Confession….I have a tool addiction

[Hsmith192]

I’m going to confess something on here. Basically I have an addiction for buying tools on eBay.
I don’t fully know why I’m doing it but I’m finding that I have more satisfaction in owning the tool rather than using it.

I do feel really ashamed and this isn’t a joke, I just want to enjoy woodworking. I feel I’ve done it all wrong.

 

[Orraloon]

I think its something a lot of us get in varying degrees. In my early days at woodworking it was not a problem as I had little spare cash so I only bought what was really needed. Then I saw people restoring old planes and saws and I became a sucker for rescuing old tools. Getting a beat up tool back to working order is a good feeling but of course they pile up and at one stage I had 5 #4s. I have been gradually thinning them out but admit I have more saws and planes than I really need. Perhaps a chisel or two over whats essential as well. I do however use them all and nothing is there just to be looked at. I would hate to be known as a collector.
Regards
John

 

[Adam W.]

@Hsmith192 It's OK, there's one bloke (name protected) on here with a full set of Lie-Nielsen tools that he never uses.

 

[baldkev]

To a degree, we are all like that.
Ive got more kit than i can shake a mini digger at, the only difference is I'm in the trade, so i can 'justify' my tool purchases. I currently have 3 8x4 plant trailers i only need 1! Ive got more powered saws than i can remember
I need to sort through my kit soon and start selling off bits i dont use, because when i finish my current site, ive got to take it all back to the workshop, and it wont all fit

 

[dannyr]

Give your "slightly less good now you've got something better" tools to a charity such as men's sheds, a repair cafe or Tools for Self Reliance or similar.
Or become a seller as well as a buyer.

Sorry, have to keep this short, I have a few doz lovely chisels too many - time for a clear out.

 

[johnnyb]

it's a road I travelled and finally rejected. old tools are simply beautiful though. but I like to make rather than collect. if you go to David Stanley auctions you'll see the end of that road.

 

[Lons]

Could be worse I know someone who used to collect IKEA pencils. DAHIKT

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Sorry, have to keep this short, I have a few doz lovely chisels too many - time for a clear out.

I had a clear out a few years ago, I sold over two hundred. I passed on eight or nine Stanley 803s as well.

 

[benitod]

I suffer from that habit.
Recently, I had to sell or give up all my tools due to a big move.

 

[Chisteve]

Personally I’m happy people do, I’ve sold loads of tools on eBay

It’s always handy to have lots of tools, if you use them once for a good piece of work they are worth having

 

[paulrbarnard]

@Hsmith192 It's OK, there's one bloke (name protected) on here with a full set of Lie-Nielsen tools that he never uses.

Perhaps he should get together with the guy I know who has a full set of shapton waterstones and have a sharpening party.

 

[thetyreman]

I have a philosophy with tools, if it never gets used it's useless and needs to go, if I am using it regularly (regardless of value) it means that it's truly useful.

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

I’m going to confess something on here. Basically I have an addiction for buying tools on eBay.
I don’t fully know why I’m doing it but I’m finding that I have more satisfaction in owning the tool rather than using it.

I do feel really ashamed and this isn’t a joke, I just want to enjoy woodworking. I feel I’ve done it all wrong.

This means that you are not building enough. If you are engrossed in a build, you are less likely to need the “fix” that comes from another tool.

I’m a sucker for marking tools, and what stopped the acquisition was to build French fitted drawers for the ones I use. There is no point now in purchasing more

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[paulrbarnard]

This means that you are not building enough. If you are engrossed in a build, you are less likely to need the “fix” that comes from another tool.

I’m a sucker for marking tools, and what stopped the acquisition was to build French fitted drawers for the ones I use. There is no point now in purchasing more

Regards from Perth

Derek

You could use the existing marking tools to layout some additional drawers

 

[aet1]

Could be worse I know someone who used to collect IKEA pencils. DAHIKT

We they made of MDF?

 

[aet1]

I have a philosophy with tools, if it never gets used it's useless and needs to go, if I am using it regularly (regardless of value) it means that it's truly useful.

That's fine until the day you do need it, then you kick yourself.

 

[Hsmith192]

I’m going to keep them, use them and if there are ones I’m really not using? Consider selling. Now the weathers improved I am making a lot more. Winter sucks!