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   kesac | Sep 25, 2005 06:40am | #1

   I never heard of a "good" scrub plane.  All those dings and stuff are what they call patina on Ebay.  Of course, if you just want more tools, that is a good story to tell your wife.

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   ring | Sep 25, 2005 07:48am | #2

   Assuming that you're doing both in the same area around the house, and you don't need separate tools because of worksites, then there are only a few things that I would try to keep separate.  For construction I'd keep a few chisels separate, as well as a block and jackplane.  And only because they are naturally going to get banged up on a construction project, and I don't want to feel bad about it.  There is no reason to double up on things like hammers, screwdrivers, power drill, driver, etc.  Lots of tools will naturally fall here or there, like most measuring tools.  A speed square and pry bar are the builders best friends.  I can't remember wanting them in the FWW shop. And so on.  Use your common sense as you go along and everything will quickly become clear.

   DR

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   UnclePaul | Sep 25, 2005 04:45pm | #3

   Yes , I have separate "rough work" and "fine work" tools.I found that keeping my finest tools in the shop is a good practice.Those tools never leave my bench area.They would include my best chisels, planes, squares, etc.I keep a  bag full of tools strictly for field work.It doesn't mean that they are poor quality or anything, just that it wouldn't freak me out seeing them take some abuse.

   I'm a bit of a tool junkie so having dual sets appeals to me on another level as well.I'm constantly "tweaking" my tool arrangements with varying jobs as well as new purchases.

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   EdHarrison | Sep 25, 2005 05:18pm | #4

   Short answer is yes - my deck-building tools are different from the tools I use inside at the bench on hardwood.  There is crossover, though.  I have found myself planing something on a deck with a 110-yr. old plane with a Hock blade.  Sometimes my framing hammer infiltrates its way into the toney, upscale handtool neighborhood of my workbench, hiding amongst the carving tools, oilstones and dial calipers.

    

   Edit to add:  The book Tools of the Trade, Jeff Taylor, is a book for tool lovers that weaves back and forth between carpentry tools and fine woodworking tools.  It is a very humorous book and even taught me how to build a set of very nice sawhorses with just a key verbal description ("Every angle on 'em is seventy-five degrees!") Those sawhorses have lasted me for years and I have read that book about four times.

    

    

   
   

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   Edited 9/25/2005 10:36 am ET by EdHarrison

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   papanick | Sep 26, 2005 06:09pm | #5

   I have a full set of hand tools for site, and another for the home shop.

   When I worked in a cabinet shop, the site tools were my shop tools, so they are of good quality, and work extremely well.

   It's just that using THAT  1" wood chisel to chop out metal corner bead, doesn't make me cry....much.The older I get, the better I was....

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   dustinf | Sep 26, 2005 06:47pm | #6

   I have two sets of tools.  Generally my "high-end" tools stay in the shop.  The second set of "work" tools are the most used.  I have some cross over when building furniture on site, but mostly the "high-end" tools stay in the shop, and the "work" tools are on the road.

   Honestly, this separation is a function of laziness.  I was tired of constantly transferring tools in and out of my van.