My tools suck
Ok, most of my tools were free to me so as far as cost vs gain…. Thanks to the renter that left all his tools behind. The tools are worth the price I paid, maybe. He said he wanted to make furniture to sell but I've decided he was full of it.
I have a decent planer, 12 inch wide by 6 inch height, and an electric hand planer that he purchased as well as various power tools. Those are decent but this table saw… Chicago Electric, low grade, piece of junk. The fence is barely usable and everything is so poorly constructed that I have to check it every time I use it. Good practice anyway I guess.
I bought my own compound miter saw (doesn't slide) but it's a nice saw. I've had it a few years with no issues.
With that said, I cleared an area in my garage and made a quick table that brings the table saw to the height of my miter saw surface. I cut legs off a plastic book shelf to use as a feed table for either. I cut a 14 foot 2×4 down to 5 pieces… 1.5×3 @33.5 inches just to test my saws. These will eventually be pieces I need anyway. I was planning to do more but I quit early….
Time to buy goggles and masks and make some jigs and a fence for the table saw.
Ok, most of my tools were free to me so as far as cost vs gain…. Thanks to the renter that left all his tools behind. The tools are worth the price I paid, maybe. He said he wanted to make furniture to sell but I've decided he was full of it.
I have a decent planer, 12 inch wide by 6 inch height, and an electric hand planer that he purchased as well as various power tools. Those are decent but this table saw… Chicago Electric, low grade, piece of junk. The fence is barely usable and everything is so poorly constructed that I have to check it every time I use it. Good practice anyway I guess.
I bought my own compound miter saw (doesn't slide) but it's a nice saw. I've had it a few years with no issues.
With that said, I cleared an area in my garage and made a quick table that brings the table saw to the height of my miter saw surface. I cut legs off a plastic book shelf to use as a feed table for either. I cut a 14 foot 2×4 down to 5 pieces… 1.5×3 @33.5 inches just to test my saws. These will eventually be pieces I need anyway. I was planning to do more but I quit early….
Time to buy goggles and masks and make some jigs and a fence for the table saw.