Stranded

I would love to build this, but I worry about all that weight hanging from the wall. Thinking about my tools crashing to the floor would keep me awake at night. Will the wall studs hold several hundred pounds?

I have a Festool Kapex mitre saw and I've been told by a course instructor that it is the only manufacturer whose saw will cut consistently true mitres without operator corrections being made, so I would be interested to know if others, including Bosch, are gaining on Festool's quality.

Loved Norm for many years because I felt like he was my private tutor. He didn't use many hand tools, but you learned how to do things fast. I don't get the impression that Tommy will be using a 36" belt sander or overnighting any moulding knife patterns to his personal smitty in Connecticut. I do recommend that Tommy work on his diction - that Boston accent is a tough one for us Texans. I watched the video twice and still can't understand everything he said.

I got a late start in "real" woodworking and cabinetmaking beyond simple DIY carpentry. Even though I spent my career as an engineer, I am amazed at how technical fine woodworking is and how many different skill sets are required. My question is should I try to learn it all, for instance I can't carve or turn, or just concentrate on design, joinery and finishing and become as proficient at those areas as I can? I perceive that there are too many skilled areas to really learn them all and maintain proficiency short of spending one's entire life working at it.

To DaleJo, I don't have a bandsaw yet, but can't wait until I have an 18" one so I can resaw rough boards and save some of the lumber yard milling costs. I would not use my table saw to resaw boards. First, you are severely limited by the depth of cut, so you can't saw a board more than about 4" wide - or "tall" in reference to the table - and second, the saw kerf of a circular blade is going to waste more wood that a bandsaw would.

I appreciate all the suggestions here to stay safe. I have another one. I always have several projects drawn up on gridded paper, one or two in the woodworking stage, maybe one waiting on the glue to dry and one in the finishing stage. On my stupid days, I put down my chisels, unplug my power tools and go work on my finishing. I've never been injured applying another coat of Danish oil, shellac or wax.

Does anybody have experience using a power feeder? I am thinking of buying one for my table saw.

I'll put my comments in a list since so much has already been written.
-Even expensive table saws include junk for attachments. Throw away the blade guard and the mitre gauge and buy good ones.
-Some European saw manufacturers provide a fence that goes back only to the center of the blade, reasoning that there is then no way for an offcut to get trapped
-When using a radial arm saw, pull the carriage back with your left hand and hold the workpiece against the fence with your right, even if you are right-handed. This places you to the right of the blade and you can see the cut better.
-Avoid housed cuts, such as with a dado blade, or cutting grooves. Find another way.
-Simply never put your hand between the blade and fence, even for wide cuts
-Check the fence and blade for runout frequently
-Keep the trunnions and associated screw drive and gears clean

I had bought all of my LN planes through Axminster Tools in England, but recently bought one at Woodcraft in Austin, Texas, where in the last year I've spent a small fortune on Festool power tools. The LN plane I bought was on a stock shelf in the back storage area. I was taken back there and the boxes were opened as I chose the LN plane I wanted. The service was great. Been in a wine shop lately? The grand cru and premier cru are locked up behind glass, so what? If you want to handle unsupervised every plane LN makes, go to a tool show. I have 5 LN planes and a set of their socket chisels, why do I have to "try" the brand out anymore? Lee Valley also locks up their Veritas planes. This sounds like an excuse to cover the fact that LN production is falling behind demand - they ran out of LN products in England in 2007 and didn't catch up for 6 months.