So what woodworking gifts did you receive for Christmas

[Frank Pellow]

In the thread http://festoolownersgroup.com/member-projects/what-s-for-christmas-this-year/ I talked about the gifts I was making for others.

Now I would like to show the gifts that I received.  I was very fortunate this year. Here is a picture of my woodworking (and associated crafts) related gifts gathered under our tree:

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I would like to point out the unique gits that my 8 year old grandson Ethan found and was very excited to give to me:

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It is Stanley Knife decorated as a trout and I really do think that the highlight of Christmas for Ethan was giving this gift to me.  The knife even has a safety lock on it and Ethan made sure that I knew how to operate this safety.

Now, let's see what you received ...

 

[nickao]

Got some nice stuff.

One thing is a keyboard I can use at night . The keys light red, green or blue and you can mix the RGB to get any color you want. There are 8 brightness levels for each color and each one mixed with either one two or three colors gives you a ton of colors and brightness to choose from. Plus, the keyboard itself is actually nice!

Festool green is what I am going for here. I'll try to get a better pic, but you can see the color and it is bright enough to look really cool during the day as well.

 

[HowardH]

$50 Woodcraft gift card.  Also $200 cash that's going to be turned around tomorrow and sent to facilitate the purchase of an ETS 150/3. 

 

[DavidCBaker]

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

I got a festool jigsaw, a design and inlay kit, a rob cosman dovetail saw, a home depot gift card(no woodcraft where I live) and some warm socks and sweatshirts cause it was -20 f last night!!!

 

[Jonhilgen]

Picked up some goodies from the Depot and Lowes (the family loves giving me gift cards.  Just getting them up to speed on Festools...)

Really needed some new drills for cabinet installs, and a small sawzall comes in handy every once in a while.

 

[mouppe]

I took the plunge and got myself my first Lie-Nielsen hand plane. I call it a gift because I received permission to get it!

http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=62

 

[peter halle]

No tools for the first time in decades.  Still the best Xmas ever!  Mac got snow and wife got new camera.  I updated my software a couple of weeks ago!  Yeah!

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[ajones]

Fantastic picture Peter.

 

[peter halle]

Fantastic picture Peter.

The camera I gave my wife is sweet.  So is shooting in RAW format and adjusting.  Thank goodness MacGyver was tired today.

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[Frank Pellow]

This afternoon, I got to try out some of my goodies. Here I am wearing my Lee Valley woodworker's smock and using my Leigh mortice and tenon jig. They both worked well and, since the jig came without the dust collecxtion attachment, the smock really had to do it's job.

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But, I need to get the dust collection attachment ASAP. What a mess without it!

 

[Frank Pellow]

Fantastic picture Peter.

I agree! 

 

[woodguy7]

I got the plans with book & dvd to make the "Maloof inspired rocker"

Just need to find some time to make it now.

Woodguy.

 

[fdengel]

How about a "woodworking" project (of sorts?)

My mother got a new puppy.

He's already chewed a spot on a piece of furniture, so now the finish needs to be patched.  :

 

[Mac]

I got the plans with book & dvd to make the "Maloof inspired rocker"

Just need to find some time to make it now.

Woodguy.

Great gift...I'd love to see work in progress pics of the build if you ever find time to get started on it, my friend.

Cheers,
Rick

 

[Pete Pedisich]

But, I need to get the dust collection attachment ASAP. What a mess without it!

Nice FMT Frank! looks well made - never saw the steel version - looks like a winner.

 

[Frank Pellow]

Yes, the Leigh Super FMT does appear to be a well designed, well manufactured, and well documented jig.  I got everything set up in less than an hour and, so far, have spent about three hours experimenting with it. 

So far, I have had some good results and some puzzling results.  Just about an hour ago I managed to produce a tenon which was mis-shaped:

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and, for the life of me, I can't figure out what I did wrong.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Pretty light on woodworking stuff this year.  Mainly router accessories. 
Plan to have a New Year's resolution to triage the shop, build another sysport or other systainer storage option and make room for that Carvex.

@Woodguy - would love to see your progress on the Maloof chair.  I've been thinking about trying one to learn his methods.

Happy New Year everybody - be safe!

 

[Wonderwino]

My wife gave me a Lie Nielsen #4 Bronze bench plane.  I've got to clear some space and make some curlies!

 

[jimmy7]

A of1400 [big grin]