Hello gentlemen. I am a hobbyist at best, recently retired with plans to start equipping a one-car detached garage as a workshop. I have no plans to build furniture or anything quite that elaborate but rather shelving, a bench here and there perhaps and the occasional bird house. First order of business will be to build a nice workbench, the savings on said bench to justify purchase of a table saw. I have a nice Ridgid power miter and several hand tools but am starting from scratch with the shop power eqpt. I have read lots of posts here, specifically the thread regarding the Grizzly equipment and am beginning to feel like a hacker stepping onto a PGA golf course. That aside, first question would be should I be looking at table saws or maybe a good radial arm saw? I really don't have the room for a large TS/RAS with a big cast iron table. I really need something to use then wheel aside. It would be nice if it had the capability of cutting plywood sheets with relative ease. I have seen some very nice, very expensive equipment that I would dearly love to own but I simply cannot justify the outlay. So, I am looking for the absolute biggest bang for the buck for equipment that will only be used sporadically.
I apologize to bring you guys down to the level of this post and if I am barking up the wrong tree please just say so and I will slither away never to be heard from again. Thanks for your attention and patience.
Gavin Hadley