As a boy, attending secondary school in England in 70’s, I was required to take woodworking classes as part of my education. For most of us this was our first encounter with using traditional hand tools. We learned how to manipulate wood by planing, sawing and chiseling and created all sorts of things including garden dibbers, boxes, chessboards and coffee tables read more…
This was the mystery tool – I had many responses but not a single correct one – which really wasn’t a surprise given that this tool is probably no longer used.
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This month’s Mystery tool.
Your tool collection will grow as your experience and needs increase. Well, we have already reached the point where to continue with this project, we need to add a few more ‘necessary tools’, namely a ripsaw, a couple of 610mm bar clamps, a hand drill, a set of brad point bits, a countersink, a flat head screwdriver and a marking gauge.