What do your tools do at night- rant

Re: What do your tools do at night- rant

DaveK

>Wrong board chuckle head. try the other one!

Re: What do your tools do at night- rant

DaveK

>Learn to use a hand plane!

Would rather if I had the time. But some times you have to give it to the apprentice. other wise they never learn

Re: What do your tools do at night- rant

Adam Cherubini, NJ

>That's okay Dave. We understand. I'm convinced my naughty molding planes try on each wedges at night. Also the planes on the shelves swap with the planes in my tool chest.

Adam

Re: What do your tools do at night- rant

Matt Dworman

>At night, my tools all get together and find a way to RUST!

Re: What do your tools do at night- rant

Dean J in MN

>I'm pretty sure my chisles go out and find more shavings to dump in the shop floor. In the morning I have more shavings and dull chisels from them walking all over town on their edges.... Of course it is the planes that taunt them into doing it. Peer pressure and all.

-Dean

I've Been Hoping

Hank Knight in SC

>I've been hoping for years that my planes would find something more interesting to do at night than sit around and rust. But, to my great disappointment, I can't yet claim to be the godfather of a nice baby 4 1/2.

Re: I've Been Hoping

Dan Donaldson

>I keep hoping that they sharpen themselves, but like you, I am always disappointed;-)

That's OK, Dave

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>We obsess about cholesterol-powered tools here, but truth is, most of us use power tools too - you didn't say any bad words we haven't heard here before.

I keep thinking I should always choose hand tools, but time keeps pressuring me (working full-time is SUCH a drag on my projects!) so I burn my share of electrons. What I do find is that there are operations that just can't be done with power tools without excessive jigging, and others that can be done equally quickly either way and are lots more fun with hand tools. It's my fascination with these aspects of hand tools that makes this my home forum.

Re: That's OK, Dave

DaveK

>Actually I do a lot of hand tools. My philosopy is that power tools replace the apprentices. i generally finish up with planes,scrapers..rarely use sandpaper. And of course dovetails are generally handcut unless its a kitchen. I use the drum for big panels after I scrub"m and alittle jack.

For me and the board :)

Re: What do your tools do at night- rant

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>After I've put them all away for the night and turn off the lights, they get out and dance around on the bench top, the TS table, the top of the jointer, and every other flat surface in the shop. That's where I find them in the morning, completely exhausted. But strangely, they never build anything while I'm not there, but they sure make a lot of shavings and sawdust. From the amount of rust on them, they must also work up a real sweat.

;-) LOL

Dan Donaldson

>Now why, I wonder, does that sound familiar........