2009 Handtool Secret Santa

[wizer]

yeh I just found it. Weird. Maybe they purge old threads or something.

 

[Alf]

Oh good grief, I haven't even decided what to do yet. *sits in a corner and whimpers pathetically* 8-[

Shove over a wee bit Alf please :lol: , i've put
the kettle on, "what's your's?". :duno:

Tea, no milk, no sugar, ta. Valium if you have it. :lol:

D'you mean this thread, Tom? Possibly more inhibiting than inspiring...

 

[Mr Ed]

I think this

http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/bl ... e+Job.aspx

would be a good secret santa gift.

Its not what I'm doing by the way...

Ed

 

[wizer]

Ed, Shut Up

Alf, thanks. I just spent about 20mins trying to find it and came back to post here, all proud of myself, and my arch rival poster got in there before me! :lol:

 

[big soft moose]

Oh good grief, I haven't even decided what to do yet. *sits in a corner and whimpers pathetically* 8-[

Shove over a wee bit Alf please :lol: , i've put
the kettle on, "what's your's?". :duno:

Tea, no milk, no sugar, ta. Valium if you have it. :lol:

D'you mean this thread, Tom? Possibly more inhibiting than inspiring...

having looked breifly at that thread could you or someone explain what this is and what you use it for ?

cheers BSM - who is feeling smug having already made his secret santa gift this year , and is just awaiting swimbo wrapping skills before zapping it off to the victim (contemplating using dhl if this post strike doesnt abate as you have to give a return address for special delivery which would blow the gaff on the secret bit)

 

[wizer]

The awl or the mag blok?

 

[wizer]

http://benchcrafted.com/magbloks.htm

 

[big soft moose]

The awl or the mag blok?

i was thinking of the magblock but i didnt realise that was what it was - was thinking it was some esoteric hand tool i'dnot encountered before

 

[SVB]

Errrr - Is it just me or is it 5 NOV rather than 5 DEC! Giving Royal Mail some credit for a couple of days away from the smoking oil drums there is still some time left?!!.

However, well done to you early folks (although a gift in this timescale maybe be a little slap dash?)

Hat, Coat ....................................................Bye!

 

[wizer]

(although a gift in this timescale maybe be a little slap dash?)

What else would you expect from.... ROB.

 

[big soft moose]

(although a gift in this timescale maybe be a little slap dash?)

!

actually i was so embarassingly late with last years (though that wasnt entirely my fault after parcel farce delivered the original gift to portsmouth rather than weymouth) that I started making a suitable secret santa gift as soon as ed started this thread - rather than waiting for the allocation

 

[TrimTheKing]

I have all the components together (in rough form), now just need to find the inspiration and ability to stick them all together into what they are supposed to look and function like...

That's when the fun starts, I'm on leave for 3 weeks after today so plenty of time to not get it done, then moan that I've no time and rush it in the couple of weeks before deadline

 

[woodyone]

Is there no chance for a late entry? As i haven't been on the forum for a while and it seems like good fun from what i have seen from last years thread.

Woody.

 

[wizer]

I guess there'd need to be another party to make it work Woody and clearly it wouldn't be a secret. Maybe if another party is interested in taking part they should PM Ed and not in this thread. That way, at least one party is kept secret?

Or maybe you've just missed the boat....

 

[woodyone]

i see your point about the secrecy :? , i think i could of just missed the boat :roll:

 

[big soft moose]

I guess there'd need to be another party to make it work Woody and clearly it wouldn't be a secret. Maybe if another party is interested in taking part they should PM Ed and not in this thread. That way, at least one party is kept secret?

Or maybe you've just missed the boat....

although that said the secrecy isnt all that because if you send anything by courier or recorded delivery you have to put your name and address on the back anyway - so santa's identity is only secret until the parcel arrives anyway.

 

[wizer]

I dunno, there seemed to be a lot of anonymity last year, even after the presents where revealed. I thought the idea was that, when you opened the present, the secret santa was revealed. At least that's the way it's always been done when I've done it at work or among friends.

 

[Mr Ed]

You can do it how you like - stay anonymous or not. Personally, if I've slaved over a masterpiece of toolmaking I'd like the recipient to know where it came from.

Ed

 

[woodbloke]

You can do it how you like - stay anonymous or not. Personally, if I've slaved over a masterpiece of toolmaking I'd like the recipient to know where it came from.

Ed

....or one could have one's slaves do the slaving - Rob

 

[Mr Ed]

Well yesterdays plans went astray and ended up spending the time I had allotted for Secret Santa manufacturing rearranging machines in the workshop.

Today however, I made some good progress. I'm in new territory with this years offering so the current item may be a working prototype - we'll just have to see. Can't say much obviously, but I learned a lot from todays exercises....

Ed