Male 32 years old new to woodworking here in Raleigh. We live near Crabtree Mall. Slowly getting a 1 car garage shop built out. Right now working with a basic table saw and miter saw to get things going (along with lots of hand held tools, power and non-powered). Would love to get to know more people in the area and work off experience of setting up shop layout/working through projects/understanding more of what I should look for when buying upgrades to the shop. I don't want to spend money to spend money, but don't want to buy the same tool in 2 years because I outgrew it.
Next upgrades to the shop:
1) Air Filtration System - ive heard this makes a big difference in airborne dust, and for the price of these, seems like a no-brainer.
2) Sub-Panel with 60 amp service and 220 and 110 outlets installed throughout garage. Right now I have about 1/2 of 1 15amp circuit with 1 outlet in the garage. Very limiting is an understatement
3) Drill Press
4) Band Saw (would like re-saw and curve cutting abilities in 1)
5) Oscillating Sander/Belt/Disc Sander
6) Lumber Rack
7) Upgraded Table Saw, current fence just is not up to snuff and the power is lacking for anything above pine. Eyeing the saw stop, but the price is just quite a bit. But my fingers are worth 10x that price.
8) Router Table - Possibly integrated into saw stop, just to save space
9) True Dust Collection System with 4 inch pipes. Right now I have 2 shopvacs with 2.5" blast gates for table saw/miter saw/aux ports for cleanup.
10) Planer
11) Jointer
12) Maybe scroll saw, depends on how good of a band saw I get that can keep tension on those small blades.
13) Bosch Sliding Miter Saw, more a want than a need at this point for what I use it for
Current Projects:
- Assembly table with storage/built in shop vac
- Miter saw station with storage/built in shop vac
Future Projects:
- Lumber Rack
- Built ins for living room
- Breakfast nook/built in benches
- Floating Shelves in bathroom
- Coffee table for basement
- Console table for basement
- L Computer desk with cabinets above
- Storage/workbench for wife's crafting habit
- Potting bench for wife's gardening habit
I love reading all the projects and ideas people have on here and hopefully will be able to add to the community over time.
Next upgrades to the shop:
1) Air Filtration System - ive heard this makes a big difference in airborne dust, and for the price of these, seems like a no-brainer.
2) Sub-Panel with 60 amp service and 220 and 110 outlets installed throughout garage. Right now I have about 1/2 of 1 15amp circuit with 1 outlet in the garage. Very limiting is an understatement
3) Drill Press
4) Band Saw (would like re-saw and curve cutting abilities in 1)
5) Oscillating Sander/Belt/Disc Sander
6) Lumber Rack
7) Upgraded Table Saw, current fence just is not up to snuff and the power is lacking for anything above pine. Eyeing the saw stop, but the price is just quite a bit. But my fingers are worth 10x that price.
8) Router Table - Possibly integrated into saw stop, just to save space
9) True Dust Collection System with 4 inch pipes. Right now I have 2 shopvacs with 2.5" blast gates for table saw/miter saw/aux ports for cleanup.
10) Planer
11) Jointer
12) Maybe scroll saw, depends on how good of a band saw I get that can keep tension on those small blades.
13) Bosch Sliding Miter Saw, more a want than a need at this point for what I use it for
Current Projects:
- Assembly table with storage/built in shop vac
- Miter saw station with storage/built in shop vac
Future Projects:
- Lumber Rack
- Built ins for living room
- Breakfast nook/built in benches
- Floating Shelves in bathroom
- Coffee table for basement
- Console table for basement
- L Computer desk with cabinets above
- Storage/workbench for wife's crafting habit
- Potting bench for wife's gardening habit
I love reading all the projects and ideas people have on here and hopefully will be able to add to the community over time.
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