In rec.woodworking Too_Many_Tools wrote:
: Say you want to setup a home shop for both metal and wood
: working....what older American or European machines would you choose
: to populate the shop with? In a home shop environment, the size of the
: work envelope can vary greatly with the work done so a number of
: different candidates exist for the same function performed.

Sure, but you also need to consider the type of work planned.
In your WWing list, you have a scroll saw, a lathe, and a tablesaw.
IME, people who scroll saw don't usually have all that other stuff, for
example. So, scoller would have a scroll saw, and a variety of
supplemental tools that would go with that.

And why would you need both a "cross miter saw" (?) and a raidal-arm saw?
And what about a router or three? And hand tools?

-- Andy barss

: = Woodworking
: - table saw
: - cross miter saw
: - radial arm saw
: - scroll saw
: - vertical wood bandsaw
: - jointer
: - planer
: - wood shaper
: - wood lathe
: - faster drill press