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1. 
   forestgirl | Jul 17, 2003 03:24am | #1

   Tablesaw    Old, blue Jet contractor's saw w/ link belt and new motor

   Miter gauge    Incra 1000

   Bandsaw    Grizzly 1019Z (14")

   Planer    Delta 12.5"

   Jointer   Jet 6" enclosed stand

   Drill Press   Delta bench-top, can't remember how big

   Belt/Disc combo sander     Somewhat older Craftsman

   Oscillating spindle sander    cheap but effect Craftsman

   Routers:  Porter Cable 690 and a plunge, Freud 3.25HP Plunge

   Router Table     Veritas solid steel in homemade frame

   Random Orbit Sander    DeWalt 421(?)

   Regular drill    Makita

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   
   

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   Edited 7/17/2003 12:42:56 AM ET by forestgirl

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   Timberwerks | Jul 17, 2003 03:45am | #2

   Saw- Jet Cabinet left tilt

   Planer- Jet 15"

   Joiner- Delta DJ20

   Drill Press- Jet 17"

   Sander- Performax 25" HD

   Bandsaw- Agazzani 24"

   Mortiser- Powermatic 719 ( For Sale )

   Compressor- IR 5hp 60gal

   I had more but I have been slowly selling off machines I no longer use. I am enjoying using my handtools again.

   Dale 

   
   

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   Edited 7/16/2003 8:46:50 PM ET by timber

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   Manchild | Jul 17, 2003 05:36am | #3

   It seems like showing off to list them. Who's got the most tools. Ya know what I mean.

4. 
   sawduster | Jul 17, 2003 06:26am | #4

   Pretty much a Jet shop with the following exceptions: Rigid plainer, Freud, Bosch routers, PC lam trim, craftsman & small mill for drillpress.

5. 
   Len | Jul 17, 2003 08:54am | #5

   Grizzly 1023S

   Incra Miter gauge 2000

   Unknown drill press (16 speed, floor standing)

   Hitach PR12A Planer/Jointer

   Laguna 13" bandsaw

   Delta 20" Bandsaw (1940 era)

   Craftsman 6 x 48 belt/disc sander (1940 era)

   Dewalt Sliding compound miter saw

   PC 690 router

   Hitachi TR12 Router

   A lot of planes. Both western and Japanese

   Cordless Makita / Bosch

   PC biscuit joiner

   PC framing saw

   Millwalkee sawsall

   Leigh dovetail jig

   Speedair 5 hp 30 gallon compressor

   And way to many hammers to list.

   Len

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   jc21 | Jul 17, 2003 08:14pm | #9

   How do you like the Grizzly 1023?  Any complaints? If money were no object, I'd jump at a General 650 but alas it is.

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   Len | Jul 18, 2003 07:24am | #16

   No, I really don't. It's a great saw for the price. I've heard a few people have had some problems with set up but I was pretty lucky. The miter slots were off by .003, the fence by .002 and the table was flat within .004. I did have to shim the wings a little. I bought the cover with it and would highly reccommend it.

   It's a real pleasure to use.

   We have unisaws at the shops at work. The finsh on the saw isn't as nice as the unisaw but for the money I saved I can do the spit an polish myself.

   Len

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   Kell | Jul 17, 2003 03:30pm | #6

   Shopsmith Mark V - Model 510 with bandsaw and DC

   Ryobi RE600 router mounted in table made by me along with 4 or 5 other routers including Craftsman, PC and Bosch.  I have more in bits than I do in routers.

   Delta 12" planer - single speed

   Jet DJ6 Jointer - gotta be 20 years old

   Ridgid oscillating spindle / belt sander

   PC 30 gallon 5 hp (right) compressor and HVLP gravity feed gun

   Delta CMS with laser

   Various layout tools from Bridge City toolworks

   Several sets of chisels Marples, Buck and a name that escapes me

   Sorby turning tools

   Seems like I'm forgetting something but I guess not.  There're all kinds of hand tools and small power tools not listed here.  When I look at my list, it doesn't feel like bragging.  It feels like I need to upgrade!

   Kell

7. 
   SCFrankland | Jul 17, 2003 04:40pm | #7

   	13083.2 in reply to 13083.1
   	Tablesaw    General Intl Bandsaw    Busy Bee (18") Planer    King 15" Jointer   Delta 8" enclosed stand Drill Press   Master Craft bench-top Disc combo sander     Craftex Dust Collector       General Intl. 2HP 1600CFM and Delta 1HP 650CFM Radial Arm     Dewalt 10" Shaper     Craftsman Professional Routers     Craftsman Professional, Black & Decker and a Makita 3.25HP Plunge Router Table     Built in to the table saw Random Orbit Sander    Black & Decker  Belt Sander     Craftsman Professional Sanders     1/3 sheet Black & Decker and a 1/4 sheet Craftsman Professional Regular drill    Black & Decker hammer drill, Makita arm remover, and a Craftsman Professional cordless Circular Saw     Skil 7 1/4" Grinder     4 1/2" DeWalt Bench Grinder     Delta 8" with Veritas sharpening guide Lathe     12" ???? Compressor   5HP 30 Gal Campell Hausfeld, 1 1/2HP 3 Gal DeVilbless Airtools    Lots of odds and ends Construction tools      Lots of stuff from a past life time that are not used in Fine Woodworking Hand tools      Lots and lots and lots

   Scott C. Frankland

   "This all could have been prevented if their parents had just used birth control"

8. 
   jimmyk | Jul 17, 2003 04:42pm | #8

   Delta 10" cont. saw

   Ridgid 13" thickness planer

   Bosch 12" comp. miter saw

   Porter Cable 690 router set w/table

   Shop Fox oscilating bench top drill press

   Craftsman RAS

   Grizzly 1019Z bandsaw

9. 
   Napie | Jul 17, 2003 10:52pm | #10

   Unisaw with a Vega fence and outfeed tables

   6" LONG bed direct drive Boice Crane jointer

   Delta 22-101 13" planer, (5 hp old and heavy)

   Delta 14" bandsaw, (2hp, Carter guides, riser block)

   Robland 12" jointer/planer/morticer, (killer tool, all this in 12 sq feet of floor space!)

   Craftsman 1/2" shaper (also old and rebuilt & new 1hp motor, beats a router table hands down, total investment $225.00) 

   Two old craftsman drill presses, old

   Walker-Turner disc/belt sander, (again old and rebuilt)

   Delta, (old home craft), combo 8" tilting-table tablesaw and 4" jointer, one motor, great for on site work

   7 P-C routers, P-C biscuit jointer, P-C trim saw, two Skill M77's (the BEST), one skill Saw Boss, four DeWalt cordless drill/drivers, DeWalt job site radio, DeWalt 12" compound miter saw, P-C belt sander, P-C RO sander, P-C 4' trim saw, Bosch power plane

   P-C, Bostich and Senco air fastening tools

   Total of 28 hand planes, mostly flea market specials (Stanly, MF's, a few Bedrocks)

   60+ bench chisels, carving tools

   A prized Starrett combo square, projects start and end here, either it is square or it is not.......

   WOW, maybe my wife is right, this may be an obsession.

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   forestgirl | Jul 18, 2003 02:59am | #14

   "WOW, maybe my wife is right, this may be an obsession."  Duh!  Too Funny!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   Napie | Jul 18, 2003 04:41am | #15

   As I told her, this is all, (WW, tools, Jeeps, fly fishing and shotgun sports, traditional archery), far less costly than a mistress! 

   I forgot to mention the Yost pattern makers vice, that was the real find, $50 in like new condition, it is the true envy of my "real" woodworking friends!  Also, the auto and metal working shop, welders, cutting torches two Snap-On roll arounds pretty full, including air tools. (my other obsessions are my modified Jeeps that allow me to get to the best fly fishing and grouse hunting in Michigan!)

   One piece of advice for the soon to be married, good hobbies and a tolerant spouse are key! 

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   jimmyk | Jul 18, 2003 05:06pm | #20

   "...the Yost pattern makers vice, that was the real find, $50 in like new condition,..."

   I don't know you personally, but I already hate you.

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   AlanTurner | Jul 18, 2003 06:15pm | #22

   I got my Emmert No. 2 for $175 and thought I had stolen it.  I hate that guy too.

   Alan

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   migraine | Jul 21, 2003 07:29pm | #31

   I read your post and kept thinking "I got that... I got that ...I got that."    Then came prized Starrett combo square,  "I want that!"

10. 
    billyg83440 | Jul 18, 2003 12:49am | #11

    From an amatuer who's been slowly building up tools since getting married. (Would you believe I registered my wedding at the local hardware store, so I got to buy $175 worth of tools as wedding presents).

    - 3 table saws, all old ones, only use the 10" Rockwell but I put a good aftermarket fence on it.

    - Dewalt 12" planer

    - Dremel Scroll Saw

    - Dewalt 12" Miter saw

    - 1/4" old craftsman router

    - couple small hand planes

    - 4" Craftsman jointer

    - couple drills, belt sander, palm sander, jigsaw, saber saw, grinder, heat gun.

    - Misc. hand tools and clamps

    - a few mechanics tools & air tools.

    - Big shop vac

    - Old rockwell lathe I haven't put back into service yet.

    - & gonna be getting a shaper soon.

    I think I've made a good start.<G>

11. 
    jmc | Jul 18, 2003 01:33am | #12

    Allright - Somebody out there has to have some vintage equipment. If not you need to start looking.

    Tablesaw - Northfield 16"  (1951)

    Jointer - Oliver 12" (1932)

    Planer - Yates- American (1932)

    Bandsaw - Oliver 36" (1958)

    RAS - Dewalt 12" (unknown vintage)

    You don't know what your'e missing until you try it. 

    John

1. 
   Napie | Jul 18, 2003 03:16pm | #19

   Hands down, you win.

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   AlanTurner | Jul 18, 2003 06:13pm | #21

   I couldn't agree more.  I have a 12" American jointer from about 1925 that I wouldn't trad nor nu'thin.  Going to put a helix on it soon.

   Alan

12. 
    PaulReuter | Jul 18, 2003 01:53am | #13

    TS       General 350 w/Beismeir fence

    jointer  12" very olde, Galt, Ontario Foundry, 7' long bed, had to build phase converter

    planer   12" Boyce Crane,  Rebuilt

    band saw  16" Laguna

    drill press  General 340   The only stationary tool I've bought new.

    lathe     old Beaver

    bench   Lee Valley two vise maple top

    dust collector  Oneida 1.5HP

    Plus a whole bunch of various & sundry portable and hand tools it takes to do good work.

    Paul 

13. 
    GSA | Jul 18, 2003 09:12am | #17

    I just replaced all my staionary equipmnet with a Felder, the same model reviewed in Fine woodworking without the morticing attachment. 

    Delta Drill press.   2 plunge routers, a fixed base router and a porter cable with three bodies and a small router table.  A 5 horse 20 gallon compressor, a Senco pin nailer, narror crown stapler, & 20 guage fine wire pin nailer

    Porter Cable orbital sander and a Makita 1/4 sheet sander

    A Dewalt biscuit machine

14. 
    BG | Jul 18, 2003 12:54pm | #18

    Jmartinsky,

    I'm trying to get my wife to read this thread..so she'll see just how saintly frugal I really am...

    TS.....Griz 1023, Incra 1000se

    CMS...Delta

    Planer...Delta 12.5"

    Drill Press...Craftsman 17" radial

    Lathe...Craftsman 15" , Sorby turning tools, Delta grinder

    Planes...Stanley block, #4, #5, #7

    Chisels..stanley, japanesse, Sorby

    hand saws...LN Dovetail, Disston

    Hitachi Jig, Milwaukee Saber, 3 drills, two sanders(belt , 1/4 sheet PC), two routers(Dewalt, Craftsman), Skill circular saw

15. 
    TerryH | Jul 19, 2003 09:20am | #23

    John,

    I'm taking the easy way out. :-) Check my shop tour.

    http://www.terryhatfield.com/shoptour.html

    Terry

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   ToolDoc | Jul 19, 2003 03:06pm | #24

   Terry: Now thats what I call a shop... Great job you have done on it,nice collection of tools..

                                           ToolDoc

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   TerryH | Jul 20, 2003 06:05am | #25

   DOC,

   Thanks!!! I have tried really hard to get the shop just right. Not the most expensive collection of equipment in the world, but certainly enough to do whatever I'll need to do.

   Thanks again,

   Terry

   Edited 7/19/2003 11:06:18 PM ET by Terry H

   Edited 7/19/2003 11:06:46 PM ET by Terry H

2. 
   RANGERP75R | Jul 20, 2003 08:47am | #26

   Terry

      Tried to e-mail you to say, "very nice shop". It was kicked back, so "very nice shop". ha..ha..

   sarge..jt

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   TerryH | Jul 20, 2003 05:14pm | #27

   Sarge,

   Woops...when I checked the email address I entered in my account , I discovered a typo..duh.

   Fixed now. Correct address is [email protected]

   Thanks for the kind words on the shop. I have had a great time putting it together and it is a real joy to use.

   TerryRegistered Shopaholic

3. 
   JMartinsky | Jul 21, 2003 02:04pm | #29

   I don't even know where to start. Tell me that your shop looks like that ALL of the time! :-) It really is very impressive. One thing that I did not see was your stove. How does that work out for you? Have you had good luck with the Performax & Grizzly machines? Thanks again for sharing your shop with all of us!

   John

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   TerryH | Jul 21, 2003 03:37pm | #30

   J,

   I try to keep it pretty well in order. I budget time at the end of each day to straighten up and blow out the shop. It's really nice to have a big compressor and 3 overheard doors.:-)

   I did not get a pic of the stove. It is on the south wall just across the doorway from the miter station. It works very well. The shop is very well insulated so heating and cooling are not much of a problem.

   I have been very satisfied with my Grizzly tools I would/will certainly buy from Grizzly again. I don't know what I did before the Performax sander. It really is a time and back saver.

   TerryRegistered Shopaholic

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   JMartinsky | Jul 22, 2003 01:54am | #32

   I have been in the market for a couple of machines and I have loked at Grizzly online and in cataloge, but never in person. Right now I am looking at a 25" drum sander and a 20" planer, both by General International. I have also considered the Woodmaster 25" planer/moulder that also has sanding capability, I don't do much sanding (perhaps I would with the correct equipment), I do rely on the planer quite a bit and a moulder might be useful. So far I haven't been willing to pull the trigger on anything. I have a PM 6" jointer 54A (long bed) that I am wondering if I should of gone with the Grizzly 8" for similar $. Judging by your shop, I am assuming that you are fairy particular, so I appretiate your input. So why the Performax over the Grizzly 24" dual drum sander? I do some larger glue ups (countertops and such) and a sanding machine could be useful.

   Thanks!

   John

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   TerryH | Jul 22, 2003 03:21am | #33

   John,

   I truly believe that there is not a better buy on the market than the new Grizzly G0500 jointer. It is a very nice machine. The tables and the fence were flat within .003 and the 4 knife cutter head leaves a fantastic finish. The 75" bed is really nice for those longer boards. I previously had a 47" bed 6" grizzly jointer and it was just plain to short for some of my work. I would highly recommend the G0500.

   I chose the Performax because I sometimes do tops that are wider than 24".  I have friends that have the 24" Grizzly sander and are happy with it, but I needed more capacity. I am very happy with the Performax. The Grizzly is a much more heavy duty machine, but the Performax has held up well and does a nice job. Dollars also played a role in my choice. The Performax is just about half the Grizzly.

   TerryRegistered Shopaholic

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    patricks13 | Jul 21, 2003 03:10am | #28

    I have mostly Delta stuff. My extra table saw is a 1948 Delta tilting table. Not good for large panels but because the table tilts, not the arbor, the spinning blade is held rock solid and it gives excellent cuts. My 1947 Delta 6" jointer is still dead flat between both tables. If you come across Delta stuff made between '45 and '52 for sale grab it.

     

    The Craftsman/King-Seely drill presses from the '50's are really nice. Most of the all cast iron presses from this era are vastly superior to Asian.

     

    With large jointers it is best to get the kind that has thin tables resting on four ramps. They are easy to adjust if non-parallel. Large tables supported by gibs become hard to adjust and sag with time.