A while back I posted a query re good brands of traditional hand
drills. Following a tip here, I bought just the thing from Lee
Valley. The hand drill already has been put to good use. While
I was at it, I requested catalogs. DH has been reading them and
says "these Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous!" ie far too many
wonderful things to buy. Brass ceiling hooks, special scissors,
knock down furniture fittings, drawer pulls...
Thanks, guys!
Una
Yep. Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous. There's probably more coming:
Garrett-Wade, Lie-Nielsen, Woodcraft, ENCO, Japanese Woodworker, etc.
But Lee Valley has the nicest catalog.
On Dec 28, 6:44 pm, [email protected] (Una) wrote:
> A while back I posted a query re good brands of traditional hand
> drills. Following a tip here, I bought just the thing from Lee
> Valley. The hand drill already has been put to good use. While
> I was at it, I requested catalogs. DH has been reading them and
> says "these Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous!" ie far too many
> wonderful things to buy. Brass ceiling hooks, special scissors,
> knock down furniture fittings, drawer pulls...
>
> Thanks, guys!
>
> Una
Add Highland hardware to the list, too.
I agree with the comments that Lee Valley is the best catalog. However,
for handtools, the Japaneses Woodworker and the Lie-Nielsen catalogs
are excellent.
What I'd like to see is a catalog that carried most major power tools
from routers to table saws to bandsaws to circular saws, etc.
Never Enough Money wrote:
> Yep. Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous. There's probably more coming:
> Garrett-Wade, Lie-Nielsen, Woodcraft, ENCO, Japanese Woodworker, etc.
> But Lee Valley has the nicest catalog.
>
> On Dec 28, 6:44 pm, [email protected] (Una) wrote:
> > A while back I posted a query re good brands of traditional hand
> > drills. Following a tip here, I bought just the thing from Lee
> > Valley. The hand drill already has been put to good use. While
> > I was at it, I requested catalogs. DH has been reading them and
> > says "these Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous!" ie far too many
> > wonderful things to buy. Brass ceiling hooks, special scissors,
> > knock down furniture fittings, drawer pulls...
> >
> > Thanks, guys!
> >
> > Una
Just checked out Seven Corners Hardware web page. Looks like they carry
a wide spectrum of products. Thanks.
I used to get the Tool Crib of the North catalog but I must have gotten
dropped from their list or they went out of business or something....
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Never Enough Money wrote:
>
> > What I'd like to see is a catalog that carried most major power tools
> > from routers to table saws to bandsaws to circular saws, etc.
>
> Have you checked out Seven Corners Hardware?
>
> Lew
"Una" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>A while back I posted a query re good brands of traditional hand
> drills. Following a tip here, I bought just the thing from Lee
> Valley. The hand drill already has been put to good use. While
> I was at it, I requested catalogs. DH has been reading them and
> says "these Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous!" ie far too many
> wonderful things to buy. Brass ceiling hooks, special scissors,
> knock down furniture fittings, drawer pulls...
>
We affectionately refer to the Lee Valley catalog as tool porn. This is due
to the almost primal response that is aroused while perusing its pages.
On 29 Dec 2006 12:31:43 -0800, "Never Enough Money"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Just checked out Seven Corners Hardware web page. Looks like they carry
>a wide spectrum of products. Thanks.
>
>I used to get the Tool Crib of the North catalog but I must have gotten
>dropped from their list or they went out of business or something....
>
>
Tool Crib of the North became "Tool Crib of the Amazon". Their catalog
deliveries became spotty, then went away altogether.
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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:04:08 GMT, [email protected] (Una) wrote:
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>further ado. The really good catalogs get read cover to
>cover then filed in a steel file cabinet in my office, in
>my 2nd most used drawer, with my project plans and house
>and horse "porn". That's a prime location.
>
Inquiring minds want to know what's in the most used drawer. ;-)
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Never Enough Money <[email protected]> wrote:
>Yep. Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous. There's probably more coming:
>Garrett-Wade, Lie-Nielsen, Woodcraft, ENCO, Japanese Woodworker, etc.
>But Lee Valley has the nicest catalog.
Another virtue of Lee Valley: really simple, no nonsense
online purchasing. Also, they promise they do not rent or
sell their customer list, and I believe them. The key is
the word "rent"; no vendor sells their list unless they go
out of business, so promises merely not to sell are worth
almost nothing.
I already get GarrettWade. Lovely stuff there too but the
marketing hyperbole (hype) of the descriptions is a turnoff.
FWIW, I use a grading system for catalogs. Poor quality
stuff or too much hype, and it goes directly in the "circular
file" (recycling). Good quality stuff but annoying hype
gets held in a slush pile just in case I actually need some
item; when that pile gets tall, it gets recycled without
further ado. The really good catalogs get read cover to
cover then filed in a steel file cabinet in my office, in
my 2nd most used drawer, with my project plans and house
and horse "porn". That's a prime location.
Lee Valley goes in the file cabinet. GarrettWade does not
quite make the cut; it goes in the slush pile. Too bad.
Una
[email protected] (Una) wrote:
>>my 2nd most used drawer, with my project plans and house
>>and horse "porn". That's a prime location.
Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
> Inquiring minds want to know what's in the most used drawer. ;-)
Of course you do. And of course my #1 drawer is full of
receipts and financial statements. The consequences, as
it were. ;-b
Una
Be sure to request their Garden catalogue also!
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:44:09 GMT, [email protected] (Una) wrote:
>A while back I posted a query re good brands of traditional hand
>drills. Following a tip here, I bought just the thing from Lee
>Valley. The hand drill already has been put to good use. While
>I was at it, I requested catalogs. DH has been reading them and
>says "these Lee Valley catalogs are dangerous!" ie far too many
>wonderful things to buy. Brass ceiling hooks, special scissors,
>knock down furniture fittings, drawer pulls...
>
>Thanks, guys!
>
> Una
On 28 Dec 2006 19:50:27 -0800, "Never Enough Money"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>But Lee Valley has the nicest catalog.
They do. Good stuff, nice narratives, clear photos.
Garret Wade tends to get a little too much like "J. Peterman" in the
descriptions for my taste. <G>
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just checked out Seven Corners Hardware web page. Looks like they carry
> a wide spectrum of products. Thanks.
>
> I used to get the Tool Crib of the North catalog but I must have gotten
> dropped from their list or they went out of business or something....
>
>
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> Never Enough Money wrote:
>>
>> > What I'd like to see is a catalog that carried most major power tools
>> > from routers to table saws to bandsaws to circular saws, etc.
>>
>> Have you checked out Seven Corners Hardware?
>>
>> Lew
>
Didn't the Tool Crib of the North become part of Amazon?