Thread: G'day from Hobart

After years of waiting, I have finally moved to a house with space for a workshop (workbench under construction) and room to swing a few cats - even if it does mean the cars live under a carport.
I find myself in the situation where I have messed around renovating a 1880's house, making a few (very) odd bits of furniture, but without the foundation knowledge of how to use hand tools properly, basic joinery skills/the ability to select good timber to work with.

I have fond memories as a kid in my grandfathers workshop - a wall of hand planes, a complete 19th C tool chest that was his grandfathers (sadly sold), chisels made by his old mate 'Horrie', who I since found out worked at Titan in Hobart?

So, to describe a style of work I'm interested in - use of traditional hand tools (to a point - I'm not a luddite), I have some old prints I would like to frame and some ideas in my head I would like to turn into bits of furniture that will stand the test of time.

I'm on the hunt for a quality #4 and #5 plane (they all seem to sell within minutes of posting - and I have just come to realise that I am after a 'user' not something to sit in a box-although they are nice to look at, a dovetail saw, an old set of quality chisels (Titan would seem a good 'local' choice!) and lots of advice.

There you have it. Many thanks in advance for your advice, ideas and inspiration.