23 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

I was hesitant to identify one tool as my favorite and thereby make the others jealous. You don't want a shop full of jealous tools. 

 

Like a good parent, I tell all of my tools that I love them equally...and the truth be told, I do!

 

My carpenter square, My construction square, Because they are the first tools I use to start a project.  Then BS, Jointer, TP and then TS then router.  Mainly making a bunch of home improvement stuff and getting ready to start on a new hamper for the spouse.

 

I can tell you what I don't use often and what I can't stand

I don't use the vibrating multi tool much - - actually I can't recall where I put the thing

I hate that zip cutter thing I picked up in the vain hope that it'd make sheet rock work easier. It just makles a mess

 

As for enjoy:

My tool hits the  wood on a lathe and I am transfixed.

I've learned that really good lathe tools make a huge difference.

Doug Thompson makes  some great lathe tools.

 

That's a tough question because all of them hold a special place in the shop.  That being said, I have to agree with Keith and say my 1947 Unisaw has to be the pivot for everything else in the shop.  Without a good table saw, it would be tough for me to build anything.

I use my table saw, band saw, and planer for most of my work. However, my favorite tool is the Veritas medium shoulder plane because I use it to make the final close fit for rabbits, tenons, etc. in my jewelry boxes and cabinets. 

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All my favorite are the ones I lost, can't find them anywhere. All the ones I seldom use are on chains around my neck, in my pockets, in my hands and in the way always.

 

Preston

I'm loving my newly acquired draw knife and Veritas shave, that I have been using to shape the arms on my chairs. I just loving using them more than anything right now.

Guess I would have to say my favorite would be my big

Grizzly metal lathe or my Bridgeport but the one tool

that I could not live without would be my bench vise...

Yeah, my vice and I are pretty tight, too.

My favorite tool?    That would be...time....as in the time I can get to use all the shop's tools.   

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