[alfa6]

Well the trip to the Grizzly showroom was a success as well as a bit of adventure, as usuall!!!

First the Grizzly report, for such a large building the showroom is just a very small part of the building They have all sorts of goodies for woodworking and metalworking as well. They also had a fair sized clearance room. And that is where I found a 6" x 47" jointer for about 40% off!!! It had a very small dent in the cabinet and a couple of scratches in the paint. It is similar to this one...

Mrs alfa 6 also had me get a dust collector, I spung for the big bucks here and got the 2HP model and it even came with a free cyclone lid for a 30 gal trash can. Yippee the dust collector is this one.

Among the intereting thing we saw was a number of CAMOFLAGUE rool boxes like this one,,,

Who knew, eh!!!

After a slight mix-up at the loading dock where the dock folks got my order and another guy's jointers mixed up, which was settled to everyones satisfaction, it was on to Jo-Ann's where the wife was looking for a particular color of blanket binding. Grape to be exact.

The Jo-Ann's was only a few minutes away so off we went. While Mrs alfa6 was in the store I weas buisy reading the owners manual and trying to figure out how the new toy works. After about ten minutes or so Mrs alfa6 returns witha small bag of binding. No Grape but she had a couple of other cool colors that she had not seen here in Kansas City.

Here is where the adventure really begins. While checking out the Mrs. happened to mention to the checker that she had not seen these colors here in Kansas City. So the nice lady says "You should go by the store in Joplin on the way home"

So the second thing that Mrs alfa6 says to me after she shows me the cool colors is...."How far away is Joplin" So I dig out my trusty Offical Missouri State Hiway Map and look it up. After doing some quick calculations I go "About 70 miles to the west, southwest of Springfield right down I-44. It will add about a half hour to our return trip".

So we didn't go to Lambert's home of "Throwed Rolls" instead we went to Joplin where there was no cool blanket bindings at the Jo-Ann's. So with tears in our eyes and aching rear ends we headed back to Kansas City.

All in all it was a pretty good day and the Mrs and I were able to get the 250lb jointer into the workshop when we got home last night without hurting us or the jointer! Later today I will have to try out the jointer and see what kind of sawdust I can make with it :-)

Y'all have a great day out there

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[alfa6]

R/C 747 flying indoors

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1130450811/Radio_Controlled_Airplane

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

The silence of the forest
evokes a calming of the soul
Standing neath a giant
I feel very small
There are things mightier than me
as nature constantly reminds me...
that I am, but a grain of sand
in the entire scheme.

It's good to know I'm not in charge
a terrible onus it be
my job is small you see
and it's enough for me.

I gather words from the sky
and lay them in a row
I hope people understand
I have no where else to go.
But to morph into the background
to write a poesy or two
then put it some shape or form
and lay it down for you.

bentfeather (c) 02.05.06

[w_over_w]

Glad here to hear your trip was a success. I'd love to have one of those camo-tool boxes but my Kobalt Tower is only two years old.

I was hoping to here more about Lambert's Cafe . . . so I took a moment to visit their web-page (Lambert's Cafe). What a great place to eat if one is ever in the local area.

[snippy_about_it]

You lucky guy! Can't wait to see what you do with it.

The camo tool box is cool, who wouldn't want one of those.