Top three woodworking tools of all time?
LarryWyatt | Posted in General Discussion on
What is ya’ll’s opinion on the top three woodworking tools/inventions of all time?
I select tools/inventions that have endured the ages and still remain as staples in todays workshops, many times without much modification from original designs. I would choose the following:
Knife(plane, chisel, jointers, planers)
Clamp(I would challenge you to make a project without some sort of clamping device)
Saw(the most commonly used tool then and now)
This could be a very interesting discussion.
BeauxTx
Edited 10/11/2002 9:42:09 PM ET by Beaux
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Going back to physics, I think you've listed two of the simple tools, the wedge and the lever. The knife and saw are both wedges and the clamp is a lever (I think). But all tools in one way or another come from the simple tools.
Brawn, Brains and Stamina.... Any bets.. !!! Whoops almost forgot the one most essential tool... Patience.....
Edited 10/11/2002 11:18:52 PM ET by no one
HI, Beaux, I would have to say the three top woodworking tools, would be #1 wood axe #2 hand plane #3 hand saw. now add electricity #1 planer(15" or better) #2 table saw #3 router.
The fire place
Tooth picks
molding and putty Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
1. Torx driver
2. 80 tooth ATB carbide-tipped-laser cut thin kerf 12"saw blade
3. Micrometer calipers.
Rich
And if you were to pick the top three thread topics of all time...
Beaux,
1. Stanley Bailey plane.
2. Circular saw (blade).
3. Leather handled Estwing hammer (just love the way it looks).
Jeff
Three most important tools ever invented.
1. Motor - to power our tools
2. Telephone - to buy our tools
3. Internet - to talk about our tools
Benjamin
... and remember ... if ... If it ain't American --- it's junk!
Benjamin,
Time will tell about the internet, but I'm convinced the telephone was invented in hell.
Jeff
Jeff,
Teenagers and telemarketers were invented in hell, the telephone is just an innocent by stander. I haven't decided yet about call waiting.
Don
Leather handled Estwing hammer (just love the way it looks).
I grew up with one of those. My dad never wanted to throw it out, except it lost one of the leather donuts on the handle. Man did that pinch. From that time on nobody used it. If you can find it it is yours.
#1. PowerDrill--first introduced by Black & Decker
#2. Circular Saw- first worm drive by Skil-then Porter Cable came out with the side winder..
#3. Scroll Saws-- provides me with countless hours of entertainment,,
ToolDoc
A hammer
A saw
A tape measure
BT
Woodworking Internet Forums
Hands,
Brains,
Patience.
All designed by God.
Peter
1. Swearing
2. Credit cards
3. egos
All developed by satan
The top three tools?
"Men have become the tools of their tools" wrote Henry David Thoreau.
Some say that a tool is the extension of the mind, I say that the hand is the extension of the mind, and a tool is the extension of the hand.
If you can't see it in your mind, you can't do it. The best tool is a good idea. the mind can find a way. Steel is a useful tool for making a variety of blades, to cut, shape and scrape.
A workbench to hold the workpiece is very important.
Admiring eyes of someone who likes to watch the process of making something wonderful with wood is a great motivator.
For me it is Band saw, table saw and jointer/planer.
Or is it wood chisel, hand plane and marking tools?
The most satisfying tools are the ones you make yourself.
Sorry I did not answer, exactly, but maybe offered some other things to think about in the world of making things of wood.
Ted
WORST new tool
CELL PHONE!!!!!makinsawdust
Ed,
You'll get no argument from me on that one; those things drive me nuts. Last summer I went into an antique shop in Chicago where they had a large sign reading "No cellular phones allowed." I conveyed my deepest appreciation to the owner.
Jeff
...until you are sitting at the side of the road with car trouble late at night, then they are the best thing in the world to have.
or when your kids need to reach you and you aren't at home, or when you need to do business while traveling, or a thousand other reasons.
I think you are confusing the device and etiquette.
Don't know if you know this, but you can buy any cell phone and have it activated for "the service fee" only and have no concurrent contract or connections. All this will give you is access to emergency numbers and in some areas, collect calls. Bought a mobil phone for my parents for this reason. The mobil phone is 3 watts, much more power then a cell phone, and it gives them access to help in case of an emergency. They're retired seniors who spend a lot of time traveling.
Don
I concur with the history of technology guys who put the work bench right up near the top of the greatest tool inventions.
BJGardening, cooking and woodworking in Southern Maryland
Jeff,
I don't drive at night - to hard to see.
No kids - that's why I can afford tools and machinery.
Don't do business travel, and when I do travel it's to get away from everything.
Don't really like any kind of telephone.
Jeff K
WELLLL...I hate meeting some Hottie (me single) and she gets a call during a nice dinner, daughter/son talking about nothing. GRRRRRRRR
WOMEN... looooove cellphones!!
blahblahlbah
makinsawdust
and you live in a cabin in Montana?
Dough- the stuff, that buys me tools
Ray- The guy who sells me tools
Me- The Guy To use the tools
Far- a long way to get tools
So- Lets buy another tool
La- la-la-la-la-la TOOLS!
Tea- Don't spill it on my Tools!
Which brings us back to Do!
Sorry, this seemed applicable at one time in the thought process...
Tom
1. Eyes
2. Pencil
3. proper lighting
I'd haveta say the brace musta been a good invention for drilling holes and driving screws, the combination square was good. Chaulk box, anyone?listening for the secret.......searching for the sound...
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