Hi John and welcome to the Creek.
Leave the power tool guilt for others. My mainly neander shop will always have a bandsaw, drill press, lathe and a power sharpening set up along with a few other random, seldom used power tools.
jtk
Originally Posted by
John Nelson - San Diego
Hey Gregory. Curious to hear if you have an update with how things went since your last post. I am working with the exact same size shop as you and in the process of making some upgrades to the shop. I have been using a Dewalt table saw and have increasingly been interested in switching over to a bandsaw workflow for ripping and joinery in conjunction with hand tool work. I am also looking to upgrade my dust collection and am interested in the Oneida Mini Gorilla. The bandsaw I've ben looking at is the 18bx. Did you end up getting either of these? Have you added any other big tools to your shop?
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