From: "Kreig McBride" 
To: "John Swenson" 
Cc: 
Reply-To: "Kreig McBride" 


John, you should not tell anyone old planes are good tools, the price will go up.

I am still in need of a Stanley #1 and #9

Kreig


-----Original Message-----
From: John Swenson 
Cc: atmlist 
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: ATM Truss dob joinery


>
>Bob,
>I've recently been learning to do woodworking with hand tools (which is
>strange since I finally got a really good setup of power tools), you're
>right, its much faster to do hand cut dovetails for a small project then
>it is to setup a router and dovetail jig. If you are doing 20 drawers ok
>, use the router, but if you are just doing a mirror box its easier to
>do by hand.
>
>I'm getting to really like doing things with planes, its much more fun
>and a LOT less messy than using a router. Unfortunately this leads to
>the garrrage sale syndrome, trying to find quality old planes that
>nobody knows are good tools.
>
>John S.
>
>

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