This is my workshop and the beginning of my “Woodworking Journey”.
It started from 2nd floor balcony and I don’t know where it will end.
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Shop Fox W1826
The thick, felted bag on this Shop Fox is a plus and a minus. On one hand, it makes the unit much less expensive than collectors with canister filters, and also lighter and easier to hang on the wall. Without a separate plastic bag to catch chips, however, they stay in the felt bag, and the shortish zipper on the bottom makes it tough to shake them out. Otherwise, the W1826 is an excellent value.
This saw performs as well as the others, but its price and inconveniences make it hard to recommend. As far as the positives go, the handle is comfortable to grip. In use, its power switch works for both righties and lefties. However, other ergonomics are OK at best. It’s also another saw with the bevel lock at the back, meaning it’s a reach to get to. The tool has good bevel and miter range. It’s the only worm-drive saw, but I did not notice any difference in cut. The saw cannot sit flush to a wall.
The Powermatic smoothed boards excellently. It has a plastic insert that sits shallow of the fence, where thin boards tended to catch when flattening faces. The Powermatic was the only model that uses a knob to adjust the angle of the fence—a nice feature—except that locking it caused the fence to move slightly, which made it tricky to square the fence. But when locked, the fence did not move. The 90° stop was easy to set but wasn’t reliable. The guard was finicky to install and would often not snap back fully after a board passed by.
A woodworking journey is traveled with your hands and your tools. Looks like you're in the right direction.
Being out doors what do you do to keep the rust down? I live on the Texas coast and have to oil everything all the time.
Interesting... my woodworking journey also begun on a balcony at the fourth floor ten years ago. The shop and tools don't make the wood worker. Most furniture built a century ago that we all admire were crafted without the fancy tools we have the luxury to purchase in today's market. As for my journey, I now have a nice, but small, studio with a few basic tools in it, but the real pleasure still in working wood with hand tools on my workbench.
Michel
Hi! Thanks for the comment!
Its really exciting to hear a success story from someone that through the beginning harder than me. Its such a motivation, thanks! (I'll visit your profile).
For now, I still don't have a problem with rust because all the tools I have are made from wood. My brother also live on Texas :)
Regards
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A woodworking journey is traveled with your hands and your tools. Looks like you're in the right direction.
Being out doors what do you do to keep the rust down? I live on the Texas coast and have to oil everything all the time.
Interesting... my woodworking journey also begun on a balcony at the fourth floor ten years ago. The shop and tools don't make the wood worker. Most furniture built a century ago that we all admire were crafted without the fancy tools we have the luxury to purchase in today's market. As for my journey, I now have a nice, but small, studio with a few basic tools in it, but the real pleasure still in working wood with hand tools on my workbench.
Michel
Hi! Thanks for the comment!
Its really exciting to hear a success story from someone that through the beginning harder than me. Its such a motivation, thanks! (I'll visit your profile).
For now, I still don't have a problem with rust because all the tools I have are made from wood. My brother also live on Texas :)
Regards
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