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Well, it sounds like you have a lot of the tools already to at least get your foot in the door.
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I don't know where you are at, but the habitat for humanity re-store is a great resource for small quantities of building material.
You could get your hands on more expensive stock for dirt cheap.
Builders donate overflow or reclaimed materials from jobs and the profit from sales go to habitat for humanity.
Beyond that, a solid router with a good quality set of bits would be your most important purchase.
I do not have one, and I am frequently borrowing one from a buddy of mine.
There are tons of projects I could whip out in a weekend if I had my own but I keep putting them off because I don't.
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Where are you going to set up shop? Basement? Garage?
Airflow would be another tip- getting the sawdust out of the air or the fumes from finishing the wood.
I needed negative pressure in my garage for painting some vehicles, so I took an old furnace fan, wired it to an on off switch and built it in to a box that holds a filter on the side with the intake and has about a 10x16 output.
I set it up facing out a window for negative pressure in the room when painting and can turn it around for positive pressure if I need it.
If you are interested in building something like that I just replaced one of the furnaces in my new place and have an extra fan laying around if you can't find one. You would just have to come get it.
Airflow would be another tip- getting the sawdust out of the air or the fumes from finishing the wood.
I needed negative pressure in my garage for painting some vehicles, so I took an old furnace fan, wired it to an on off switch and built it in to a box that holds a filter on the side with the intake and has about a 10x16 output.
I set it up facing out a window for negative pressure in the room when painting and can turn it around for positive pressure if I need it.
If you are interested in building something like that I just replaced one of the furnaces in my new place and have an extra fan laying around if you can't find one. You would just have to come get it.
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Walnut is anywhere from 11 dollars to 18 dollars a board foot here. Got a 100 dollars of lumber for the golf ball display case alone.
Simple KD 2x4 went from 2.88 to 5.99 in the last year.
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I didn't even know Habitat for Humanity Restores existed. I just checked and there is one like 8 miles away. So thanks for that!
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I stop by a couple periodically..you seriously never know what you will find.
It of course changes daily due to the business model.
Another great resource that i was told about is Facebook marketplace...but I have no first hand experience with that.
A fellow I know did some great wood floors with material from there.
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Buddy I work with has a son who is a finish carpenter and the kid has really gotten into building things on his own...couple years ago he built a custom display for military memorabilia: oversized coffee table with a glass top, and felt lined drawers under the glass. I don't remember the type of wood, but the stock cost him over $10,000 (which the customer bought up front.) Not a lot of room for "do overs." ?
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I think the quality of Craftsman has gone down.
I both agree and disagree with @truthbedamned 's advice on Harbor Freight. A quality drill and miter saw can and should last you a lifetime. Yeah, you can probably get a good miter saw from HF for $150, but if you're just getting it to see where you're at, you can find a Ryobi for near the same price that probably has a better warranty on it. I'd also mention that you could spend the $150 on a HF, or you could find some stuff made by DeWalt or Milwaukee for $250.
I both agree and disagree with @truthbedamned 's advice on Harbor Freight. A quality drill and miter saw can and should last you a lifetime. Yeah, you can probably get a good miter saw from HF for $150, but if you're just getting it to see where you're at, you can find a Ryobi for near the same price that probably has a better warranty on it. I'd also mention that you could spend the $150 on a HF, or you could find some stuff made by DeWalt or Milwaukee for $250.
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Craftsman is just a name now that got sold off in the slice and dice of the Sears empire by Eddie Lampert....none of those brands (Craftsman, Kenmore, DieHard, Roadhandler) are worth crap anymore...every Sears hand tool used to come with a no questions asked lifetime warranty.
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I realize Ryobi gets shit on in a lot of circles, but I've been REALLY happy with the 18v brushless cordless drill / impact driver set I've had for a few years now. Build quality seems really good, battery life good, plenty of power. Maybe I'd feel different if I was a contractor beating the tools up on a job site all day, every day. But for my purposes they have been great tools. I can't comment on anything in their corded tool category, like a miter saw.
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I'm probably not going to be buying a table saw for a little bit, just shopping / researching at the moment. I don't have the space or budget for a full blown cabinet saw, but I also want something more sturdy than a job site saw mounted on a stand, with a better fence system. Advice?
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I'm probably not going to be buying a table saw for a little bit, just shopping / researching at the moment. I don't have the space or budget for a full blown cabinet saw, but I also want something more sturdy than a job site saw mounted on a stand, with a better fence system. Advice?
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Not shitting on Ryobi by any means. Just saying it's affordable and probably has a better selection and customer service.
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They are a menagerie of interesting building shit.
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For those type of tools you can also hit up a local pawn shop. You can buy higher quality used stuff at the same price or less than new cheap chit.
Just saw an awesome Dewault chop saw at a pawn shop for less than $400. Something that would run in the 700 range at lowes.
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You are correct about Ryobi. It is fine for someone that needs a drill occasionally, but if you are using it for 8 hours a day it is worth it to buy the good chit.
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This one is nice but IMO the cheapy 199 table saws on the stilts are the same thing. You save money, you don't really need the stilts and it stores when not in use.(most are roughly 30" by 32")
The saw in your link is for someone way more serious than you sound right now.
If you really think you may not stick with this, this saw is a future storage rack in your garage.
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Craftsman doesn't have it's same clout as years past but this saw is all you need to begin with IMO. It's indestructible and makes all the same cuts you would need as the more expensive option
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I mostly care about the fencing... I want to be able to make accurate, square cuts. Is this not a concern with some of these cheaper jobsite saws?
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Stick with the job site table saw and build a output table for it. You can measure and adjust the blade angle to make the correct angle cuts and you can either buy or make a good fence.
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I bought a skilsaw 3400 table saw for $25 at a garage sale.....
Took it home, did a clean up. Replaced the blade. It’s perfect. Not too big, not too small. It has worked for what I need.