Got a nice little bonus from my old job this month which was unexpected so I’m dedicating £200-350 to something shiny for the workshop but I need some suggestions on what!!
Simply put I’m hand tools only now, have the tools most well known online users recommend but mostly in mid-range or older versions (for example I have a not-so old Stanley #4 which is ‘ok’, an older #5 1/2 which is pretty good, Narex chisels, a couple of Veritas saws etc.)
My own shopping searches have led me to a LN #3 (bronze one is lovely), a LA jack, the Clifton LA block plane, some better chisels, a couple more Veritas saws and so on but I can’t decide. It’s not so much a question of ‘need’ as wanting to have something special that I really enjoy using and looking at, and not seeing my last bonus disappear without something to still look at in ten years time.
Simply put I’m hand tools only now, have the tools most well known online users recommend but mostly in mid-range or older versions (for example I have a not-so old Stanley #4 which is ‘ok’, an older #5 1/2 which is pretty good, Narex chisels, a couple of Veritas saws etc.)
My own shopping searches have led me to a LN #3 (bronze one is lovely), a LA jack, the Clifton LA block plane, some better chisels, a couple more Veritas saws and so on but I can’t decide. It’s not so much a question of ‘need’ as wanting to have something special that I really enjoy using and looking at, and not seeing my last bonus disappear without something to still look at in ten years time.