Sunday, October 30, 2005

new old tools

old plane

i'm getting ready for my timber framing course by acquiring some tools. all the timber framing books i've looked at recommend buying older tools or extremely expensive new tools. i've been on ebay bidding away on old things like this old stanley plane. the most exotic thing i've bid on is a mortise drilling machine. it looks like something out of frankenstein and it's expensive! but, i've seen these at work and they make mortising quick and accurate.

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