At the ToolNut demo by Dave, Sal brought along a Domi Plate and passed it around.  I would like, if possible, to see a demo of the Domino with the Domi Plate used.  Sometime before snow flies, i expect I will be able to untie all of my restraints and pickup a small Domino. 
Tinker

Ron or Ry, if youre out there, I will be showing the Domiplate to a handful of domino users at the party. Fire up the credit card machine, im gonna seal the deal for you guys.

BuilderBob will be graciously bringing his Qwas Dogs and Rail Dogs, which i am personally interested in. Eric

Peter, I penciled you in for "celebrity" guest for Festool House Party 2013. By then Seths "celebrity" status will have worn off. Eric

Sal will be bringing Rip Dogs made by RMW for people to try. This is quickly becoming an aftermarket playground, Eric

we have to deal with winter    ice cold shops, glue and paint freezing...

After a lovely conversation with Paul - Festool Rep, I am proud to announce that the Planex and DC, and the Domino XL, and Surfix Oils will be at the party. I will be temporarily securing a sheet of drywall up in the garage for testing of the Planex. Paul says he can bring whatever, so let me know what you want to see? Eric

Rumor is that the Festool Bikini Cheerleaders are going to show up in their Festool Green Bikini's.... 

Cheers,
Steve

I may have told this story somewheresometime here on the FOG.  Steve, if i have, it is your fault I am repeating it.

Some 40 or so years ago, when i was in construction biz and owned/operated a couple of backhoes, a neighbor of my brother called me.  She had a septic system problem that she needed help with.  She had gone to the town hall for advice.  She lived in a development that was full of violations and there was almost no way that the system could be repaired legally.  the inspector told the woman he was going on vacation and he was going to be out of town between x and x dates.  Maybe he could "find" time to look at her problem sometime after that.  She wanted to know what she should do. 

I knew she could have an impossible problem.  i also knew the inspector knew the same.  he was basically telling her to deal with it.  deal with it quick and he basically was saying, "don't call me.  I will call you."  i told her he was giving her a big break.

I ended up digging out a section of the fields with my back hoe, but there was some hand digging to be done as well.  It was a hot day, temps up in the 90's and I was getting covered in you know what. The lady kept coming out to offer something to eat or drink, but i told her i wanted nothing until i could finish the job and get cleaned up.  The woman was concerned and kept coming back with same offer/same answer.

Finally, i was getting close to completion, dirtier than ever and dying from the heat.  As the lady asked once more, I looked up and said, "you know, on the last job I did like this, they had dancing girls."

She looked at me for a moment, her mouth open as if about to say something, and turned around, stalking back into her house.  I guessed she was maybe insulted by my audacity and continued digging.  All of a sudden, i heard, "Is this what you like?"

I looked up and there she was with a huge smile and modeling a very tight and small bikini.    
Tinker

Wayne, my wife will be out of town, so your only shot is my dog. Shes a little , but we could dress her up?

Sean, Charles Wilson is bringing a Nikon something or other and a tripod and I have a call into the rep about filming at least the demos. All the pics will be uploaded to the FOG.

I have a few announcements coming up shortly....Eric

Semenza already called the guest bedroom. I have couch space? Eric

Google Maps projects a 20 hour trip from the U.P of Michigan.

If someone was doing this in the Duluth, Minneapolis, Madison, or Chicago area - I might consider such a trip

I just spoke with Charles Wilson, who besides being a great furniture maker, is an awesome photographer. He will have his equipment with him the 29th and will be organizing the day into a Flickr account on this thread for everyone to see. The rep did say he wanted to shoot video, just need to talk to him to verify.

Lumbajac, we would obviously be honored.

Wayne, if you would do us the honor of pulling the winning names out of the raffle basket we would appreciate it?

 As much as I want to be in the running, I am gonna organize the raffle and not take part for integrity sake, so the odds of winning just got better, Eric

Yes you do  

But yas make up for it in the summer.

The tentative schedule is as follows....

Pre-Party - Coffee and Donuts
Domino XL/Planex demo by CT Festool Rep
Coping Crown Molding and Scribing Baseboard with the RAS115 by Eric Buggeln
Lunch - Pizza and Soda
An exclusive video by a famous built in cabinetmaker
1/2" BB drawer box using 4mm dominoes and the Domiplate by Robert Plunske aka BuilderBob
"Top Secret" demo by Eric Buggeln
FestoolProducts.com Raffle
After Party - Beer if youre lucky

Charles Wilson will be bringing one of his latest furniture pieces and a telescope the he built and will be discussing how he builds them and also his finishing process.

Remember, if you want to see specific tools or accessories, let me know ahead of time and I will see what I can do, thanks Eric

Looks like this is shaping up to be a really great get together !! 



I don't think I have anything to demonstrate , but if anyone knows of something that I have posted let me know.

I can bring along a few of my Systainer customizations.


Seth