Which piece of equipment did you spend the most on?

[Mike Cruz]

Okay, with the onslaught of late voters, we're about to crest 600. Just ten votes away. Who hasn't voted?

[Dar Lounsbury]

Blum Mini-Press. Hinge drill, insertion machine with multi-spindle drilling abilities. Big $$$$.

[Mike Cruz]

601 !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Van Huskey]

Shameless thread promotion!!! I like it, watch for an old Van poll to pop up, it didn't even make 300, but I am gonna fix that...

[Mike Cruz]

I was wondering what the highest number of votes received on a poll was... I posed the question to the "higher up" but never received a response. Did some research and didn't find anything over 300, but didn't see your Poll thread either. So, I'm sure there are a lot more "polls" that I didn't find.

Shameless promotion? C'mon, dude, I've been doing that since about 100 votes! Heck, I even made sure that the spinny guys saw this thread. I think a lot of them stay away from the General WWing section...mostly flatboard stuff going on there. Ever since I made the spinny guys aware of the thread, Lathe #'s soared.

If I made the Neanders aware, Other would skyrocket, but they's be voting for a hand plane or something...not really equipment, so it would throw the poll off.

Anyone know what the highest is? No, it doesn't really matter, but it's fun...for me at least.

[Mike Cruz]

Bump.

Hehe, that was for you, Van.

Looks like we're leveling out. Unless we get some serious traffic, I don't think 700 is gonna happen. Of course, I didn't think 400 would happen after we hit 300 either...

[Mike Cruz]

Bump again, because I see that people are still voting, but without replies to the thread, it gets lost in pages gone by. Unfortunately, a vote does not keep the thread "alive".

[Stew Hagerty]

I just voted for "Other". That "Other" being my new (just ordered last week) Incra LS Super System router table with Woodpecker Sidewider Lift. I inherited my classic Craftsman table saw from my father-in-law and added a 50" Vega fence and upgraded to an Osborne miter gauge, so it's now a pretty decent saw at an outstanding cost. My workbench would certainly be my most expensive piece of equipment if I had bought it. I inherited this handmade beauty from my father-in-law as well.
Stew's Workbench.jpg

[Matt Meiser]

I previously voted dust collector and that's probably still true if you count the electrical and ductwork to support it. However my Jointer/Planer was close to 2x the cost of the DC.

[Van Huskey]

I previously voted dust collector and that's probably still true if you count the electrical and ductwork to support it. However my Jointer/Planer was close to 2x the cost of the DC.

It just hit me that if you include tooling it could really change the results. My table saw blades added in would double the price of my PM2000, and my router bits probably cost 4-5 times what my most expensive router/lift cost. Though I am not a turner I know guys with even high end lathes that have as much or more invested in lathe tools/chucks etc. Though I voted sander if tooling is consider the sander is going to near the back of the bus, well behind even my router table.

Another bump for you Mike, from the guy that bumped his own CLOSED poll... I am an idiot that is the only poll I ever started that I put an end date on.

[Terry Fogarty]

Jointer for mine. And mainly because shelix heads are sooooo expensive here down under in Australia.

[Kelly Craig]

It'd be tight between my 3hp Oneida Gorilla Cyclone and my 3hp Unisaw with a Unifence on a 52" table, a Merlin splitter, a Jet Kick-down rear support roller table and an Excalibur over-arm shield and dust extractor. Of course, add to that about twenty-five blades, including an adjustable and a shim type dado and a Craftsman molder head.

Or, you could consider my Twinkie Mobil, an old Hostess Gruman step van

[Mike Cruz]

So, Kelly, did you vote DC or Table saw? I hope you didn't vote other based on the van...I was kinda talking about wwing machines.

[Dave Anthony]

I voted other. Jet 12" jointer/planer combo. Table saw is close 2nd - Delta contractor saw w/Jessem sliding table. If I had to do it again, I'd buy a cabinet saw - on the other hand, at the time I didn't have 220 V in the shop, & I really wanted a sliding table. Jointer/planer was a birthday gift - not something I really needed, but it sure is nice

[Mike Cruz]

Sorry, Van, but I needed to do another shameless plug...

I really didn't think I'd be saying this but we are at 691! We can't land shy of 700...

You'd think I was getting kickbacks or something per vote with how obsessed I am with this...