If you are working in a small shop area there you can make a good argument for a Hand Tool shop. If you search the Internet you can find dozens of sites that feature D.I.Y tools and short cuts for making hand tools. Paul Sellers has a you tube channel where he shows some of his projects and in the above video he shows how to use a chisel to make a hand router plane. If you had to cut many dadoes it is cost effective to buy a router plane, if you occasionally need to clean out hand cut dadoes this shop tip is a way to save money and get the job done.
Winter seems to have arrived a bit early. We've had several days with wind chills below zero. I want to remind you to bring your iron and steel tools in out of the garage. If your tools get warm, when you heat the garage while you work and then cold over night with the heater off your tools will get condensation on them, and then RUST.
I think it is easier to have a tool box that you fill with steel tools and bring in at the end of the work day than it is to remember to clean and oil all your tools at the end of the day. It is also cheaper to move the tools than it is to heat the garage 24/7.
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A tool box system like the Dewalt is not cheap,but replacing your auger bits, drill bit, planes, knives and chisels is more trouble and expense in the long run.
Get out there and build something.
cheers, ianw
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