Buying Tools - Prerequisite Course #02 - The right questions will help you buy the right tool.

Buying tools can be intimidating. Especially if you are a new woodworker with little experience. There's a lack of information, relevancy and experience that can lead to buyers remorse. But we are in a golden age of both information and woodworking tools. Some good, some bad. Being able to ask the right questions to formalize what you need out of a tool will improve the odds you'll acquire something you can use for a lifetime.

In this video we walk through my questioning and thought process of buying a tool. Specifically a chisel. But the techniques are applicable to most hobbyist level tool acquisitions. I chose a chisel because it is the foundation of the type of work I do (as discussed in the first video of series) and is inexpensive enough that there is a huge swath of options. I did make uniformed choices in the beginning, then did a lot of research before purchasing hundreds of chisels for a school I worked, and have since gone down the route of premiums for personal use.

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Wood by Wright Chisel Study:
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Teachers Notes No. 2 - Buying Tools:
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- open questioning
- exercise
- vocabulary terms (Contributions and corrections are welcome for terms utilized in this video.)

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Prompts:

Tools to research - fore plane, firmer chisel, punch, pincer, birdcage awl, trammel, eggbeater drill, try square, bow saw, keyhole saw, froe, scorp, hook knife, skew, bullnose plane, compass plane, toothing plane, snipes bill, bedan, rafter square, cock bead plane, rasp, divider, winding sticks, gimlet, auger, pitsaw, glue pot, adze, draw pins, scratch stock, hammer drill, plumb bob

Questions to consider:
- what forces happen at cutting edge
- what properties does the material need
- how is it used
- what force is needed to make it work
- how is the human interface
- what accessories are required for a lifetime of use
- what do you lose stepping down a class or gain stepping up a class
- how many different ways can this tool be used
- what aspects of the tool are beautiful

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