HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, i 
910 
turn away rather than take one tool 
out of its place. 
There is no doubt that this is the 
whole secret of keeping intact a set 
of tools. Nobody will respect any 
tool that you yourself evidently place 
so little value upon as to toss it into 
a box or leave it on the back porch 
after use. Show a respect for your 
own tools and the household will do 
likewise. 
Granting the possibility of not 
only having an adequate equipment of 
tools for the thousand and one little 
odd jobs about the house but of keep¬ 
ing them intact and in order as well, 
there remains no necessity of convinc¬ 
ing you that the outfit -would be use¬ 
ful. That is self-evident. 
I might, as I have said, started out 
with this argument, but I did not for 
the reason that it should not be in¬ 
ferred for a moment that this is the 
only reason for having tools and a 
workshop. After you have fitted up 
your own shop you will soon find that 
there is a higher use for your tools, 
and for the skill that you will gradually develop, than mere mis¬ 
cellaneous repairing and putting in an extra closet shelf here 
and there. The real joy of craftsmanship lies beyond that, in 
actual creative work. Your ambition, you will find, will soar 
with your skill, and you will soon aspire to corniced bookcases 
with diamond-paned doors, to chests and tables, and finally to 
chairs — did you ever realize what a lot of skill is put into the 
making of a chair that has a few curved lines in it? Do not try 
to build one the moment you get your new tools. 
The man who goes to a hardware store to lay in a supply of 
tools without much forethought will make two mistakes: he will 
buy some tools that he will have no need of and he will forget 
all about a few things that no carpen¬ 
ter can hope to get along without. In 
the hope that it will save you a lot of 
list-making and a few later trips to 
the dealers, let me block out for you 
the requirements. In naming these 
tools I have carefully avoided the lux¬ 
uries in favor of the essential pieces 
that can be depended upon to do all 
the work you will perhaps care to un¬ 
dertake for the first year. You will 
undoubtedly want to add to it in time 
the time-saving devices that will also 
help to produce more accurate work. 
I am told by hardware supply houses 
that their salesmen have an under¬ 
standing with many men who have 
passed through their apprenticeship in 
amateur carpentering and who want 
to be notified at once when any new 
tool is put on the market. There is a 
joy in the possession and manipulation 
of an improved tool that is known only 
by the elect, of which I hope you may 
soon be one. 
Beginning with the hammer, the saw 
and the square — the basis of all car¬ 
pentering, here is what you will need: 
Miscellaneous repairing of household details is not the most important reason why you should 
have a workshop, even though it be a sufficient reason. Minor tinkering will soon lead you 
into the intricate paths of advanced craftsmanship and the making of furniture 
Adze-eye hammer.$0. =; n 
Round lignum-vitae mallet.20 
Cross-cut saw, 22-in. blade. . . 1.50 
Rip saw, 22-in. blade. 1.50 
Back saw, 10-in. blade. 1.00 
Try square, 6-in. blade.55 
Steel carpenter's square, 16-in. blade.40 
2-ft. boxwood folding rule.35 
Marking guage.25 
Handled wood smooth plane, 9-in., 2-in. cutter. 1.20 
Iron block plane, 7-in., i^-in. cutter.85 
(Continued on page 378.) 
A splendid example of the “farm shop,” wherein must be kept the necessary material and tools 
for repairing anything from a ploughshare to a clock 
