robinson46176
07-05-2009, 12:48 PM
Shops are funny things... Many of us do not have some tools that others feel that they could not live without. A lot of it stems from the way we all work differently and the differences in the goals we have for our shops. For about all of us $$$$ is a factor. I have spent a good deal of money over recent years building my tool supply up for my retirement. Now that I have somewhat "arrived" at retirement I have trouble finding time to work in the shop. :(
Purchases have at times been based on the presence of money at the same time that an exceptional opportunity presented itself rather than on my mental priority list.
Some tools present are also based on the type of projects we want to make. I for example am fully equipped with hand tools to hand hew timbers like regular axes, broad axes and hatchets and a good foot adz and beam drill. I also have a lot of tools like draw-knives, froe's, wedges and big mallets as well as all manner of logging tools. Those would be of little use for most clock makers, intarsia makers, or fretwork fans. :)
One of the items I recently realized that I have neglected to acquire is a hand operated power planer. I have a herd of hand planes but as I get older I notice that a lot of heavy use of one soon appears as pain in my shoulders. I now have a power hand plane on my written wish list.
Another item I want to add is a large tenon cutter for putting big tenons on rustic furniture parts. This sort of stuff:
http://www.log-furniture.ca/tools.html
I also have one of these on my written list:
http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/post-squire.jpg
And one of these:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drum-Flap-Sander/G8749
Somehow I have acquired tools for years but have failed to buy a rabbet plane or a router plane. Those are on the list too.
It's not a huge priority but I would also like to have a "store bought" regular tenoning jig.
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What does everybody else have on their list?
Purchases have at times been based on the presence of money at the same time that an exceptional opportunity presented itself rather than on my mental priority list.
Some tools present are also based on the type of projects we want to make. I for example am fully equipped with hand tools to hand hew timbers like regular axes, broad axes and hatchets and a good foot adz and beam drill. I also have a lot of tools like draw-knives, froe's, wedges and big mallets as well as all manner of logging tools. Those would be of little use for most clock makers, intarsia makers, or fretwork fans. :)
One of the items I recently realized that I have neglected to acquire is a hand operated power planer. I have a herd of hand planes but as I get older I notice that a lot of heavy use of one soon appears as pain in my shoulders. I now have a power hand plane on my written wish list.
Another item I want to add is a large tenon cutter for putting big tenons on rustic furniture parts. This sort of stuff:
http://www.log-furniture.ca/tools.html
I also have one of these on my written list:
http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/post-squire.jpg
And one of these:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drum-Flap-Sander/G8749
Somehow I have acquired tools for years but have failed to buy a rabbet plane or a router plane. Those are on the list too.
It's not a huge priority but I would also like to have a "store bought" regular tenoning jig.
-
What does everybody else have on their list?