View Poll Results: Which did you spend the most on?

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  • Band Saw

    122 10.50%
  • Dust Collector

    58 4.99%
  • Drill Press

    4 0.34%
  • Jointer

    50 4.30%
  • Lathe

    200 17.21%
  • Planer

    77 6.63%
  • Sander/Surfacer

    43 3.70%
  • Shaper

    9 0.77%
  • Table Saw

    506 43.55%
  • Other

    93 8.00%
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Thread: Which piece of equipment did you spend the most on?

  1. #1
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    Which piece of equipment did you spend the most on?

    Doing what I should have done long ago, I waded through my shop...appraising my equipment. Listing what I paid for each, what my bottom line would be if I had to sell them, and what I would want to get for them. For instance, my DJ20 jointer: Paid $400, but a Byrd head on it for $300, and a mobile base for about $100. So, I PAID $800, could easily get $900 to $1000 for it, but could probably get $1200 from the right buyer.

    This, after going through my entire shop, made me realize which machine I had the most "in". And I was kinda surprised. I wouldn't have thought it before I started buying equipment. For me, it is my lathe. A 1981 PM90. Now I bought it for $300. 3 phase converter $145; poteniometer, reverse switch, and box for those two things $50; digital tach $100; risers (to make it an 18"er) and other stuff (not including tools for it) $350; paint and refinishing materials $50.

    So, for me, it is my lathe at $1000.

    New or used, what is yours? You don't have to say how much you have "in"...

    EDIT: Sorry, I could only list 10 options.
    Last edited by Mike Cruz; 12-22-2010 at 11:27 PM.
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    My table saw, by a good bit, but not only was it a doozy, it was one of the few machines I bought new (the other one being a horizontal slot mortiser.)

    I'm more than a bit surprised to see dust collector coming in at #2, although I guess that could change with more votes.

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    I would be interested to see which piece fell into the "other" catagory. I meant to add it in my post that if you vote "other", please specify...

    Thanks all for participating.
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    My three most expensive tools thus far, in descending order (all bought new), were "OTHER".....Minimax FS-350 jointer/planer with Horizontal Slot Mortiser, MM20 Bandsaw with 1" Lenox Trimaster & other blades, PM-66 Tablesaw W/Biesemeyer Commercial Fence.
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    I voted for Dust Collector, but sales tax was the deciding factor..

    I believe that the Dust collector is the most used machine in the shop. Irregardless of what your doing, its likely chugging away in the back ground.. If I include all the pipe and blast gates, its hands down the most expensive machine I have ..

    The DC is a Felder RL-160 which I bought new..

    Secondary would be a Laguna / Griggio 12" Jointer which I bought as a demo unit.. and an SCM Sandya Win Wide Belt sander which I bought used.

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    I voted tablesaw, but actually, it was a MM CU300. Sooooo. . . it was a 12" tablesaw, 12" jointer/planer and a shaper (I didn't buy the equip for the horizontal mortiser, but can add if I ever feel the need). Next most expensive was the E16 bandsaw purchased with it.
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    I voted for dust colllector. The machine itself isnt the most expensive tool I've purchased but the complete system would be.

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    I voted "Other".
    I'm into my Festool TS55EQ for about $850 with the three rails I also bought.
    That's actually a tie w/my compressor (when you add up all the nail guns that go with it).

    My table saw - a Ridgid TS3660 - was one of the lesser expensive tems - all things considered.
    My actual out of pocket cost was around $288.00 for it brand new.
    I used a Home Depot rewards credit card for a year and accumulated points that I could cash in for gift cards & waited for a $100.00 off sale that HD used to run on a regular basis and that brought the price way down.

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    Bandsaw and wood lathe cost the same... I voted for bandsaw.
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    Easy...Industrial Sawstop
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    Well, the table saw and drum sander were within a few pennies, so I voted sander as it was a lonely category. If tooling were included than my used Minimax shaper would have won, and if replacement cost was the criteria, the Minimax shaper and 20" Meber BS I believe would be neck in neck for the lead.

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    3 hp Unisaw. But - I am including in my thinking 4 Forrest blades, Forrest Dado, 52" Biese, Incra, tenoning jig, 8 - 10 ZCI, plus Lord knows what other accessories are laying around here................
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    Interesting that, so far, Band Saw is in second, no one said Drill Press, and only one person said Surfacer/Sander. Granted, Drill Presses aren't the most expense tools, but that doesn't mean that that isn't where someone decided to buy new where everything else was used, for example. Also, Surfacers aren't cheap, and with only one vote (and that was a pity vote) makes me scratch my head.

    For all you turners... Should I start a new poll asking all those that voted TS..."How many of you can see the surface of your TS?"
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    Voted other--Jet jointer/Planer-by quite a margin.

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    Table saw, felder k975 for 3400 spacebucks, plus a 900 dollar upgrade from felder. Lot's of things become very easy. Everything else I have was relatively cheap.

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