What Will Your Next Woodworking Investment Be?

[Corey Hallagan]

Just curious what all of you are consideirng outfitting your shops with next? Since I just upgraded to a new table saw, I think my next purchase will either be a new router ( I have 3 Craftsman, 1 of which I love). I am thinking of either the Dewalt DW618 or the Hitachti M12VC. Also serously considering getting the Kreg K2000 pocket hole set. The more I read on this and see photos etc., this is fast becoming a want for me.
Ok, your turn!
Corey

[Lou Morrissette]

Well, Corey, since my 1940's Craftsman 6"X48" belt sander just ate a bearing, I think a new one is in my near future. I don't know if I can find the parts to fix this old iron although I'd prefer to restore it.

Lou

[Mark Patoka]

I just received my Hitachi M12VC last week to dedicate to a table. I'm looking at investing in the Woodpecker lift and table, building the mobile router cabinet (been getting great ideas from Tim Morton's thread), along with a long overdue dust collector.

[Andy London]

My air compressor is on it's last breath......been a good little unit I bought back in 1987, it's built 10 homes, probably 40 decks and a pile of finish work, not bad for an oil less.....so I am shopping around for a quieter unit.....This will leave me with a good 3.5 h.p. electric motor......But what I really want is a bigger jointer with a spiral cutter head so the jury is out on which will come to the shop this year.

[scott spencer]

Guess it's time to break down and buy some wood. So far I've scavenged, reclaimed, bought rough sawn at the right price, and have been given alot of wood. Time to anty up and pay for some red elm.

[Dave Falkenstein]

First on my list is filling out my Festool collection. I have some odds and ends and I am just now ordering the rest of the tools so I can do all the neat things that John Lucas illustrates so well on www.woodshopdemos.com. It's a pretty big investment, but I'm convinced it is worth every cent. I have no workshop for several months each summer at our cabin near Flagstaff, AZ. The Festool system will be an interesting way to resolve that problem with a portable workshop. In the Fall I'm planning to get a Performax 22/44 Drum Sander for my home shop. Then I'll be out of space to put stuff - again! Funny - I keep a list of tools I want to acquire, and it never gets smaller.

[John Miliunas]

Although not real high on my list of priorities, the next *major* investment would be to replace my lunchbox planer for a "real" one. Probably a good quality 15" would be just fine.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

With the completion of my new shop in view......my next investment will be my first bandsaw.

[Dennis McDonaugh]

I don't really need any new power tools (I can't believe I'm saying that), but I seem to be spending a lot of money on hand tools, especially chisels. I ordered two LN chisels (1/8 and 1/4) and will probably order a few more of them. I also need a few carving chisels to make my letter carving experience a little smoother. And then there is that chair shaping I have to do so I need either an adz, scorp, compass plane and travisher or an angle grinder.

[Jerry Ingraham]

My next investment will be a DC followed shortly by a Performax 16/32 or 22/44 (whichever the budget allows).

[Jim Becker]

I am thinking that things will trickle in in the form of additional hand tools and various little accessories as needed. Nothing big. No room and "other" major cash outflows take precidence this year.

[Chris Pasko]

I am in the process of upgrading my cu300smart to some new blue goodies =).

[Tim Morton]

(been getting great ideas from Tim Morton's thread)

Just remember I'm winging it and I have NO idea what I'm doing...other than that take all the idea's you want

I can't think of anything I need right now....I want a bandsaw, I keep checking the classifieds. But other than that I think I have all the tools I need. I am however thinking about a sanding station and a dado blade. So those may be my nnext 2 purchases.

[Gary Breckenridge]

So far this season I have bought a Delta bandsaw, lathe, and air filter. I have also bought a Ryobi drill and a Porter Cable 330 sander. That doesn't count some cherry and maple. The only thing that I can now afford is a few sheets of sandpaper.

[David Dixson]

An 8" jointer, a cast iron router table top to put on a cabinet I build, a belt sander, an oscillating sander, a Bosch or PC router set, a "Normite" set of handplanes, scrapers and such. And as much more of that wood stuff as I can get my hands on one way or another.