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Martin, I've been following this thread for a good while now, and I must admit that I caught myself feeling really excited every time you posted a nice update. Almost as if it was my own shop that I...

+1 What Mike said. Once you get a nice older machine and get a feel for how these tools were designed and built to last, you won't ever look back. Then as you start to use these classic machines,...

Good score Darcy, at that price you probably won't go far wrong, especially if you fetch it yourself. We've had a sale last year in Montreal with the exact same machine. It went for $650. Looked like...

Hi Andrew!

Glad to hear from you again and see you here. Thanks for the input, I appreciate that. I've been slowly gathering bits of info on the shaper online, but there is very little info...

Hi Joe, I've never really seen an industrial planer with anything less than a 6" dia. pipe dust hood. Then your post made me double check some of the new stuff that's available, and I was shocked to...

Anyone? I'd really be glad to hear from someone who maybe knows where I can buy a copy of this manual if no one here has one to scan?

Hello everyone!

I've been searching for info on a few different sites now, and so far no luck.

I recently acquired a Sicar SF-1000 shaper (Italian made) that's probably around 25-30 years old....

Cary, the main reason few members on this forum would pay $2,800 for a Unisaw is mainly due to the fact that the market is now saturated with them - NOT because it is not necessarily worth that...

Thanks Wayne! I'm really thrilled when folks provide feedback and critique. I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation.

Ever since I set up my woodworking business, nearly 70% of the work I do involves...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is posted in the correct sub-forum. Correct this if I'm wrong!

I'm a 20 year old woodworker, and have been running a small woodworking business since 2012. I got...

My friend owns a Porter 24" jointer just like the one David has shown in his last post. It is a beast. He paid a bit over $2,000 for it IIRC. The paint was not shiny; otherwise, runs fine!

Cody,...

Once I took everything down off the wall, I started the rebuild:

Here I cleared the East wall of all the existing shelving:
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I then began rebuilding the wall. I used 3/4"...

In the next photos I'll show the start of my shop rebuild. The "walls" that my shop featured when I moved into the place were 1/8" cardboard with a deco façade. I couldn't mount anything directly; my...

Hi guys, I run my own small custom furniture business, SandField Furniture, from my workshop here in Canada. I started taking woodworking seriously about 2 years ago, and opened my own woodworking...

As has been said above by others, there isn't much quality difference these days between both countries' products, but my only reason as to buying from Taiwan instead of China is due to the rough...

Still no news? I have been looking through some of Van's posts regarding bandsaws recently and they are a big help.

Hope he's okay.

Does anyone on this forum own a Minimax or any other SCM bandsaw? Do you like it?

Thanks.

So by now, I've narrowed it down to either one of the larger Grizzly bandsaws with the foot or electric brake, a used MM-16 or some other SCM saw (probably hard to find in my area), or the General...

It is. Large cast iron bandsaw wheels without a brake could take a while to stop.

Some Laguna customers said their CS was not the best by a long shot. Is this still so?

The saw does not seem to come with a foot brake, yet one of the photos shows a foot brake up close. Am I missing something?

I've heard some not-so-good reviews on some of the Rikon saws a while back. Has that chaged recently?

The dealer I saw the GI at had a 30-day return policy, while the saw itself has a 2 year warranty. That's pretty good compared to Gizzly's 1 year. On the other hand, Grizzly's prices seem better? I...

Agree, might have to go with at least 14" resaw capacity then.

How much is a new MM16?

Thanks.