Slowman wrote:
you pretty much hit it all. i would add this: a tracksaw. and a track attachment permanently mounted to a router, like a porter cable. i can't tell you how often i use the tracksaw and how many applications i find for it. i note you have a mortiser which probably means you're making some mission style furniture. if you do a big edge-glue lay-up for a table, the tracksaw is how you square it up after you're done. the router attachment is how you rout it after it's square. MUCH more predictable and precise than running it through a router table, in my experience.
oh, and a shitload of clamps. of all sizes. pipe clamps in particular. easy to find cheap clamps for pipe clamps, even harbor freight is good enough, just get 3/4" pipe in different lengths, threaded one side, and you're good.
and decent stands, sawhorses and such, for mounting your media.
the one thing i really want is a the godzilla planer from hell, something i need to put in a new 220v circuit for. like, 36" or something, so i can take this big edge glue tabletops and just mow them down. i routinely look on craigslist for another cabinet shop to bite the dust so i can pick one of those up.
whoo -- I need a smoke
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Hughson CA
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