Gentle Galoots:

> On Feb 6, 2020, at 9:27 AM, Christopher Dunn  wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> 
> I've got the same problem as well, my tools exceed my memory.


Hmmm...what’s a Galoot to do about this problem? Some suggestions:

1) Keep the shop tools in plain sight, racked up for visibility. (The photos Ed
has posted of his shop indicate that he already does this to a great extent.)
Shows them off, too.

2) The old-time joiners kept almost everything in a single large wooden chest
with tills.  At the very least, this insures that you might see the correct tool
while reaching for the “wrong” tool !

3) Sell or give away all the duplicates.  Do you have several tools for which
You’ve bought an “upgrade” in need of restoration? Time to get those
restorations done and the original tool sold.

Then again, my desire to thin my herd didn’t stop me from buying, just last
week, a drool-worthy box of woodie, transitional, and iron planes, a hammer, and
a pristine M-F ratchet auger handle which works either as a T-handle or a
joist/corner brace. Pictures to come on the next sunny day.

John Ruth
Thinking about the mixed feelings that result when you “discover” something as
choice as a #112 that you’d forgotten you own!

P.S. The most effective way to forget about a tool is to come home from a
lengthy Flea Market session with a bunch and “put them aside” because you are in
a hurry to do something else.  If your SWMBO asks you what you bought, you won’t
be able to recite half of it!