Shed's been promoted to workshop

[Chris Puttick]

and machinery keeps being added, along with suitable reinforcing plywood on the floor and supports for the base frame... I'm an enthusiastic amateur with ambitions. So far alongside various handheld power tools I've acquired a compound mitre saw, bench sander, pillar drill and most recently a floor standing bandsaw (Record Power). I'm learning as I go...

The bandsaw was the most expensive item (so far) which I justified on the basis of needing a ramp between 2 floors with 30mm height difference - having not used a bandsaw since DT class, I fed 1.2m of 30x300mm pine board through the saw with the table angled so the cut was diagonal, corner to corner - successfully. I still have all my fingers too.

Next up a proper extractor (to augment a Nilfisk workshop vac) and maybe a decent jointer/planer.

 

[RobNichols]

Welcome to the forum Chris. Don't get too attracted by the big machines. It's all to easy to end up filling the shed with noisy sawdust generators.

 

[Chris Puttick]

Welcome to the forum Chris. Don't get too attracted by the big machines. It's all to easy to end up filling the shed with noisy sawdust generators.

I'm also a biker, I can't resist noisy machinery

 

[RobNichols]

I was a biker too, but kept it quiet .... I could get away with more that way

 

[DeBangis]

Welcome to the virtual workshop