Todd Fatheree wrote:

"Ba r r y" wrote in message
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I just checked out my neighbor's job fitting out and finishing his
basement. He did a kick ass job, it really came out well. All
materials were store bought moldings, wainscot, oak plywood, etc...

Why am I posting this?

His "major tool" is a direct drive, Craftsman table saw, with about a
14" x 14" table top. He paid $15 for it at a yard sale. Get this,
his fence is a piece of PINK FOAM INSULATION BOARD! G

Here on the wreck, we debate if a tabletop that's .002 from flat, or a
fence that's toed out by .005", is acceptable.

FWIW, He dosen't have cable and doesn't know who Norm, David Marks,
etc... are.

Cool!

Barry


I'd say it depends on the job how accurate the tools need to be. Putting up
wainscotting and stock moldings sounds like the type of job that might not
require tight tolerances.

todd


"Sounds like" paints a sad commentary of your experience. I work and
live in an industry that requires me to install window/door trim, case,
base, crown, as well as a multitude of other things to a high level of
accuracy. We often refer to our joints (made in the field) as "dead tight".

Thinking of someone who has made work for sale (the OP) complimenting
said work would indicate that it must have been, at the very least,
above average. To then think that the work was done on a single piece of
equipment, and the one described, is even more impressive.

When we set in on a job there is an entire room of equipment, a mini
shop, to trim out a job not to mention the equipment needed for actual
installation.

Mark