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r/handtools is a subreddit with 164k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
A community for people interested in tools powered by naught but elbow grease.
Popular Themes in r/handtools
#1
Advice Requests
: "Bought at a thrift store. I think it's a putty knife, my dad thinks it's an ink spatula. What is it?"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "First time restoring a hand plane"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Ever go in to the workshop to work on a project… then just spend hours organizing & sharpening tools instead? 😂"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "A chisel box I made... for my chisels. I inlaid neodymium magnets using a forstner bit and then cut thin pieces of the same size oak dowel. I didn't want the magnets to directly make contact with the chisels."
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "What would be a reasonable price for this lot? Found in Michigan, seller is asking for a “reasonable offer”"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/handtools
#1
Plane
: "Just restored and sharpened my grandad’s record routing Plane. He’s given it to me"
40 posts
#2
Saw
: "Saw this at a patternmaker’s house"
24 posts
#3
Restoration
: "Just finished one of my smaller tool Restorations: a vintage Henry Boker 3" long hand / jewelers vise (before and after pics)"
23 posts
#4
Hand
: "First time restoring a Hand plane"
17 posts
#5
Sharpening
: "Ever go in to the workshop to work on a project… then just spend hours organizing & Sharpening tools instead? 😂"
14 posts
#6
Tool
: "What’s a Tool you considered a gimmick that turned out to be really useful?"
13 posts
#7
Identification
9 posts
#8
Tools
: "Ever go in to the workshop to work on a project… then just spend hours organizing & sharpening Tools instead? 😂"
7 posts
#9
Woodworking
: "Is there any case where a wood square will be better then a metal one for Woodworking ?"
6 posts
#10
Chisel
: "A Chisel box I made... for my Chisels. I inlaid neodymium magnets using a forstner bit and then cut thin pieces of the same size oak dowel. I didn't want the magnets to directly make contact with the Chisels."
5 posts
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