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- From: neves@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (David &)
- Subject: Re: How do I start with $500?
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:37:20 GMT
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- : In article <1jptotINNcls@cronkite.cisco.com>, echi@cisco.com (Eric P. Chi) writes:
- : |> I plan to setup some equipments to build some bookshelf kind thing
- : |> for my study room and garage. I am wondering whether I should buy a table
- : |> saw or radial saw? Or do I really need those fancy equipments?
- : |> Also if is there brand/model you can recommend? My budget is ~$500.
-
- : Your budget of $500 is too low to invest in a table saw at this
- : time.
-
- I want to make sure that people are not frightened away from
- woodworking just because they don't have thousands of dollars to spend
- on tools. I am sure that the Delta xxx for > $600 (or whatever) is
- really nice but many things can be done with less expensive table saws
- (< $200) or with circular saws and a good straightedge or even with a
- handsaw. The first thing I ever built (last year) was a set of bunk
- beds for my 4 year old son with a electric drill, circular saw, and
- cheap finishing sander. I got the design from a book whose author
- said that his first woodworking was with one portable power tool and a
- bunch of hand tools. His plans used simple bolt joining that required
- little in the way of sophisticated tools. Perhaps some wouldn't call
- this woodworking but I had lots of fun and my son enjoys it immensely.
-
- If you don't do a lot of sophisticated woodworking you can get away
- with the less expensive brand of tool. I have a Skil portable drill
- and a circular saw that have lasted 10 years with light use. I
- recently got an inexpensive Skil table saw that I like a lot and even
- bought a cheapo Sears (I can hear the groans now) router that I've
- used for a couple of things. The cheaper tool may not last as long,
- may not be as accurate or powerful, and may take longer to set up, but
- for someone just starting out doing light work it may provide a good
- learning tool.
-
- : Let's fix this first, go out and find a "Clamp 'N Tool Guide" of suitable
- : length for your work.
- Sounds like a good idea. My first straightedge was the edge of some
- particleboard I had lying around.
-
- -david
-
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