Stuart Ablett
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Gordon Seto said:Doug of Thompson Tools was very generous in supporting the AAW. He was the only guy who paid big $$$ to put an ad in the Demonstrator Handouts book. IMHO, it should be included in our registration package. AAW charged us $10 for a copy. In the past, if the demonstrator has handouts, they were free. We already paid for the privilege to learn from the demonstration. The handout is for saving the time of the demonstrator to cover more important subjects. It was a double insult for us who has bought the book, the demonstrator has to waste the time to write the information out for those who didn't know there was such a book available or chose not to purchase.
Doug also donated several sets of 3 gouges set for the auction. Each set was valued at over $150. When I looked at the other stuffs donated by the big boys, they are pale in comparison. I think AAW was taking advantage of the smaller guys. When the handout book was not selling, they were reduced to $8.
One of our Clubs, which Doug is also a member, has 10 Jet mini lathes, each with a full set of turning tools. We added two extra Jet mini lathes recently, so we are short in two sets of tools. Doug didn't even wait for me to say what our Club needs, he just told me to pick up whatever our Club needs. He is a small guy with a big heart. Thanks, Doug.
I got this from >> Woodturners Resource <<
I know that Vaughn and some others here have Doug Thompson tools and like them very much, and I'll be ordering some tools from Doug in the future, and I just wanted to spread this around. Sure is nice to see someone like Doug doing well, and being supportive of the AAW.
Cheers!