Buying good tools cheap #1 – Introduction
Buying good tools at old prices There are many ways you can buy hand tools and related equipment, new or secondhand, and end up with really good results that will…
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Buying good tools cheap – Starter Chisels UK
There was a time when imported tools were both cheap to buy and cheap in quality, which of course isn’t cheap but false economy. In the sixties we in the…
Buying good tools cheap #4 – Plough plane
…the same tool I am or you are. There can be no doubt that eBay buying works and works well. It has changed the way we shop for tools and…
Buying good tools cheap #2 – The combination square
…more on this in an earlier blogpost and if you are looking to restore one you have or find here is another blog. Cheap square may not be so cheap…
Buying good tools cheap – About Smoothers
Ebay and smoothing planes I am sure for every good thing I say about eBay smoothing planes there will be someone who can counter what I say, but I have…
Buying Good Tools Cheap – The Router Plane
…but my recent find left me buying the very rare Tyzak for £19 and the Preston for a buy-it-now of £55. The two planes, though made by different makers, are…
Buying good tools cheap #7 Marking gauges
…of my gauges secondhand and there is little to go wrong with them. For my schools I bought some rosewood and brass ones with good features and solid setscrews that…
Buying good tools cheap – Introducing the hand saws
…and the saw is going to make a good one. I use older worn belts and I have some lovely saws using this method. It’s obviously not worth buying a…
Buying good tools cheap – #8 Marking gauge
…only. That said, I like to have both, and of course buying at 20 pence means I have two dozen in my Penrhyn Castle workshop. The pins are most often…
Buying good tools cheap – Tape measures
…necessity. In closing, some of the best tapes are the cheapest imports in coloured plastic casings and I am always picking them up to test for whether I like them….