Respect your tools...or else!

Here is an article from the amazing book set; "The Art Of Woodworking" by time-life. Needless to say "The Art of Woodworking"(abbrv. AOW) is a treasure chest of woodworking knowledge. I'm not sure if it is still in print. If it is, get it! It's probably not cheap (there are more than a dozen books in the set.

Here is a samplefrom AOW. This is an all to important message often understood but likely overlooked. It is easy to fall in love with tools but somewhat harder to take care of them. I haven't got the hang of it. Sadly, I have ruined so many tools with neglect. I, like most American woodworkers, am fascinated by Japanese woodworking...the precision, the skill...the tools. In this article we can see just how serious Japanese tool care is to some...