Halloweenex! Make a Festool-themed pumpkin and win a prize!

[nnordrum]

That last one was more fun; this one is actually much better from a marketing perspective:

Second one brightened a little bit:

 

[peter halle]

I am going to guess that the gentleman is Gottlieb Stoll, company founder of Festo.

Peter

 

[nnordrum]

I am going to guess that the gentleman is Gottlieb Stoll, company founder of Festo.

Peter

ding ding ding ding ding

 

[venk67]

YOu are right Peter.

She did a brilliant job

and the photography using proper lighting instead of tea-lights makes both entries look terrific

Nice job Noah and wife// V  [big grin]

 

[nnordrum]

the photography using proper lighting

That's awfully generous to call it "proper lighting"

[thanks]

 

[peter halle]

Those are great!  I am impressed with the level of the entries.  Hope that this becomes an annual event!

Peter

 

[BTDT]

I received a recent unsolicited package in the mail which normally sets off the warning bells. This one was a parcel all the way from somewhere in Europe. (It seems to have originated in Germany but made brief stops in several countries including Transylvania.) The package was well wrapped except for a few red splatters of paint. I opened it up and was amazed to find a new T-Loc systainer 3!

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My interest was piqued what could it be. There was a letter attached to the systainer... apparently I am now the proud owner of a Ct. Festula. Whoa! A new CT and direct from Europe! I had to open it right away. Let's check out what the inside of the systainer...

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Kind of scary. Not at all what I expected. First it was orange not a spot of Festool green anywhere. And for a CT extractor where does the hose go? I reread the documentation and the Ct. (not a full blown CT) relies on two "teeth" to extract what it needs. Here is a closeup of the teeth:

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Look to be about the same shade as Sipo wood if you ask me! I never could get the Count  Ct. Festula to work. Too bad. It promised to be really good at extraction. As it is, I am wondering if it is better suited to being a working light. When I shut the light off in my shop I couldn't help but notice the unnatural light it gave  [eek]

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Happy Halloweenex Everybody!

PS - For those who want to know, I think this item is NAINA and does not appear to be UL compliant.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Thanks for all of the entries. It was entertaining to see members' creative ideas. The polls have opened here at Festool HQ and voting has begun. We'll announce our grand prize winner later this afternoon. Good luck to all.

 

[Kevin D.]

Oh darn.  Didn't notice the deadline was yesterday and not today.  [embarassed]

Oh well, maybe next year.  [sad]

 

[honeydoman]

shane and peter where your your carvings?  obviously you guys have nothing to do you should have done a pumpkin !!!! [poke]

i will next year try to make a beaded pumpkin.  to busy this year using my festools to make money to buy more festools.... huh it never ends does it... lol

happy holloween everybody.....

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Thanks to all of the following members for participating. I think I speak on behalf of my colleagues when I say it was fun seeing all of the entries. I could hear the chatter throughout the office of people discussing their favorites.

With all of the votes tallied, there was a clear winner: Noah Nordrum's TS Panther blade. Congratulations! You will receive the grand prize of a Festool 48" Level.

- noah nordrum
- bbuild
- bijeshj
- btdt
- dbworkshop
- erock
- jeff hein
- flair woodworks
- rustytoes
- venk

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Congratulations Noah and everyone else that entered!

What about Noah's wife?  Doesn't she win anything for "Pumpkin Portraits" ?  [big grin]

 

[nnordrum]

What about Noah's wife?  Doesn't she win anything for "Pumpkin Portraits" ?  [big grin]

I'll take her out to dinner tonight to celebrate.

 

[ajones]

A well deserved win [thumbs up]

 

[semenza]

Congrats Noah !

The level is a nice prize. Everyone get your thinking caps on for next year.

Seth

 

[honeydoman]

Congrats Noah. Yep you will love that level. Just make sure the little lights are turned off eac time as they do not go out by themselves. And 14 bucks to replace batteries. I know. 3 times now !!!! 

But the lights are a real help

 

[peter halle]

shane and peter where your your carvings?  obviously you guys have nothing to do you should have done a pumpkin !!!! [poke]

i will next year try to make a beaded pumpkin.  to busy this year using my festools to make money to buy more festools.... huh it never ends does it... lol

happy holloween everybody.....

Kreg,

I certainly can't speak for Shane, but I had an idea, but decided to pass- until later.

Peter

 

[tbellemare]

Those are really nice levels. 'Wish I had one...

Tom

 

[Kevin D.]

Congrats to the winner.  That was a really good one to beat.  I have to imagine there was a dillema deciding between the face image of the founder and the saw blade replicate.  Both spectacular pumpkins.

I used my Fein Multimaster to carve a somewhat simpleton pumpkin tonite.  Usually I just use a knife, but this pumpkin I had was really tough to slice thru.  I was also wondering though, has anyone ever used a RotoZip type tool to carve a pumpkin?  Or is that a splatering mess I should avoid?

 

[tbellemare]

I wanted to wait until the contest was over and the goblins were all gone since I couldn't win anyway. Here my video entry, "Centrotec Pumpkin":

Centrotec Pumkin

Tom