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Other topics for members => General Woodworking => Topic started by: thedeeredude on July 29, 2007, 07:34:37 PM
:) I was at an antique tool dealer today. Wall upon wall upon wall of hand planes, racks of saws, chisels, drawknives, axes, you name it. I came away with some prizes. A hand crank grinder by Dimogrit, A hand drill with bit storage in the handle, a brace, a stanley sweetheart hammer, a stanley 220 block, and a Sargent 410c VBM. I can see it know, in the shop listening to music, hearing the zip of a sharp plane blade through wood. No loud machines no fingers cutoff in a second.
I'll agree with that - I use a hand plane whenever I can, no dust, you get shavings to start the stove, an excellent finish, and no clouds of dust - There are some really snotty pieces of wood though that leave me no choice but sanding.
Sounds like a good find, tdd. I love old hand tools, too (my favorites are planes and axes). I finish just about everything with planes and scrapers nowaday, but I'm not ready to give up my jointer with the three-pronged tail just yet, though ;).