So my problem is that the investment was made and the tools are a rusty mess. The shop is a pole building and there's no insulation and the eves are open. Each spring when we get those unseasonable warm days, the warm air rushes in and floods the cold shop. The water runs across the floor!!! Everything in the shop is cold and the moisture condenses. I've tried WD40, wax paper, silicone spray, and nothing works over the long haul. If I needed the planer right now I'd have to work on it for several hours before I could use it on clean wood. I'm lobbying for insulation in the shop... but the carpets in the LR need replaced first.
Speaking of old tools, one of my prized posessions is a home made wood clamp that my dad's father made. My grandfather died of drinker's disease when my dad was about 10 so I didn't know him. It's the only thing that my dad had of his dad. It's going to get framed and hung on the shop wall.