Rick Gifford
01-16-2009, 9:06 PM
Went to the show today. Pretty good crowd for such cold weather we are having.
Picked up a few items here and there. Sat in a couple seminars (Cabinet Building and the other was Wood Finishing). Got a free set of painters pyramids at the Finishing seminar. Free is good.
I was glad Delta Porter Cable was going to be there. I had my mind set on getting the 20" drill press Model 20-950. Hoped to see it in person and maybe get a show discount. The best price I could find was off Amazon with $10 shipping and $799.99 for the press.
But they only brought the 16.5" for display. After talking with them they said the price on the 20" from them was $699 plus Columbus Ohio tax with free shipping. Well thats over $55 cheaper than I can do my own so I ordered it. Be a few weeks for the shipment but Im in no hurry.
Seems everyone has a new method to make dovetails. Has to be at least 7 or 8 different tools being sold throughout the show for dovetailing.
I would have bought more stuff if I hadnt wanted the DP. So much there! I went through the clamps a couple times before finally rejecting the temptation. So many I dont have.. it just isnt fair I tell you.
Kreg had a large booth setup with about everything they sell. Lee Valley, Craft Supplies, Dewalt, Peachtree, Woodpeckers and Bessey Clamps to name some.
Craft Supplies donated pen kits and blanks. There was a local turning club set up. You could turn your own pen and keep it. All free. I thought that was nice of them. People seemed to be enjoying themselves turning their first pen.
Not a bad afternoon for me anyway.
http://www.plumbersurplus.com/images/prod/5/DELTA-Machinery-20-950-rw-90897-155092.jpg
Picked up a few items here and there. Sat in a couple seminars (Cabinet Building and the other was Wood Finishing). Got a free set of painters pyramids at the Finishing seminar. Free is good.
I was glad Delta Porter Cable was going to be there. I had my mind set on getting the 20" drill press Model 20-950. Hoped to see it in person and maybe get a show discount. The best price I could find was off Amazon with $10 shipping and $799.99 for the press.
But they only brought the 16.5" for display. After talking with them they said the price on the 20" from them was $699 plus Columbus Ohio tax with free shipping. Well thats over $55 cheaper than I can do my own so I ordered it. Be a few weeks for the shipment but Im in no hurry.
Seems everyone has a new method to make dovetails. Has to be at least 7 or 8 different tools being sold throughout the show for dovetailing.
I would have bought more stuff if I hadnt wanted the DP. So much there! I went through the clamps a couple times before finally rejecting the temptation. So many I dont have.. it just isnt fair I tell you.
Kreg had a large booth setup with about everything they sell. Lee Valley, Craft Supplies, Dewalt, Peachtree, Woodpeckers and Bessey Clamps to name some.
Craft Supplies donated pen kits and blanks. There was a local turning club set up. You could turn your own pen and keep it. All free. I thought that was nice of them. People seemed to be enjoying themselves turning their first pen.
Not a bad afternoon for me anyway.
http://www.plumbersurplus.com/images/prod/5/DELTA-Machinery-20-950-rw-90897-155092.jpg