So what did Santa bring you????

Inspired by Blakes Incra blog, I found myself a Incra v27 miter gage at Rockler. On sale for $49.
Haven’t tried it yet, nor have I told-me-wife-Peggy >grins<

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

Nice presents! I have the sander and love it, you’ll like it. Please keep us informed about the bench.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

ill try and get some photos but santa got me a PC 893pk multi base router and a craftsmen scroll saw of witch im not sure what model it is ill trii to get some photes up if i can ever figure out the girl friends camra,

-- I buy tools so i can make more money,so ican buy more tools so I can work more, to make more money, so I can buy more tool, so I can work more

I got a Sorby Spindlemaster from my Brother-in-law.

-- Maplewood, MN

you’ll love that sander!

My daughter got me (and Rick.haha) a gift certificate for Lee Valley!! :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Got myself the Ridig sander for Christmas also. Works great! I really like that I can sand end grain without burning it. This will be a big help for sanding the peices for the segmented turnings that I do. I do have two questions for those who already own this sander and that is what does the wearplate do and what is the proper adjustment for it?

-- Mike www.flickr.com/photos/paturner

Not a thing for the shop but I got my belly full of steak and ham and laid around and rested.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

A Veritas block plane. Boy is it sweet.
A Kreg pocket screw set. Still seems like cheating.
A hard hat. I have not figured this one out.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

copying attachment for the lathe
gift certificate for Lee Valley

rikkor got my Spindlemaster

-- Andy Stark

Mrs, Claus got me the power carver on my Woodcraft wish list. Now all I have to do is find some talent to go with it.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I got a Freud 3-1/4 HP router…

a Denali digital protractor…

and three Fine Woodworking DVD’s (Finshing, Hand Tools, and Hand Planes). I also got a Woodcraft giftcard that’s burning a hole in my wallet!

-- JP, Shelbyville, KY

I got a vacuum attachment to my Leigh Dovetail Jig.

And I also got some hand tools that will turn into a gift certificate so i can get what I need/want.

The pastor at church said last Sunday when buying gifts for your wife ”Buy it in petite and save the receipt.”

My wife and i do something like that. She buys me something and gives me the receipt.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

As I purchased my Christmas gift a few weeks ago (a Bench Dog cast-iron router table extension wing) on clearance at Woodcraft, I wasn’t expecting much. And while it isn’t a tool, I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened a gift and found a new “Lumberjocks.com” hooded sweatshirt! Do I have an awesome wife, or what?

-- Patrick, Chicago, IL www.TenonAndSpline.com

I got a corded Dewalt drill and a pneumatic staple gun. I’ve been out in the shop building stage sets for an upcoming church play.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

I got a set of chisles, a set of 2 Groz block planes, a router bit set, and about 75 dollars worth of gift cards to the big blue box store ( I’m thinkin new sander).

Adrian

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

God is GOOD! I got the new sanding table, same as cajunpen, and the two new impact 90’s that Ridgid has out now, from my wife. She tried to be sneaky but I guessed it! Also, I had poured some 30 yards of concrete for a woodworking friend of mine this summer and refused to be paid by him. So I walked out in my shop after opening presents yesterday and I see that he bought me a new Ridgid planer! That I didn’t guess. What a surprise. That little boy excitement never leaves us, it’s just in an older package.

-- Todd

Not sure if it really counts as a Christmas present, but convinced
the Mrs that the DeWalt 735 planer was my early X-Mas gift.

-- Still learning everything

Wow….Rigid made some cash this year..I got the same spindle sander as everyone else! I have been eying it ever since I read the Fine Woodworking review on spindle sanders and it came out on top, over the more expensive models..and it converts to an oscillating belt/edge sander! Now I have to build a wheeled cabinet for it! I also got some small stuff like a contour gage, the Wexley digital angle finder, and one of those sensor switches that turns on your vacuum when you switch on a tool thats plugged into the same device! And, just for fun my wife got me one of those micro remote control helicopters!..I must confess, the helicopter has got the most attention out of the whole loot pile so far! Just a big kid at heart I guess…

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Ho Ho Ho. I beat you all! I spent two entire days relishing the company of my wife and my daughter and her fiance’. After more than eighty straignt 12 hour plus midnight shifts at the power plant, the quality time off with family was treasured. I even found time to work on wifey’s Christmas present by completing the installation of two new water closets (Toto toilets) and “her” shower fixtures (Hansgrogh) just in time for her sister’s famiily to come visit. Oh, I did get a set of screw drivers. WOOOHOO. Happy Holiday’s all.

-- Smile. Life can be FUN!

I had treated myself to an early present of a 10” Jet Cabinet Saw with 50” Exacta fence. I must have been a good boy, though, because my wife gave me two Starrett squares (12” combination and 4” double square) and some rachetting wrenches. Now to just find time to put them to use.

-- CutNRun - So much wood, so many trails, so little time

FlWoodRat, sounds like a very satisfying Christmas experience. Good on you!

-- Maplewood, MN

I received gift cards, so I can get what I want. Top of my list is a DeWalt planer, though the spindle sander would be nice too.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

You’ll love that sander, Cajun….I’ve had one for a few years and use it on every project! I had a big score this year…

My kids bought me a Veritas Low Angle Smoother, my dad bought me a Veritas Bevel Up Jointer, my mom bought me a Veritas Bevel Up Smoother, my son bought me a Veritas Small Shoulder Plane…. it was a fine Christmas!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Veritas is in the green this year. Tom’s family contributed to their profit margin. Great Tom.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I got a Froe. There’s gonna be more salvaged wood in the pile this year. I also got a pro-quality set of screwdrivers to replace the 100 accumulated Chinese ones taking up all my drawer space! And I got a bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed…but I’m not shareing! You can drink the beer. But the best present was a full tummy and the closeness of the family.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Well our full tummy is coming up this Sat. All of the family will be in All 6 children, 4 other halves and 9 grandchildren. Going to be a full house for a couple of days. And a full tummy for 1.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Porter-Cable biscuit joiner, new 1/2” Custom Superflute bowl gouge (the old one was getting short), Peltor hearing protectors, & an edge guide for my Freud plunge router. The kids say my present from them hasn’t come in yet, so the suspense isn’t over. Hmm…maybe the Veritas small router plane??? (Please, please, please!)

-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle

For me (and my shop) it was more about the giving than the getting this Christmas. I really enjoyed handing these Tea Boxes out to all the ladies in the family:

-- Check out my new website! http://www.theeasellife.com

Santa brought me a Lie-Neilsen 1/4” chisel so I now have a 4 chisel set. I got the others: 1”, 3/4”, 1/2”, one at a time at woodworking shows where there was a Lie-Niesen booth.

-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.

Bob, I bet you love those chisels. I bought some earlier in the year. Really great! I ended up buying a 1/8” as well for small parts work.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Love the sweatshirt—never thought of that.. doh..

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

You guys sure are good salesmen. I had some extra Christmas cash and was debating what new tool to add to my arsenal. Aftyer reading all the good comments about the Ridgid spindle sander, I went to Home Despot and picked one up this morning. Time to go play. YIPPEEE!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I got a 50 dollar gift certificate from Lee Valley, a Lee Valley shop clock with temperature and humidity gauges, a fleece shirt and a waffle weave shirt. Definite Nebraska winter shop wear.
And I got to watch my wife sit down at the counter and use her new Detail Master III Dagger and two handtips to free-hand an intricate design on a little pine frame she had laying around (I also got her a Lora Irish book on woodburning too). If I had set down to do it, it would have had some noodling about, a lame signature and a short trip to the trash bin. Win-Win – I think we will collaborate on some cool stuff for resale.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Gift certificate to the local Ace hardware – always useful. But also got some cash that I’ll try not to let burn a hole in my pocket, but carefully determine what I need the most.

-- Paul, Texas

hmmm I’m sure eyeing that rigid spindle sander….. time to start making the tax refund “need” list…...
Got a new grinder – one actually worth having!! And a great hand sander. Got a cord of firewood, too. And yep – been scouting out some pieces that will make it to the lathe instead of the stove.
Course nothing under the tree can compare with my daughter and her husband making it home and actually making time to see me :) worst thing about families that aren’t all together anymore. Stop and see his mother, then his dad, then grandparents on his side, then her mother, then her mother’s family… made it to my house a little after noon on Christmas – then to my mother’s and to see the aunts etc…. Jeesh hard to live 7 hours away from those we love. Course wife is 15 hours from her mom, and 3000 miles from her brother with a sister and another brother inbetween. So Christmas here was pretty great for me. Not as great for my wife. Can’t make a wooden trip to see her mom :( but we did get out to see her before Thanksgiving. Happy New Year to all!

-- CaptnA - "When someone hurts you, write it in the sand so the winds of forgiveness will scatter the memory... "

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-- Todd

I was going to get a spindle sander for Christmas, but the guy at Sears told my daughter that there was no such thing. So, my daughter asked the fella to show her a good quality router. Then, being daddy’s little girl said, “Give me the one that’s better than that. I ended up with a very nice Milwaukee fixed based router. I’d have pictures, but since I live in Michigan and my daughter lives in Arizona, I had to ship it home and it won’t show up till next week (bummer).

Of course, after she gave me the router, she said, “Let’s talk about a bed for your newest granddaughter …”

That’s my girl.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

A bed for a router. Sounds like a great trade. Definitely a win, win.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Russel, is the “newest granddaughter” on the way and this was a surprise, or is she already here?

-- Maplewood, MN

:-) Santa was pretty good to me this year. I got quite a bit for Christmas and then spent gift cards for some of the other items on my list…

However – I have to say that the best gift was seeing my family and spending 3 days with my nephews. They’re 3 of the meanest kids around, and I love ‘em to death! They got every toy known for Christmas and spent most of the holiday in the garage with Uncle Tim working on ‘projects’. Mostly various pieces of wood with some glue and stain on them. Talk about priceless…

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

I got some cash, a lowes gift card, and a borders gift cart (for some woodworking books).

As an early Xmas present, Russel (a fellow LJ, just a few posts above me) gifted me a very nice Ridgid lathe and a set of gouges. Having no clue how to use one of these beasties, I bought a DVD, and will start with some nice scraps. First goal is to not get dead…

My wife bought me the Ridgid spindle sander that so many other LJ’s also received…I’m stoked to get this bad boy unboxed and smoothing stuff. Also an edge-guide for my PC 690, and some panel-raising bits, which, sadly, are too big in mass for my little router to handle. I’ll need to either return them or save my pennies for a nice big router.

With my Xmas cash, I bought myself the Rockler router table and featherboard kit, which will be nice for some upcoming projects.

A good haul, and one that will help me make many gifts for next year!

-- Living on the square...

Rikkor – the newest granddaughter arrived in July. I had to make a bed for her older brother who is now just past 2 so he could vacate the crib. She’s outgrown the “grandma” crib I made her. So, I figure I’ve got about 18 months to make the bed. However, Daddy’s girl has plans. She wants a daybed with a trundle and a very specific design . . . She’s got almost as many ideas as her mother. ;-)

Damocles – I hope that lathe gets more use from you that I could give it. I’m waiting anxiously to see what you can do.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.