immunoboy said:
Thank you very much for posting this. I am a newbie at woodworking, and being limited in space, I have struggled with how to start without a planer and jointer. I was flat out told by several rather (rather rude) sales people to give up if I did not have adequate space for the appropriate equipment (no jointer, planer, table saw, drill press and router table). I need to find new salespeople. I am glad to hear of a Festool work around. I'm not working on anything as large as your boards, so maybe it will be even easier. Plus, I don't have the distraction/motivation of your backdrop. That water looks inviting.
The first question I ask salespeople is "Which one do you have?". If they don't have, how can they be such an expert?
I went to the same school you did Per. You don't really know how right something can be until you've done it horribly wrong.
I would have harsh words with the sales person and speak with the manager but thats a whole diff thread. You can do it without the big tools and a 1k sqr foot shop. I started out cutting wood in my one bedroom apartment in what doubled as the living room with a cheap tabletop lowes special TS. I had my dad's hand tools and a tape measure and speed square. Was it difficult and a pain in the arse, but it got the job done. I made a few things made mistakes and learned from them. I moved up to a 10'x12' space in my basement of my first house and got a shopsmith combo tool it was a pain to do change overs to make all the functhions work, but again it got the job done. I now (a few houses down the road and 20 plus year) have a good cabinet saw/jointer/bs/plainer. It makes the work easier and quicker but by no means a requirement. As for the jointer you could get a hand plane and get the job done it just takes a lot of sweat equity.
