I have too many toys

[Ole Anderson]

I find that I too don't have anything I can even put on my Christmas list. I keep thinking I would like to ditch my old 6" Sears King Seeley jointer for a nice 8 incher, but don't really have the room and frankly, 90% of my use is for edge jointing which i could do with a 2 incher, if they made them.

[Eric Commarato]

yes I am running into that problem after having 2-3 duplicates of everything...

I just checked the new Woodcraft December sales brochure.

I could not find anything I need or want.

[mreza Salav]

I'm somewhat in that camp, sales don't interest me and there are rarely things on used market I am after.
The only things I might upgrade is my ICS sawstop into a slider/shaper combo. That would be mainly an upgrade to my shaper and I hope an upgrade to my saw as well.

[Frank Martin]

I have been in this camp for a while too. In fact, ended up purging some large tools taking too much space, such as a very nice Jet oscillating drum sander.

[Wayne Jolly]

If you can't find anything you need or want at Woodcraft (although I don't understand what "need" has to do with anything), it just means you are looking in the wrong place. It also means YOU LOSE! :-)

Wayne

[Thomas Pratt]

Buy some clamps. I''ll bet you will use them someday.

[Jim Becker]

If you can't find anything you need or want at Woodcraft (although I don't understand what "need" has to do with anything), it just means you are looking in the wrong place. It also means YOU LOSE! :-)

Wayne

Honestly, about a year ago a fellow that came to see my MiniMax gear (many of us with MM or Felder gear do "personal showroom duty" for prospective customers) gave me a gift card for Woodcraft in appreciation of my time. (it wasn't necessary for sure, but he did and I was appreciative) So the next time I had the opportunity to be in an area where there was a Woodcraft store, I stopped in to browse and see what I could buy with that card. I wandered for nearly an hour before finding a Nakiri knife kit (I also cook...) and some other small doo-dad...I think it was a package of 1" 23 gage pins from Grex. There just wasn't anything they had that I wanted or needed, although I could have bought some Festool abrasives or something, not that I needed any at the time. Need and want are kinda related...

[Dave Lehnert]

I live about 20 min. from a Woodcraft store. Have not been there in a few years. Last time there was to check out the new store they opened. I see they have just moved again.
Go back about 20 years and I would have been there once a week.

[Chris Padilla]

I have too many toys

Said no one ever.

[Chris Fournier]

I never refer to tools as toys. It ain't cool, it demeans the equipment and the activity. I have equipment, tools, and materials. Sorry if that's a buzz kill.

[Brian Henderson]

I just checked the new Woodcraft December sales brochure.

I could not find anything I need or want.

Same here. I have all the tools I need at the moment. I don't collect tools, I use them. If I don't actively need a new tool, I don't buy any. I can't remember the last time I actually bought anything major outside of consumables or in an emergency for some small handtool.

[Mark Felps]

Clearly the solution is to give away your oldest tools to young wood workers in need, then go buy some new gear to replace it.

[Michael Panis]

I think it is just a matter of picking the right next project...