Comments on: Advice on buying tools http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/01/09/advice-on-buying-tools/ inside the woodshop Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/01/09/advice-on-buying-tools/#comment-4166 Rob Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:08:50 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=584#comment-4166 Thanks for the comments, Christopher and John. I think these are things that almost all enthusiastic woodworkers deal with. I know I do. So it's good to hear from fellow enthusiasts. Rob Thanks for the comments, Christopher and John. I think these are things that almost all enthusiastic woodworkers deal with. I know I do. So it’s good to hear from fellow enthusiasts.

Rob

]]> By: John Nelson http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/01/09/advice-on-buying-tools/#comment-4159 John Nelson Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:18:30 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=584#comment-4159 Hi Rob, There is one point you forgot to mention - safety. Inexpensive power tools can be a hazard to your health. I have an old radial armsaw that I would be afraid to use for ripping. I have adjusted and tightened that thing until blue in the face but it will not hold its adjustment. When things start to wobble on a power tool it gets scary. It takes up a lot of shop space but all it does these days is crosscut. Mostly I use its table to store things. Someday I think I'll strip it and see if it can be rebuilt with better parts. However, at this point, I would feel trepidation about selling it or even giving it away to some unsuspecting soul. When it comes to power tools, buying high quality is important. High quality tools aren't just safer, they can last a lifetime. If you amortize the initial cost of a top of the line Delta Unisaw over thirty years you start to see what I mean. At this point in my life I leave "cheap" in the store. Hi Rob,

There is one point you forgot to mention – safety.

Inexpensive power tools can be a hazard to your health. I have an old radial armsaw that I would be afraid to use for ripping. I have adjusted and tightened that thing until blue in the face but it will not hold its adjustment. When things start to wobble on a power tool it gets scary.

It takes up a lot of shop space but all it does these days is crosscut. Mostly I use its table to store things. Someday I think I’ll strip it and see if it can be rebuilt with better parts. However, at this point, I would feel trepidation about selling it or even giving it away to some unsuspecting soul.

When it comes to power tools, buying high quality is important. High quality tools aren’t just safer, they can last a lifetime. If you amortize the initial cost of a top of the line Delta Unisaw over thirty years you start to see what I mean. At this point in my life I leave “cheap” in the store.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2010/01/09/advice-on-buying-tools/#comment-4157 Christopher Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:15:20 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=584#comment-4157 I think you are right on target. I'm always amazed when I'm in a really skilled craftsperson's shop there are generally fewer tools, but all of them do many jobs very well. It's taken me a long time to realize that whenever I say to myself "Just this one more tool and my shop will be complete" it is quickly followed by some new tool lust. That being said, I do love my LN's Chris I think you are right on target. I’m always amazed when I’m in a really skilled craftsperson’s shop there are generally fewer tools, but all of them do many jobs very well. It’s taken me a long time to realize that whenever I say to myself “Just this one more tool and my shop will be complete” it is quickly followed by some new tool lust.

That being said, I do love my LN’s

Chris

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