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EEricM1990 reacted to manwithtools's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with
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These days the mentors are online. Track saws are very easy to operate, their only challenge is ripping thin stock, but there are... -
EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.My only concern with the track saw is I don't really have a mentor. While people taught me a lot of tricks and tips with a table saw. So...
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EEricM1990 reacted to manwithtools's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Like.
I'd recommend the track saw for starting out, you can use it for many things. It takes far less room than a table saw, you can break the...
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EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.Hand tools I will just make the decision as needed. I'm much more familiar with that space. It's not that complicated to find good value...
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EEricM1990 reacted to RoninB4's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Like.
-For @EricM1990 : You can follow whatever approach you want to, I don't know your ambition or experience level. I'd suggest doing some...
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EEricM1990 reacted to RoninB4's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Like.
-I used to live about 2 miles from Owl Hardwood (St. Charles Rd. in Lombard). They used to have a nice selection of different woods when...
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EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.Used is definitely my preferred path. But I'm seeing a lot of overly fancy things, incorrect height for what I want. ETC I will keep an...
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EEricM1990 reacted to Aaron_W's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Like.
Do not under sell the value of rehabbing old furniture. People are often practically (or literally) giving away old furniture with good...
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EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.I just got done reading threads where people were worried about left vs right orientation on a circular saw. Monkee must be really...
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EEricM1990 reacted to manwithtools's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Like.
I'm sorry, but this is really poor advice to give someone wanting to start a woodworking journey. Not only that, but seriously dangerous...
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EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.Chicago Suburbs
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EEricM1990 reacted to Gmonkee's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Haha.
My approach to tooling up was get what I would could use for metal fab, woodworking or whatever equally. A carbide saw in a hand...
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EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.I am not putting a saw in a hand grinder, too far. I would just get a hand tool I'm imagining you doing a cross cut on a 2x4 and am...
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EEricM1990 replied to the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique.This is all 100% true, I'm just concerned in contexts that matter I can't keep the tools true. But on paper I see no problem with cheap...
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EEricM1990 reacted to rsanter's post in the thread Woodworking Tool Kit - Suggestion/Critique with Like.
The fact is that you can make furniture with worn out **** or even just hand tools. the questions is how much time do you want to spend...