Been reading the thread on fotodans restoration of those 4435s he got recently - and have seen other similar threads from Riessen, Ian and other doing gorgeous stuff with wood. To say nothing of the comments in those threads by Edgewound, Richluvsound, Giskard and others.
I don't want to hijack their threads by asking about tools into there - so maybe we could use a thread here talking about nothing but the shop tools.
Obviously, my gear is nothing like the Delta setups I see you pros work with, then again, some of us don't have the space or the bucks to do it first class like that.
I've done stuff on the cheap here - and I know its a compromise, but I don't have a shop space or even a garage, so everything has to knock down quickly, but I have managed to get a (cheap) tablesaw, mitresaw, circular saw and router. (No need to talk about the hammerdrill just yet).
So - maybe you folks can post some info about the shop tools you own, why you bought that gear, and what's good (or bad) about it.
The only thing I'll be getting anytime soon is a replacement cordless drill - Emma gave me a Black & Decker 14.4v cordless a few years back for Christmas, 'cause I really did want to buy American (apparently just before they moved their manufacturing offshore, the b#stards) -
Anyway ... this is just a thread starter post - but it really is important to know what and why ...