This is the post where we can all come to brag about what we got from Santa Clause…
My LOML got me the Ridgid five piece, 18 volt tool set from HD. It has the impact driver, drill, cut-off saw, 6 1/4″ circular saw and a flashligh. All cordless, of course.
She was worried that I wouldn’t be able to use all of them (ie, the impact driver and the cut-off saw). But I said, “Sweetie. I wouldn’t be a man if I couldn’t find a use for a new tool.”
So watchya get?
I spent a fortune on deodorant until I finally realized that people didn’t like me anyway.
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Santa was good to me too. Lots of good other stuff, but here's the tools.
Pipe clamps. Craftsman support stand. (Those rigs that hold the end of a board as it exits a power tool). Wilton 8", 1 horsepower bench grinder. Starett 8" calipers. And what everyone needs.. A book on how to fix anything with duct tape.
LN 4 1/2 plane. I can't wait to use it.
I also received the silicone impregnated plane socks. I hope they work bc they sure look funny.
TWG.
A L-N beading tool. Can't wait to use for 1/8 roundovers. Should be nice and quick.
Thanks Santa!
Edited 12/26/2006 11:07 am ET by joepez
A Veritas Bevel Up Smooth Plane. I tried it out on a piece of ash, and the surface is as smooth as glass. Very sweet plane.
I tried to post a photo, but don't know how to resize it so it's not huge. Any advice? Tom
Were you trying to post a picture of that "piece of ash"?
Santa (me) is bringing me around $300 worth of woodworking books from Amazon.
I wanted to post a photo of the plane and the ash. Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
I got to play with some of my new toys today. Well, one of them.
I'm working on a clothes tree of my own design. (Lots and lots of little construction problems I never work out until it's too late.) When it came time to drill the holes for the hook hardware I got to use my new cordless drill. Never had one before and always wanted one (pathetic, aint it?). Sure beats the heck outa dragin' that cord around all over the shop.I spent a fortune on deodorant until I finally realized that people didn't like me anyway.
Carbide bandsaw blades. It was the perfect gift. i would never have spent that much on myself, but as a gift, it would be wrong of me to send it back. What a difference, especially compared to the dull blade that was on the saw. Now I need a sign for the saw that says "Hey dummy, check for nails in the wood before sawing!!!"
Sniffel,
No body loves me (I didn't get anything tool related)
Doug Meyer
PS or maybe i was just bad, That could explain the black rocks in my stocking. :)
Jeez, you got those black rocks too! I figured they must be on sale at HD!
Bob
<<Jeez, you got those black rocks too! I figured they must be on sale at HD!>>
Sorry guys!
If they'd come from the Borg, they'd be orange rocks.....
:-)Beste Wünschen auf ein glückliches und sicheres Neues Jahr!
Tschüß!
Mit freundlichen holzbearbeitungischen Grüßen aus dem Land der Rio Grande!!
James
But that's why they were on sale! The color was wrong <G>
Bob
Judging by what was under the tree I must have gotten a puppy but I can't find it anywhere !C.
Long Ranger III for the dust collector, and a $75 gift cert for Lee Valley -- I can replace my un-square square and have $$ left over!!
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Hey, did you miss me? I went skiing last week until my thighs caught on fire! Darn teenagers are harder and harder to keep up with, especially in the trees. I was starting to wonder if they were trying to ditch me.
I just wanted to tell you, buy a Starrett square. It is well worth every dollar you spend. You will appreciate the difference every time you use it. If I needed 4 tools, and only had $75.00, I would still buy this square first.
Then I might have enough left to buy a used handsaw, a used chisel, and I could use a rock for a hammer.
Hal
http://www.rivercitywoodworks.com
Clamps from my relatives; long ones, short ones, expensives one, cheap ones, springloaded ones... I wonder how they knew???
Also a PC 557 buiscuit jointer from my love.
Maybe if I'm good this year, I'll get some more clamps and a scms next christmas...
May everyone have fun with their new toys :)
My wife bought me a set of LN chisels. The long paring ones with the cocobolo handles. They're very nice.
Jeff
Do any of the nice ladies have single female relatives of like mind in thier early 30's? FBG :)
Doug Meyer
An unloved single wood worker. :)
Well ok I got and Ipod and a 32" LCD HDTV but i did NOT get that LN plane i have asked for the last 5 years.
Mrs Santa spoiled me this year. She paid for 1/2 of my YC8J Yorkcraft Jointer, the Veritas Medium shoulder plane with an extra blade, Cabinetmakers Scraper, MK II Honing guide, small parts miter jig and two Norton waterstones.
Smartest thing I ever did was to marry her, and not because she bought me tools.
Alan
Let's see....I got an Ipod, a new wedding ring (my old one was literally worn out) and a few other odds and ends.
SWMBO stated that I can buy my own damn tools! :)
Jim
I am the proud, new owner of a set of Henry Taylor Carving tools.
(I think she bought them to keep me out of her hair)
My Girl's the best.
Healthy family and friends! It's everything I ever wanted.
Bob,
I like your message. I got time with two of my grandchildren. As much as I like my tools and time in the shop, nothing beats time with my family.
Alan - planesaw
I got a 3/4 inch Veritas sholder plane (with two blades, even)! Woo, hoo! now them pesky tenons better fit!
Mike D :)
We made a pact long ago - I would not buy her clothes and she would not buy me tools. We have pretty well held to that. I got a nice warm bowl of bean soup. She and what ever else I have is all I could ever want.
Well I bet no one else got this for Christmas. Picture this. Waking up at 7 am, walking into the living room and finding that the dog has had a bad case of diarrhea rite at the foot of the Christmas tree and presents. I guess she didn't like what I got her for Christmas. Anyways after half and hour of cleaning I got a veritas truing disk, diamond honing stone, a brass mallet, etc.
Anyways Merry Christmas to all.
Russ.
LOML fixed me up with saw sharpening goodies: files, saw jointer, and saw set.
Daughter gave me the 2007 LN calendar and one of Rob Cosman's woodworking DVDs.
Son gave me new end-of-the-woodworking-day R&R duds: Guinness T-shirt & hat....
While not -- strictly speaking -- a "woodworking" tool, Santa brought us a digital camera, which does have certain woodworking applications.....
Beste Wünschen auf ein glückliches und sicheres Neues Jahr!
Tschüß!
Mit freundlichen holzbearbeitungischen Grüßen aus dem Land der Rio Grande!!
James
Guess I got lucky, The new jet slow speed sharpening system. Now I have to get the gouge attachment. And some precuts for my performax sander.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Edited 12/26/2006 7:18 pm ET by BruceS
500 bones to spend on ww stuff. It's only Dec 26 and $75 is already gone and there's a hole burned through my pocket where the rest of it was. Plus a $50 gift card for the Borg, for what that's worth,...
I got the great news, that my buddy (otherwise known as my father-in-law) is in remission ! He has multiple myloma (still cant spellit dammit)
Enjoy the holidays everyone!
Eric
Festool router. My shop will thank me for the absence of all the fine router shavings from every nook and cranny in its glorious 400 sq. ft.!
My sweety did me just fine. DVRXP Lathe & Delta 12" Disk Sander
Can't Santa spell his own name right. The gift tag said "from Satan."
All I got was coal! But will be buying a lot soon.
Joe
Even a broken clock is correct twice a day...
Like I said as for wood working I did not get a thing. But my father (who shares a shop with me, as we live together) got a BOAT load. IF I can remember it all it started with some little stuff like screw driver bits and collets, moved to bigger stuff like a new shop apron, and some clamps, then headed right over to a Ridged Osculating spindle sander, then rounded the bend and finished up with a new Defenbauch (sp?) work bench (ok that was my doing but then again I am an idiot about buy things for the old guy as he is only going to be around so long)
All in all he as a stack that is a good 4' on a side and that is not counting the bench that is being delivered today! (cant wait to "help" him try it out, nice son that I am)
Of course he says I only buy him such nice tools because they will outlast him and I am the only family member that does wood working. Can't understand why he would think such a thing of me. :)
Doug Meyer
I'm sure you already do, but consider yourself very lucky. My grandfather was a professional cabinet maker, but he died when I was 2. My father won't go near my shop, even if I paid him. And, to make matters worse, my son also has no interest at all in woodworking. I'm hoping a nephew or a future grandchild will develop an interest.
Jeff
I had goodies including the L N Skew Block Plane and Bosch Pro power/stud finder, (I am tired of trying to electrocute myself) but the present of the year was........... A special key allowing me to access disabled toilets around the country! No more driving miles out of my way or down obscure lanes in search of relief. Daft but very much appreciated.
I view the time I can spend with my father in the wood shop as some of the most precious time I have (I also share a love of trains and model trains with him that is our other Hobby) this is the main reason why I keep spending so much on him for gifts. After all as a macho male American I am entirely to macho to actually show my feelings so I just have to buy him big gifts and hope he figures it out. Sometime I wonder if the females of the species have ever figured out that is why we buy things, so we don't have to say things.
Doug Meyer
My Wife and I are 1700 miles apart due to my work this year. Decided to buy our own gifts from each other...he,he, he. My many gifts from her started with...FEST...
Boy is she good to me!
Best wishes for this season and a great new years to you all.
Hey Doug,Usually I'm a lurker, and had to come out of hiding to make a comment on "being too macho to show your feelings..."Your a lucky man to have the time to spend with your dad, while my father is still living, we are 3 hours apart and only have a few days a year to get together. We've always gotten along great, and I for good or bad have a boatload of his characteristics. Why buy it if you can build it, why hire someone if you can do it, if you don't know how to do it, figure it out.Our family never showed emotions either...thinking "it" was understood. In the past couple of years Dad's had some health issues, including open heart surgery. Each time he went into the hospital, it 'could' of been the last.One day we were visiting and having a good time, and it came time to leave. The usual thanks were exchanged, and I don't know why but I gave him a hug, and said I love you. It was the most awkward yet liberating feeling I've had in a long time. Now it's our way of not saying good-bye but "til next time." For some reason I had a fear of not being able to say something while he's still able to understand, and since I was in control of this...it wasn't going to happen.Enjoy your time together, it won't last forever. I wish more than you can imagine to have the time you have with your father. As an earlier post said, health and family, what else would someone want? The greatest gift one can have is time, either given or received.Best of luck to you, your a rich man.Rip
Rippy,
I grew up in a similar manner. But, when my son was small (he is 36 now) I was determined we would hug each other and be able to say I love you. We hug each other when we get together and when we part.
Then, the challenge became to start making that happen with my dad (he and mother are 84). Started doing it about 25 years ago. Was a little more awkward, but today we don't have any problem hugging today and saying I love you.
And, we both enjoy woodworking (dad also carves as he is quite artistic) and time with family.
Alan - planesaw
well done, that's a good trend to start in a family.
Doug,
I don't know statistically how common it is, but I have noticed a lot of woodworkers are also either railroad or model railroad fans. You can count me in that group.
Alan - planesaw
Steam, Diesel or both?------------------------------------
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer (1891)
Primarily steam, but early diesel is okay. I have lived both east and west and prefer western trains more, particularly narrow gauge. D&RGW, C&S, etc. But, when I was young I lived next to what had been the M&NA - Missouri and North Arkansas. I know that road real well.
Have lived in Pennsylvania for the past 11 years. Was at Steamtown on opening day in Scranton. Spent time at the PA Railroad Museum in Strasburg, etc., etc.
Haven't done any modeling in a long time. Was an officer with the So. Nevada Model Railroad Engineers. Good club, great layout in its day.
As whoever said years ago, There isn't a train going anywhere I wouldn't ride.
Alan - planesaw
Well why I have been out to the pilgrimage in Colorado/New Mexico, and found the trip well worth the time. I personally am into the Steam bit. By preference the C&O during WWII in West Virginia, the New River Gorge some of the prettiest land on the face of the earth (well back then it was a bit of a mess but now it is gorgeous)
IF I could chose anything in live it would be to move to WV someplace on or near the gorge and practice wood working while building my Model of the C&O and hunting down old buildings and such. I am in WV once to twice a year (Ok three for times tops) hunting down the old trains and the old buildings that still remain.
Sometimes I wonder if my interest in this (and other historical stuff) is not part of my interest in wood working. It harkens back to an older "simpler" time. I think that is why I am interested more an more in hand tools.
Doug Meyer
mufti,
As my son and I were checking out the stud finder that came with the cordless drill he found under the tree, his mom says, "Beep, beep, it says there are TWO of 'em right here!" Ain't she somethin'?
Ray
Yes, but don't get too excited, after all you are only 110 volt!
Seriously, these things are designed for the American timber framing market and are difficult to read in brick built situations. Our cavity walls have metal wall ties, very dodgey wiring practices, and if a wall is covered under the plaster by metalic insulation then you may as well bypass the various checks and just plug yourself into the power supply.
Best wishes to you and yours for the new year Ray. Regards, David.
mufti, old man,
Thanks for the kind wishes. And the same to you. Ever find your grits? Or was it hominy?
Regards,
Ray
I got Sears gift cards so I used them to buy a Craftsman 14" band saw.
Wife surprised me with a 3 day table building class with J. Miller here in Chicago. I attend in March.
Steve
Got a complete set of Lie-Neilsen planes.............
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Then I woke up.
After agreeing on not buying each other much-My Santa "only" gave me a Festool RO 125 dual mode sander AND a brand spankin' new Stihl chainsaw-plus a few others things-Yes Virginia there is a Santa at my house!
My family knows better than to buy my tools. Consequently I got $500 worth of Woodcraft Gift cards. Oh Boy!!
Wimpper......
Doug Meyer
I was surprised that I didn't receive a single tool this year from my dearest wife. So, I just put in my order for the Delta 14" bs that I was hoping for.
Chuck,
I got the OK to spend lots of money to buy the Bubinga for the dining room table and buffet and o yes the Festool TS 75 saw so I could cut the edges straight.
ASK
One thing I have been wanting was an oscillating spindle sander. By judiciously leaving the "Tools and Shops" page open to the review on OS sanders and telling my bride on about 3 different occasions " oscillating know, the only tool I can really use is an oscillating spindle sander" I got the Rigid. Pretty slick rig if I do say so
Wicked Decent Woodworks
(oldest woodworking shop in NH)
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
How do you like the OSS? My mother bought my dad this for Christmas this year but he has not opened the box yet (we are waiting to move everthing around for the new bench)
Doug Meyer
I havent used it yet myself but I will tell you my first thought after taking this out of the box was how well thought out the whole thing seemed to be. The front has storage for all the sanding drums and rubbers as well as the collets. The parts stored in front could fall out of their assigned storage positions if not for the fact that the table front folds flat against them to hold them all in place if you need to move the unit. That belt sander insert is slick and goes in place in about 20 seconds. I have never been too impressed with Rigid tools but this is one slick machine.Wicked Decent Woodworks
(oldest woodworking shop in NH)
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
I got Leigh FMT & D4R jigs & a Woodcraft gift card. The down side is that I had the flu the day after Christmas & had surgery on December 27. Now I cannot work in the shop for 3 weeks.
Got a PC 7518 router from my wife. Total suprise. She bought it mail order over the phone so there would be no internet records and had it delivered to the store where she works. Naturally, I had to buy a plate, table, fence, and bits so I could start using it. She wants me to make things like new cabinets for her, she's so understanding.
I got an original Krenov woodie! Hand made by the man himself! I couldn't be happier!
Don
Measure, cut, cuss
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"I got an original Krenov woodie! Hand made by the man himself! I couldn't be happier!"
Waaaay too much information, my friend!
:>)
I spent a fortune on deodorant until I finally realized that people didn't like me anyway.
I fear that by asking this, I'll be shunned by this august community, but.....what's an "original Krenov woodie"?
Mike D
I won't shun you, and I'll try to give you an answer. (Then I'll take the heat if I don't get it right.)James Krenov is a woodworker, originally from Sweden I think, that wrote several books in the 70's that were inspirational to many at the time and since. They advocated handwork and he made and used wood bodied hand planes that he made himself and encouraged others to do as well. He taught many woodworkers at The Collage of The Redwoods in California, (forgive me if I didn't get the name quite right), and his style has influenced woodworking to the level of becoming a reference point for design. He retired and recently and has begun to make his hand planes in limited numbers that are cherished by his followers and collectors alike.That's why getting an "original Krenov woodie" was posted with some glee and a small measure of gloating. Way better than a movie star's autograph!
QC,
And I suspect some on this list will get a woodie just thinking about it.
Ray
And thus, once again and for the sake of a cheap laugh, exposed the depths of my ignorance.
:>(
I spent a fortune on deodorant until I finally realized that people didn't like me anyway.
Ok, get your mind out of the gutter! Can't blame you though, after re-reading it I can see why you went where ya did! Note to self, read what you type BEFORE sending it!
Mike has it right. And yes there is some gloat in there!
Here's a pic of the woodie......I mean plane!
Don
Measure, cut, cuss
I got some Woodcraft/Bessey clamps until I realzed that the Woodcraft/Bessey clamps weren't as good a the real Bessey thing. Apparently, Woodcraft/Bessey are made in India and the Bessey original are made in Germany and better quality.
About ten years ago, Grandpa died, but Grandma decided that his one-man cabinet shop would stay intact. Well, about two weeks ago, she changed her mind and said I could take anything that I could carry out (well, anything that Uncle hadn't already carried out). So, for Christmas this year, I got an old Delta-Rockwell 13" planer, an old Rodgers 6X80 edge sander (with 22 extra belts), an old Dewalt radial arm saw, an old 14" Delta-Milwaukee band saw, 6 sheets of 3/4" A-2 walnut plywood, and about 40 bdft of figured birch, cherry, and walnut. Plus there were miscellaneous clamps, router bits, blades, sanding belts, and other hardware.
And, I bought myself a Starrett combo square.
It was a pretty good year.
Thanks, Grandma Claus.
Edited 1/4/2007 11:49 am by t_mauery
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