Neal Dooley
04-05-2007, 4:15 PM
Hi Guys,
I am probably 2 years out from getting my garage (ahem, shop) constructed and I have been lamenting my tools in storage and the dream of not driving to a school to use stationary tools... While paging through one of my woodworking magazines in anticipation of my future purchases I came across a beautiful 'centerfold' of the Powermatic 2000. I figured I can wing the purchase this one without undue resistance from my lovely bride so I tell her that the PM2000 may be the one for me. She asked its price....."A little over $2000 dear"...."What! for ONE tool?"......backpeddling and pleading words ensued, she remembers seeing the Shopsmith and how it does so many things. How could a table saw that does 'one' thing be worth over $2K?. I assured her a quality saw would be worth the investment for a lifetime of use and precision. perhaps worth 50% of my total shop budget, I then left the room for a while.....
10 minutes later I hear her screaming, "He lost his thumb, he lost his thumb!" She had been watching Top Design and a carpenter had been running a narrow piece of wood through a rip with the blade at maximum exposure, no guard, no spitter or riving knife, using no pushstick and then reached across the blade to grab the cutoff piece... He didn't actually cut his thumb 'off' ...thank goodness! My wife looked at me squarely and forcefully told me. I want you to get the saw where the blade goes down when you touch it...."The Sawstop?", I asked. That costs about $1000 more than the powermatic....."I want you to spend a thousand more for that saw," she tells me........"Yes Dear, whatever you want":) :D :cool:
Deep down that was the one I wanted anyway but was afraid to get the OK for a $3K saw....
I am probably 2 years out from getting my garage (ahem, shop) constructed and I have been lamenting my tools in storage and the dream of not driving to a school to use stationary tools... While paging through one of my woodworking magazines in anticipation of my future purchases I came across a beautiful 'centerfold' of the Powermatic 2000. I figured I can wing the purchase this one without undue resistance from my lovely bride so I tell her that the PM2000 may be the one for me. She asked its price....."A little over $2000 dear"...."What! for ONE tool?"......backpeddling and pleading words ensued, she remembers seeing the Shopsmith and how it does so many things. How could a table saw that does 'one' thing be worth over $2K?. I assured her a quality saw would be worth the investment for a lifetime of use and precision. perhaps worth 50% of my total shop budget, I then left the room for a while.....
10 minutes later I hear her screaming, "He lost his thumb, he lost his thumb!" She had been watching Top Design and a carpenter had been running a narrow piece of wood through a rip with the blade at maximum exposure, no guard, no spitter or riving knife, using no pushstick and then reached across the blade to grab the cutoff piece... He didn't actually cut his thumb 'off' ...thank goodness! My wife looked at me squarely and forcefully told me. I want you to get the saw where the blade goes down when you touch it...."The Sawstop?", I asked. That costs about $1000 more than the powermatic....."I want you to spend a thousand more for that saw," she tells me........"Yes Dear, whatever you want":) :D :cool:
Deep down that was the one I wanted anyway but was afraid to get the OK for a $3K saw....