Hi, so I recently moved and actually have storage and a 1 car garage to set up a shop. The problem is a car will be parked in the garage when I am not using it. With this in mind I have been setting up the shop to streamline and make everything as easy as possible for set up/breakdown and also while working. Currently have outfeed for table saw, router station and miter saw station in the garage. I'm at the point where I am wondering if I should buy a bench top jointer to ease in getting wood prepped for use. Currently I have just been using a table saw jig/router table for edge jointing and I just got a Dewalt planer so face jointing is an option with a sled. Hand planes are also an option but honestly, i'd rather spend my time assembling rather than planing. I have been specifically looking at a grizzly g0893 6" bench top jointer as it seems to be slightly more powerful and with a truer to design helical style head than most of the other options. I have also considered a rikon/wahuda 8", they all come in at around $500. Would a bench top jointer actually expedite the woodworking procedure or would I just run into a different set of limitations/frustrations? A floor model wont work for me between the space constraints and the cost. Most of my projects would be on the smaller side, picture frames are my main thing but I do have some table tops (hard wood) and book cases (plywood) coming up for myself to expand and learn. Lengths of picture frame pieces range from 12" to 60" usually, I have not done anything wider than 3-4". I use a decent amount of reclaimed wood from house renovations, plenty of old pine just gets tossed in the dumpster. I also have a decent wood yard in the area for when I want specialty species. Attached are some pictures to give you an idea what I am working with, still a WIP but looking 100x better than a month ago. Im summary, I am willing to pay for a decent bench top jointer, but will it actually streamline things for me? I have never used a jointer so I'm flying pretty blind here.
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Thank you,
Cassius.