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# The tools that lasted
- URL: https://quiet.labs.enova.studio/videos/film-02-the-tools-that-lasted/
- Published: 2025-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T19:44:49.000Z
- Description: Everything on this desk still in use after ten years, and the three things that are not.
- Author: Enova Studio
- Tags: #video

“Hand Plane Restoration | Tribute to Hand Tool Rescue” by [Thomas Lightle](https://www.youtube.com/@SouthpawWorkshop?ref=quiet.labs.enova.studio) on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2YKxB--GfE&ref=quiet.labs.enova.studio), licensed under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=quiet.labs.enova.studio).

Video: “Hand Plane Restoration | Tribute to Hand Tool Rescue” by [Thomas Lightle](https://www.youtube.com/@SouthpawWorkshop?ref=quiet.labs.enova.studio) on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2YKxB--GfE&ref=quiet.labs.enova.studio), licensed under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=quiet.labs.enova.studio).

Ten years is long enough to tell the difference between a good tool and one I merely enjoyed buying. Both categories are represented.

## What is in it

1. 00:30 The four that have not been replaced once.
2. 02:40 The one I have replaced four times.
3. 05:00 Three things that did not last, named.
4. 07:10 What I would buy first if I started again.

## Made with

- A macro lens on loan
- One softbox, used badly
- Ten years of receipts

The cheapest thing on the desk is the oldest. I have stopped drawing conclusions from that.