My shop

[BobBlaney]

Originally Posted by TexasSteve

I like your shop Bob, you make good use of all your space. How do you like the dust collector you have? Do you find it is big enough. You make some fine furniture as well, I am interested in clock making, but never took the steps yet to learn.

Texas Steve,
Thank you for the nice comments. I used to have a larger shop in New Jersey in the basement but when we moved I could not take the basement with me. My son is quick to point out that I turned out larger pieces in the Delaware shop than in NJ.

My DC is a Delta fitted with 5 micron bags from Penn State industries. It collects all the dust from the saw, planer and jointer. I just roll it around and hook it up. I also use it on my carving bench to which I fitted a dust collection hood underneath and a hose to the DC. When that is running I have to keep tools away fomrthe edge of the hole in the table. It has a hardware cloth screen to prevent losing knives and carving bits.

[BobBlaney]

Originally Posted by Terry Murphy

Great looking shop!
One who is looking for a Band saw, how is yours working out?

Terry,
My bandsaw is about 30 years old, it is a Taiwanese Delta knockoff. I did some tricking out to get it to run better, Carter guides and a blade detensioner. Timber Wolf blades. It cuts fine now.

If I was to get a new one I would look seriously at Rikon or Jet. Woodcraft sells either except they are not inexpensive.
My sister used a Craftsman for years doing wood working and intarsia and she liked the saw. I think she bought it in the 1980's and cannot comment on current Sears saws. Lynn Doughty uses a Craftsman also like the one my sister had.

If you are buying a bandsaw and intend to keep it a long time and use it a lot (like I did) spend some extra bucks and get a really good brand. I think you will be happy in the long run. My issue right now is I cannot get parts for mine and Delta parts do not fit exactly.

The Timber Wolf blades are a dream for cutting, much better than Olson.

[LMiller]

Originally Posted by TexasSteve

This was recently cleaned up, although I tend to keep it pretty clean overall, since you never know when a storm will push through and my wife will want to park in there.

@#$ Weather and her storms!!!

(chuckling!)