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From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
This Easy Rougher has been donated back to our community for the Navy Christmas Family fundraiser by Erwin Davis. Erwin was awarded this wonderful turning tool in last Summers fundraiser and he was kind enough to let us re-gift it for this years Christmas project. Thank you Erwin! -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
The WoodRiver® No. 4 Bench Hand Plane is well suited for smoothing smaller surfaces or maneuvering around troublesome grain. Slightly longer than a block plane, the tote makes it more comfortable for extended use. No. 4, a smoothing plane, takes the thinnest shavings for an exceptional finish. Used skillfully, it can be the final step before finishing. It also makes an excellent general-purpose plane or first plane for your collection. We have two of these bench planes for two lucky recipients. One is currently donated by our sponsor Woodcraft, and the second is donated by our Patriot Woodworker Peter Tomlinson. We'd like to give a special thanks to @p_toad for his generous give back to our community, he declined his bench plane prize in last years Christmas project and wanted to give back to our military by donating his tool back for this project, thank you Peter! -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
This square was awarded to Ronald Dudelston during a past fundraiser, he generously donated this wonderful lil solid accurate square back to our community for the purpose of raising funds for our Navy Christmas Family. Thank you @Ron Dudelston!! -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
This Easy Wire Burning Kit was awarded to Larry Wolfe in last Summers Fundraiser, he has donated this set back to our community to use for our Christmas Raffle for our Navy Family, thank you Larry! -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
This carving set was awarded to Peter Tomlinson in our last Summer Fundraiser. Peter has generously donated these tools back to our community to benefit our Navy Christmas Family, thank you @p_toad!! -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
Use our Chuck Mounted 3/8" Mandrel for use in turning small projects like bottle stoppers and handles to be paired with a variety of turning kits and components. No need to remove chuck from the lathe Mounts to most 4-Jaw chucks Quickly swap between projects and chuck turning Fluted thread for self-tapping or use with threaded insert 3/8" x 16 TPI Nickel Plated Hardened Steel for superior strength, quality & built to last 2 of these chucks are offered to two winners. -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
This very special Easy Wood Tools Mid Size Rougher was custom made for this years Patriot Woodworker Christmas Warrior Project. Enter our raffle to support our adopted Christmas family for a chance to win this rare handled Easy Wood Tools turning tool. The crew at Easy Wood Tools made a special window of time to custom paint the handle of this tool, it truly is a beautiful tool to look at, and of course without saying a joy to use. Good luck! Features a 21.00" overall length with 14" maple handle. Stainless steel bar is 3/8" square and 7" long. The maximum reach over the tool bar is 3". Comes equipped with standard cutter Ci2-SQ, and a hex key. Optional carbide cutters sold separately include the Standard Carbide Cutter Ci2-R2 (radius) and our Patented* Negative Rake Carbide Cutter Ci2-R2-NR (*Pat. No. D902968). -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
Ramelson's 5 piece carving set was specially selected for the Luthier Whittling Decoy Caricature featured in many Chip Carving books and classes. Knives all have a shaped wooden handle that fits easily and comfortably into your hand for hours of carving. Made of fine grade steel with ground honed edges. Hi-Carbon steel blades are a hardness of 58-62 HRC and may need minor touch up with a stone for final honing before use. -
From the album: Adopt a Warrior Family For Christmas 2025
The WoodRiver® 6-Piece Bench Chisel Set is beautifully crafted and well-balanced, designed for both comfort and precision. Featuring CRV steel blades hardened to RC 59-63, these chisels offer exceptional durability and sharpness. Steel ferrules enhance strength, while the genuine hardwood handles are not only visually appealing but also a pleasure to hold, making this set a joy to use. -
I saw our Flag today, The colors were faded looking a little tired but still standing strong and proud in the summer wind. It reminded me of the Sons and Daughters of yesterday’s America who stood for my freedom years before I was born free in America. Over time many may have faded away but the glory and honor of their service to America will never fade. I saw our Flag today it flew bravely in the wind a bit tattered and worn but it's colors still strong , and proud over America. It flies for the Sons and Daughters of America who fought for my freedom, battle tested and hardened to stand against the forces that would take away my freedom. Like a battle flag they too stand in great pride and honor, battle scared , proud and selfless in their dedication to America and the freedom they protected. I saw a flag today. The colors were bright, strong and proud as it embraced in silence and great honor a fallen hero. An American Hero who stood up and made a commitment to duty, to our America and gave all to insure countless generations will live on in American freedom. Born in freedom and fallen in battle they will ever rest in the arms and hearts of a free and grateful America. I saw a flag pole today. It flew no glory but stood silently in the wind empty and alone for the absence of our colors. It reminded me of the Sons and Daughters of America who stood for my freedom who have yet to come home to the America they honorably served. America can only be completely free when every one of her Sons and Daughters of Freedom can come home, home to the America and the freedom they gave all to protect. Thank you American Heroes......On this Veterans Day and every day......I will never forget that I get to be here forever free because you were there for my freedom. Thank you for our freedom and the greatness of our America.
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We got us a game folks. 11-1, #22 ranked Army trails 8-3 Navy at the half 14-7. We got us a real game folks. Second half just started; game on!
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12:38P ,EDT; The annual Navy vs Airforce is currently airing on CBS. Navy leads 7-0; late in the 1Q Always a good game. IDK, Navy is undefeated at 4-0. Navy just scored on a brilliant run play on a 4th&2. Navy 14-0.
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Teddy Sheean's Valour in Armidale's Final Moments
John Morris posted a topic in The Veterans Corner and Causes Forum
I found this a very interesting read, hope you enjoy it too. Teddy Sheean The painting by artist Dale Marsh that captures Teddy Sheean's valour in Armidale's final moments. He was later awarded the Victoria Cross. Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean was born on 28 December 1923 at Lower Barrington, Tasmania, fourteenth child of James Sheean, labourer, and his wife Mary Jane, née Broomhall. Soon afterwards the family moved to Latrobe. Teddy was educated at the local Catholic school. Five foot 8½ inches (174cm) tall and well built, he took casual work on farms between Latrobe and Merseylea. In Hobart on 21 April 1941 he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman, following in the steps of five of his brothers who had joined the armed forces (four of them were in the Army and one in the Navy). On completing his initial training, he was sent to Flinders Naval Depot, Westernport, Victoria, in February 1942 for further instruction. In May Sheean was posted to Sydney where he was billeted at Garden Island in the requisitioned ferry Kuttabul, prior to joining his first ship as an Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun loader. Granted home leave, he was not on board Kuttabul when Japanese midget submarines raided the harbour and sank her on 31 May. Eleven days later he returned to Sydney to help commission the new corvette HMAS Armidale (I), which carried out escort duties along the eastern Australian coast and in New Guinea waters. Ordered to sail for Darwin in October, Armidale arrived there early next month. On 29 November Armidale sailed for Japanese-occupied Timor, in company with the corvette HMAS Castlemaine, to withdraw the exhausted Australian 2/2 Independent Company, evacuate about 150 Portuguese civilians and 190 Dutch troops, and land soldiers to reinforce Dutch guerrillas on the island. Arriving off Betano before dawn on 1 December, the ships rendezvoused with the naval tender HMAS Kuru, which had already taken the civilians on board. When these people were transferred to Castlemaine, she sailed for Darwin, leaving the other two vessels to carry out the rest of the operation. From 12:28 Armidale and Kuru came under repeated attack from Japanese aircraft. Despite requests, no air cover was received. Shortly before 14:00 on 1 December 1942, Armidale, by then separated from Kuru, was attacked by no less than thirteen aircraft. The corvette manoeuvred frantically. At 15:15 a torpedo struck her port side and another hit the engineering spaces; finally a bomb struck aft. As the vessel listed heavily to port, the order was given to abandon ship. The survivors leapt into the sea and were machine-gunned by the Japanese aircraft. Once he had helped to free a life raft, Sheean scrambled back to his gun on the sinking ship. Although wounded in the chest and back, the 18-year-old sailor shot down one bomber and kept other aircraft away from his comrades in the water. He was seen still firing his gun as Armidale slipped below the waves. Only 49 of the 149 men who had been on board survived the sinking and the ensuing days in life rafts. Sheean was mentioned in dispatches for his bravery and in 1999 HMAS Sheean, a Collins Class submarine, was named after him - the only ship in the RAN to bear the name of a junior sailor. In 2020, following a sustained public campaign to have Ordinary Seaman Sheean’s selfless actions appropriately recognised, an expert panel recommended to the Australian Government that he be considered for the the award of a Victoria Cross. On 12 August 2020 His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had approved a posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Ordinary Seaman Sheean. In doing so, Ordinary Seaman Sheean became the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to be awarded Australia's highest honour for valour. On 1 December 2020, 78 years to the day since the death of Ordinary Seaman Sheean and the loss of HMAS Armidale, the Governor-General presented the insignia of the Victoria Cross for Australia to Teddy Sheean’s family at a ceremony held at Government House in Canberra, ACT. More Information https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/stories/biographies/edward-sheean
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EDIT: Product recipients awarded @Grandpadave52 Fusion Table Saw by Laguna Tools @lew Mini Turning Tools by Easy Wood Tools @Larry Cutlip WoodRiver Low Angle Block Plane by Woodcraft @p_toad WoodRiver Bench Chisel Set by Woodcraft @jthornton Woodriver Spindle Steady Rest by Woodcraft @PostalTom Yorkshire Grit Original by Easy Wood Tools @Ron Dudelston Yorkshire Grit Microfine by Easy Wood Tools Products were paired in order from a list of randomly shuffled names, and highest value item first to the lowest. We had a total of 2602 name entries. We used "Wheel of Names" website to draw the names randomly from our text file of shuffled names. Thank you all who participated! This was a wonderful fundraiser that well exceeded our goal, we do have funds leftover and the remainder will be sent to the family to help start off their new year. A fund distribution report will follow shortly. I wish you all could receive something for your efforts, but I know the most important thing in your minds was not the material prize, but helping our Wounded Warrior Family. Award recipients, please contact me by PM and update your shipping information so I can notify our sponsors where to ship your item. Thank you Woodcraft, Laguna Tools, and Easy Wood Tools for your participation in this annual event, we could not do this without you! Introduction Every year The Patriot Woodworker's adopt a Wounded Warrior or Gold Star family for Christmas. We do this through a great veterans support organization named Operation Ward 57. The Patriot Woodworker's submit an application to Ward 57 to be accepted to receive our family for Christmas, and each year we are chosen to participate. And each year, our sponsors donate wonderful items for us to giveaway for this cause. We use 100 percent of your contributions to purchase gifts for the kids, and a Christmas dinner for the family and to fund related project expenses such as shipping fees for gifts. Our Mission We need your help to accumulate funds for Christmas presents for our Wounded Warrior adopted family, who has given much to our nation in physical and emotional sacrifice and much more in family sacrifice. The Wounded Warrior Family I have had the honor of communicating with Mr. Forney and learned much about his wonderful family. Here is a brief introduction to our family this year. Mr. Forney and Mrs. Forney of Falling Waters, WV. standing with their family, Jacob Forney (Son), 12 Years, Michael Forney (Son), 11 Years, Houston Forney (Son), 2 Years, Jackson Forney (Son), 8 Years. Levi Forney (Son), 7 Months, Levi is not shown in this image, this family picture is a little older, Houston is seen being held by mama, Levi was just born 7 months ago. And our guest of honor, Mr. Forney was gracious enough to share some of his history in service of our nation, please read below. Rules Sorry, only Residents of the US and Canada may participate. Outside countries may contribute but you will not be entered into the system for receiving items due to shipping costs. If you are in an outside country, and do contribute, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. All are welcome to participate, members, forum hosts, admins and non-members. (John Morris (Founder) and family may not participate). Please allow 1 to 3 weeks for delivery of prizes, most of the time prizes are sent out immediately. You may contribute as much funding as you like to earn entries into our random draw. Your contributions will be accepted up to December 31st 12 am Pacific Time, at which time project will close and item recipients will be chosen. Please allow up to 48 hrs for recipient names to be listed in this topic. 6 names will be randomly drawn by Random Picker software, and items will be awarded in the order of names drawn. To contribute to our Adopted Family please click on "Donate" button This year, the items our sponsors have donated can be seen in the gallery below, these are some great prizes folks! You can donate only 2 dollars with multiple entry bargains, and your odds of receiving a sponsored item are very high given our typical turnout. To view the entry fees, and to purchase your entries please click on the Donate button above! Please click on gallery below. In Closing Ok Patriot Woodworker's, it's time to muster and it's time to show everyone what we are all about! The purpose our woodworking community was created is for this reason, to help those who have served us, and paid the price. Remember this is not charity, this is not a hand out, this is payback! Thank you sponsors! We also need to thank our sponsors Woodcraft Supply and Laguna Tools and Easy Wood Tools for their generous support and for donating those wonderful items for the raffle! For without our sponsors, we would not have a community, nor would we be able to perform the work we do. Thank you guys! Prior Years Projects Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2015 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2016 Adopt a Gold Star Family for the Holidays 2017 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2018 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2019 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2020 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2021
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This just popped up in my inbox- Here's the link to the website- https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/hazardous-materials-exposure/agent-orange/
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Life Aboard US Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Wyoming
John Morris posted a topic in The Veterans Corner and Causes Forum
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Happy 243rd Birthday United States Navy!
John Morris posted a topic in The Veterans Corner and Causes Forum
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Sailor Jerri - Veteran's Hallelujah
Fred Wilson posted a topic in The Veterans Corner and Causes Forum
For our U.S. Navy guys. Found this and wanted to share it. Picture of Sailor Jerri, her YouTube Video, her song, and the lyrics - - - - enjoy The lyrics are shown in the video. If you would like a personal copy of the song and lyrics, they can be downloaded by clicking on the "mp3" and the "pdf" files at the bottom. HallelujahSailor Jerri - HALLELUJAH FINAL 1.mp3 HallelujahVeteransVersionLyrics.pdf
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Served on an aircraft carrier during Vietnam
Larry Schweitzer posted a topic in The Veterans Corner and Causes Forum
I was an officer in the engineering department. Damage control officer on the second cruise. Lots of time at sea but visited some interesting places. Not enough time in Hong Kong, great place though. Couple of months in Japan, never did catch on to the language. Otherwise in & out of Subic. Flew into Danang just to take a look see. Watched a U2 land, crazy. Went through nuclear, biological and chemical warfare training/school. Good thing most people don't know about that stuff. -
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From the album: Awards for Veterans
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Memorial Day, a day of remembrance and honoring those who have put it all on the line and who paid the ultimate price while serving under the flag of The United States of America. I have mixed emotions about this day. As we roll through the daily grind of holding down a day job, we all love to have that "Monday" off and spend it with our families, and with hobbies such as woodworking, boating and camping and many other activities we Americans enjoy during this extended weekend. It's the official kick off to summer as well. But as I walked through the front doors of a major home center this morning looking for some supplies to complete some long standing "Honey-Do" list that I have been trying to knock down for years but just never seems to end, I spot a big colorful sign at the entrance of our local home center and the sign states in big bold happy letters, "HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!". Happy? There is nothing "Happy" about this most solemn of days contained in our annual calender of holidays. What is "Happy" about this day? This one day we are supposed to take time and reflect upon those who gave their life defending our country, and protecting us from the very bad people of this world, happy? What is "Happy" about men and women losing their life before their life even began, many in their teens, and some cases even under aged, yet they wanted to serve our country so bad, they lied about their age to get into the service. What is happy about a day that we are supposed to memorialize dead Americans, most who died for a righteous cause, and many who may not have. There is nothing happy about this day my friends. Sure, my family and I will enjoy our "Monday Off" because we will be with each other, but we will also be attending a function in honor of our dead Americans where the event is sure to be solemn. For my wife and I, we will carry a heavy heart throughout the day, and our children will be encouraged to keep those same sentiments in their hearts as well. Do not think that for one instance if our military was not standing post with rifle in hand, that our enemies would just sit by and do nothing. The only reason we are able to live our lives day in and day out, without worries, able to go about our day to day tasks of visiting a Starbucks before work, seeing a movie with our family, or the simple task of having a restful sleep during the night, all of those simple things we take for granted, are completely owed to those who protect us every day. Lets enjoy the day off, lets enjoy being in company of the ones we love, but the whole while, lets not let the feeling of solemness, and remembrance leave our hearts. We owe those who are no longer with us, that. Just one day is all they are asking. Memorial Day, May 25th 2015. May God always bless the men and women who serve our country, and may He keep in a very special place those who died in service and long after, for they are the ones who gave of themselves selflessly, and they will be "Forever Young". And we'd like to ask each and every one to pray at your barbecue for our troops both past and present, and set out an empty setting over an empty chair at your dinner table, in memory, and in hope that our men and women serving today will all come home very soon.
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From the album: The Patriot Woodworkers Challenge Coin Displays
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From the album: The Patriot Woodworkers Challenge Coin Displays
Another shot of Lew Kauffman displays, great job Lew!© The Patriot Woodworker
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