18th Century tools for the 21st Century shop

[mdlbear]

18th-century Tools for Every Shop - Popular Woodworking

Eighteenth-century woodworking tools. This 20"-wide piece of mahogany will make a great tabletop when I get it flattened. My long try plane may not be the fastest tool for the job, but I sure am glad I have it. I could never justify purchasing a 24" stationary power planer because I come across stock like this infrequently. This plane allowed me to buy a piece of wood I probably couldn't work otherwise. Eighteenth-century woodworking tools can be restrictive in some ways. In this case, however, my try plane has opened up opportunities I wouldn't have had without it.

(From this post by gmcdavid.)

My shop has only a limited selection of power tools - tablesaw, drillpress, circular saw, sander, corded and cordless drills. I use the cordless drill a lot, but the rest don't get used nearly as much as the planes, scrapers, and hand saws.