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McRabbet
Here is an update on progress toward prizes for the Spring Raffle:
- In the past 10-12 days, letters or emails have gone to the following:
- Lee Valley Tools
- Lie-Nielsen Toolworks
- Grizzly Industrial in Muncy, PA
- Leigh Tools
- Stanley Toolworks
- Kreg Tools
- ClearVue Cyclones
- Packard Woodworks (turning supplies)
- Craft Supplies (woodturnerscatalog.com)
- Easywood Tools (Ci-x turning tools)
- Freud Tools (email to Tome Ferone)
- Roy Underhill/Woodwrights School
- Bill Anderson/Edwards Mountain Woodworks
- Gregory Paolini Design, LLC (Arts & Crafts furniture classes)
- Got Wood? (SC based Turning Blanks supplier)
- Kyle Edwards/Chris Brittain (Turning Blanks and Lumber)
- Mountain Sawyers, LLC (Hardwoods, plywoods and custom moldings)
- The Woodworking Source (Lumber - contact by TracyP)
- Oneway Tools (Lathe tools - contact by ScottM)
- and Klingspor's Woodworking Shop
- Thus far, I have received offers for the following (V=value; X=our cost)
- Festool Kapex Mitersaw from Klingspor (V=$1300; X=$850 + NC Tax)
- Number 60-1/2 Low Angle adjustable mouth block plane from Lie-Nielsen (V=$165; X=$0)
- Beaded Face Frame System for Router Table from Kreg Tools (V=$500; X=$0)
- ClearVue CV1800 5 HP Cyclone with Wynn Filters (V=$1,295; X=$400[STRIKE] + SC Tax[/STRIKE])
- Low-Angle Block Plane, Medium Shouder Plane and 5-1/4 Bench Plane from Lee Valley Tools (V=$539; X=$0)
- CiO Easy Finisher and Ci4M Mini Detailer tools from Easy Wood Tools (V=$230; X=$0)
- 100 BF of Quarter Sawn White Oak from The Woodworking Source (V=$500; X=$0)
- [STRIKE]I expect that we will again get prizes from Lee Valley Tools and I am optimistic that we may get an offer from ClearVue Cyclones (I have a good personal relationship with the owner and I own 2 CV cyclones and have helped them sell 5 of their mini CV's and one large CV 1800).[/STRIKE]
- Kreg Tools will get a 3-month free sidebar ad for their prize since I offered the ad for any vendor that contributes more than $500 in prizes. [STRIKE]Right now, [/STRIKE]Klingspor [STRIKE]does not [/STRIKE] and The Woodworking Source will also qualify (Ad extensions). ClearVue Ad to start on date of drawing. Lee Valley gets free sidebar ad to start at onset of raffle (recommended).
- I'll update this thread as I receive responses from other vendors that I have written.
- I also plan to solicit some lumber again and will write to a few turning blank suppliers, too. My last step will be to solicit some gift certificates from a few vendors to fill in some lower end prizes, but only after I know what our cost exposure will be with a large vendor like Grizzly.
- If any of you want copies of my letters, I have created PDF file versions of each one for our files -- Scott -- do you want me to send those to you for the official record?
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