Comments on: Finds: Planemakers’ Floats http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Roscoe http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19874 Roscoe Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:24:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19874 For those of us who already own a hammer, hatchet, and lots of duct tape, thanks for posting about a wide variety of tools, including specialty tools, that would be hard to find information on otherwise. I often don't have much use for some of the automotive tools, regardless of price, but appreciate seeing them for the sake of my own edification almost as much as the wood tools I personally love. For those of us who already own a hammer, hatchet, and lots of duct tape, thanks for posting about a wide variety of tools, including specialty tools, that would be hard to find information on otherwise. I often don’t have much use for some of the automotive tools, regardless of price, but appreciate seeing them for the sake of my own edification almost as much as the wood tools I personally love.

]]> By: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19861 Paul Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:03:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19861 OK I got to ask. How are tools selected that end up getting written about in this blog anyways? I mean do you guys keep a monkey in a darkened closet with a dartboard or something? There's got to be some kind of a super secret highly scientific process going on here that I'll never divine. I mean this post here appears to me to be some sort of a tool boutique outfit trying to hawk $50 files to me. I think the monkey in the dark closet needs a bit of recalibrating if the choices I have seen lately are any indication of selection process accuracy. $5 pegboard hooks anyone? I got an idea. Why not a la the recent desert island post just ask the readers what their top five tools are on all of their lists (you know we all have lists). Then collate the data from that, and post articles about the top returns? Or would that entail teaching the monkey to read and just be considered too much work? What I'm saying here is this site is getting just far enough out of touch with this constituent here at least as to be eligible to run for political office or something. Information comes in two varieties, useful and useless. Useless information is of no value, and is ultimately just a waste of time. OK I got to ask. How are tools selected that end up getting written about in this blog anyways? I mean do you guys keep a monkey in a darkened closet with a dartboard or something? There’s got to be some kind of a super secret highly scientific process going on here that I’ll never divine. I mean this post here appears to me to be some sort of a tool boutique outfit trying to hawk $50 files to me.

I think the monkey in the dark closet needs a bit of recalibrating if the choices I have seen lately are any indication of selection process accuracy. $5 pegboard hooks anyone?

I got an idea. Why not a la the recent desert island post just ask the readers what their top five tools are on all of their lists (you know we all have lists). Then collate the data from that, and post articles about the top returns? Or would that entail teaching the monkey to read and just be considered too much work?

What I’m saying here is this site is getting just far enough out of touch with this constituent here at least as to be eligible to run for political office or something. Information comes in two varieties, useful and useless. Useless information is of no value, and is ultimately just a waste of time.

]]> By: Eli http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19743 Eli Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:31:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19743 Yep, they're on my list. I definitely want tool to make tool (ug) Yep, they’re on my list. I definitely want tool to make tool (ug)

]]> By: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19710 nrChris Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:47:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/07/finds-planemakers-floats/#comment-19710 Thanks for pointing out another gap in my toolset. But seriously, my father uses floats and he has gotten CNC machine quality on his joints as a result. (Also, he has saved my butt on a few things with his float set.) They also seem to be a lot easier than a traditional file or plane. Not a super top priority for me as a beginner to intermediate craftsman, but definitely on the list. Thanks for pointing out another gap in my toolset.

But seriously, my father uses floats and he has gotten CNC machine quality on his joints as a result. (Also, he has saved my butt on a few things with his float set.) They also seem to be a lot easier than a traditional file or plane. Not a super top priority for me as a beginner to intermediate craftsman, but definitely on the list.

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