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The only pro's you've mentioned so far is that: It is cheap!!! Other than that everything else is a con, unless you truely have a need for something this big.

The only thing keeping me from going with a jointer first is the width of boards (of the one I can afford) it will accept. I just know, as soon as I get a 6" jointer, I'll have a 8 or 10" board. ...

Thanks for the responses. Have any of you noticed a qualitydifference from place to place? I see some pretty hefty differences in price. How much of that price is quality?

Kevin

Anyone from the houston area have any reconmendations on places to buy rough lumber? I've contacted the first 2 entries from google which included Clarks Hardwoods and Mason Mills and lumber. ...

Thanks for the quick responses. I revised my search from just "planer" to "planer vs jointer" and found many more helpful posts. I also checked out the woodwhisper's video which gave me even more...

I've been around woodworking for a few years now. I've finally gotten to a point where I think I could use a jointer or planer. But, I have a few questions to ask before I make my purchase:

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Forgive my ignorance, I'm in the process of buying a planer or jointer myself and really don't understand the difference between these two tools. I'll ask about the above mentioned in a different...

I just went through my first order with rockler. I'm not very happy with them at the moment. I had almost a thousand dollar order which included there router table top, rockler miter guage and...

I just installed 8, 4ft 2 bulb fixtures in my shop. Everything was going lovely until I got to the 2nd to last fixture. One of the bulbs on it will not light up. I've tried everything externally,...

More reading has been done. This is where I think I stand:

I'm going to have to install a ground bus bar to my new sub panel. Currently it only has the neutral bus bar. These must be seperate.
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I just wanted to run this buy you guys before I head to Lowes tomorrow.

I have an external panel at my house that is fed directly from my meter can. The neutral and grounds all run to the Neutral...

Very nice shop. I don't know what it is about checking out other folks work area. Looks like a very laid back, cozy work area. Sometime you think, the more area you have the more junk you...

Thanks for all the responses. I think I'm going with the OSB. I'm gonna frame up between the 5ft metal poles with some 2x4's. I plan on having plenty of electrical outlets, but how high to put em...

Been around for a week or two ease dropping on all of yalls conversations. It's finally came time for my shop to built so I came out of my shell.

I'm getting a new shop built this Friday. Its...