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   cahudson42 | Apr 26, 2015 02:33pm | #1

   RE: $2000 Shop

   The first of what likely will be a flood of suggestions...:>)

   I will stick to ripping and crosscutting. 'Been there, done that'. I too would love a SawStop - can't afford it now. Plus I dislike using a tablesaw anyway. (The 'old coots' in our retirement village woodshop have an old Grizzly - no guard, no splitter, no riving knife. I've seen no fingers lost yet - but a finger tip or two...I won't use it...)

   So when outfitting my small 12 x16 Summer shop - I went with: 1. A simple $130 10" chop saw - new - for crosscuts up to a nominal 6" (decking material, 2 x6s). 2. A Festool TS-55 track saw for everything else - rips and wider crosscuts.

   While I also got an MFT1080, the 2x4 workbench you suggested could have a top made from "Festool 489396 Perforated Plate Replacement for MFT-LP1080" - $124 including shipment from Amazon. $124 ea. Get two.

   You now have a table top with precise 20mm hole x 96mm spacing grid for use with the TS-55 Track, your squared stock, and parf dogs from Veritas for precise 90-degree and 45-degree cuts of all types. And angled cuts of any angle. Perfect for sheet goods. Pretty good for lumber, too.

   I admit I do have a $299 DW745 I use with riving knife, guard, and pawls for ripping decking material down the center for Adirondack chairs etc. Narrow rips are indeed a weakness of the TS-55 - but really the only one I have found.

   Yes - this only covers ripping and crosscutting - not joinery. But for that, I use my bandsaw and router for the most part...

   Finally, though I consider the $600 I spent for my TS-55 (in 2008 actually) the best value for money on any tool I've ever bought, you 'could' buy a Scheppach M90700 knockoff (also branded from Grizzly and JET) for $300...

   Keep up the great podcasts!
   Chris

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   chucktown | Apr 27, 2015 04:23pm | #2

   I thought it odd that you guy's kept suggesting the Saw Stop, I have one and love it, but it ain't the only game in town. I recently just picked up a Ridgid R4512 as a second saw for my furniture business and man was I impressed! It's pretty much a hybrid contractors saw but without the motor hanging out the back and its pretty darn solid, IMOP.
   You can even wire the 1 1/2 HP motor 240v if you want.
   Just my couple of pennies...Cheers!

3. 
   mrfatbat | Apr 29, 2015 09:20pm | #3

   Hi guys, I'd love to see a few shots of the router mortising jig, any links?

   Stay dusty, Jimbo

4. 
   Dane_J | May 01, 2015 10:36am | #4

   Regarding the mixed media issue, I am not really clear on the requirement. I envision this as a frame and panel... and thought of the the top of his anarchists tool chest. basically it is a groove to groove joint, a 'leg' on each side becomes the tongue of a tongue and groove joint.

   The advantage to the joint is no matter how much either side shifts there will not be a gap exposed.

   The panel can be inset or outset depending on the side you elect to show.

5. 
   mrfatbat | May 07, 2015 04:10am | #5

   Ahhhhh (continue to) ignore my last comment, you've answered it in the pod description, router jog will appear in a video on FWW soon.

   Looking forward to it!

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   drboyles | May 07, 2015 08:04pm | #6

   I think it was this episode where you were talking about purchasing used table saws, and said not to worry about the fence, there are PLENTY of good aftermarket fences.

   PLEASE elaborate. I have been interested in a better fence for my Jet, but nothing looks worth the $$.

   How about a review in FWW?!?!?!?!

   Thanks,

   Dale