Nobody every said going neander was always cheaper.... In fact, once
you get hooked on planes it's all down hill from there... *sigh*

The nice thing about doing things neander is you can hear yourself
think....and hear your SWMBO, okay so maybe it's not a good thing
after all. ;-)

Layne

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:03:18 GMT, "Mike W."
wrote:

So, I was ready to build a workbench. Complete with a laminated top and a
couple of decent WW vices. Then I got to thinking....

I don't have a ton of tools. And some of the tools I have aren't that great
(ie My craftsman tablesaw), but they'll do for now. I started on this
neander path a while back thinking it would be cheaper... HAH! Seems 2 or 3
good hand planes and I could buy myself a jointer. Then I thought about the
workbench. I can't say that I recall ever seeing Norm with much of a
workbench. Seems like he has some great big 'work tables', but no bench to
speak of. Is this an attribute of 'Normite vs Neander' on the requirement
of the true sense of the woodworkers workbench? Or is it just 'To each
his own'?

Mike




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