Too busy to gloat

[Mike Golka]

Been very busy at work trying to get ready to take holidays but just over a week ago caught a break. House of Tools is a retail chain that went out of business recently,:( bad for them good for me.:D I have been looking for a thickness sander for a while now and had decided on The General 15-150 single drum 24” sander. Well a week ago last Friday the receivers opened the doors to sell off stock, everything 25% off. So I figure here is my chance to get my sander at a great price. Sad to say they had sold the last model before I could get there after work.:mad: But on then on up side they had a model 15-250 dual drum so I scoped it for a little more than I was going to pay for the 15-150.:D Got it home and hooked up that weekend and it works great. Now I can get stock much more accurate than I ever could before. I have also been working on a new piece but won’t have time to finish it before leaving on holidays but here it is with one coat of tung oil with waste block still attached.

[Bill Bolen]

Great stealth gloat and a beautiful piece in the works. Anxious to see the finished piece. Enjoy your holiday in the mean time...Bill..

[Steve Schlumpf]

Mike - congrats on your new sander! Should make a huge difference in sizing your segmented pieces!

Nice HF on the lathe! Looking forward to seeing it finished!

[Ralph Lindberg]

Been very busy at work trying to get ready to take holidays but just over a week ago caught a break. House of Tools is a retail chain that went out of business recently,.....

WHAT?? My work takes me North on a routine basis, that used to be one of my regular stops. Not that I picked up anything every trip. But sometimes their sale prices on something tempted me enough.

Rats:mad:

[Jeff Nicol]

Mike, The sander is just darn nice! Wish I had room and money for one. The segmented piece has some nice wood and cool design. Have a great holiday weekend and enjoy family and friends!

Jeff

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great gloat Mike and beautiful piece.

[Mike Golka]

Thanks guys, oh yeh, forgot to mention I also picked up a Rousseau router lift for $100 Canadian as well. I wasn't realy looking for one but at that price how you say no?:eek: Also got a couple 10" saw blades and a bunch of clamps. You can never have too many clamps:D. Will miss the competition with this chain gone I'm sure, only a couple of place left in my area that specialize in wood working tools now.

[Nathan Hawkes]

WOW! Nice gloat! I have some walnut crotch slabs for fl*t work that I've been planning on bringing to a friend to use his 18" wide open ended belt sander. I'll be running them through a few times....yours is the ticket!! I can't afford, nor can I justify the expense of a big machine like that, but man are they nice for when you need them! Dig the router lift as well.