Any woodworkers?

Thanks for the input. I will check these out.

 

Looking good! Any lathe as long as it’s got variable speed and a powerful enough motor is gonna be great, I have actually had really good luck with grizzly Tools, they’re made in the same factories with the same castings as most of the major brands, just slightly cheaper knobs and non-American motors. Prices are great and best of all their customer service is on point, which you won’t get as good with the major brands IMO. Grizzly is direct to consumer so there is no dealer network to deal with, that’s also why their prices are better. The Lagunas are very nice Tools but I have heard multiple horror stories about their customer service. I actually have a harbor freight which is pretty nice for $250 but I only use it to sand parts that come off the cnc, not for turning. My planer, jointer, band saw and drill press are all grizzly and couldn’t be happier with their performance. They perform equally as good as the more expensive tools I have.

 

but.... if you want the best of the Best Buy a Oneway

 

Also what you need, if you were running a three shift factory I’d stay away from grizzly, but for a home shop your options are much greater. Powermatics are beautiful and work great but hard to justify the extra $1500-$2000 for the name, motor and some yellow paint. The American brands such as powermatic and delta used to be the creme de la creme but now they are all just produced overseas by the same folks that make everything else.

 

Thanks so much. I’ll check into Grizzly too.

 

most of these tools are a buy it once type of deal. Spend the extra and get the better quality tool.

 

Well guys/gal I DNT do woodwork but I am a carpenter so here's a few samples of my work. front wallrear wallsent a wrong door so I had to make one myself.

 

My point is more that few of these tools are really built the way they used to be, and the gap between lengths of lifetimes of these things is getting smaller. In the price point of the machines we are talking (grizzly, shop fox, jet, laguna, powermatic, etc...) in my experience, paying the higher dollar amount does not necessarily affect product enough to warrant. Now if you are talking jumping to felder, Martin, altendorf then Cost most certainly affects product, but you are going to be spending some serious $$$. Looking at a board planed on a grizzly vs a board planed on a powermatic, it’s gonna be hard to tell the difference, and your gonna just sand the ish out of it anyway!

What tool it is matters as well, I spent extra for my sliding table saw cause it’s a precision tool, and although I’m glad I did due to specific features that I required, it cuts just as clean as the cheaper grizzly in the shop below me.

Of course there are a million other factors to take into account and maybe if I had the higher volume shop I’d spend a little more on certain tools, and I am in no way saying to buy shitty tools, just that a lot of that dollar amount is branding and dealer networks. And if you can still sell me a quality tool with great customer service for less money then I’m game.

Research is key, buy slightly more than you need so you have a little room to grow, if you have the money and want the fancy tool, spend it, but ultimately it comes down to you. A powermatic wont make you a great woodworker. So IMO, save that money, go load up the back of your truck with some local lumber and start making some dust!

 

July 14..south padre Island island Tacoma meet. I'm riding with a convoy from DFW. Anyone would like to travel out there and camp out for the weekend?

 

Chub. Just saying'.

 

Damn many of you are talented as hell. I just started getting into some woodworking this year; made a mirror frame, picture frames, nightstands, Adirondack chair, and a few other things. Glad I wandered into this sub, looking forward to learning new things.

 

I disagree. You do woodwork. Nicely, too.

 

Thank you sir.

Hey brotha little by little you can learn and build anything you put you mind into, in the future just be careful with the fingers, know what I mean. Good luck

 

Finally got around to building a couple of cabinets for my Festool Systainers. Two cabinets with three drawers each. Got the first one together this afternoon.

 

Any of you have any experience using the Dewalt oscillating tool for sanding? I've been looking at picking one up recently, but am wondering if it would just be a waste of money to have in my tool arsenal. Currently for sanding I'm just using some POS Harbor Freight sander that has seen better days.

 

Is there any reason to buy an oscillating tool then figuring that I only planned on using it for sanding and smaller cuts? Figuring that I could realistically use a circular saw or jig saw for those cuts and a random orbital for sanding? It seemed like such a good idea to buy one at Home Depot this past weekend since I have collected quite a few gift cards there but maybe it's better off spent on something else...

 

I bought a Ryobi oscillating spindle sander from Home Depot about 10 years ago. I wonder now how I ever got along without it!