IWF gloat

[Chris McDowell]

Hey guys there is a drill press in there. It's just not much of one. The only thing I ever used on for was hinge boring and my hardware company furnished me with a new Omal hinge boring machine free of charge.

There is another part of the IWF story I forgot to share. It was the last day of the show a little after five. My wife had gotten tired of me staring at the slider. [I know what kind of sickness is that.] And I was standing at the edge of the MM booth waiting to help disassemble my machines. Up walks one of the Festool vendors and asks me if I was looking or had purchased anything. Now by this time the show is so dead it's mainly vendors only and a few diehards.

We shoot the breeze for a few minutes and he asks if I was entered in the Festool giveaway at 5:30. I told him yes but it wouldn't do me any good. I have never won anything in my life. I'm more what you would call an instant loser than winner. He looks at me real funny and said what if I told you that you just won. Puzzled I stammered something about you are kidding. Turns out they had been giving away sanders during the show to people they found away from their booth wearing the Kapex shirts. I got the last one of the show. So to top it all off I got a free Festool 150-5 sander in a systainer. How's that for a good end to IWF.

Please feel free to throw multiple you sucks at me.

P.S. hang in there Johnny they are worth the wait.

[Mike Heidrick]

Chris, that made the gas money back home all the more worth it! The 150/5 is sure to be a sweet sander. I know the 150/3 is!!!

[Chris McDowell]

Mike-it definitely did that. I already have the Rotex 150 and really need to get the 150-3 instead of the 150-5, but I'm sure I can suffer through. One can never have enough Festool sanders.

[Jim Becker]

Oh, my....major deep blue and bright green Suckage, Chris! LOL

[Paul Gatti]

OMG! As if the new slider and the MM20 wasn't enough, you walked away with a free festool sander? I bow down the the gloat master.

[John Thompson]

Some nice equipment you acquired there. Did you get the slider off the truck by yourself?

Your wife is probably glad IWF comes every two years and BTW.... that's a nice spacious shop you have to hold that arsenal..

Regards...

Sarge..

[Chris McDowell]

Hey John. No I actually had two helpers and an engine lift to remove the slider. I think my wife took some pics of the event.

Believe it or not she was in favor of me getting the machinery. She always tells me to buy what I really want because anything else is a wasted purchase. Ain't I lucky.

The shop is anything but spacious right now. I was going to sell some equipment ,but being the true woodworker I am, I rationalized keeping all of it. Yes she was in favor of that too. When I get it all done I'll try and do a full shops worth of pics.

[Jay Brewer]

Great additions Chris. I remember you asking about sliders a while back. Glad to see you finally get what you wanted. You will wonder why you waited so long to get the slider. Enjoy

[John Thompson]

I'm in a 3 point stance waitin' on the pics, Chris. I was going to post some pics and do a small review on my new TS from IWF.. but I would be embarrassed to do it now after your haul. I walked into the Mini-max booth and they called security to remove me. I suppose they took one look at me and decided I was a vagrant and no cash.

Just kidding of course. I met Eric of MM a number of years ago and always drop by to see what's new as my wife won't turn me loose with the check-book. She's a very intelligent lady.

Regards...

Sarge..

[Paul B. Cresti]

Chris,
Congrats on the new machines....once you use a slider you will be hooked for life. Why "settle" for a 14" j/p....heck go for the 16 or maybe the 20! Then you gotta get the slider table shaper....and the widebelt...and

[Chris McDowell]

John, I can see you in that stance. I knew you were kidding about the MM booth. If they let me in everyone else is safe.

I hear you on the checkbook. When I was making reservations for IWF, I told my wife she didn't have to come. She just laughed and said there was no way I was going to Atlanta while it was full of woodworking machinery unsupervised.

Paul-good to see you are still around and kicking. That's the problem. Once you start down the path you are forever consumed by temptation.