Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997
From: Tom Price
To: oldtools
Subject: Tool Hunting Addiction - was Re: Purple oilstone etc
Paul [Pederson] wrote:
>I haven't been doing any woodworking but I've been finding
>some nice tools. I'm starting to look an awful lot like a
>collector, even if I still consider myself a user.
Me too. SWMBO is after me to finish a quilt hanger and today, after
hours of effort, I managed to uncover my bench. I counted 3 block
planes, a half dozen chisels, various rags, buffing compound, several
saw nuts, parts to a #4, ScarySharp supplies, screwdrivers, a pile of
center spur bits, and some stuff I have been missing for weeks. I
found a rosewood and brass t-bevel gage I don't even remember buying.
I did a count on the Shelf O' Planes and realized that I'm up to ten
#4's or equivalents (counting my M-F #9's). [There's more than that
now] The Shelf O' Planes is starting to sag a bit and it looks like I
better add some more bracing to it. [need to do it again] >Does >anyone know of a cure for tool-hunting addiction ? I have >more than enough tools to make furniture, but I can't seem >to get out of the hunt mode and back into make mode. > >That I keep finding nice stuff cheap doesn't help. Welcome to the Support Group From Hell ;-) Trying to shake a tool hunting habit on the Porch would be like going to an AA group meeting and having the members stand up and talk about their favorite mixed drinks, single malts, and their recent successes in home brewing. Speaking of which I bought TWO drawknives this weekend. I'm up to 5. I want to take Mike Dunbar's course sometime in 1998 and I'm stocking up ;-) [never made it] Somebody come down here and slap some sense into
me with a rusty Shelton. [no one ever did] The second knife was a
Witherby which I got for a real good price and is cleaning up nicely. [excellent drawknife which is now in my toolchest] SWMBO caught me
lapping the back and gave me what for. Tomorrow (Sunday) I'm going to
finish the quilt hanger _before_ I hit the flea market. [got
sidetracked - never finished it but we don't have the quilt anymore] Oh yeah, On Friday I distinctly heard Steve Reynolds mutter the words, "What am I gonna do with another block plane" just before he bought an old Sargent for $3. [he's got a whole drawer full of block planes now] He also
scored a very nice 12" M-F brace for $3. Ahem. I believe that's more
than one brace isn't it Steve? Got more than a few block planes now,
dontcha? Who's the _collector_ now? Heh, heh, heh.
****************************
Tom Price (TomPrice@aol.com)
Got A Tool Monkey On My Back That Taps Me On The Head Every Time I See
A Brace.
Copyright 1999 Thomas Price - All rights
reserved