Expert Woodworker proclaims:


Then you will have the self-procalimed experts (like some of the regulars
of this newsgroup) who will tell you to start out with only the best. This
is nothing but pure liquid hogwash! There is no reason you need to blow
your life savings on power tools to get started as a woodworker.

And who proclaimed YOU an expert?

THE LIST:

$119 US General - TABLE SAW (with stand)
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46987

$79.99 Chicago Electric - 3 HP PLUNGE ROUTER
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=37793

$24.99 Chicago Electric - 1/2'' VARIABLE SPEED REVERSIBLE HAMMER DRILL
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45338

$49.99 Dewalt - 1/4 SHEET HEAVY DUTY PALM GRIP SANDER
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=1284

$39.99 Central Pneumatic - 1/4'' AIR SCREWDRIVER
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45266

$6.49 Chicago Electric - GLUE GUN
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=47445

$39.99 Chicago Electric - BISCUIT JOINER KIT
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38648

$39.99 Wagner - POWER PAINTER
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=30760

$34.99 Chicago Electric - 7-1/4'' CIRCULAR SAW
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46866

88% BS. Some of the tools may be (and note the may) fine, but what the hell do
you want with Power Painter? For that matter, who needs an air screwdriver when
there is no compressor on the list. Why a glue gun when yellow glue is so
cheap: replace that with a clamp, and several more for the air screwdriver.

Where are the measuring tools?

Where are the layout tools?

Keep in mind, this is not high end
stuff, but then again is is not the bottom of the barrel. You can check
around the HF site, but I would go with the list above.

Check around one helluva lot more than the HF site. This stuff may not be
bottom of the barrel, but that's only because barrel bottoms have recently been
redefined to be lower than whale ****.

They sell cheaper
models for almost each tool on the list, but these have all been tested by
a professional with more than 40 years experience, yours truly!

Resume, please.

Charlie Self

"Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."
Alexander Hamilton

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