Originally Posted by
Ken Fitzgerald
…The last thing I wanted to do was rehab tools. Recently I did buy a rehabbed spokeshave.
I didn't buy new tools for display purposes.
Some people just have no desire to spend their free time rehabbing hand tools and it is not an indication of their abilities or potential abilities.
I can understand this point of view. In my years of working my most enjoyable occupations were taking things apart and fixing them. Though now days I'm pretty much satiated on that though a little tinkering now and then is fun.
Originally Posted by
Cameron Wood
IME, new tools often need as much refurbishing (furbishing?) as old ones. I have one Lie Neilsen plane (rabbeting block plane), & it was almost usable out of the box, but still needed sharpening, breaking the sharp edges and more. Others can be basically a TSO (tool shaped object) that can be made into a working tool with a fair bit of work.
Some TSOs are next to impossible for making into a decent, useable tool. Some can be made almost serviceable, though frustrating when used for quality work.
jtk
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