[crw-talk] Stolen Tools! Woodturners, please read!

[Ken Grunke]

 From the Woodturning Connection group on Facebook:

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Cindy Drozda shared a link.

Stolen Tools! Woodturners, please read!

Doug Thompson <www.thompsonlathetools.com> had a lot of tools stolen 
from him! Please be on the lookout for them. If anyone offers you tools 
that could be Doug's, let him know.

The tools will be 10V steel, round tools have the shank turned down, 
tools may be polished, they are Doug's flute shapes. "Thompson" might or 
might not be engraved on them. Look for any tools in the Thompson line 
that are being offered by someone who is not Doug or one of his dealers!

Here is Doug's post about it: "A guy I knew from the club (yes a 
woodturner) 12-14 years called me about a job. He worked for his dad for 
25 years then took his dad's costumers to start his own business and 
that's all I knew when I hired him. Well a few things started to 
disappear the after the Florida symposium a whole pallet of tools 
vanished.... I let him go. When I called the police they showed me a mug 
shot then his whole story fell into place. Remember he took his dad's 
customers well he stole his partners money and became a felon. His wife 
divorced him and he now lives in a room where he mows the lawn and 
shovels snow for his rent. ....The bottom line is he stole over $80,000 
worth of tools and the only place to sell them is to you. He can't 
change steel of flute shape so that helps find the tools.... if you see 
anything contact me (Doug Thompson). Thank you"