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If those who love you gave you clothes or cash, that's cool. I received some badly needed shirts and athletic wear. But if you also received some workshop presents, feel free to share photos and/or descriptions below.

Here is mine. A few months ago, my wife designed a logo for me when I get around to actually selling guitars to somebody (not there yet). Here is the logo for Vandalia Guitars:



Vandalia is the name for a proposed British colony back in the late 1700s that would have been made up of what is now West Virginia and parts of Kentucky. People here use the name for various things associated with the area.

And here is my Christmas present from my wife--A branding iron with a line drawing of the logo:



I've got a pretty awesome wife.

Nice!

Nice, Don!

Hope you guys all had a great Christmas.

I got a copy of the book Understanding Wood which was recommended by some folks here. Best gift I got was watching my son open his XBox Series X with disbelief that I was able to find him one. It helps to work for the maker.

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I got the SM router bit but it seems to be lost on the mail. I ordered the bearings and got them today.

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Hutch

Get the heck off the couch and go build a guitar!!!!

I got a new cast iron skillet and dutch oven to use over the fire. Not for the shop, but tools nonetheless.

I'm picky about my tools, as I imagine every one else on the forum is. Years ago, I would circle part numbers of things I could actually use, and my wife would use those circled items to choose gifts for me. I always got the right clamps, tools and other shop stuff.

Worked well except for one time--I opened up my present, and it was some kind of hydraulic gauge labeled, "Ashcroft." I thanked her for my Ashcroft, but asked what it was--she didn't know either. She had transposed two digits on the part number of whatever it was I had actually circled when she ordered it from McMaster Carr. I still have that Ashcroft and still don't have a clue what it's for, but it was a present from my wife and I'm a sentimental sap.

Dave

Good to hear from you, Brad! I hope this season also blesses you with good health. I remember you have back problems. Yes, the Bruce Hoadley book is a significant addition to the library. I have one, and my local woodworking club gurus refer to it often. It’s great that you were able to get ahold of the rare gift your son wanted. That feeling scratches a special itch for those who provide for their families.

You got an ASHCROFT?! Lucky!!!

https://www.ashcroft.com/products/press ... ure-gauge/

I guess that’s one of those situations where you open the gift and say: “Wow! That is really something!”

I got a snow cone machine!
Came with cups and flavorings.
In the Texas heat, this will be an essential workshop tool.

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I am an old woodworker with many times the tools I need, so am hard to buy for. 2 years ago I had an idea - I asked for a DMT Fine 3 X 8 diamond plate. Then last year I asked for a Super Fine. Then this year I asked for a Coarse - got what I need, but it took some time,

Ed M

Better finish out the set then The only essential two are extra-extra-coarse and extra-extra-fine. Anything inbetween is only really useful for flattening the backs of blades. Bevel side is quick enough going straight from XXC to XXF that it's usually not worth pulling out any other grits.

At first you need one more grit such as a waterstone for the final edge, but once the XXF mellows out it will produce a fine edge ready for use. The only thing I regularly pull out the waterstone for these days is my plate jointing plane. For knives and chisels and stuff it doesn't make enough of a difference to bother with unless I have some special task where I need to take ultra-fine shavings.

The XXC is coarse enough for use on wood, and particularly useful for making endgrain joints. After you get the wood perfectly flat, coat with thin hide glue to plug the pores, let it dry, and sand it back flat again. Then glue with hide glue and you'll be amazed how strong it is.

Router table and a router:)
Well I got
The table and just purchased a dedicated router for it


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My wife and I don’t typically do big gifts for each other, so I was pretty ecstatic to find the QualSpray AM-5008/8008 kit under the tree.




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