2021 Large Tool Wish List?

[smorgasbord]

Looking over the responses, I'm wondering if "Large" means more the dollars than the actual size of the tool?

FWIW, I bought a Shapeoko PRO mid last year. It's a lot of fun and I come up with things to mill on it all the time. For instance I milled these 13 piece staircase newell toppers

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[mike_aa]

[member=77266]smorgasbord[/member]  That's pretty slick!  Thanks for the photo.

And,  [welcome] to the FOG!

Mike A.

 

[WillAdams]

You should check out the very lengthy, and quite in-depth thread on how they were made on the Carbide 3D forums --- well-worth the read.

 

[smorgasbord]

You should check out the very lengthy, and quite in-depth thread on how they were made on the Carbide 3D forums --- well-worth the read.

Yeah, it was ambitious for a first real CNC project, but the Carbide3D community was great. Here's a link:https://community.carbide3d.com/t/first-project-hexagonal-staircase-newel-cap/34301/178 which has more pictures and a discussion of how to model wood parts in Autodesk Fusion 360. One of the great things about CAD in this case was that I had six posts in three different sizes, but once I got first one designed, the other two were just parameter changes in Fusion.

It really is a whole 'nother way of working - one that I like. BTW, between the CNC and now Festool Domino, I've decided to fully make the switch from imperial units to metric. Ordered an assortment of Shinwa metric rules and even metric replacement racks for my shop-made sled's Incra fence. My Inca tablesaw came with both scales (although I mostly rely on the Wixey now), as does my MiniMax Jointer/Planer and General drum thickness sander (which also has a Wixey on it). It is so much easier working with whole numbers (ok, maybe half-sies) than feet, inches, and fractions with different denominators. Quick: is 9/64" bigger or smaller than 15/32"? Besides, my aging eyes deal better with the slightly further apart spacing of mm versus 1/32".

 

[Bertotti]

I spent last year setting up new equipment I didn't have dust collection and routers. Added the Anni Powermatic jointer and planer with helical heads, nice black color. A cheap delta dust collector that barely worked properly so I upgraded to the Wynn filter and a 4" Oneida cyclone. Still under-powered but almost all of the planer chips and 75% of the jointer chips. The jointer really needs a bigger unit. Then added the OF 1400 And the Shaper Origin. Pretty well set until I get these items to pay for themselves. I would love to add a drum sander this year and get some older tools in storage tuned up, old lather made of cast iron and scroll saw. Build a larger shop table or three, and a panel glue-up station. Sadly the 15" capacity of the Powermatic planer is holding me up a little. It works really well but I really need something a lot wider. Maybe it's time to put out for some 8020 and make a leveling table that is actually capable;e of being very smooth and level. not just close enough. Let's not get started on hand tools. I need some router plane blades and other plane blades so I can make some planes to my desired sizes and shapes. And the list goes on. I can't be the only one with a list that seems to always grow.

 

[notenoughcash]

thicknesser, or planer for you yanks [tongue], DC for that, or i will be running thru midi bags like the clappers, and maybe a bandsaw or a new lathe

 

[Euclid]

Looking over the responses, I'm wondering if "Large" means more the dollars than the actual size of the tool?

Or it might just be the size of the list...!

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Large as in it comes in the largest of the T-Locs, I'm still thinking about a DF700. I don't really need it, but there are cases where it would probably be better.
Generally, I can make the DF500 work.