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Michaeldc
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I hope you all get a bit of personal shop time in over the next couple of days!

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I got mine 6 days ago.... Sorry. No chisel can compare.


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A three-tier guitar stand, nut drivers, and a new stool.
Also, a keyboard that plays fart sounds.
Merry xmas to all.

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JMayes wrote:
I got mine 6 days ago.... Sorry. No chisel can compare.


Exactly Right.. Nothing can compare!

Congratulations, Pappa!
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Veritas mini chisels!

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Hey John, congrats. she's absolutely gorgeous.
Alex, nice one - I was just up at the Glenfiddich distillery a couple of days ago for a tour (free tasting samples of 12. 15 and 18 year old) with a house guest.
Guitar making wise, I just received some very nice Fuchs Eurospruce tops and bracewood on Xmas eve, after they went walkabout for a few weeks, misdirected in the post. Whew!

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Zac Stout wrote:
Veritas mini chisels!

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Ditto. Along with a Galbert drawknife sharpening jig. And Dick Boak's pictorial history of Martin.

It was a good year :-)

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Lots of time with my family, and an LMI vaccume work holder, a vaccume bridge clamp, and a ton of tools from Veritas. This should step up my workflow!

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Lots of time with my family, and an LMI vaccume work holder, a vaccume bridge clamp, and a ton of tools from Veritas. This should step up my workflow!


Sure sounds like it!

My LMII vacuum work holder is indispensable!
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Just some of this pink stuff:
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And some of this brown stuff:
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Think that'll make a decent guitar...?

Oh, and thanks to my Santas, Hank and Dave!


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Looks like John Mayes gets the Grand Prize! Congrats John!

Ken, looks nice. Be sure to post what happens with the pink stuff :) Sounds like most folks here did very well. I know I did.

I picked up a couple of posters in Nashville last year and my wife snuck em out and had them framed for me. The one from Gruhn's has George's signature on it and is a nice reminder of the opportunity I had to sit and talk with him for a little while (wasn't about guitars). The posters will be going in my shop after I rearrange it. I also got a LN violin makers plane - a very nice upgrade for a similar sized but much wider mouthed, poorly adjustable plane I've been using for a long time.
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Couple French rasps.


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Those posters are very cool, Steve! And those Veritas mini chisels look sweet, Zac! But yep, John wins the prize hands down!


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A John Hall heating blanket, a LMI gift certificate that I redeemed for a vacuum bridge clamp, a pick punch from pickpunch.com, and lots of stocking stuffers.
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JMayes wrote:
I got mine 6 days ago.... Sorry. No chisel can compare.


Congrats to the Mayes family. Best Christmas Present ever!!


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Couple French rasps.


Please don't show those to my urologist.... he might want some..... :?

I remember a time way back on the OLF where we might have called those very nice rasps "freedom" rasps and not "French" rasps.... :D

It's settled, John Mayes had the best haul this year unless anyone else has produced an apprentice too?
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I bought my own Santa gift this year. A worksharp 3000, the wide blade attachment and an extra glass disk with the super fine abrasives. Spent a bit of time setting it up and the sharpened 5 chisels and 2 plane irons in the time I usually spend on a couple chisels and they are as good as I have ever achieved in sharpness.

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Ken Jones wrote:
Just some of this pink stuff:
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And some of this brown stuff:
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Think that'll make a decent guitar...?

Oh, and thanks to my Santas, Hank and Dave!


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Glad it got to you ok Ken :)

3 days from pick up in the UK to delivery to you I was amazed how quick the shipping was!

It takes longer to send a letter here to someone 120 miles away lol

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My lady was very good to me this year: a Veritas round spokeshave, year membership to GAL, a gift card to buy new bending blanket and radius dish...she's certainly a keeper!
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Last year was the big year - full set of Veritas PMV-11 chisels

This year, I got the vacuum-assisted Mirka Abranet sanding block with a full set of pads in the range of sanding grits. I can't wait to use - I'm far too likely to do anywhere from incidental to hardcore sanding in the basement shop without thinking about the dust piling up and getting in everything (including my lungs). A more modest but still very welcome package.

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JMayes wrote:
I got mine 6 days ago.... Sorry. No chisel can compare.


Congratulations JMayes, the best gift for your life and Merry Christmas 2014 and Happy New Year 2015 to all OLFer's

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