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TheTiddles wrote:There's only two things you need in a toolkit, a hammer and a condom, if you can't fix it with a hammer, f*#k it.
Loghead wrote:This is what LOML bought me for a wedding present in 1962.
Stanley No. 4.
Marples Chisels 1/4" 1/2" 5/8", 1"
Marples Marking gauge, (Scratchy-nail type)
Marples Mortice Gauge
6" Try Square (Rosewood and steel )
Sliding bevel Rosewood and steel.
Mallet
Cross-peen hammer
Pincers
Panel Saw (Cross-cut)
Combination India stone
Brace and 12 Bits (Ridgeway) 1/4" up to 1 and a 1/4"
Coping Saw
13 ppi steel-backed tenon saw (Cross-cut)
Cost-wise, it was a significant sum in those days and I knew I'd have to take care of it. I think the quality speaks for itself, as the only thing I have lost is the original brace, which was stolen in the late sixties. Probably my fault for leaving a door open!
HTH Rob.
Froggy wrote:I would love to know what answers you have had from those others you have posed it to. I still consider myself a beginner, albeit with a little experience now, and would like to know what the experts think are good value long term essentials.
Cheers Froggy.
Froggy wrote:Look forward to seeing those results Rob. For what it's worth on the size of planes - if I had to chose one it would be the 5 1/2 (mines a Stanley).
Peter Sefton wrote: My 5 1/2 would be the Clifton or the WR if the budget won't stretch.
Froggy wrote:Peter Sefton wrote: My 5 1/2 would be the Clifton or the WR if the budget won't stretch.
Hi Pete, What's 'WR' please?
Rod wrote:I don't see where this is going - that list looks like a very basic tool kit for any woodworker - I cannot see where the high end is coming from unless you are going to be more specific by saying all tools should be LN, LV or Holtey?
There's been lots of tool lists published on Forums.
Rod
Rod wrote:I don't see where this is going - that list looks like a very basic tool kit for any woodworker - I cannot see where the high end is coming from unless you are going to be more specific by saying all tools should be LN, LV or Holtey?
Rod
Wizard9999 wrote:Yes, I think much earlier in the thread there was a request for specific makes to be specified when people put forward their suggestions. Seems pretty clear from what Rob has said that where this may be going is into a box and then the Axminster catalogue. Maybe there will be more than one option in terms of make for some items so people can fit the core tool kit to their budget.
My hope would be that if this is being aimed at students, extra cost would not be built in by specifying it with a fancy case, etc. to keep cost down, and that for genuine students looking to start a career through their studies there would be a very hefty discount on the package to support them at the start of their 'journey'. Otherwise I agree to the very significant question over the purpose of this exercise.
Terry.
9fingers wrote:Even I have some of the tools on that list Rob!
I even found some of them when tidying up prior to Terry's visit last Saturday.
No handsaw on your list? maybe more of a site worker's tool perhaps.
Bob
Woodbloke wrote:9fingers wrote:Even I have some of the tools on that list Rob!
I even found some of them when tidying up prior to Terry's visit last Saturday.
No handsaw on your list? maybe more of a site worker's tool perhaps.
Bob
You mean the No4 door stop Bob? Nope…no handsaw and no sharpening gear either - Rob
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