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3rd October 2014, 09:30 PM #61
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3rd October 2014, 09:53 PM #62
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3rd October 2014, 10:03 PM #63GOLD MEMBER
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Well done ratbag! for starting such a diverse discussion.
Do we need expensive hand tools?
Yes indeed if your a collector I'd say.
Collectors seem to flock to the expensive rare stuff, cause that's what the other guy wants.
Personally I "don't get" people who collect expensive hand tools and don't use them. Just makes em dust collectors ifyarskme.
Brings to mind a scenario that happened here about 20 years ago.... a little story if you will.
I was making a gunstock for a double barrelled shot gun;to replace a broken one. It was for a mighty fine shotgun that the owner obviously treasured.
The particular gun had internal hammers which makes for a trickier job to get all the clearances right etc,etc.
Anyway an old guy from down the road happened to drop in for one reason or other while I was working on it, with all my finest patternmaking chisels and gouges on the workbench.
He seemed interested. I didn't think too much of it. He went away.
Made the gunstock for the client out of some figured walnut and he was thrilled, probably underquoted as usual but I could see how happy the bloke was and didn't mind.
A week or so later the old guy from down the road turned up again, this time proudly brandishing his double barrelled shotgun with an absolutely stunning figured blackwood stock on it that he had just finished making to replace his busted one..
He was so proud of what he had made.
Rightly so, he had done an absolute kickass job on it.
I asked him what he had made it with?
His reply, "Just a blunt old saw and a bit of broken glass for a scraper"
I told him that I'd take my hat off to him for his effort if I had one. End of story.
Moral of story....You do not need expensive hand tools to make good stuff, if you have the motivation to make it.
On the other hand....its horrible trying to carve wood for instance with a chisel that wont hold its edge.
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3rd October 2014, 10:03 PM #64
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3rd October 2014, 10:47 PM #65
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3rd October 2014, 11:21 PM #66
This thread needs a little light relief...
I confess to feeling at one with the orangutang featured earlier.... (here he is again, in case you missed it) I know he is making a complete hash of whatever project his tiny simian mind has concocted.... that's pretty much how I feel when things go wrong...
And I know just how to fix it... I just have to buy that Wenzloff Kenyon inspired panel saw and everything will magically fit perfectly and the sun will shine again... hang the expense..
So, do you need expensive tools, of course you do, it makes you feel better and you can blame all your previous failures on those cheap badly designed inadequate tools.. low cost therapy...
So there you have it, cheap yellow plastic handled hard point saws are only for orangatangs, Ridiculously expensive Wenzloff Kenyons are for the rest of us...
Ray
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3rd October 2014, 11:43 PM #67
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3rd October 2014, 11:45 PM #68SENIOR MEMBER
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I wonder how old ginger there would go with this one....
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-W...item54116289ca
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4th October 2014, 01:34 AM #69
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4th October 2014, 01:36 AM #70
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6th October 2014, 08:02 PM #71
It's a good point and mentioned by some others too. It reminds me of a long time ago working with a bloke who had had the opportunity to race a Ferrari (I think it was a 330P2 for the pedantic amongst you) at a small UK race track.
I was overawed at the time and asked how he went. He said not too bad except he had to endure the ignominy of being passed by Graham Hill in a Lotus Cortina! This also shows just how long ago this was .
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6th October 2014, 08:18 PM #72Senior Member
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May be we should go back to the old school saying " It's a bad tradesperson that blames their tools."
know your tool, how to use it and how to maintain it.
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6th October 2014, 08:24 PM #73
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6th October 2014, 08:26 PM #74
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6th October 2014, 08:36 PM #75
RV
I can relate to the golf club syndrome, but in my case with tennis. In the days of my youth I played for my local tennis club and was partnered with and old guy (well I thought he was old then). Jim told me that in his youth he played doubles with a bloke who arrived on the court with a busted up old racquet, which most likely had a string broken too. Jim used to arrive with a smart kit bag and two or three racquets.
The opposition played on the bloke with the broken string and had normally lost the first set before they realised Jim was the weak link .
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