Hey all! Been saving my pennies, and I can finally afford to buy some kind of machine, so I'd really appreciate some advice. Before everyone yells at me and tells me to use the search function, I already did, and I think I read just about every recent thread about thicknessers on this forum.
First, some background. I'm a relatively new woodworker, with a very tight budget. I work mostly with found or recycled timbers. I also have a very small basement shop, so I primarily work with hand tools. Every machine has to earn it's floor space. So far the only machine I have purchased is a cheap ryobi drill press from bunnies, and I'm honestly quite happy with it. It has it's limitations, but I can almost always work around them. So now I'm looking to pick up another machine, and I'm thinking a benchtop thicknesser is the way to go. I can cart it out when I need it, and put it away when I don't. As I understand, it can also be used with a sled as a jointer for very thick stock. Anything thinner I can almost certainly joint with hand planes. I'm still open to suggestions for other machines though, if anyone thinks I'm misguided.
What I'm looking for is something to take some of the hard work out of dimensioning the odds and sods timbers I find. I'm also currently building a roubo style workbench out of 3"x6" jarrah beams, which are a little irregular, so I'd really like a machine that could help me work with those. What I don't need, is something which produces a perfectly smooth finish. So long as the finished piece is close to accurately dimensioned, I can smooth with hand planes happily. Speed is also not really a concern.
I am in Perth, which makes some machines more difficult to aquire, and I have a hard budget of $500, which is unlikely to increase by any great sum.
With that in mind, would I be best off getting a new thicknesser (probably the Jet 12"), some kind of table saw, or a band saw?
All advice warmly recieved!
First, some background. I'm a relatively new woodworker, with a very tight budget. I work mostly with found or recycled timbers. I also have a very small basement shop, so I primarily work with hand tools. Every machine has to earn it's floor space. So far the only machine I have purchased is a cheap ryobi drill press from bunnies, and I'm honestly quite happy with it. It has it's limitations, but I can almost always work around them. So now I'm looking to pick up another machine, and I'm thinking a benchtop thicknesser is the way to go. I can cart it out when I need it, and put it away when I don't. As I understand, it can also be used with a sled as a jointer for very thick stock. Anything thinner I can almost certainly joint with hand planes. I'm still open to suggestions for other machines though, if anyone thinks I'm misguided.
What I'm looking for is something to take some of the hard work out of dimensioning the odds and sods timbers I find. I'm also currently building a roubo style workbench out of 3"x6" jarrah beams, which are a little irregular, so I'd really like a machine that could help me work with those. What I don't need, is something which produces a perfectly smooth finish. So long as the finished piece is close to accurately dimensioned, I can smooth with hand planes happily. Speed is also not really a concern.
I am in Perth, which makes some machines more difficult to aquire, and I have a hard budget of $500, which is unlikely to increase by any great sum.
With that in mind, would I be best off getting a new thicknesser (probably the Jet 12"), some kind of table saw, or a band saw?
All advice warmly recieved!
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