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“I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down…”
— Abraham Lincoln
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Hard to believe, but the Pasadena version of Woodworking in America begins on Friday. Can’t wait to put the Dream Team to work… We will have 5 Jointmaker Pro’s making components for Cooter Ditchman’s Earthquake After Detector..
Here is a view after an earthquake;
You can purchase this freshly made and unbelievably accurate device at WIA for a minimum donation of ten bucks–ALL funds go to the Roger Cliff Memorial Fund which provides need based scholarships for the Marc Adams School of Woodworking.
We will have 5 brand new Jointmaker Pro’s with our new Precision Fence Systems that can be taken home on Saturday at end of show. First come first served is the deal. We are throwing in the stand for…. FREE!
We will also be demonstrating the HP6v2, the DJ-1 and the AS-24v3. Mainly though, we just want to have fun with our customers.
The votes are tallied and here are the winners for the 2012 Rarest Wood in the World contest;
FIRST PLACE (with 33% of all votes)
SECOND PLACE (with 25% of all votes)
THIRD PLACE (with 22% of all votes)
This was a complete sweep by one Dr. Peter Franks. I know it looks rigged but I am from Des Moines, not Chicago.
Congratulations Peter–that is a whopping $850 Gift Certificate coming your way. And due to the overwhelming benevolence of your favorite Tool Potentate, the LOSERS are now WINNERS too–each of you finalists will receive a $50 Gift Certificate for your entries. I really want to do this again next year so put your thinking caps on and let’s create together the Rarest Woods in the World Museum.
I hope to see some of you in Pasadena!
–John
Congratulations Peter,
Due to all of my earlier smack talk to Peter, I will be eating a lot of crow this WIA weekend; hope they cook it well in Pasadena.
My thinking cap is a bit snug, but I still have a few ideas I didn’t get around to making this round and lucky me I made several extra bases.
-Rutager
John,
What are the main differences in making the detector pre and post precision fence?
-Rutager
Rutager-
I will show you in person. Then YOU can write about it!!!
You make the DREAM TEAM, you WRITE.
-John
WOW! That’s a whopping HUGE gift certificate! I hope that this spurs everyone to submit their own entries to whatever contest John does next time. There’s serious $$ involved!
I bet Rutager’s bases were a lot nicer than mine. I was sure John was going to check them all with calipers, and reject ones that were more than a few thousandths off. Maybe with my new JMP and fence system I can do a better job next time!
Thank you, John. This contest was quite inspirational. I had a few ideas that I couldn’t execute due to lack of the proper tools. Maybe next time.
So now we Dream Team members have to be able to write?!? Sheesh! Nobody told me that. Rutager – can you write? I’ve seen your finger painting and it’s pretty good. Mostly brown, but what can you do…?
— Peter
Ok, quick and dirty: all the things that needed a stop, base and post were killer, the micro adjustability is so sweet and easy, much better than clamping a board to the fence; bearing cut on top of the post got you cutting without changing the blade or fence angle, this would have been even more noticeable if we were doing all the cuts on a single JMP; squiggle wood was no different in practice since it goes so fast just holding with fingers and lining up with pencil marks, if it needed accuracy to the .001″ the micro stop would have allowed for it with ease.
Love this new fence, I’ll be waiting by the mailbox for mine.
-Rutager
Hee hee! I already have mine. And it rocks!
Peter,
I had more than a few ideas I couldn’t execute due to common decency, and yes, out of fear of rejection, I made my bases to a very high standard.
That’s your writing, geez, my finger painting and my writing are better than yours. Just a tip, the secret to successful finger painting is to keep your finger out of your nose during and even more important, after the painting.
Oh, if anyone cares, my entries were the “Rosebud wood” and “Quarter Sawn White Oak.”
Rutager