Originally Posted by
Brian Sommers
My current inventory of hand tools:
Two Veritas back saws, the xcut and rip.
Japanese hard back pull saw
marking tools, knife, wheel, etc.
incra true square and a 45 deg. gauge.
Two bit braces, with one dedicated to a 13/16 auger for drilling bench dog holes if/when I need them.
These planes were bought locally from an Amish woodworker here in town, he ground and sharpened and set these up for me.
#7 set up as a roughing plane
#4 set up as a smoothing plane
block plane for taking sharp edges down.
my $12 special FatMax - not to terrible for a rough xcut.
Winding sticks
Veritas steel straight edge
Incra corner squares
A not to bad of a bench, that I made.
bench hook
shooting board
clamps
A low angle bevel up jack plane would be a good addition to your set. It would also be advantageous for you to find an old Stanley/Bailey*#5 to include in your line up. An extra (Stanley original) blade or two for this would be an inexpensive addition to set it up for scrub work.
If you are going to build boxes and drawers you will likely want to have a plow plane to cut slots for the bottoms. One with a few beading blades will help to add decorative effects.
There are no chisels on your list. A few sizes, 1/4, 3/8 & 1/2", might be very helpful
A recent addition to my tool selection has impressed me greatly. That is the Knew Concepts Fret Saw. It has me thinking about eventually selling all my other fret saws.
Most plow planes have the ability to double as a rabbet plane. A router plane would be helpful for mortise & tenon work as well as putting hinges on small boxes. Veritas has a small router for about $50 that is on my wish list.
It seems everyone loves spending other people's money.
jtk
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