WillAdams
November 25, 2025, 2:16pm
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A co-worker’s son expressed an interest in whittling, so I bought him a (sadly discontinued) Old Timer 24OT Splinter Carvin’ knife for whittling, as well as a book on the subject, as well as a first aid kit, accompanying the latter with:
You can download an excerpt from this book here. by Dr. Jeffery Hill “Workshop Wound Care” – part of our pocket-book series – delves right to the heart of what you need to know when faced with common workshop injuries, from lacerations, to puncture...
Price: USD 25.00
n.b., I have not yet purchased a copy of my own, so no idea if it is rife w/ the sort of typos and amateur typesetting which spoiled Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley
A notable blog post on tool storage which I refer back to the concepts of each time I’m considering where a tool goes and how it gets stored is:
I would recommend pairing that analysis with:
and if one can stomach typos there is:
the dichotomy of which (that a tool cabinet held up as an example of a woodworker striving for perfection is written up in a book which has so many typos that one is mis-spelling the woodworker’s name on the inside front cover) drives me nuts. Note that the .pd…
Anyone else find anything esp. nifty to gift this year?
Making any esp. nice gifts which might be of general interest?
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WillAdams
November 26, 2025, 2:44pm
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A separate thread brings up a small gift which I made for a co-worker’s child, a small plastic case for Post-it notes and Artist Trading Cards which also held a multi-pen:
https://www.abilityone.com/b3-aviator-multifunction-pen/product/1710
Skilcraft notably employs blind and visually disabled folks, and their stuff in my experience has always been wonderfully high quality/a good value. I had the above pen as a dupe because I’d broken off the clip on one I’ve had for years (much of the paint has worn off), but I finally thought to purchase a replacement clip…
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Emmess
November 27, 2025, 9:32pm
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https://www.amazon.com/Pentel-Automatic-Drafting-Brushed-PG1015A/dp/B000GAU2RU/ref=asc_df_B000GAU2RU?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80882941602366&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=106327&hvtargid=pla-4584482468544829&th=1
Was a gift to myself a while ago. Use it every day in the shop. Retractable tip is incredibly useful.
And this one:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030IT76C?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_4
Some years ago I made these “tools” for an employees kid:
I found these tools somewhere so I did not develope them myself, I do not claim the right of having them developed from scratch. They make nice gifts, just right for christmas. The images speak for themselves. The project is finished and adapted for...
or those night lights to keep monsters out:
Neither the idea was mine, nor the project. So I just transferred it to easel. But it is such a wonderful idea that I really have to share it. Still some decent sanding and finishing is needed, and some soldering. back piece sprayed red for...
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