It's a curse! A never-ending lust for more tools!

[John Myers]

There always seems to be another tool or piece of equipment that is seducing me. Something to make the job easier, neater, cleaner, healthier. Unfortunately, I only have a modest budget. So I make do with what I have, and add to it a little at a time.

Then I go to a woodworking show and see all the different routers and tables, and all the marvelous things you can do with them.

And then Festool sanders! And how about getting a dust extractor to go along with it? Heaven knows I hate all that dust that comes with sanding.

LUST strikes again! It's a curse!

God help me! I should have gone into something simple - like stamp collecting.

[Bill Huber]

I know what you mean, the way I handle it is my shop is so small that if I get a new tool something has to go to make room for it.

I am getting ready to buy a wood cutting band saw, so the metal cutting band saw has to go to make room for it.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

John,

Don't look at it as a curse.....Look at it as an opportunity to not have any excess cash on hand......or any credit line left.......

[Greg Pavlov]

John,

Don't look at it as a curse.....Look at it as an opportunity to not have any excess cash on hand......or any credit line left.......

...or a temptation to fritter it away on a retirement account.....

[Dave Verstraete]

Don't worry. Be Happy. The government will bail you out with $600.

[Greg Muller]

I've gotta object over the language being used in this thread! Only when SWMBO is around do I refer to them as "tools", that leaves the implication that I do "work" with them.

Otherwise, especially when I am around where they can hear me, I call them "my babies", "toys" or "the little finger-hunters" when they get obnoxious.

Greg

[Don Bullock]

Don't worry. Be Happy. The government will bail you out with $600.

Right!!! I'm sure that I make too much money and won't even get that.

The way I look at it, the government can't blame the downturn in the economy on me. Last year I spent far too much on toyls.

[George Sanders]

How did I ever get by with just a skillsaw and a router? Oh well: He who dies with the most toys wins!

[Tim Marks]

Machinery might be a better investment then the stock market right now.

[tim rowledge]

Oh well: He who dies with the most toys wins!

I'd propose a modified version of that -
He who dies with the most *well used* toys wins - because he had fun using them!

[Jim Thiel]

He who dies with the most toys wins!

He who dies dies.

To the OP, moderation isn't just for wine and girlfriends .

Oh crap, I may have just revealed a presuppositional tendency.

Jim

[frank shic]

don't feel bad, you're among fellow sufferers here! the tool lust does die down after you've gotten your tablesaw and router set up... and then the jointer and planer quickly follow along with the dust collector somewhere in between, a few more routers tag along, a drill press makes life just SO MUCH EASIER, another router or two and you're basically done... except for maybe a line boring drill if you're into cabinetmaking like i am along with a couple of hinge boring presses off of craigslist... and now you are FINALLY done... but then the ridgid portable table saw showed up on craigslist last week brand new for only $300...

[Lee Koepke]

i am not alone.

thank you.

[glenn bradley]

I don't know. . . some of those stamps are mighty expensive.

$3500.00

[Brad Shipton]

And those of us with this affliction have to find places like this to justify to ourselves we are not nuts.