Any woodworkers?

I know market is driven by location by a large part but looking at a jointer and this JET local to me caught my eye. Offer 350-400 would be my plan. Thoughts?

https://westernmass.craigslist.org/tls/d/amherst-jet-long-bed-jointer/7554408513.html

 

Current new is $1449 at rockler...$500 isnt bad imo

 

I had that one a couple years ago. I paid $400 and sold it for $600 when I upgraded to an 8” Powermatic that I got a great deal on. The Jet never would stay in adjustment.

 

I made the ornaments, need some help getting these sold. I KNOW its a bit early but still for a good cause. If you havent seen these. Heres your chance. Thanks!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...eeds-donated-to-srh’s-‘lil-ninja-fund.780138/

 

Thanks to those who chimed in, figured Id post a few pics of the process and final product. I ended up doing two coats of black deck stain on the outside, then two coats of Minwax Helmsman spar urethane - satin. It was a very time consuming process / project but I think it turned out well. Been through some rain storms and the water beaded off very nicely.

Drilled the top and bottom at the same time so everything lined up. Had to triple check myself to make sure nothing was mirrored or flipped upside down


Two coats of Helmsman on the inside as well for maximum weather proofing


Figured wood glue wouldn't stick to urethane so masked off the approx. locations


Stained and ready for the urethane


All done! Used three strap hinges for the door with very short 3/8" #8 screws. Even then had to grind the tips off so nothing stuck up into the floor of the box.




Beading water perfectly with only two coats

 

Nice!

 

Yup, thats the stuff I used.

 

Yep, and i still mess it up

 

I think this piece is absolutely perfect as is! Its a perfect funny garage wall piece.

 

for that to be in my garage, it needs to be reversed!

"measure once, cut thrice"

 

Love this!!

 

Been me last few things ive cutIm blaming the cold weather

 

Everything shrinks when it gets cold.

 

Old friend of mine has a 3D printer company and printed me a stencil I had been looking for @wilcam47

as soon as I get back from Texas I should be able to wrap this thing up fairly quickly

 

Nice!

 

I unupholstered our shoe-rack storage bench, rebuilt its guts, and reupholstered it. The seat will not break through its cheap staples and weak glue now.

What passes for "quality" in $300 furniture is appalling.

As soon as the missus decides which pleather color she wants it to be next, I'll re-reupholster it to something that matches her new color scheme.

Soooooo...anytime between next week and 2030.

 

We have been on a quest to replace our couch with a solid, good quality piece that will last for a while, and we expect to pay a higher price for it. I completely agree with your appalling comment. We've gone to just about every local store, even boutique (expensive) places. We were in San Francisco for something and went to a few "nice" stores there. Same thing. We saw $5000 couches that felt like they came from IKEA. We suspended the search and decided we can live with the old one for a while.

 

Why do you guys think that is? When I first started out I bought cheap furniture cause thats what I could afford and I always told myself I'd buy quality when I could afford it, but once I could, it seemed like quality had disappeared! I wanted forever furniture and now I'm hesitant to pull the trigger on anything!

 

I think you can still find forever furniture, we just can't afford it.