My name is Jacob and I am 17 years old. I recently started getting into hand tool woodworking and restoring all manner of old tools. I eventually made a workbench with a vise to allow myself to work at home instead of at school. I recently posted pictures of my bench, a box I made, and a mallet I made, in a thread called "What was your first WW'ing project?"
I had been collecting tools about two years before I had my own shop and work bench. I worked on restoring all of my hand planes, my braces, my bits, any and all tools I would need. I read about and watched YouTube videos about sharpening/restoring and bought my own sharpening stones and did it all myself. I just recently finished my workbench, so my hobby and my ability to work with hand tools has only just started. I do not find myself in any need of tools (except for a stanley no 71 and stanley no 80, those are illusive and no matter what antique store I scour I can't find them!), but rather I find that I lack training. I did read a book on hand tool woodworking by Paul Sellers, and practiced a little, but other than that I have little experience with hand tools. I did take three courses of woodworking at school(but there we use loud machines).
I found myself looking to hand tools because I have a deep respect for handmade things and old world things. (This carries over to my antique pocket knife collection too!), and because of my young age I thought it easier and simpler and cheaper to begin in hand tools at home rather than buying a whole bunch of machines that we don't even have space for.
Anyway that's enough rambling I look forward to submitting an essay however I do not wish to take the tools from someone who has none at all, I am in no need of tools themselves but rather more training and practice with them.
Thank you
