How a shop fixture is born

[Brian Holcombe]

...It starts life as a mother's day gift.

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and then it is replaced with earrings. :D

[Simon MacGowen]

Very nice design...your mom deserves BOTH!

Simon

[Jim Koepke]

Neat

jtk

[ken hatch]

Brian,

Too nice for the shop. Where is the shop required gap in the dovetail and there are no pencil marks left on it. You're kidding....Right? :D

ken

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks gents, I made four of them intended for all of the mothers in the family, but my wife suggested I make them something better suited to the holiday.

[Bruce Haugen]

Thanks gents, I made four of them intended for all of the mothers in the family, but my wife suggested I make them something better suited to the holiday.

I once worked with a guy who was about ten years older than his wife. For their first Christmas together , he gave her a bread machine. His new wife opened it and said the next two had better be jewelry. Lesson learned.

[Jeff Ranck]

Best advice from my father: never give any gift to your wife with a plug on it.

[Tony Pisano]

When I was about 40 years younger I saved all my money from gigs and bought my wife a nice vacuum cleaner on our anniversary. I really thought she would love it. Wrong

[Mel Fulks]

When I was about 40 years younger I saved all my money from gigs and bought my wife a nice vacuum cleaner on our anniversary. I really thought she would love it. Wrong

Yeah, once they look through the lint from your two minute test, and see that you DID NOT cleverly hide a piece of fine jewelery ...it goes sour.

[Brian Holcombe]

Haha, sounds like this is a shared experience. :D

[Patrick Chase]

Best advice from my father: never give any gift to your wife with a plug on it.

What about batteries?

[I'm just going to listen to some Steely Dan and meditate upon the more obvious possibilities for this thread]

[James Pallas]

A little fuel for the fire. I wonder if it's okay to make a fuss about receiving that 25 dollar gift certificate for HF on Father's Day. Hmmmm?
Jim

[Brian Holcombe]

I dare not inquire. :D

[Dave Anderson NH]

Are you looking to get us killed or emasculated? Gifts of any kind from the wife are mana from heaven whether we like them or not. Gifts from husband to wife had better be "just right". Sometimes the double standard does not work in our favor.

[Jim Koepke]

Are you looking to get us killed or emasculated? Gifts of any kind from the wife are mana from heaven whether we like them or not. Gifts from husband to wife had better be "just right". Sometimes the double standard does not work in our favor.

You forgot another part of gifts from husband, they also need to be often for they are soon forgotten.

Women are more likely to grouse about your dirty clothes than to be happy you fixed the car.

jtk

[Shawn Pixley]

Best advice from my father: never give any gift to your wife with a plug on it.

Generally good advice. In my case, LOML likes tools. I have managed to survive gifting items with plugs - just not cooking or cleaning devices.

Anyway, she is a jewelor. Tough to find jewelry for her.

[Jeff Ranck]

Anyway, she is a jewelor. Tough to find jewelry for her.

I guess the good news is that all our wives love something. We lived in India for two years and Ashish the jeweler kept my wife well supplied. Lots of semi-precious stones pass through India. I've been getting requests lately for a larger jewelry box. Its on the list.

[Jeff Wittrock]

I must be the odd man out.
For the first few years of marriage, I tried to be thoughtful in my gifts. My wife was polite and supportive, but eventually made it clear I had no taste and would be far better off letting her just pick her own gifts thank you.
That has worked well for the last couple decades.

I did make her a hammered copper bird feeder and baked a dozen dark chocolate muffins this Mothers day. I do believe she sincerely enjoyed both.

[Matt Lau]

Generally good advice. In my case, LOML likes tools. I have managed to survive gifting items with plugs - just not cooking or cleaning devices.

Anyway, she is a jewelor. Tough to find jewelry for her.

Hey Shawn,

As a guy that dabbled in jewelry, here's a few possible things she'd like:
- Pliers holder/rack- There's a lot of crimpers and pliers used
- Small anvil
- Jeweler's workbench
- Pin vise- a good one
- Panavise
- Great lighting.
- Something to hold her foredom bits.

As for jewelry, take a look at what influence (Tiffany's, Art Deco, Victorian, etc)--and get her a coffee table book with that as the subject.

[Joe Tilson]

I must have an odd duck for a wife. Started out buying her watches, jewelry, and the like. She wanted mixers, food processors, etc. She is a very practical woman. Being German may have something to do with it. She is very happy with corded appliances. Oh well....

[Jim Koepke]

I must have an odd duck for a wife. Started out buying her watches, jewelry, and the like. She wanted mixers, food processors, etc. She is a very practical woman. Being German may have something to do with it. She is very happy with corded appliances. Oh well....

My wife kind of liked some of the corded things bought for her; big screen TV, washer, dryer, freezer, refrigerator and a dishwasher.

Maybe since they were all bought on the same day it helped make her a bit happy about it.

Also it may be that since they were outfitting a newly purchased home it added to the thrill.

jtk