Last Friday we had a customer appreciation event at my tool store here in Lubbock. We asked some of our regular customers to bring some projects to share with everyone. Of course, we then bribed people to come with the promise of food. (Works everytime) We tried to offer some good ideas for gifts for the holidays. Wish all you Lumberjocks could have been here.—-Yeah really—wouldn’t that have been grand for business. Imagine over 13,000 warm bodies buying tools in one day. Wow! I think I’m going to faint just from the shear excitment of that thought. I am always promoting lumberjocks here in the store. I even loaded the site on my lap-top so I could show people the site and encourage them to check it out.
Thought I’d share the pictures.
Does this look familiar———Andy? One of our customers did it after reading Andy’s tutorial. He’s not a member yet but I’m working on him.
And lew, have you seen this before? (done by the same guy)
And more!!
My wife designed and built this Christmas light box—-of course she had a GREAT teacher (you may laugh now
And of course, the real reason anyone came.
We couldn’t stop without blatant shameless promotion of a product. (I know it’s wrong but hey, everyone else seems to do it)
Thanks for looking. I know there’s a lot of pictures, but it was hard to quit.
-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!
16 comments so far
Scott Bryan
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posted 28 days ago
Kent, this was a great idea. I am sure everyone had fun and enjoyed the event.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
socalwood
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posted 27 days ago
Great post , wish I was closer ! Putting finished pieces next to tools for sale is a very smart idea – I hope things went well. Nice pics—
Rick Dennington
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posted 27 days ago
Hey kent: If I’d of still been living in Lubbock, you know I would have been there> I might of even bought some ww stuff! lol. I’d of brought my f-i-l from Abernathy with me. We would have eat a lot of them grocries you had there, first though!! lol. I’m still planing to come see you when we get back down there. Have plenty of stuff in the store for me to look at and buy!!! See ya when I see ya. Ex-Lubbockite.
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Karson
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posted 27 days ago
Kent looks like a great time. The tornado table was first made by zipsss and posted here on LJ’s your customer Andy does great work.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
cabinetmaster
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posted 27 days ago
Wow Kent. Nice job and some beautiful looking projects there.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
OregonBurls
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posted 27 days ago
Nice creations! I love wood!
-- Greg, Southern Oregon, www.oregonburls.com
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 27 days ago
I was enjoying the pictures then I hit the last one and started to drool uncontrollably.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
huff
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posted 27 days ago
TOOLS…..WOODWORKING PROJECTS…...AND FREE FOOD! Wow Kent, doesn’t get much better than that.
Sounds like a great time for all. Would love to make it to Lubbock some day and see your place and some of your work.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
degoose
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posted 27 days ago
Can I come visit.. OK I will.
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scrappy
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posted 27 days ago
Great idea! Get Wood workers together with food and tools. Let them bring stuff and brag. Sounds like an LJ picnic! No wonder we all want to come! haha
Lots of fantastic projects there, and great tools to boot.
Thanks for all the pics and story.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
MsDebbieP
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posted 27 days ago
how wonderful!
is your friend a member yet? Great projects there.
Congrats on a great event and thanks for sharing!
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Mike
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posted 26 days ago
Great Idea! I wished I lived closer. How about pictures of stuff, would you accept that the next time? I can you something down.
-- Mike, VT
a1Jim
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posted 26 days ago
A great host and fantastic projects
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Kent Shepherd
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posted 26 days ago
Mike, I think pictures is a great idea. Next time we do this I’ll ask all you guys for them. It would be a another good way to promote LJ here.
Thank everyone for the encouraging comments. I wish all of you could have been here. That would have been awesome
-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!
RKW
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posted 22 days ago
I enjoyed it kent, thanks.
-- RKWoods
Grumpy
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posted 5 days ago
Nice pieces, thanks.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python