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    What was Your Last Woodworking Tool Purchase

    My last purchase was a 5 1/2 corrugated bottom hand plane, but I was wondering what others purchased last.

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    Fastcap Bestfence and 10" Bosch axial glide.

    The things is a tank. Its kinda really annoying!

    On the other hand being able to manage 18' lengths of cellular pvc and yet perfect clean cuts is kinda awesome.

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    Shapton Glass 500 stone, purchased last night.

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    Four inch block plane. I left my six inch behind when I went away for work. Can't work without a block plane. Cheers

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    Well, there's an antique shop near me in Elizabethton,TN that sells ONLY antique tools, ok it sells other things but mainly tools. Anyway, I had some extra money so I went and bought a Stanley No.733 hand drill, a big ol' Crusader saw from Belknap maybe, and a Millers Falls No.5 hand drill. He's got everything! A Stanley No.45! A Stanley No.113 circular plane! Router Planes! Pit Saws! Hand drill presses! If you can name it, he's got it! If I wasn't straight, I'd marry that guy, but I am! Not that there's anything wrong with that .
    I was once a woodworker, I still am I'm just saying that I once was.

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    Just replaced my 30 year old finishing sander with a new Makita.
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    Arundel, ME

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    Festool cordless drill.

    Aside from my #5 Millers Falls and a couple of braces, this is my first cordless drill................Rod.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich Riddle View Post
    My last purchase was a 5 1/2 corrugated bottom hand plane, but I was wondering what others purchased last.
    "Last" has some interesting connotations. I suspect many of the forum members are retired, old geezers.

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    Assuming a bunch of drawer slides for my MS bench doesn't really count..

    I think my last purchase was a Steel City 8" slow speed grinder.

    And I think my next purchase is a track saw..
    Brian

    "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger or more complicated...it takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher

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    Three mortising chisels from Lee Valley...and a replacement 15 gage angle finish nailer.
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...

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    Makita 4 1/2" angle grinder (to help restore my Northfield jointer), And before that a delta 1172 tenoning jig.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich Riddle View Post
    ... I was wondering what others purchased last.

    Why, do you want to borrow it?

    I last bought a Powermatic 3520B lathe. Unless you count a small hollowing tool from the other John Jordan. You can borrow the hollowing tool but the lathe is too big to fit in a Flat Rate box.

    JKJ

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    I bought a Bosch jig saw yesterday. I am making stencils to paint a sign on a barn (12"-33" letters) and couldn't stand to cut them all out with a router. Working great!

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    18V Milwaukee Sawzall - using it while fixing fence for the cattle....

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    Jim, that of course means you must sell your existing Mortise chisels to someone local...

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