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A photograph of a table in a home workshop. The table is covered in a pile of miscellaneous items and tools, many of which are separated into zipped plastic bags, concealing the contents from viewers. At the back of the table is a metal gray tool cabinet with 18 small drawers. To the right of it is a smaller wooden tool cabinet with small plastic drawers that contain nails of various shapes and sizes. Above it, attached to the white wall, is a one-compartment white cabinet.
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Yesterday’s Tools Refitted for Tomorrow’s Work 2

Michael Dowling

Restoring any quality-made item for continued use is often a good enough reason for me. For these items, the family connection made the project even more fulfilling; A home workshop gives you space to fix existing problems and create new things. Having the pandemic’s gift of time in isolation allowed me to complete several ideas I had been thinking about for several years.