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A good friend asked me what tools I couldn’t live without as a finish carpenter. So I turned my tool bucket up side down and dumped out the contents to show him the most important part of my collection. Now I’m sure you will all have some things to add to my list but….
Besides a couple pounds of saw dust, here is what I had: 2 sets of scribes. Not the $2.95 cheepies either, 3 nails sets and a thin nail chaser, 1 very sharp low angle block plane, 6 spare sharpened block plane irons,1 sharp stanley #90 rabbet plane, 2 spare sharpened rabbet plane irons, 1 utility knife, a chalk line , 1 large and 1 small cats paw, small pliers, nail cutters, 2 small hemostats, japanese pull saw with 3 different blades, keyhole saw, torpedo level, assorted screw drivers, coping saw, 2 starrett combo squares, pencils, pencils, pencils, NOT the flat carpenters pencils either! adjustable wrench, spare 25′ tape rule, marking guage, 1 set of 10 very sharp chisels, card scraper, #4 bench plane, speed square, scissers, hex key set, electrical tape, 18 oz hammer, klingspor 120 grit sandpaper roll. Of course this doesn’t include the stuff that didn’t fit in the bucket!
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A good friend asked me what tools I couldn't live without as a finish carpenter. So I turned my tool bucket up side down and dumped out the contents to show him the most important part of my collection. Now I'm sure you will all have some things to add to my list but....
Besides a couple pounds of saw dust, here is what I had: 2 sets of scribes. Not the $2.95 cheepies either, 3 nails sets and a thin nail chaser, 1 very sharp low angle block plane, 6 spare sharpened block plane irons,1 sharp stanley #90 rabbet plane, 2 spare sharpened rabbet plane irons, 1 utility knife, a chalk line , 1 large and 1 small cats paw, small pliers, nail cutters, 2 small hemostats, japanese pull saw with 3 different blades, keyhole saw, torpedo level, assorted screw drivers, coping saw, 2 starrett combo squares, pencils, pencils, pencils, NOT the flat carpenters pencils either! adjustable wrench, spare 25' tape rule, marking guage, 1 set of 10 very sharp chisels, card scraper, #4 bench plane, speed square, scissers, hex key set, electrical tape, 18 oz hammer, klingspor 120 grit sandpaper roll. Of course this doesn't include the stuff that didn't fit in the bucket!