What are your favorite hand tools?

[Night Train]

I always get that extra smile on my face when I pick up certain tools in my workshop because they just feel right. They feel right even when I am not using them for the task for which they were intended.

Mine are my wooden spokeshaves, Stanley 9 1/2 block plane and 4mm radius wooden moulding plane.

What's yours?

 

[FogggyTown]

The only hand tools I use with any regularity are three (of a set of six) not-that-expensive bevel chisels. I would like to get a good set at some point, though. I also use a small bull-nosed rabbet plane occasionally. And that's about it. Everything else has a battery or a tail! :roll:

 

[head clansman]

Hi

mine are my chisels , a really sharp dovetail saw plus a sharp jack plane, gets the old heart pumping. hc

PS what i really like is when i open the workshop door first thing in the morning its that scented wood smell shavings and sawdust lovely ahh. hc

 

[FatFreddysCat]

My low angle plane. Best tool known to manking for planing-down hardwood edge lippings

 

[Night Train]

The only hand tools I use with any regularity are three (of a set of six) not-that-expensive bevel chisels. I would like to get a good set at some point, though. I also use a small bull-nosed rabbet plane occasionally. And that's about it. Everything else has a battery or a tail! :roll:

We could include hand held power tools if it really makes your heart sing. :wink:

 

[Doctor]

Cabinet scraper, 3"x 1", very versatile

 

[woodbloke]

For me I think it's got to be the LV LA jack and BU smoother together with the 25m LN chisel...the rest of the LN chisels come very close behind - Rob

 

[Mr Ed]

Favourite tools that make me smile would have to be my Blue Spruce paring chisels - they just feel so good to use. In my mind favourite is different from most useful, the most useful is probably my LV LAJ.

Cheers, Ed

 

[paulm]

Mmmmm, Blue Spruce parers, with cocobolo handles.........

I find myself looking for bits of wood to practice on just for the pleasure of using the chisels, weird or what :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers, Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

My Clifton #3, #6 and #7 and my Wenzloff dovetail and matching cross-cut saw.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Chems]

Card Scrapers and my Record No5 1/2

 

[joiner_sim]

My favourites are my smoothing plane, my chisels and my card scrapers - the scrapers which I have only just recently started using, on my last project, that made the project feel really good after hard work.

 

[Ironballs]

Veritas flat bottomed spokeshave, I keep looking for things to put curves on, though I think a recently acquired LN LAJ may be giving it some competition

 

[joiner_sim]

Veritas flat bottomed spokeshave, I keep looking for things to put curves on, though I think a recently acquired LN LAJ may be giving it some competition

I know what you mean, I've only recently got a spokeshave and I'm looking at making a piece that I can really use it on! :lol:

 

[John. B]

My Japanese chisels :tool:

John. B

 

[laird]

Stanley 9 1/2, Sorby bevel edged chisels, 4lb mash hammer (not on the chisels )

 

[ByronBlack]

My 4" engineers square and japanese marking knife - helps me have very accurate layout.

 

[Night Train]

My 4" engineers square and japanese marking knife - helps me have very accurate layout.

Yes, but do they make your heart sing when you pick them up to use.:wink:

I also use engineering tools for measuring and marking but they are just tools.

 

[Escudo]

At the moment I am enjoying using my LA jointer, with the side fence which makes planning square and true easy peasy.

I think from the same family the BU smoother is a cracking plane, so easy to set-up and use.

Tony.

 

[Grinding One]

Well for me its a Festool Sander with the dust extractor I do not see dust anymore,I still wonder if it is really sanding at all.Yes it does work that good and my wife loves it too :wink: