A Gloat-SWAT winning raffle Ticket

[Jim Adkins]

At the urging of Alan Trout I am posting a photo my grand prize winning for having the correct raffle ticket at the recent
SWAT symposium held in Waco last weekend. It is a Vicmarc VL-300 shortbed, 24" swing, variable speed from a 3hp motor,
all the bells & whistles. My thanks to SWAT, Scott Hackler & Alan Trout for the help in disassembly & loading into the back
of our minivan. Yes, it did fit nicely and we made it home safely....all 635 miles!! It now sits in my shop along with
my Stubby. Also, I turned & submitted a "Beads of Courage" bowl and I finished in the top ten and received as a prize a
Doug Thompson Detail Gouge with laser engraving that said "B. O. C., SWAT-2012 on the handle. Very nice, thank you
Mr. Doug Thompson

[Roger Chandler]

A super nice prize...........congratulations on your good fortune!

[Russell Eaton]

Sweeeett gloat. It looks like you got some good karma!

[Baxter Smith]

Awesome!! Congrats on the winning ticket! I bet your grandson can't wait to come and visit!

[Nate Davey]

Congratulations Jim, that's a beauty. I wouldn't know which lathe to use if I were you.

[Bob Bergstrom]

I would not be able to choose which one to turn on. Both are top notch lathes. Congratulations on winning both the lathe and gouge.

[Richard Madden]

I'm glad you posted this Jim. Although I congratulated you on the phone, now I can do so publicly....CONGRATULATIONS!!! Oh, and one more thing...YOU SUCK!

[Steve bellinger]

A big congrads to ya for sure.

[Jim Adkins]

Thanks Guys, it is somewhat of a problem deciding which to use but I'll work it out. Now, when I have visitors they have a choice!!
Lots of Basket turning lies ahead. I'm a happy trooper! Thanks again.

[Jim Adkins]

Thanks guys, very thankful and VERY lucky too. My thinking now is pretty much the two lathes are equal with minor
differences. The Stubby will rotate about 10 rpm's, nice for applying WOP on the lathe, Vic rpm's is abt 40, minor difference.
Both are well built machines and either will do more than I am capable of so......we'll see? Thanks to all.

[Kelvin Burton]

I think Scott and Yolanda were almost as excited as if they had won it! Surely the right table to be sitting at! Very nice prize indeed. Two Aussie lathes in one workshop, definitely a (very) deep south bias there! Congratulations :)

[Jon Prouty]

Awesome prize! Congrats and happy turning on that lathe.

Jon

[charlie knighton]

enjoy, i know you did not only buy 1 ticket, .......things to remember in life

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is awesome and a great gloat.

[Alan Trout]

Glad to see it Jim. Have you taken it for a test drive yet? I love that pretty blue color. Congratulations and I am really glad you won it. It could not happened to a nicer person.

Alan

[Kathy Marshall]

Congrats Jim!

[Rick Markham]

Congrats Jim, that lathe is SWEET! :cool:

[Jim Adkins]

Kelvin, good to hear from you and thank you & Mrs. Burton for joining us at dinner. I think you two brought good luck! And yes, Scott & Yo were excited!

[Jim Adkins]

Alan, I did try it out yesterday afternoon, got it "dirty" it turns very nicely, good machine. Thanks again for the help loading, Scott & I could have not done it by ourselves.

[Jim Adkins]

Kathy & Rick....Thanks so much for the kind words, they're appreciated.

[Mike Cruz]

A little birdie (and I do mean little) had told me about this! Didn't see the post 'til now, though. Congrats, Jim. I think you needed this like you needed another hole in the head, but when it comes to another lathe, what does NEED have to do with anything? Couldn't have happened to a better person.

[Scott Hackler]

What Jim hasn't told you was the disappointment that he (or anyone at our table) had from not winning anything. Time after time the numbers were called and no dice for any of us. Then at the last minute, the numbers started to "fall into place". Although Jim's eyesight must have been failing because he sat down thinking his tickets weren't in the running now. I glanced down and told him to STAND BACK UP because he had a series of tickets that WERE in the range. What excitement when there was only one more number to call and he was still standing! I grabbed the tickets and saw that he had the last numbers between 1-7......so any number falling in that zone and WINNER!!!.. I can't remmeber for sure what the winning last number was but I think it was 6. Everyone cheered and high fived each other and Jim couldn't believe it. So cool!

We had to disassemble it to get it into his mini-van and I found out that I was too stupid to realize that the headstock was really as heavy as I thought, but rather still connected to the motor via a large belt! DUH! Alan Trout was there to help and take the belt loose! Either way, the Vicmark is a nice lathe and now he's got two really nice lathes!


Congrats again Jimbo (your disqualified for next year!)


Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that Jim won a giant yellow mallee burl cap and when he got home he boxed it up and sent the darn thing to me! Woot! Wood gloat! :)

[Mike Cruz]

Shoot! I was about to say that since he won that priceless mallee burl, he could spread the luck out a bit and send me the lathe. But since he already gave you the burl, Scott, I guess he'll be keeping the lathe... ;)

[JOHN A.WOOD]

Considering that you offered to sell me your ticket for $1.00 prior to the drawing, I ought to at least get to turn on it one time!
JW

[Rick Markham]

That's an awesome story! That makes it that much cooler!

[Jim Adkins]

John, why don't you and Charles come up and visit. That way I can get both of you started turning those
crazy Native American Baskets. You each would have a lathe to use and I could watch and learn.
Think about it. Thanks to all for the kind words.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Jim - I am extremely happy for you! Congrats on your big win! Your new lathe looks right at home already! Have fun!

[Jamie Donaldson]

Way to go Jim!! How many tickets did you have to buy to assure success? I remember many of the SWAT gang dragging along yards of tickets!;)

[Donny Lawson]

Congrats on the winning ticket. I think it was well worth the trip.

[Jim Adkins]

Thanks again guys, Jamie, I purchased $20 worth of tickets, of course it only takes a $1 ticket to win I guess!! I was a very lucky person!! On another note, the
guy that won both lathes last year also won the Powermatic lathe this year. SWAT changed the rules after last years debacle: No person/family will be allowed to win both lathes.

[Marc Himes]

Good fortune beyond words. Congratulations.