Hi all,
I am in my 70s, retired and as a hobby I make small wooden planters out of old pallets, which I then give to family and friends. The tools I have are ancient and about as unsophisticated as you can get. Further, I'm without a proper workbench, so I'm constantly kneeling on the floor banging nails, screwing in nails, or sawing wood with one leg holding the wood on a footstool. As well as making the work doubly difficult, I guess it's quite dangerous too. But I really enjoy the challenge and have reached a point where I'm prepared to invest in a half-decent workbench/saw stand and a mitre circular saw (cross cuts, mitre cuts, bevel cuts) plus all the necessary tools to make life easier and quicker.
So the question that some of you may be able to help me with is how much do you think I ought to be prepared to pay for all this? Obviously, I'm not going to be working with very long pieces of wood and nor are they going to be particularly thick (max 15cm by 5cm at the very most), and my finished product is not going to be anywhere near professional standard, nor would I ever aspire to it being so. But at the same time I don't want to buy some cheap import. Without knowing the product nor wishing to libel them
, I'm looking for something a bit better than (say) an 'Einhell table saw with under frame' (Wickes - £140). I guess my instincts are for spending £500-£750. Hopefully that will give me the functionality of the Einhell but something that's more sophisticated/robust/accurate etc. I would prefer NOT to purchase second-hand from eBay/Gumtree etc. So could you recommend something suitable? I've come across dewalt and makita as brands so am investigating these. Any thoughts? Also, would it be a good idea to get an MFT (multifunction table)
I am very much a complete beginner so would be very grateful for any advice although, please, keep it simple and non-techy.
Thanks,
Causio
I am in my 70s, retired and as a hobby I make small wooden planters out of old pallets, which I then give to family and friends. The tools I have are ancient and about as unsophisticated as you can get. Further, I'm without a proper workbench, so I'm constantly kneeling on the floor banging nails, screwing in nails, or sawing wood with one leg holding the wood on a footstool. As well as making the work doubly difficult, I guess it's quite dangerous too. But I really enjoy the challenge and have reached a point where I'm prepared to invest in a half-decent workbench/saw stand and a mitre circular saw (cross cuts, mitre cuts, bevel cuts) plus all the necessary tools to make life easier and quicker.
So the question that some of you may be able to help me with is how much do you think I ought to be prepared to pay for all this? Obviously, I'm not going to be working with very long pieces of wood and nor are they going to be particularly thick (max 15cm by 5cm at the very most), and my finished product is not going to be anywhere near professional standard, nor would I ever aspire to it being so. But at the same time I don't want to buy some cheap import. Without knowing the product nor wishing to libel them
, I'm looking for something a bit better than (say) an 'Einhell table saw with under frame' (Wickes - £140). I guess my instincts are for spending £500-£750. Hopefully that will give me the functionality of the Einhell but something that's more sophisticated/robust/accurate etc. I would prefer NOT to purchase second-hand from eBay/Gumtree etc. So could you recommend something suitable? I've come across dewalt and makita as brands so am investigating these. Any thoughts? Also, would it be a good idea to get an MFT (multifunction table)I am very much a complete beginner so would be very grateful for any advice although, please, keep it simple and non-techy.
Thanks,
Causio
