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No, I agree with you on that part, and have purchased a number of tools from them over the years that were not Lee Valley/Veritas house brands. But with something as specific as chisels, where you...

Does it strike anyone else as strange that Lee Valley would begin retailing the new Stanley chisels, when all the rumors I have heard over the last year here and elsewhere have pointed to an...

That's exactly what I am thinking. I have never bothered to do it with my small ones since they are so common. I would like to tune this larger one though. I am not that worried about collector...

I have several old try squares, as many of us probably do, the type with a steel blade set into a wooden and brass pinned handle. They mostly end up being shop ornaments because I know them to all...

I think to call it a pro shop saw would be a stretch, the main business was carpet, and the guy was messing around with a little bit of cabinetry on the side. Regardless, I thought it sounded a bit...

thanks Glen, that sounds a lot like this saw, and he says he wants to get around $1200 for it. What I dont know is if he has any of the accompanying jigs, sled, etc. It does have the biese fence...

Forget the fact that I would have to park it until my shop grew a bit, what would a reasonable price be for a post 2000 (exact year as yet undetermined) right tilting unisaw with the long rails (look...

you make a good point in that it might be more than the machine itself that is lacking. I am sure there are probably half a dozen upgrades I could make that would significantly improve my old saw's...

I have an older craftsman 14 inch bandsaw that I bought when I was first getting started. It has been very functional and done most of the work I have asked it to do.

I break down a lot of...

maybe they can find a woodworking use for lawn darts while they are at it..

carpenters, shipbuilders and joiners have been missing digits since the beginning of time. Those with the least amount of proper training, the dullest or worst tools, or the poorest judgment and...

enjoy your ride on the slippery slope...as you just found out first hand, its a whole 'nother world.

here is where mine currently reside. It's a standing desk I built for the shop that is sort of part gun cabinet(only for tools), part plantation desk. Eventually the drawers will hold chisels. I...

I plan on building a replica, but this one is in good enough shape that it can stand to be used. It wouldn't feel right to just have it sitting there not getting used. Just like with old planes,...

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I think what led me to consider doing something was a previous find that I wanted to preserve. I have several interior doors in decent condition that were salvaged out of the ruins of a home in...

Thanks for helping me decide. All natural it is.

last summer I purchased a very large joiner's tool chest at an auction. It quickly became my favorite piece of shop furniture, and given that it has all the interior tills and drawers intact, it was...

David, that's a good idea, I didn't take your meaning with it when you mentioned it earlier. I might give it a shot.

mine is also one of the later models, I think it is badged as a Craftsman, even though it looks identical to many of the older boxes.(right down to the red bedplates). It was $16 dollars with the...

I purchased a stanley bailey #8 at a tool sale a couple of years before I really had any idea about how to use handplanes. I bought it because it was in immaculate condition and the price was 25...

I rarely use much glue unless the joint is going to get banged around a lot
I have several pieces that are 10 plus years old with NO glue and the joints are fine. Tight dovetails are not dependent...

four words for you Marv....wax on, wax off.....

um....yeah....I'll definitely be buying that pair at that price....damned tool peddlers will get you every time.

Many framers keep low end chisels in their tool rigs to tweak a cut or joint as necessary, or to quickly chop out notches in soft spruce or pine. Every framer on my jobsite, mexican or american, had...