On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:06:15 -0700, Bill Kasper wrote:

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>thanks, michael.  i guess i am going to have to find new ways of 
>justification...i play (in a very amateur fashion) saxophone, and have 
>always justified the continual pursuit and capture of vintage 
>saxophones in the wild (along with their spoor, mouthpieces and 
>ephemera) with "well, i need one for practicing at home and one for 
>practicing at work".
>
>i don't think that'll work for old tools.

Something similar works, though.  You need multiples of almost 
everything in order to work efficiently.  For example, you need a jack 
plane with a wide-open mouth for hogging off waste and then another with 
the mouth set fine for cleaning up before going to the jointer plane.  
You need lots of braces -- one for each commonly used bit size.  You 
need a complement of chisels that are ultra-sharp for fine work and all 
the same sizes for working through wood that might have staples in it.  
Similar for crosscut saws, ripsaws, etc. (and multiples of each in 
different TPI).  And, of course, you need tenon, dovetail, and carcase 
saws filed for both rip and crosscut, just in case.

--Mike Sullivan