Originally Posted by
Eric Commarato
If your in it for the long haul, this is what I would buy...
A Wadkin PK sliding table saw, if you can find one. Or an Oliver 260 Slider. This would be my saw utilized for joinery.
A 10" General, Powermatic, or Unisaw, yes the old U.S. or Canadian built cabinet saws set up for general stock preparation.
A 10" General, Powermatic or Unisaw, set up only for Dado work.
A couple General drill presses, the old Canadian versions.
A Moak, Porter, or American 16" or 24" Jointer for the big stuff
A 12" Northfield HD Jointer form the small stuff
A Moak or Northfield Shaper
A Hammond Trim-O-Saw with sliding table for delicate tasks not requiring a tilting arbor
A Moak or Northfield 30-36" band saw for big stuff
A 14" General (15") or Powermatic 141 for small stuff
A band saw mill
A couple Lamello plate jointers...
There's more but I think I'm approaching the $50,000 mark.
An American Rotary 25 HP Phase Converter...If I don't have 3 phase readily available.
Where is he going to get the extra square footage to put those things in? 800 sq ft is not a lot of shop room.
I wonder how much longer the thread will go with no guidance from the OP but if nothing else it is a look into peoples minds on how they would spend the money.
Take for example the last poster, who I am not picking on (and assume he just forgot) but has a shop with 3 table saws, 2 jointers, 2 drill presses and not enough bandsaws and no planer...
Of all the laws Brandolini's may be the most universally true.
Deep thought for the day:
Your bandsaw weighs more when you leave the spring compressed instead of relieving the tension.