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Buying good tools cheap #5 - More Ploughs

Buying good tools cheap #5 - More Ploughs

On plough planes briefly. Someone mentioned out-of-parallel fences on plough planes. This can be a problem and happens often on old plough planes that were new decades ago but left unused and therefore unchanged but old. I actually haven't had that happen with the 043 or the 044

Buying good tools cheap #4 - Plough plane

Buying good tools cheap #4 - Plough plane

With reference to buying via eBay. One thing that comes with age is the ability to look retrospectively at changes in culture. Someone walking along the street tapping their palm and staring into it didn’t happen anywhere in the world two decades and less ago. I think you might

Buying good tools cheap #3 - The knife

Buying good tools cheap #3 - The knife

I think all too often we want a one-size-fits-all tool we can suit to every task without compromise. I confess that’s how I see certain tools, for the main part anyway. Every so often I discover a new tool, use it for a while, even fall in love with

Buying good tools cheap #2 - The combination square

Buying good tools cheap #2 - The combination square

The engineer's combination square Today I begin with talking about my square. I have more than one for practical reasons, but the one I reach for the most is a standard engineer’s combination square. As the name implies, this tools was designed for the high demands of

Buying good tools cheap #1 - Introduction

Buying good tools at old prices There are many ways you can buy hand tools and related equipment, new or secondhand, and end up with really good results that will equal the best at a fraction of the cost. My blogs have alluded to this over the past year or