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I think Shop Notes occasionally trots out a hand tool related article. My only issue does show how to make a backsaw, but the next article is how to build a very complicated mechanical saw filer so you can sharpen the saw you just made. Heheh…
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Four years ago I came into WW thinking that I would get all the machines and somehow find the space to set them up. I quickly discovered how bulky, expensive and complicated it seemed to set up a machine shop with all the jigs, accessories, cutters and dust collection and safety equipment. Such costs are hard to justify when you do not even know how long the love affair will last.
I decided right then that hand tools may be the compact, inexpensive inroad. I then started to buy ALL the tools I thought I would need, and bought many that I didn’t. I wish I had Paul’s tutelage back then…I probably would have bought half the number of tools to start.
Today I am primarily hand tools, but I do have two machines that I find useful: a combo jointer/planer for stock prep, and a second hand Rockwell 14″ bandsaw. The only other machine I can imagine getting would be a wood lathe.