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Working
in a small area with large pieces of equipment presents many challenges. Most of
the equipment is placed on mobile bases to enable safe usage and movement as
necessary. Here are 5 photos of the shop that is setup in half of my
basement.

Most
woodworkers find out the hard way that dust control is very important.
I have 3 pieces of equipment
that help control and almost eliminate dust in my shop. Pictured here
is my Tempest Cyclone dust collector made by Penn State Industries. Also
pictured is my over-head JDS Air Tech 2000 High Efficiency air filtration system.
Another
important addition to my shop was this
home-made down
draft table that I created. I use it for sanding as
much as possible. When in
use, the amount of airborne dust is almost eliminated.
I even
surprised myself
with how well this homemade unit works.
The
entire hobby started with this Hegner Multimax-18 Scroll Saw. Actually, it started
about 2 weeks prior with the purchase/replacement of 4 different Scroll saws
from Sears! I got my money back ASAP. As with many other items, when it comes to scroll saws,
you only get what you pay for. I have tried other high-end scroll
saws. But I still have not used anything that works as well as this
Hegner.
My
neighbor, who is really into woodworking, was
going to purchase a new Delta Radial Arm Saw.
He sold this older
Craftsman model to me.... this is obviously when Sears
sold a quality
woodworking
saw with the Craftsman name!
It works well. You will notice
that
I have hooked up my dust collection system to most of this equipment.
In
addition to the 2 Porter Cable random orbit palm sanders that I use, I rely
on this Delta Sanding Center to do a lot of work. It has a 6" belt and
a 12" disc sander. There are many other attachments available for this
unit.
The
only way that I was able to complete many of my projects without a good
table saw wasdue to
my neighbor having a good Delta unit. I recently
purchased this new Delta Limited Edition 10" Contractors Table Saw. It
came with the 30" Unifence and the table extension on the
right side.
Although I enjoy visiting my neighbor and his shop, it is nice to be able to
do the work right at home!
Another
piece of equipment
that gets a lot of
use is this Delta
14" Wood Cutting Band Saw. I have
a rip fence attachment that I have
found to be very useful.
The Delta 16 1/2" Floor Model
Drill
Press.
The addition of the table bed gives me greater flexibility when using this machine.
I
just purchased this Porter Cable Pancake Compressor. It came packaged
with a Porter Cable Brad Nailer and a Porter Cable Finish Nailer. It
also included the 25' of hose. This will surely speed up the assembly
process on many projects.
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