Jack Vines
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Greetings, FWWers,
I've been buying, rehabbing and trading up on woodworking equipment for forty years. In recent times, I've given up the effort, because the older Craftsman, Walker Turner, Delta, Atlas table saws which formed the backbone of the hobby have become essentially worthless.
In the past year, I've been given two TSs and passed up on two more for next to nothing. It seems few younger men are doing any woodworking or remodeling.
Then, the few younger guys to whom I've spoken who are into woodworking have been brainwashed by the SawStop concept. They seem to think if one even walks by an older saw, it is liable to roar to life and lop off fingers. The idea of actually using a vintage TS to cut wood fills them with fear and dread.
The ironic thing is the jointer is reportedly the machine in a woodworking shop most likely to cause injury. Despite this, good older jointers still will sell.
What has been your vintage machinery experience of late?
jack vines
I've been buying, rehabbing and trading up on woodworking equipment for forty years. In recent times, I've given up the effort, because the older Craftsman, Walker Turner, Delta, Atlas table saws which formed the backbone of the hobby have become essentially worthless.
In the past year, I've been given two TSs and passed up on two more for next to nothing. It seems few younger men are doing any woodworking or remodeling.
Then, the few younger guys to whom I've spoken who are into woodworking have been brainwashed by the SawStop concept. They seem to think if one even walks by an older saw, it is liable to roar to life and lop off fingers. The idea of actually using a vintage TS to cut wood fills them with fear and dread.
The ironic thing is the jointer is reportedly the machine in a woodworking shop most likely to cause injury. Despite this, good older jointers still will sell.
What has been your vintage machinery experience of late?
jack vines