Comments on: Need a new tool? Sure! http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/ inside the woodshop Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/#comment-4624 Rob Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:18:57 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=105#comment-4624 Ah, a much more difficult problem! Maybe that plane could somehow be construed to be a necessity in some home improvement project (before it gets to your shop, of course). Courage, fellow woodworker. Rob Ah, a much more difficult problem!

Maybe that plane could somehow be construed to be a necessity in some home improvement project (before it gets to your shop, of course).

Courage, fellow woodworker.

Rob

]]> By: Evolutionkills http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/#comment-4621 Evolutionkills Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:50:32 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=105#comment-4621 You make no mention of another criterion that is crucial to my tool buying decisions: Will I be able to acquire this tool before She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO) finds out I want one and spends hours trying to convince me that a plane is a plane is a plane and that I don't need it. You make no mention of another criterion that is crucial to my tool buying decisions: Will I be able to acquire this tool before She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO) finds out I want one and spends hours trying to convince me that a plane is a plane is a plane and that I don’t need it.

]]> By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/#comment-426 Rob Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=105#comment-426 Hey Charles, Thanks for the comment. Yes, yes, buy the saw, and at least a couple of planes while you're at it. It's the sensible and patriotic thing to do. Rob Hey Charles,

Thanks for the comment. Yes, yes, buy the saw, and at least a couple of planes while you’re at it. It’s the sensible and patriotic thing to do.

Rob

]]> By: Charles http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/#comment-422 Charles Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:51:13 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=105#comment-422 Rob, Love your site. I've read a few posts and really enjoyed them... look forward to reading the rest! You make some very valid and practical points in this post. Couldn't agree more... one of the tools (correction, the only tool) that I haven't purchased is a tenoning jig for the exact argument you've made (cost, setup time, lack of joy to use compared to hand tools). Ok, I'm off to follow your instructions to purchase a good quality Japanese dovetail saw. That's the take-away message here right? ;-] -Charles Rob,

Love your site. I’ve read a few posts and really enjoyed them… look forward to reading the rest!

You make some very valid and practical points in this post. Couldn’t agree more… one of the tools (correction, the only tool) that I haven’t purchased is a tenoning jig for the exact argument you’ve made (cost, setup time, lack of joy to use compared to hand tools).

Ok, I’m off to follow your instructions to purchase a good quality Japanese dovetail saw. That’s the take-away message here right? ;-]

-Charles

]]> By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/#comment-72 Rob Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:52:41 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=105#comment-72 David, Good set of questions! Rob David,
Good set of questions!
Rob

]]> By: David http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/21/need-a-new-tool-sure/#comment-70 David Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:13:47 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=105#comment-70 Reminds me of the questions I force myself to ask before I buy something tool-ish: * Do I already have something that does substantially the same thing, or can be made to do so without herculean effort? * Is this a tool for which I can make a substitute, learning something useful in the process and/or without much pain? * Does it let me do something I would not otherwise be able to do? * Is the thing it does something I need to do for a project I'm currently working on? If not, am I just adding to my own workload by buying it? Good post, especially in these not-so-spendthrifty times :). Reminds me of the questions I force myself to ask before I buy something tool-ish:

* Do I already have something that does substantially the same thing, or can be made to do so without herculean effort?
* Is this a tool for which I can make a substitute, learning something useful in the process and/or without much pain?
* Does it let me do something I would not otherwise be able to do?
* Is the thing it does something I need to do for a project I’m currently working on? If not, am I just adding to my own workload by buying it?

Good post, especially in these not-so-spendthrifty times :).

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