Simon A Wells
Member
Hello!
In anther thread I have asked about woodrats for sliding dovetails.
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/thread...atable-method-for-cutting-male-tenons.150970/
I had one about 10 years ago, but had to take my workshop down due to selling our house and moving and rented a house for 18 months with for my young family, so sold it probably just as I was getting the hang of it.
Now the kids are older and I have spaces I am sorting out my workshop.
My current workshop is set up for a hobby woodworker, it is in our double garage with a contractor table saw 255mm, record morticer, makita trim router (240V) and rather to many hand saws and planes.
I am wondering if I should get one again for:
They seem to have become less popular and the USA version the Router Boss is no longer made.
Obvously I'd need to get a bigger router as well.
I know woodrats are like marmite, but reading the older threads I see a lot of people have stopped using them and wonderd why?
Jack of all trades and master....
to complicated...
faster and more efficient ways to do the same things....
I don't mind investing in good tools but would rather spend money on wood and as a hobby joiner I'd rather be doing joinary than reading an instruction book or puzzling over watching youtube videos.
I’d be interested to from those that no longer use their rat and those that still do!
Also, what do people think of the pathfinder jig? I never used one as it came out after I sold my rat?
In anther thread I have asked about woodrats for sliding dovetails.
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/thread...atable-method-for-cutting-male-tenons.150970/
I had one about 10 years ago, but had to take my workshop down due to selling our house and moving and rented a house for 18 months with for my young family, so sold it probably just as I was getting the hang of it.
Now the kids are older and I have spaces I am sorting out my workshop.
My current workshop is set up for a hobby woodworker, it is in our double garage with a contractor table saw 255mm, record morticer, makita trim router (240V) and rather to many hand saws and planes.
I am wondering if I should get one again for:
- sliding dovetails, especially male tenon.
- tenons
- dovetails
- box cuts ( I have lots of boxes to make!)
- rail and stiles doors frames
- Large heavy bench / shoe storage from 2 inch pine that would need about 18 slidding dovetail, exposed at both ends, so not stopped.
- Book cases / office storage.
They seem to have become less popular and the USA version the Router Boss is no longer made.
Obvously I'd need to get a bigger router as well.
I know woodrats are like marmite, but reading the older threads I see a lot of people have stopped using them and wonderd why?
Jack of all trades and master....
to complicated...
faster and more efficient ways to do the same things....
I don't mind investing in good tools but would rather spend money on wood and as a hobby joiner I'd rather be doing joinary than reading an instruction book or puzzling over watching youtube videos.
I’d be interested to from those that no longer use their rat and those that still do!
Also, what do people think of the pathfinder jig? I never used one as it came out after I sold my rat?
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