Tool Shopping

Today I went on a bit of a tool shopping spree at Lee Valley and Rockler. The initial motivation was to replace a pair of Crash Scissors I misplaced at Pennsic.

Of course a trip to the tool shop is never safe, even if just on the computer. I ended up finding a list of clamps I had jotted down a few months ago after I read Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings, so I got those and (oh yes) some hones I've been intending to get since Beauty is using dull knives in the kitchen and I'm carrying a dull knife in my pocket. For good measure I got a dust hood to install on the Radial Arm Saw. So here's the complete list.

From Rockler:

• Tabletop Dust Fitting
• 2 10" Rockler Brand Wooden Hand Screws (at $4.99 each!)

From Lee Valley:

• Sportsman's Hone
• Lee Valley Ceramic Honing Kit
• 2 8" Jorgensen Hand Screws
• 2 12" Jorgensen Hand Screws
• 2 3" C-clamps
• 2 4" C-clamps
• 3 Pairs of Crash Scissors
  

The damage for both purchases combined was about $187. Ouch. I hope to resist buying tools for a while: Christmas is coming and Beauty gets mad when The Beast uses up her good gift ideas.

Photo courtesy of Lee Valley.