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What's your favourite tool that isn't a plane?
You know the one - the tool that you don't use very often, but it sits on the shelf watching you do the rest of your woodwork, just waiting. Then you find the perfect job for it, and out it comes. You just couldn't do this job without it, and you just enjoy every moment your hands are on it. It is just made for the job and brings joy to your heart. Go on, tell us what it is...
It can be a tool or a jig, something bought, or something you've made yourself, or anything. It can be a powered tool, but I think hand-tools bring more joy, so I've posted in the hand-tools forum. I said not planes because everyone has their favourite plane, but I wanted to get some other ideas, and maybe share some of the more obscure tools out there. But hey, if you just really love your plane, you can share that too. I did get to use my spokeshave on a real project recently, and that was a whole lot of fun. Every now and then I pull out a piece of wood and whittle it to death with the spokeshave, but it was nice to use it on something real.
I'm going to go for my shooting board. I made it myself, with adjustable edge-stop. I still need to add a 45 degree angle setting to it, and make some nice 90 degree sanding-blocks to go with it. I guess it's a work in progress, but it's a few years old, and has plenty of use. I'm surprised we don't hear more about shooting boards. Everyone has planes, but we hardly ever hear about the humble shooting board.