On 2/25/2017 10:00 AM, Brewster wrote:
On 2/22/17 12:08 PM, MJ wrote:
While, Tommy is no Norm, he does some interesting projects,

he's speech pattern is a bit off putting but he's a friendly guy
according

to people I know who have worked with him. Currently, he's been
showing a

series of shows where he's built a new shop. This week, we got a peak
at the equipment he's put into it.

Wow! He's got all top of the line, or appears to have, European
style

equipment. Sliding table saw that is also a planner and joiner,

one of those huge sanders (kind like what Norm had), etc.

It's possible he's going to do more jobs outside of the show,

but chee-whiz it's hard to relate to a project when someone is

using equipment that is more expensive then the sum of all the tools
in my shop!

What do you think?

MJ


His sponsor is SCM, they make/sell all sorts of European style tools
(Minimax bandsaws are one of them).

I'd bet that he doesn't really own any of them.

I no longer get to see his show. If he has a sander like Norm had, IIRC
the Minuiteman, I doubt he bought it also. It was even way too much for
Norm. A machine like that is way too much for occasional use, that
thing needs to be running all day long.
I have a drum sander that will handle stock 44" wide, it is nowhere near
as industrial as the ones on the shows and I probably use it more than
you see the big ones being used the shows.
I would be shocked if it were not on loan from a sponsor.



My question is what kind of power does he have running to his shop.
That large drum sander must be 3-phase, probably over 10HP. -BR


Well maybe not. The link below is for a 49" single pass sander. 7.5
hp, 31 amp, single phase.
BUT I do now know what he is using.

http://woodmasterdrumsanders.com/5075x2