This is my first post. I'm a hs senior that's been into woodworking since I took it in 6th grade. My dad just gave me some early bday and Christmas gifts that he found on craigslist; Grizzly G0555 bandsaw, Delta drillpress, Hitachi P12RA planer/jointer, and a Grizzly G1182zx jointer (before we knew the planer we'd end up with had a jointer too).
In in way over my head. My dad's good friend is our neighbor who helps me learn a bit.
I think I need to tune everything up. The drillpress is all set to go. The bandsaw has the original blade. The P12RA is ok for now but both the planer and joiner will need new knives but can I sharpen these myself? The G1182zx is in good shape, but since the P12RA also has a small jointer, I might sell the G1182zx and use the $ to buy more wood or upgrades to the bs.
I'm sure I will ask many stupid questions so I'm sorry about that. Let me start with my first..... where are you guys finding your rough wood? The only lumber yard near me is .5 miles away but it's super expensive and only sells what they call 4s but it's more like 2s. Do you just hit up craigslist?
So far for my room I made a trophy case out of cherry, a dresser (sounds nice but looks bad because it was my first thing). Next up is a little night stand for my alarm clock and stuff. Oh, and none of the projects match, they all used different wood haha because it's all we could get.