Got wood?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

My mouth actually fell-open when I scrolled and first saw that photo. Spectacular. Somehow, it presents a comforting environment, a home, which says “Welcome!”

[gregj410]

Greg. I would love to see more pictures of your shop and the equipment you use.

Sorry Robert I never saw this. It’s like certain attention starved posters are always pushing threads down by reposting to the same threads every day. But I digress. Lol!

Anyway, thanks for your interest. Here a few pics. Nothing fancy and quite a cluttered mess right now. I currently have to many projects going. I never had the money to completely finish out the walls and ceiling all in one shot. So I did the ceiling first in drywall and have slowly been plywooding the walls as time and money permit. Here’s a few pics. Most of my equipment is power matic and delta, but really a little bit of everything.


My current helper. He’s much better than most I’ve had

[gregj410]

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[HONDO74]

Greg. Thanks for the pictures. That is a really nice shop. Yours is for your business. My shop is just for my own pleasure.

I also have a Delta Unisaw. Mine is probably a little older. Bought it in 1970 and it was used. Brought it with me from Calif when we moved to the midwest. I like Delta/Rockwell equipment. I have a Delta 11in lathe and a Rockwell/Delta mill and 14inch bandsaw I do metal and wood. Have a Lincoln tig 250 welder As I have made many boat parts using aluminum and stainless. Presently we can't post pictures to the forum and I don't have a 3rd party program. Last I had was photobucket and that is gone.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I also have a Delta Unisaw. Mine is probably a little older. Bought it in 1970 and it was used. Brought it with me from Calif when we moved to the midwest. I like Delta/Rockwell equipment. I have a Delta 11in lathe and a Rockwell/Delta mill and 14inch bandsaw I do metal and wood. Have a Lincoln tig 250 welder As I have made many boat parts using aluminum and stainless.

Nice list of good toys! There are day s when I wish I had designed the basement space differently....

Presently we can't post pictures to the forum and I don't have a 3rd party program. Last I had was photobucket and that is gone.

Actually, Photobucket exists, it's just not free......

[gregj410]

Greg. Thanks for the pictures. That is a really nice shop. Yours is for your business. My shop is just for my own pleasure.

I also have a Delta Unisaw. Mine is probably a little older. Bought it in 1970 and it was used. Brought it with me from Calif when we moved to the midwest. I like Delta/Rockwell equipment. I have a Delta 11in lathe and a Rockwell/Delta mill and 14inch bandsaw I do metal and wood. Have a Lincoln tig 250 welder As I have made many boat parts using aluminum and stainless. Presently we can't post pictures to the forum and I don't have a 3rd party program. Last I had was photobucket and that is gone.

Sure thing! I love my Delta equipment although I think they’re pretty well out of business so I guess it’s Powermatic and Jet moving forward. I wish I could keep it separate for business. It’s as if all the household needs invade my shop space. You must be very skilled to do both metal and wood. I vowed along time ago to keep it wood working exclusively. The pic below is my modeling station. A make shift awning gets propped up when I’m working on models. It keeps the dust out from the wood working stuff. I thought I could keep the model building in the train room upstairs but I found myself always needing something in the shop downstairs so there it stays

[HONDO74]

Nice Porter Cable disc and belt sander. I bought one just like it 2 months ago from Lowe's at a discount. They are closing out the Porter Cable line. I have several disc or belt sanders Those for metal and those for wood. If I use one for metal the disc or belt is worthless for wood afterwards.

[Mitch]

My table saw is a Jet 30"contractor saw with cast iron top. I took the fence off and installed a 50" Vega fence. 10" Craftsman, (Rigid) radial arm saw, DeWalt 12" planer, all my routers are Porter-Cable, and I built the Norm Abrams New Yankee Workshop router cabinet with a 3 1/4 horse Porter Cable router with enouth power to use the big panel raising bits and the New Yankee cabinet/table bench with all roller drawer slides from Rockler. Oh yeah, a DeWalt 12" miter saw and a Chinese mortising drill. Why do I always have a shortage of clamps?

[Mitch]

Nice Porter Cable disc and belt sander. I bought one just like it 2 months ago from Lowe's at a discount. They are closing out the Porter Cable line. I have several disc or belt sanders Those for metal and those for wood. If I use one for metal the disc or belt is worthless for wood afterwards.

I'm POed! Porter Cable left Jackson, Mississippi and went to China.

[gregj410]

Nice Porter Cable disc and belt sander. I bought one just like it 2 months ago from Lowe's at a discount. They are closing out the Porter Cable line. I have several disc or belt sanders Those for metal and those for wood. If I use one for metal the disc or belt is worthless for wood afterwards.

Yes. I had a delta and it took a crap so I opted for a PC. That thing is great for use on my models. Somethings cut a little long you just buzz it right down!

[gregj410]

Nice Porter Cable disc and belt sander. I bought one just like it 2 months ago from Lowe's at a discount. They are closing out the Porter Cable line. I have several disc or belt sanders Those for metal and those for wood. If I use one for metal the disc or belt is worthless for wood afterwards.

I'm POed! Porter Cable left Jackson, Mississippi and went to China.

I haven’t followed any of the brand name companies. My guess is they are either gone or China owns them which is largely one in the same. Truth be told I have enough PC routers here to outlive me. I mainly use the D handle in my day to day work. Anything new I buy will be festool brand. Most of it cost a small fortune but I’ve never regretted buying their stuff.

[HONDO74]

DeWalt, Black & Decker, Craftsman, Porter-Cable and more — are all owned by the same company, Stanley Black & Decker.

Festool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festool

Festool products are primarily manufactured in Neidlingen (Germany), Illertissen (Germany), and Česká Lípa (Czech Republic).[6] In July 2017, Festool opened its first North American production line at its Lebanon, Indiana, facility, where it produces mainly guide rails for its track-saw system

As of October 2017, Festool operates subsidiaries in 26 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and Russia. In late 2017, it set up its first Asian subsidiary in South Korea

[gregj410]

I think Dewalt has come a long way in the past several years. Their tablesaw has a knob on the fence that allows you to very easily micro adjust the fence.
The miter saws have an LED behind the blade and as you pull the saw head closer to the cut it produces a fine shadow line locating where the cut will be.

[robert.]

Every new tool we get in the shop is junk! 2 new belt/disc sanders with bad discs. both would wobble and hit the table. 3rd one had no positive lock on the disc side table.

[up148]

Festool plunge track saw, tracks, vacuum, work table and battery powered orbital sander. Track saw makes the best cuts of any saw I've ever owned. Rest of tools are DeWalt battery, including an 7-1/4" battery sliding compound miter saw that easily mounts to a Dewalt Work Stand....makes for quick set up any where.

Bought my wife a Shop Smith back in the 90's and she loved it, but was too cumbersome to move from house to house so we sold it.....so she doesn't do the big jobs anymore.