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Building a woodshop....recommended tools
Tailgunner:
If you can scare one up, get a panel saw. I got mine when the local Lowe's replaced it with a new one. It needed a little TLC, but it hadn't been hit by a forklift and the frame was still square. I hauled it home for $25, spent about $150 on on stuff to get it back in as new shape.
Xiaou2:
very lucky tailgunner. I do not think most would have such luck, and the new ones are very expensive.
Panel saws that are at the home depots always cut crooked :(
But more importantly, theres a good deal of limited types of cuts you can do with a panel saw - because of the vertical mounting.
If i could get a perfect cutting panelsaw that rotated from vertical to horizontal.. that may be very interesting : ) Although, im not sure if i could hold the work while trying to push the blade... ahh well..
Nice thing about the panel saw is it takes up so little space compared to a tablesaw.
Jess--:
if you are UK based i would suggest avoiding Dewalt as they are now owned by black and decker and built to the same crap standards as black and decker,
given the choice go for bosch every time, never managed to kill a bosch tool yet (had just about every other make blow up on me)
Matt Berry:
I don't know how serious you are about this yet, or even what you plan on building. First off it is an expensive hobby, don't buy cheap tools, try to buy the best tool you can at the begining. A couple of sources for information besides BT3central would be www.woodcentral.com or the forums at www.forums.woodnet.net. Woodnet has a tendency to sometimes be a little rougher crowd.
Stay away from craftsman powertools. Grizzly has some decent machinery at a cheap price, look to them for your jointer and such. There are a lot of tools I could list for a shop, start small and add from there. A dust collector should be the first thing you buy maybe a 1100 cfm to start or one of the expensive cyclone models from onieda (2hp dust gorilla).
Hand tools
Router (can't have too many) Dewalt 621, porter cable, milwaukee, bosch 1617evs.
Scrapers better finish then sandpaper
Hand plane and block plane
Chisels
Backsaw, handsaw, coping saw
Mallets (can make your own)
Sharpening stones oil and or water
Sharpening guide (if your not good at sharpening) leevalley MKII
6 or 8" grinder with better wheels
1-2-3 blocks
Feeler gauges
Tape measure
12" rule 6" too
Try squares
Sliding bevel gauges
Level
Marking knife and pencils
Belt sander (has it's place)
Random orbital sander porter cable
Clamps,clamps and more clamps (pipe,bar,spring, etc) Jorgenson, bessey etc.
12" Miter saw or sliding CMS dewalt, makita
Cordless drill dewalt, bosch, porter cable
Jigsaw bosch, hitatchi
Circular saw
Stationary tools
Bench with wooodworking vise
Tablesaw
14" or bigger bandsaw jet, mini max, lagauna, powermatic
Jointer perferablly 8" grizzly, powermatic, jet, delta
Planer lunchbox (dewalt) or 15" - 20" floor model :) jet powermatic
Drill press 17"
Scroll Saw 20" Dewalt
Lathe mini lathe (jet) full size jet 1442 (best bang for the buck)
Accessories for the lathe chuck, tools (cost more then the lathe)
Compressor
6x48" 12" combination belt sander / disc sander
Knowledge
Forums, Books, Magazines Fine woodworking, wood magazine, woodsmith, shopsmith.
The worst part is that this is only the tip of the iceburg, and there is more then what I listed here. Good luck and make sure you check out the forums I listed, another one would be sawmill creek.
vader:
WOW, I can see it will take me years to collect all the stuff I would need to have a productive workshop. I'm not deadset on what I
will build yet, but I'm looking to just build benches and outdoor stuff
at the moment. I really enjoy working with *WOOD* ;D FIRE AWAY,
Looks like I'll save up some money, you guys say to avoid craftsman, so I guess the TS with cast iron top for 500 bucks would be no good, I'll continue to look around,...
Thanks ALot guys
Tim
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