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What are your 3 favourite woodworking tools (that you own)

For me
power tools:
1 Kity 419 with sliding table
2 Porter Cable router
3 Delta thicknesser - sooo smooth

Handtools :
1 Japanese saw and chisels (yes I know that's two)
2 LN block plane
3 Veritas shoulder plane

over to you........

Tony
 

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My favourites-

Power tools:
1. Hegner lathe
2. Makita sliding mitre saw
3. Tormek grinder

Hand tools:
1. Turning gouges & chisels (oops! - more than one?)
2. Woody jack plane
3. Woody 'coffin' smoother

Cheers, Trev.
 

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Tony,
Power tools
1: Jet jointer
2: router
3: table saw
Hand Tools
1:hand planes-Clifton bench planes or L-N low angle block (couldn't decide which)
2:Japanese chisels
3:L-N dovetail saw (sorry!)

cheers,
Philly
 

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Ah ha, so the usual bending of the rules going on then eh? Figures. :wink:

Power (wazzatden? :lol: )

1. Bandsaw (surprise)
2. Hitachi circular saw
3. PC biscuit jointer (not that I use it much, it's just so nice to deal with when I do)

Hand Tools (three?! Only three?! You have to be kidding...)

1. 1.5" firmer chisel by Swearby (I think. Bit faint)
2. L-N bronze block plane
3. Record #405 combination plane.

The above changes from day to day and hour to hour of course :oops:

Cheers, Alf
 

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Hey Alf,

PC 577 then? Great minds think alike....

Rgds

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Powered
Biscuit jointer
Electric plane
Bench Drill

Hand Powered........I'm with Alf
405 Combination Plane
Japanese saw
Record smoothing Plane...Adjusted and improved ala David Charlesworth

Bean
 

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Powered;

Basato 3
Basato 3 (Can I have this one twice cos I like it that much)
Router (1/2 axminster) and table/ lots of jigs.

Hand;

No4 and shooting board ("tuned")
Bench Hook (god only knows how many times it's been used)
 

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Power Tools
  • TS2000 Table Saw
    PC 7529 Router & router table
    Biscuit Jointer
Hand Tools
  • LN dovetail saw
    No.5 Plane
    Sorby Chisels
Thats my current list, should be getting some new goodies when we move :D
 

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Power Tools

Freud Router
Black & Decker ROS
B&Q 14v cordless Drill
Tormek Grinder


Hand Tools

Clifton #6
Two Cherries Chisels
Stanley 60 1/2 Block Plane
StanleyCombination Square

I know thats four , Just could not leave one out :?
 

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1/ Freud routers (one permanently set up in the router table)
2/ Rexon CMS
3/ Rexon thicknesser

Hand Tools

1/ ALL my L-N's (impossible to pick one over the others)
2/ Veritas honing guide
3/ 10" Victor Gents saw
 

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How do you get on with the woorat, is it as useful as the videos etc suggest. I am pondering ??

Does anyone else have one ??
 

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Here we go again........ :twisted: :twisted: :p :x :shock: :? 8) :lol:

I;ve got a woodrat, it's great. Really like it.

Before we start a in-depth woodrat thread, I suggest you either

A) start a dedicated thread as non 'ratters get annoyed
b) Use the search facility as this has been discussed extensively, and possibly contact people via personal message.

In the search you'll need three terms

Woodrat
'ratters
'rat

To get all the hits - you may have to search one at a time.

Adam
 

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Hi Bean ...you seem to have lit a fuse with asleitch !!!!! It is true that the WoodRat seems to cause a lot of strong feelings- I dont really know why.

Maybe our Moderator can move this to a new thread and our Ratters can respond without upsetting sensibilities. :D
 

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woodshavings":2yyne8e8 said:
.you seem to have lit a fuse with asleitch !!!!! It is true that the WoodRat seems to cause a lot of strong feelings- I dont really know why.

Blimey, theres me thinking I'm pouring water on the fire, by suggesting we restart somewhere else, and you think i've had my fuse lit!!! :shock: :lol:

Anyway, I'll start a new thread.

Adam
:D

PS: The non'ratters will be in and moaning before you know it :wink: :wink: :wink:
 

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Heck, I am a 'Ratter, and even I groaned :lol:

No offence, Bean. It's a perfectly reasonable question; just seems to get one or two people all worked up. I'll see you in the other thread, if there's anything I can contribute. :wink:

Cheers, Alf
 

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Power tools:

Hegner MC2 Scrollsaw
Dremel Multitool in router table attachment
Sanding station

Hand tools:

Scalpel
Scraper plane
Hand drill

My choice is quite a bit different to everyone else's :? . Hmmm...


Yours

Gill
 

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Gill,

A hand drill almost made it into my top three, but slipped to number four on a recount. Which scraper plane are you favouring then? Nosey scrapers need to know :)

Cheers, Alf
 

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Hi Alf

I like the Stanley #80 cabinet scraper. Truth to tell, it's the only scraper plane I've ever used but it delivers the goods every time.

Unfortunately, my sanding station is no more :( . It died shortly after I used it to put 45 degree angles onto some tiles that were going into the bathroom. The refurbished bathroom does look rather nice, though. Pennies are going into a piggy bank dedicated to a new sanding station at a rate that's altogether too slow for my liking. One day I'll drag my finance advisor (and his rather more substantial piggy bank :wink: :) ) down to the local Tool Mart ...

Yours

Gill
 

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Power Tools:
Bosch GBS75AE Belt Sander - Powerful & Vicious similar to the thing I married but this has an on/off switch.
Skil Circular Saw.
Skil Planer.

Hand Tools:
Shark Dowel Saw
Multi Bender
Estwing Hammer
 
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