritas Scraping 101 outfit with the burnisher, jointer and other gadgetry A brass three-in-one marking gauge A box of blanks to make totes and knobs for hand planes (from Dave in Fairfax) An acousto-electric guitar A guitar stand Trumpet music One each of: shoes, jeans, shirt Laid. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ |
I got 2 40" bessey clamps and a XBox with 3 games. Something to do with
subzero temps and a empty karosene heater. -- Mike S. Cape Girardeau, Mo. http://members.tripod.com/n0yii/woodworking.htm wrote in message oups.com... I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) |
wrote in message 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) Wow, she's a keeper. OTOH, I did get two 18" Uniclamps and a box of goodies from Lee Valley Digital caliper Apron Bench Pups Wonder pup Metal detector Apron 7" vice Flush cutting saw And the usual assortment of shirts, etc. I'm going to rebuild my bench to accommodate the vice and bench pups as well as fit its space better. -- Ed http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/ |
My 17 year old daughter is here. What more could I want?
-- Ross www.myoldtools.com wrote in message oups.com... I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) |
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:19:56 +0000, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
And the usual assortment of shirts, etc. Plaid, I presume :-) - Doug -- To escape criticism--do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." (Elbert Hubbard) |
A nice set of machinist squares
An Incra 2000 miter guage An X-Y table for the mortiser I got last month (early gift) Drill Doctor 3 Highway Men and 1 Johnny Cash CDs lots of stocking stuffers. |
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, junk wrote:
Griz G0505 planer :-) - Doug -- To escape criticism--do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." (Elbert Hubbard) |
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Assorted goodies from lee valley and woodcraft! SWMBO really knew what i
wanted! I expect a thread on reviews from everyone on their new tools soon! Happy holidays. --dave "Bruce" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 06:16:45 -0700, wrote (in article .com): I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) Hee, hee! The big Milwaukee router for a future table Penn State remote for the cyclone Performax 16-32 sander -Bruce |
My daughter arrived Wednesday afternoon to spend the week. My son arrived,
unexpectedly, last night around 11. Christmas came early. It has been quite a while since everyone was home. "My Old Tools" wrote in message ... My 17 year old daughter is here. What more could I want? -- Ross www.myoldtools.com wrote in message oups.com... I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) |
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On the actual day:
Delta OSS Shop Apron Set of 3 glue bottles Incra miter slider piece of 20x30 - 7ply 3/8 inch Finland birch ply (to make a new/better sled) From Dec 26 of last year to Dec 24 of 2004: Jet 9/48 disc belt sander Delta mortising machine PC pin nailer A set of Bessey 24/40 clamps ------- 2005 might be the year to replace my 15+ year old imported TS w/cheapo fence with something more in keeping with my now "advanced" skills - at least, that's the line I'm using on SWMBO! Have a great, safe holiday everyone! Lou |
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:19:30 -0500, Bob G.
wrote: Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better... Yer not the only one, Bob. ; Michael Baglio |
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:19:30 -0500, Bob G.
wrote: Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better... call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows This old boy will do his own tool shopping... A few years ago I was surfing the TV and ran across an infomercial for some stupid hammer thingee with a nail dispenser. As a gen-u-wine tool ex-purt I of course immediately recognized it for the gimmicky junque that it was. Then I had a horrible thought; what if some uninitiated tool newby saw that and thought, "gee, what a great gift idea for Dad."? I would feel horrible having to feign appreciation for and disguise the disposal of such a gift. I immediately called both my son and daughter and warned them that if they saw the infomercial to ignore it and don't buy it. My son, wise beyond his years, unbeknownst to me, said, "don't worry. We both know you're far too picky about your tools to buy anything without checking first." Who said he'd never amount to anything? - - LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net |
I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the shop) this Christmas. I wanted one particular tool. A tool that isn't commonly available any longer. A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at best, a singularly unpleasant experience. A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be. When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the eye and said: "Alice, I want a pencil sharpener." Her eyebrows went up. "Honey, I want a pencil sharpener like we used as kids. The kind that are all metal, and when you turn the crank you can feel finely machined solid cutting edges shearing shavings off of wood, producing a perfect point on the lead." Her eyebrows were still up. "Honey, you need to understand this. Pencil sharpeners today are crap. They're plastic. They don't cut for squat. They don't hold the pencil firmly at all, so as you just start to get a really good point, the pencil shifts in the crappy plastic holder part and the point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically." Her eyebrows went down and she got a puzzled look on her face. "Why don't you just go to the office supply store and buy one?" I laughed out loud. "Go 'head, Santa. Try to find one." She did. She couldn't. She asked at the stores. She asked friends. Her friends told her her husband was strange. :) God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one. A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade, complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes. It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last forever. Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. sigh I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall. I'm the happiest kid on the block. Michael Baglio |
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oups.com... I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) The wife and I have a deal going...I don't try to buy her scrapbook stuff and she doesn't buy tools. ;-) I pulled the trigger a week or so ago when Amazon offered the Jet Mini Lathe for $175 shipped, so I told the little woman that was my Christmas gift. She responded by buying $100 of paper. For today, she gave me "The New Best Recipe" from the folks at Cook's Illustrated. todd |
"Bob G." wrote in message ... Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better... call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows This old boy will do his own tool shopping... That's what the "wish list" at Lee Valley is for. Between the two turning gouges, hold-down and calipers I got, plus the Veritas smooth plane I got for the big kid, they should have a Merry Christmas. |
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio
wrote: Congratulations Michael! I sounds like you've got a keeper! Not sure how Alice found time to do all that hunting with her school work but it sure is clear she cares for you - even if you are strange. Best wishes to you and Alice. TWS |
A Boice-Crane No. 1227 6" Belt Stroke Sander.
sigh... UA100 |
God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one.
A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade, complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes. It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last forever. Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. sigh I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall. I'm the happiest kid on the block. Michael Baglio FWIW, Office Depot carries it online for $26. I might have to make an order. Staples carries it, too, but they want $40. http://www.officedepot.com/txtSearch...8988&x =8&y=9 todd |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio wrote:
I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the shop) this Christmas. I wanted one particular tool. A tool that isn't commonly available any longer. A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at best, a singularly unpleasant experience. A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be. When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the eye and said: "Alice, I want a pencil sharpener." Her eyebrows went up. "Honey, I want a pencil sharpener like we used as kids. The kind that are all metal, and when you turn the crank you can feel finely machined solid cutting edges shearing shavings off of wood, producing a perfect point on the lead." Believe it or not, I know exactly what you mean. My FIL was a maintenance person for a school district until he retired; he provided me with one of those Boston 55's that was going to be thrown away when they were doing some remodeling. The finish is a little rough (probably why it was going to be tossed -- it wasn't worthy of a spanky-new particle board and laminate sparkling classroom), but it sharpens pencils just as I remember from grade school. I haven't yet figured out where it best fits in the reconfigured shop, so it's sitting on a window sill, being employed by manually holding it down, I'll eventually figure out a good, solid, out of the way place (for its safety) on which to mount it. |
"Unisaw A100" wrote in message ... A Boice-Crane No. 1227 6" Belt Stroke Sander. six or sixty? Nice score. Think you'll keep her? :) |
Doug Stowe's latest book!
Rob -- http://www.robswoodworking.com wrote in message oups.com... I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) |
- Norris A5 smoother plane, circa 1925
- antique folding rule from England with brass angle gauge. - two Bessey 24/40 panel clamp sets - Porter Cable 557 plate joiner - subscription to fine woodworking magazine - miscellaneous stocking stuffer items Bob |
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio
calmly ranted: I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the shop) this Christmas. --snip of typical yet tragic tool obsolescence-- God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one. A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade, complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes. Atta Girl! And congrats on the gloat. Now you can tell all your friends your wife bought you a wood planer with spiral-cutter heads for Christmas and watch their eyes pop out when you show it to 'em. g It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last forever. Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. sigh I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall. I'm the happiest kid on the block. I'm wit chu, Mikey. I have one of those on my shop door jamb. Mine's a newer chrome and rust plated Swingline job, one size only, which is fine with me. I don't use those carpenter's pencils in the shop, only nicely sharpened standard pencils. And that scent when you open it to empty the pencil shavings has such memories... For anyone else who wants one, look on Ebay for "crank pencil sharpener" or "Sanford sharpener" and ye shall find it. $8.66 + $7.66 shipping (? Those leaches.) -- The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung. - Albert Jay Nock - http://diversify.com Web Programming for curmudgeons and others. - |
I got an Occidental, burgandy, leather tool belt.
Larry |
Laid. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Damn!!! That's what I wanted! All I got for wood working (wrecking) was a Bosch RS10 Recip. saw. Wait, got another wood tool but not for the shop, a Estwing campers axe. Bryan |
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio calmly ranted: --------snip---------- I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall. I'm the happiest kid on the block. I'm wit chu, Mikey. I have one of those on my shop door jamb. Mine's a newer chrome and rust plated Swingline job, one size only, which is fine with me. I don't use those carpenter's pencils in the shop, only nicely sharpened standard pencils. And that scent when you open it to empty the pencil shavings has such memories... For anyone else who wants one, look on Ebay I got a nice one for a quarter at a yard sale. It's a Apsco V-10T with a vacuum base. It's screwed to the wall, however, and has the added utility of holding my ear muffs so I can find them. I use those fat kindergarten pencils and this sharpener handles them very well. Larry |
I got hugs! Nothing else mattered!
I have all the tools I could imagine, at least for my use. I buy what I want so I don't expect tools for presents. Greg |
"Michael Baglio" wrote in message
... "Honey, you need to understand this. Pencil sharpeners today are crap. They're plastic. They don't cut for squat. They don't hold the pencil firmly at all, so as you just start to get a really good point, the pencil shifts in the crappy plastic holder part and the point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically." Heh. I can appreciate that. My kids wondered why I thought getting a Boston pencil sharpener at a garage sale was such a big deal. Way better than anything else. Even electric. You have *control* with these babies. Quickly take down the dull or broken (or new) point, then back off the pressure on the pencil and get a nice fine point. |
Mark & Juanita wrote:
Believe it or not, I know exactly what you mean. My FIL was a maintenance person for a school district until he retired; he provided me with one of those Boston 55's You dawg! Those are/were the best. Gray, right? I'll eventually figure out a good, solid, out of the way place (for its safety) on which to mount it. Somewhere by the shoppe phone. That would be my location. UA100, who still uses his Bostich B8 stapler from a hunnert years ago onna 'count of it works... |
patrick conroy wrote:
six or sixty? 6" X 169" belt to be exactual. Here's a picture of one the same vintage. http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=1929 Mine is the same down to the horse anna half single phase motor. Condition of mine is a wee bit less than Louis' but it's still plug 'n play. Nice score. Think you'll keep her? :) Cha? I've been hunting for one for the past two years. For now it sits in the shop of a friend in Omaha. I just need to set aside a couple of days for the "out 'n back". UA100 |
A Modine HotDawg 75K BTU shop heater.
Rick |
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A 2" blue steel Japanese bench plane from the Japan Woodworker.
-jbb wrote in message oups.com... I'll start: A delta "Shopmaster" planer A dremel & kit An overhead cord reel A Stanley block plane A Green Curt Schilling Jersey And the suprise... 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money on a clamp) |
"Greg O" wrote in message ... I got hugs! Nothing else mattered! You got your priorities right there fella. What's your dog's name anyway? :-) Bob |
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