Q. Tools for holidays: Do experts like you folks have all the tools you need or do you ask for tools for the holidays too? If so, what do you want this year?

(Michael Dresdner) Do we have all the tools we need? Are you daft? This year I would love to get that great dovetail saw that Lie-Nielsen sells, and maybe one of his small planes to keep it company. Still want to buy me more? OK, a set of Exocet bowl turning tools for the lathe.

(Rob Johnstone) I am a true binge tool junkie. I won't buy a tool for months and then & there goes my daughter's tuition money. You may be surprised to know that even though tool makers often offer to give me tools (because I am a woodworking magazine editor), Woodworker's Journal has a long-standing policy that prevents me from accepting said tools. (Instead, they end up in the deserving hands of Habitat for Humanity!) Unlike Michael, I am coveting some big ticket items this year. Laguna has a new table saw that is haunting my daydreams and the new Bosch plunge router caught my eye as well. And I'm just getting started. Somebody give me a tool catalog and a turn on "Who wants to be a Millionaire"!