Comments on: It’s not your fault https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2017/02/22/its-not-your-fault/ inside the woodshop Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2017/02/22/its-not-your-fault/#comment-249739 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:09:28 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=4682#comment-249739 Thanks for the comment, Greg. Yes, sometimes tools, at least the bad ones, should bear the blame.
Rob

]]> By: Greg Gimbel https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2017/02/22/its-not-your-fault/#comment-249731 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=4682#comment-249731 I know sometimes tools can be expensive and if you wanna learn something new you need new tools. I have a list of woodworking practices I wanna learn and perfect. I do not tackle anything new without having high quality tools to start with. I have tried to learn and practice new things with big box tools and just end up frustrated with the out come. I can across an article much like this one and took it heart. Start with quality tools apply a little patience and boom the out comes are much more appealing. With a little practice you will have great results. Great article and thanks for sharing

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2017/02/22/its-not-your-fault/#comment-243897 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:29:09 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=4682#comment-243897 Thanks, Ethan. Yea, I think there are many people out there who maintain a fantasy that a really good woodworker ought to be able to make perfect dovetails with a sharpened screwdriver. I’m exaggerating, of course, but that sort of nonsense is discouraging to anyone who is learning new skills.

Rob

]]> By: Ethan Sincox https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2017/02/22/its-not-your-fault/#comment-243893 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:52:53 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=4682#comment-243893 These are words few people will put to paper (screen?), but should be said.

I wince every time I see a conversation about the Aldi chisels and how you have to watch out for the “bad” batches with the questionable steel.

As much as possible, I try and use the highest quality tools I can get my hands on and tune them up as best I can.

I keep a cheap saw from Home Depot in the compartment in the back of my car for breaking down stock when it’s more than 10′ long and I need to get it home. That’s mostly because it’s short and fits in the compartment and I deal with reclaimed lumber and don’t like risking my good saws. Same with some lower quality chisels I use when I have to remove a broken nail and need to remove wood around it to give my nail puller space.

But everything else is the best I can get my hands on. I wish it was something new woodworkers could figure out sooner rather than later.

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