I have the folding Husky version, and it does not have that problem...but I still use the regular kind more often.

 Regrets? All the little gadgets that are going to make whatever job you hate to do easier and do not deliver.
John

I love having a beautifully crafted hand plane like those from Lie-Nielson.  Now to be able to use them properly is another story.
Another waste of money were some Radi Planes that I bought to round over and chamfer edges.  Could never seem to get the two cutters aligned properly with one another.
Oh yeah, and then there were these little round-over tools that looked like church keys.  They would be working fine, taking tight little shavings, and then all of a sudden just grab a chunk of the wood.
I guess I could go on, but these stand out.

Neill

Because you asked for it...




This cast iron sucker is solid as a rock and it has enough weight that when engaged in a heavy cut and it finally breaks free it does not go flying, like this aluminum version can.



It's just as rigid as the iron version but weighs 1/4 as much.

Even the iron version isn't my favorite. I have misplaced my favorite which is identical except that it says DEFIANCE in raised letters on the side.

I cannot and will not use a fix blade utility knife.

This goes under "Methods of work"

Oh sure now you say it doesn't belong in my pocket.

Sorry that is one muscle memory I can't break.

Per

Wanna stud finder DD and IGGY,

Tie a piece of string to a rare earth magnet.

One of these

You know one a these days Imma gonna put the wrong link

 in these here Hiper links I have gotten so fond of.

Now truth be told I have one of those Zircon stud finders, maybe 10 years old,

and it always worked. Left to right only. But it works.

Brand new battery does wonders.

Per

rare earth magnets for metal studs

Per..fection

as they say

i am

as has happened before

in your debt

For you stud finder guys check this link out.  Low tech.  Fits in your apron.  Works great on drywall.

http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=105839

mathew stop looking for wood in a forest

look for the nails

they give away the position of the studs in a lath and plaster wall

problem is that stud finders tell you EVERYTHING they find (or dont find)

that is what is so confusing about these tools

Dan,

Thats no dang good pardner. Especially the part "there are those that say".

I had a Wife and a Beagle with similar tendencies.

The Beagle would put his nose down and not pick it back up until the next county.

There are those that say the Sheriff over there was a great guy for always bringing him back

I built a fence for the wife.

So whats your trick? 

Per

Festool FS-KS. I finally admitted how little I use this, and pulled out the insert so I could use the systainer for something I need to carry with me. Tight coil air hoses! I can fit 12m in 1 sys-1.

cheap countersinks.
cheap router bits.
cheap tape measures.
cheap right angle drill adaptor.

I think I finally noticed a pattern though.

If I could find a few more rich widows to work for I'd be a toyboy, not a coy boy. But not cheap$$$

A long, long time ago, I bought an aluminum "drill press converter" for my old B&D corded drill at Twin Fair.  It never worked very well.  It was stolen at my garage sale, but I didn't care; they couldn't bring it back for a refund.

Michael; is that dried blood on the top knife? 

When I was in construction, i  had a couple of backhoes to do my own footing excavations and grading among a lot of other functions.  On every job, i always checked with owner on where the water well and septic system were located.  as more and more houses had the electric service installed underground, i had to call a service to locate everything for me.  I eventually discovered two very important facts.
1 Owners always told me where items were located according to their needs of the moment.
2 ALL backhoes and excavating equipment have factory installed locating devices.  the devices are NOT removable and cannot be over-ridden.  those devices ALWAYS locate waterlines that are on THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE.  They ALWAYS locate septic systems that are ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE.  same with electric lines, oil lines.  They also locate old pet burial grounds greatly revered by the children of the house, drainage lines and so on and onandonandon>>>>>>>

On one job, we located visually, the well.  We located the oil tank on far end of house.  The owner showed me EXACTLY where the septic system was located on far side of house.  He showed me where the electric service line came into the house and where it started from the pole at the street.  when I started digging, the very first thing i had to do was to remove a tree and its stump.  As I pulled the stump, I saw a geyser of water.  It seems the tree roots were wrapped securely around the old water line and I had broken it in half with pulling out of the tree roots.  we no sooner fixed the water line when I discovered the septic system was NOT on the far side of the house.  Before the excavation was completed, I discovered the electric lines did NOT follow a straight line into house as owner had pointed out.  I also discovered the oil line did not follow a straight line.  with all of the excitement, the wife went into labor and ended up being rushed to the hospital.  I guess she survived ok.  The house is still there and I see her walking where she used to jog.  Her hair used to be very bright red, but it is solid grey now.  I probably contributed somewhat to the grey.  I have only seen the husband a couple of times in the intervening 25 or so years, but he still is friendly to me.
Tinker

my original cold chisels - which blunt on the 2nd or 3rd strike - I was renovating our third house

the new chisels were tedious to grind to shape - but stay sharp for half a days hard use

the time I've wasted...