"Buster" wrote in message
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bad some of the advice is. Lots of wood magazines recomend the bandsaw
first, and in the top 5 have a mitre saw of sorts... Why?

Your list pretty well matches mine. My desire in a bandsaw runs pretty high
end so I have successfully put off buying one two years in a row. I bought
a top end Bosch jigsaw. That may have allowed me to put off the bandsaw
purchase another 3-4 years. I've never had a miter saw on my list. I have
a sliding table on my tablesaw. A few good crosscut sleds also helps make
the miter saw a low/no priority item.

When I first got into woodworking, I also built a purchase plan which I
update periodically. The only major items left are the bandsaw and bunch of
new shop lights. Then we get into the never ending goodie want-list. When
I have a new "got to have", I put it on the list and mark it as "future".
It is interesting how many burning purchases get added to the list and
forgotten. For instance, my list has a $900 saw train fence for the
tablesaw that was put on there two years ago. Now I look at it and say
"Huh?".

Bob