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Originally Posted by look 171

I think HD sells the plastic handles one. Get the real deal. They are much better in terms of control. Its the rattan handle. They have very fine teeth that make a very fine cut. Some of them have a coarse cutting side directly on the other side of the saw. Its makes cutting faster but rougher finish. I mainly use them to cut bottoms of door jambs for fitting flooring under them. Its leaves a tiny gap, thickness of the blade.

I have both of these:
https://www.garrettwade.com/9-1-2-replaceable-ryoba-saw-gp.html

I always seem to grab this one when looking for a hand saw https://www.garrettwade.com/9-1-2-replaceable-ryoba-saw-gp.html

Look around their web site. They carry some fine hand tools if you are into that kind of work. Satisfying but takes forever compared to power tools. Did I jsut sent you a porn mag/ catalogue?

Nice, the Internet is full of porn, now there's even more!

Originally Posted by javadog

I see we have departed from the pending house remodeling all the way down into the fine woodworking rabbit hole.

Didn’t take long.

Awesome, right?!

I probably (definitely) won't end up making anything that ends up in a museum like some of Ziggy's acquaintances, but I may make some stuff that is finished and visible and out in the open like furniture or built-in features, and I want it to look good. I probably won't end up spending top $$ for top of the line equipment and getting one of everything. At the same time, I'd like to get good stuff that is not Chinese, disposable junk.

What I'm hoping to do with this thread is get a good idea of what's out there and distill what I end up with down to a core of quality equipment. I also won't be going out and buying all of it at once, but will purchase as needed.

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

^^^ Yea, the world is full of people who build entire houses using (primarily) tools they carry around in a small van, or a station wagon.

I'm the worst for tool-itis, I own every imaginable tool. But my 'go to' tool collection is not big.

I'm all for power tools, but I also appreciate hand tools, and at times, get Zen by doing something slower and more manually.

Originally Posted by javadog

The point that I’ve been trying to make is that house remodeling uses a quite different set of tools than a woodworking shop. Not saying there’s not some overlap but you’d be surprised what you can do with a few of the bigger pieces and a few hand tools that fit in a carpenter’s belt.

We all love tools, but we shouldn’t let the tail wag the dog.

I'll probably be doing a wide range of stuff. Sometimes it's fun to let the tail wag the dog a little, but I'll reign it in before the $$$pending starts.