Fellas
Theres light at the end of the tunnel where my garage/workshop conversion is concerned and my thoughts are now turning from OSB, Ply, damp proof and the do I or don't I put a wooden floor down question (yes you do was the answer to that one). I'm now thinking about upgrading some quite old albeit serviceable black and decker power tools to something possibly yellow. My planned tool cupboard will look a bit bare with only a set of axi chisels some draper screw drivers and a plane with a blade that was forged and honed on a rock while the craftsman was looking over his shoulder in case a t-rex got him !! The only tool that has an air of quality is a brand spanking (still in unopened box) joseph marples square which I picked up from a boot fair for 25p (yipee, my first gloat :lol: )
So on to the question, as i'm in no particular hurry to replace and generally stock the tool cupboard (swmbo has a list of jobs that can be all but completed on the ts with a bit of "knocking down" with a belt sander) I'm thinking of waiting until the DM Tool show in November to hopefully pick up some quality tools at a bit of a discount.
Shopping list thus far:
trend router for use in the RT
yellow leccy drill (not JCB :wink: )
a new plane (or 3)
possibly a dovetail jig.
some new screw drivers
set of chisels
Are the discounts at these shows worth the wait or am I better off shopping around on t'interweb.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Vinny
Theres light at the end of the tunnel where my garage/workshop conversion is concerned and my thoughts are now turning from OSB, Ply, damp proof and the do I or don't I put a wooden floor down question (yes you do was the answer to that one). I'm now thinking about upgrading some quite old albeit serviceable black and decker power tools to something possibly yellow. My planned tool cupboard will look a bit bare with only a set of axi chisels some draper screw drivers and a plane with a blade that was forged and honed on a rock while the craftsman was looking over his shoulder in case a t-rex got him !! The only tool that has an air of quality is a brand spanking (still in unopened box) joseph marples square which I picked up from a boot fair for 25p (yipee, my first gloat :lol: )
So on to the question, as i'm in no particular hurry to replace and generally stock the tool cupboard (swmbo has a list of jobs that can be all but completed on the ts with a bit of "knocking down" with a belt sander) I'm thinking of waiting until the DM Tool show in November to hopefully pick up some quality tools at a bit of a discount.
Shopping list thus far:
trend router for use in the RT
yellow leccy drill (not JCB :wink: )
a new plane (or 3)
possibly a dovetail jig.
some new screw drivers
set of chisels
Are the discounts at these shows worth the wait or am I better off shopping around on t'interweb.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Vinny