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General Woodworking
Your best (and worst) / most surprising woodworking related purchase this year
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<blockquote data-quote="Bojam" data-source="post: 1533218" data-attributes="member: 36962"><p>I recently bought my first <a href="https://holzprofi.fr/degauchisseuse-raboteuse/2381-degauchisseuse-raboteuse-arbre-helicoidal-a-plaquette-3664140013886.html" target="_blank">PT</a> and <a href="https://holzprofi.fr/228-scie-a-ruban" target="_blank">bandsaw</a>. Both from Holzprofi (France). Far Eastern manufactured (Taiwan) but the quality seems very good to me. Solid machines and well calibrated straight off the crate. Together they have been pretty transformational for my workflow. Resawing ("planks from planks") is great, especially since I work a lot with reclaimed timbers. The PT means I can square up and final dimension stock fast and with precision. I don't mind handplaning but having to flatten and square up all my stock by hand got pretty tedious after a while. I don't have a tablesaw due mainly to space limitations. The tracksaw with MFT is good but the bandsaw is now my go to for all ripping and I'm getting accurate and surprisingly clean cuts using sharp Tuffsaws M42 blades (various TPI for different purposes). I carefully tuned up the bandsaw having watched loads of youtube videos and the excellent "<a href="https://woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/peter-sefton-ultimate-bandsaw-collection-set-of-3-dvds/" target="_blank">ultimate bandsaw collection</a>" from [USER=11934]@Peter Sefton[/USER]. The versatility of the bandsaw gives it the edge over a tablesaw for me if you can't have both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bojam, post: 1533218, member: 36962"] I recently bought my first [URL='https://holzprofi.fr/degauchisseuse-raboteuse/2381-degauchisseuse-raboteuse-arbre-helicoidal-a-plaquette-3664140013886.html']PT[/URL] and [URL='https://holzprofi.fr/228-scie-a-ruban']bandsaw[/URL]. Both from Holzprofi (France). Far Eastern manufactured (Taiwan) but the quality seems very good to me. Solid machines and well calibrated straight off the crate. Together they have been pretty transformational for my workflow. Resawing ("planks from planks") is great, especially since I work a lot with reclaimed timbers. The PT means I can square up and final dimension stock fast and with precision. I don't mind handplaning but having to flatten and square up all my stock by hand got pretty tedious after a while. I don't have a tablesaw due mainly to space limitations. The tracksaw with MFT is good but the bandsaw is now my go to for all ripping and I'm getting accurate and surprisingly clean cuts using sharp Tuffsaws M42 blades (various TPI for different purposes). I carefully tuned up the bandsaw having watched loads of youtube videos and the excellent "[URL='https://woodworkersworkshop.co.uk/peter-sefton-ultimate-bandsaw-collection-set-of-3-dvds/']ultimate bandsaw collection[/URL]" from [USER=11934]@Peter Sefton[/USER]. The versatility of the bandsaw gives it the edge over a tablesaw for me if you can't have both. [/QUOTE]
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