Thread: Who's been playing with my tools ?

Originally Posted by Thumbthumper

I just don't know how I'm going to handle it when she hits her first nail

If she hits a steel nail with your nicely sharpened and honed blades.

Hi Thumbthumper,

Can you design a training course for that behaviour? I would pay...... Most impressed!

Imagine..... "don't worry dear, I'll sharpen the #5 plane blade in the morning.... did you get that nice Titan 1" on Ebay last night.....Isn't that a beautiful Warrington corss-pein hammer, why don't we buy it.....

Maybe there is something in the water in Canberra.

Originally Posted by Thumbthumper

I'm hearing a lot of "you've been buying more tools haven't you" and "do you really need all those planes ?" etc.

But as I arrived home from work today, and popped into the workshop, things were not as I left them. Cedar shavings on the bench (I'm sure I swept up last night)...one of my molding planes in a different spot on the rack...combination plane box on the bench.
Hmmmm

Then I hear, "I made a christmas present today !"

Turns out SWMBO has been into the scrap bin, grabbed some cedar rails, sized them with a smoother, hand cut miters with the miter box and saw, cleaned them up with a block plane on the shooting board, beaded the outside with my Record 050, cut a molding on the inside with one of my woodies, set a rebate underneath for the glass with my 78, pinned and glued it up and polished it with a shellac mix, and finished it up with a wax buff.
She said "it was so easy when I could just grab each one of planes to do the different jobs"
A beautiful cedar picture frame for my sister.

I'm so proud of her
This can only help justify more tool purchases !

Excuse my poor photography...

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Next, she'll want her own shed...

"As you do!!" Ha Ha wish I had my own shed.

And do you honestly think that you will get to choose what the next needed tool is to be purchasedVery funny! Suddenly there will be TWO tool wish lists, one yours and one hers. AS, you see, you have soooo many choices already made, she has to make that many choices just to catch up, and then you gotta alternate

Tell your wife it is a beautiful frame and I bet her sister absolutely loves it, well done. She should be proud. And Sshhhh! better be quiet, Ruffly Rustic will hear you and give your wife some good pointers on how to get her own shed.

Donna

She appreciates all your kind comments (and the tongue in cheek ones as well)

As a final part to the story...
The piece of glass the she sized the frame for, wouldn't quite fit into the rebate at the back.
So a bit of tweaking with another plane (Stanley 90 as a chisel plane to get into the corners), fixed that and everything's perfect !
All her work as well, with a tiny bit of advice.

So a total of six planes to do this one little job. We DO need all our planes everybody.
Don't let anyone tell you any different

Originally Posted by Thumbthumper

She appreciates all your kind comments (and the tongue in cheek ones as well)

As a final part to the story...
The piece of glass the she sized the frame for, wouldn't quite fit into the rebate at the back.
So a bit of tweaking with another plane (Stanley 90 as a chisel plane to get into the corners), fixed that and everything's perfect !
All her work as well, with a tiny bit of advice.

So a total of six planes to do this one little job. We DO need all our planes everybody.
Don't let anyone tell you any different

TT,
Indeed, you are a lucky man, the envy of many!
I'm struggling with any kind of claim that I NEED all those planes..
Glad you shared your joy,
Regards,
Peter