Al to me Vaughns caution are some of the wisest words i have learnt on this forum.
I too purchased many tools most new in anticipation of using them and in a good few cases they still unused.
Since joining here and "trying hard " really hard to heed the advice i have restrained myself to purchasing as needed my tools regardless of bargains. Not always easy. But consider this. Alan Levine many many moons back made the point about woodworking being a costly hobby. He was right in my view in one respect specifically...wood. Pointless having loads of tools to use someday and then not have the wood.
So my prefrered path now would be to try do projects and make jigs, buy wood and tools on a per need basis per project.
Glenn has made the point about jigs. Left to some of the magazines
we could spend out life making jigs in anticipation of "future" need and again I was headed down this path too. None of which ever yields something you actually want to output rather all in anticipation of the future. It eventually gets stale because that list can be endless just the same as tool buying in anticipation of....someday.
I would challenge any one of us woodwoorkers to chime in if they have no tools they have cash tied up in which could have been put to better use in the hobby.
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