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Snips... ;-)Steel SquareAh-HA!! Out from under the porch I come! Someone has touched on a topic I hold dear! I have a copy of the Miller's Falls Steel Square Manual. I also own many books on the topic of lay-out and building from the 20's all the way to the present. There's so much more to old tools than planes and citric acid. Though I have many examples of old planes, I am more likely to use something I have learned from an old book, than to take a #8 to a jobsite. I only have one #8 and enjoy just looking at it more than I ever would enjoy using it. That thing's HEAVY! Knowledge is timeless, the old methods of construction are applicable today in an adaptable way. The evolution of building is merciless and forgetful of the past, but if you know what used to be done and how hard and slow the old methods of construction were, then every new (good) thing that comes along clearly becomes a blessing. Especially to the man who sells the contracts. But to the craftsman, the old ways are much better. Compare
a piece of vinyl siding to a length of cedar siding. Watch the vinyl
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