New Christmas tools?

[Neil Gaskin]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone. Hope you and yours have s great day.

What did everybody get. Tools or otherwise.

I recieved a Blue Spruce Sloyd knife and sheath.

[Charlie Hinton]

Porter Cable 890 router, Kreg top track and production stop, multi-tool blade kit, carbide scraper, Milwaukee multi compartment tote, PJs

[Paul F Franklin]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all!

Santa brought a set of Bandy clamps, 2 of each size. I was surprised by how strong their grip is compared to my other spring clamps. And a Bluetooth microscope that displays on Iphone or Ipad. Up to 1000x. Will probably get more use in my electronics work rather than woodworking, but who knows... A copy of 52 boxes in 52 weeks, and an adjustable shop stool with back and foot ring. I've worked for years just using a single height metal stool with no back, and although I have ample (ok excess) padding, I am looking forward to using a more comfortable stool for those tasks that can be done seated.

[Matt Day]

I stopped getting tool presents a couple years ago. If I want something and I can justify it i’ll buy it, after talking to the Mrs of course. Bah Humbug! Just kidding, I love Christmas with my kids.

[Adam Grund]

My wife's big gift to me was having a family friend make me a work bench. 7ft long and 29.5" wide. Extremely nice for the budget she had, it's nice and sturdy, heavy and flat
Much needed, as I was using the top of my rigid ts as an assembly table, and it was quickly becoming a pain.
My wife's side of the family does secret santa with a $50 limit, and geez is it hard to come up with gifts under 50. Usually under 50 if I want it, I just buy it. Ended up getting a self squaring clamping jig. I've watched a few videos of making picture frames and several use that jig, so I thought I might give it a try.

[Steve Eure]

My wife, three adult girls, and my 2 grands gave me several nice tools to add to my collection. An Optima 1 wood burner with 4 pens, 2 diamond plated disc for my WorkSharp 3000, a 14" Robust J-Rest for my lathe, a 23 ga. Hitachi nailer, and a new air hose for my compressor. Oh, and my granddaughter gave me a wonderful ornament for my birthday that I posted earlier about.
From my Dad, two lock miter router bits and diamond plated hole saw kit.
Two sisters gave me several wood working books.
A very Merry Christmas.
I hope and pray all Creekers are as blessed today not only from the gifts given and received, but from the presence of a loving family.
Merry Christmas from my family to you all, and may God bless each and every one of you!
Steve

[Jim Becker]

I actually did get a couple of small tools for Christmas...a small carving knife to help with some sign making things as well as other utility use and a small "keyhole" saw to assist with cutting tabs on small stuff produced on my CNC. Both are from Lee Valley and purchased for me by my older daughter. (As you can see, it was my turn to wear the "naughty" hat this year. LOL)

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I got a new pair of "shop shoes" as I've really worn the soles of the current pair being in the shop daily now
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On the cooking tools side, I got a nice small Staub enameled cast iron French oven for cooking rice and other things...it's a good holiday when you get both (a) pot and chocolate. :D
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[andy bessette]

Got a used MAX spindle sander in excellent condition.

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[Andrew Hughes]

New broomcorn for me. 😊

[Bill Orbine]

Oooohh, Nice! Did you get all the table inserts and spindles with that? I have one. It's an excellent machine!


Got a used MAX spindle sander in excellent condition.

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[sean meltvedt]

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[Gregory King]

Oscillating? Been looking for one of those as well. Can't seem to find any Generals right now. I don't think the bench top models fit my needs

[Gregory King]

Sorry. Was referring to the spindle sander post.

[John K Jordan]

What did everybody get. Tools or otherwise.


Still no track hoe... Haven't opened anything yet but I don't see any really big boxes.

[Robert Hayward]

This is the OSS I got. I really received it three weeks ago but it was my Christmas present. Ten spindles from 1/4" to 4". Came with only three throat plates all of which had elongated openings so the table could be tilted. The smallest opening left really big gaps between the smaller spindles and the plate. I have a fabrication shop with a water jet cutter close to work. I had them make a bunch of new throat plates to fit the spindles with round openings and less gap. The machine is built surprisingly well, okay really sturdy. Not like your old Max machines, but way better than I anticipated. Even did a small project using Honduras mahogany with curved lines this four day weekend. An OSS makes short work out of smoothing and truing bandsaw curved cuts.
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[Nick Lazz]

Domino df700 XL! Yeah, you read that right.
Been a long time coming, finally pulled the trigger. Gift to self but had clearance from the boss. ;)

[Justin Horne]

Got a bosch ros20vsc, and a fancy dewalt tape measure since apparently stanley fat Max's dont last beyond 2 months for me.

I guess we will see how durable the dewalts are.

[Gary Cunningham]

Wife ‘made’ me buy some stuff, so I picked up a Record SC4 chuck & large cole jaw set.

[Mike Cutler]

Bow Products dual Feather Pro. These are slick.
iGaging digital height gage. I'm looking forward to using this to set shaper cutter heights.
Amana Lock Miter shaper cutter.
Edge guide for my OF1400 router.

[andy bessette]

Oscillating?...


... Did you get all the table inserts and spindles with that?...

Oscillating. Came with 8 spindles, 3 throat plates and a bunch of sleeves.

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[Matthew Brawley]

Kreg K4 system, and enough gift cards to buy everything for the cabinets/miter saw station I have planned for my shop.

[David Justice]

New Lee Valley shooting beard fence!

[George Werner]

My wife and daughter did it up right this year.

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[Mick Simon]

For my birthday I got a SawStop inline router table for my SS PCS. The Triton router I used in my old RT didn't fit the SS dust box, so for Christmas I got a Woodpeckers 420 V2 lift with a PC 7518 router motor.
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Also ordered a Bad Axe Stiletto
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And (since charcoal is wood)

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A Kamado Joe Classic II

What a wife!

[Brian Holcombe]

New Lee Valley shooting beard fence!

How does that work!?!

[Art Moore]

A Dewalt DW735 planer and a pair of Chinese Laser Engravers (1500mW and 3000mw) for pens, cutting boards, and other small items.

[David Justice]

Not sure, I haven't built the board yet. I plan on doing it this weekend. The fence looks to be great quality though.

[Mike Ontko]

I bought myself a Lynx 10" 15 tpi tenon saw, with a stained beach handle (the pic below is from their website). This is my first ever higher quality handsaw.
https://www.flinn-garlick-saws.co.uk/acatalog/Lynx-tenon-saw-beech-handle-copy.jpg

[David Utterback]

For the first time in over 25 years, I received no woodworking related gifts. I did get some nice presents, though. Not sure if the family thinks it is time I move on to other hobbies or if my work is so good that I must not need any further tools. :rolleyes: I do know that my shop is pretty full so maybe they may be saving up to present me with a larger shop.

[Nike Nihiser]

Byrd Shelix segmented cutter head for my 15 inch planer. Set of brad point bits and two Shimano spinning reels.

[William Adams]

Didn't get any tools, but had bought a set of modest Korean chisels (Geumhwa) off eBay, but got an extra one which was too close in size to two others, so gifted it to a cousin of mine who has taken an interest in woodworking. The chisels seem decent, esp. for the price.

[Mark Paavola]

Since my wife quit buying me stuff years ago I treated myself to a Felder A941 jointer and an FB510 bandsaw. Best Christmas ever!

[Clint Baxter]

No tools for me, however, I received the best Christmas present ever. Hazel Dani, our first grandchild, came to spend the holiday with us, along with her Mommy and Daddy. She also gave me a pair of socks. ;)

I’m just dreading the day they have to fly back home.

Clint

[Joe Hendershott]

I got a lump of coal.

[Ole Anderson]

Not woodworking related, but I couldn't resist adding a cheap "10 ton" hydraulic battery cable crimper to my list. Something about hand held hydraulic pumps...just fun to play with. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Ggo6NZDfL._AC_US218_.jpg

[John K Jordan]

Something about hand held hydraulic pumps...just fun to play with.

Well I hope you have a Porta Power, you never know when you might need to straighten a frame or pry something apart. And it's such a nice color of red.

[glenn bradley]

(As you can see, it was my turn to wear the "naughty" hat this year. LOL)

OK Jim, if the knife was a little bigger in that first pic it could look like a Crazed Santa Horror Movie poster :D.

Merry Christmas to All!

[Dan Baginski]

Got some deep throat clamps. Clamps are the one thing I don’t have enough of.

[Neil Gaskin]

Welcome to Pandora’s box... I started with one. Last count was north of 2 dozen.

[Brian Henderson]

I stopped getting tool presents a couple years ago. If I want something and I can justify it i’ll buy it, after talking to the Mrs of course. Bah Humbug! Just kidding, I love Christmas with my kids.

Same here. When you've been doing this for a while, you have most of the tools you're ever going to need so I really don't get new tools anymore. The only time I buy something is either when something breaks or when I need something specific for a project. Otherwise, buying woodworking tools is a thing of the past.

[Frederick Skelly]

Got a Grammercy Tools Bowsaw and 2 pairs of PEC Tools 4 inch dividers!
Plus a major upgrade in shop lighting that I bought for myself!

[Joe Rogers]

I got two great gifts.
Number one was a new 14” Rikon bandsaw. The bandsaw is sweet but I need to upgrade the blade.
Number two was the 2 rescue pitts my two sons have were able to play and not scrap. We carefully introduced them on neutral territory. Watching them chase and run as fast as they can was beautiful. I have 5 acres so they don’t have to be on a leash. They have never been so exhausted! They stayed together the whole visit.

Joe

[Patrick Walsh]

Spoiled,

Or just very well behaved?

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[Eric Sizer]

I scored a DX90 block plane, the veritas honing guide kit, and their stainless anniversary marking gauge. Lots of new toys to play with!

I gave all the family dovetail boxes as gifts, didn't keep any pictures except the one I made for my wife:


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