What tool would you like for Christmas

[Nolatoolguy]

So as Christmas comes what's everyone want?

I of course want a safe holiday season with all my family an friends. Everyone in good health an safe is all that really matters to me. Stuff is stuff an an as proven with the fire its replaceable with time an money. I can always replace a pair of jeans but people are what matters.

As far as what I would like well a 3/4 drive socket set would be nice. Armstrong has a nice set but at 2600 bucks I won't be buying it anytime soon. I have actually been keeping my eye on Craigslist for a really well priced american made set. I got a cheap harbor freight one that I abbsolutley hate. I had to replace the ratchet twice, an 4 of the sockets. I use a old breaker bar breaker bar more often then the ratchet cause the ratchet is so short an both times I put a cheater pipe on the ratchet it broke.

[Papaw]

I want one of these. H D Smith offset screwdriver. hard to find in the wild and not common at auction.

[turnnut]

Papaw, is that the one you can make into a tee-handle screw driver ?

that has the split handle ?

[OilyRascal]

I want my house finished.  I'm tired!

[john k]

Most of the tools I want, have made their way to me except for one.   When I was a kid, had a neighbor that carried a little wrench in the pliers pocket of his bib overalls.   It was probably a Crescent brand, combination double header 6 and 8 inch adjustable wrench.   I asked dad why we didn't have one, said he didnt' think much of having one on each end like that.  We had plenty of Crescent adjustables on the farm, one on each tractor, and I still have a few of them.   Been looking for years for one of these, any brand, but all seem to have a bit of gold in them.   Not asking for one here, but if the wife puts one under the tree, it would please me quite a lot.  So its one old wrench or a Bridgeport mill!

[Papaw]

Papaw, is that the one you can make into a tee-handle screw driver ?

that has the split handle ?

No. It is a Three bit screwdriver.

[Batz]

This

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-C-L-NO-33-BLOWTORCH-/251749382584?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9d6eb9b8

Unfortunately it's not going to happen.

Xmas is not about gifts anyway, it's about spending time with your family. 

And a very Merry Xmas to all the members of Papaws tool Talk, and a special Merry Xmas and a big thank you to the man Papaw himself.

Batz
 

[amecks]

Dittos on family and health.  There are no particular tools I'm wishing for.  Although i bet I could come up with a big list if I thought about it!

A family tradition continues. My mom's uncle used to set up a village and train set every Christmas.  When Mom was older she started setting up a village.  We set this up for Christmas to delight the grandchildren:

[gibsontool]

I suppose there.s lots I want but nothing I need. Family and friends being healthy and happy are what I like to see. A little more snow would be nice because we don't have quite enough to pull out the snowmobiles, and a little more ice on the lake would be good so we can do some ice fishing over the holidays. All the best to everyone, have a good Christmas and New Year.

[mvwcnews]

I want one of these. H D Smith offset screwdriver. hard to find in the wild and not common at auction.

Dad's brought $210.00 in 1994 --

For those who are not MVWC members, I'll try to attach the 1915 "new product" article for the "THREE BIT" screwdriver (which sold for 65 cents in 1920.).

[turnnut]

 I had seen pictures of that screwdriver, but never had seen the real McCoy.

 65 cents in 1920,  there were many people then that would have thought they were rich
 if they had 65 cents to spend on a screwdriver.

 good luck getting one Papaw.

[Bill Houghton]

Very little I need.  I'm actually working on having less stuff.

I wouldn't turn down a Walker-Turner or Wadkin MZF bandsaw (both 16", about the largest that will go in my shop), but Santa would have a heck of a time fitting those down the chimney.

Oh, I also wouldn't turn down the right woman for our younger son, preferably interested in having kids or even already so equipped (young, please - the kids).

[1930]

Dittos on family and health.  There are no particular tools I'm wishing for.  Although i bet I could come up with a big list if I thought about it!

A family tradition continues. My mom's uncle used to set up a village and train set every Christmas.  When Mom was older she started setting up a village.  We set this up for Christmas to delight the grandchildren:

Pictures are too small, I would like to see bigger. I like the trains scenes

[1930]

Myself and the wife went to Harbor Freight yesterday and they have a VERY nice seemingly well built welding cart with drawers ect. Its a shame cause I already have a decent welding cart for my small 220 welder but if I manage to somehow get this H.F version I will be replacing what I have.

[1930]

In case anyone is in need of a welding cart I recommend this one http://www.harborfreight.com/welding-cabinet-61705.html

Yes alot of their stuff is junk but in my opinion alot of the stuff is very well worth the money