I need to quickly put together an order for about $10K or so of basic
woodworking and metalworking machinery and smaller stuff, for a
Community Workshop starting at a University.

I know of good old Harbor Freight, and Grizzly.. from Home in Vermont.
But is there another solid but not-too-much-more expensive supplier
that you would recommend??

I need a single supplier because of the paperwork jungle (I'm in the
Middle East)...

And, if anyone has a list for starting up a small but decent shop, I'd
appreciate if you'd send/share it..

I hate these Fire Drills, but I want people (and me) to have some
decent tools to use next (school) year. And I just got asked to make
a list, which is a lot better than some guys in Purchasing winging
it....

Your opinions would be appreciated!

Regards, Terry King ..On the Red Sea at KAUST.edu.sa

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On Apr 26, 9:50*am, " wrote:
I need to quickly put together an order for about $10K or so of basic
woodworking and metalworking machinery and smaller stuff, for a
Community Workshop starting at a University.

I know of good old Harbor Freight, and Grizzly.. from Home in Vermont.
But is there another solid but not-too-much-more expensive supplier
that you would recommend??
...

Regards, Terry King *..On the Red Sea at KAUST.edu.sa

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http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm

Here's a Jet dealer in Oz:
http://www.macwood.com.au/index.php?main_page=index

Or do you have to find a US vendor?

jsw

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:19:37 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

On Apr 26, 9:50*am, " wrote:
I need to quickly put together an order for about $10K or so of basic
woodworking and metalworking machinery and smaller stuff, for a
Community Workshop starting at a University.

I know of good old Harbor Freight, and Grizzly.. from Home in Vermont.
But is there another solid but not-too-much-more expensive supplier
that you would recommend??
...

Regards, Terry King *..On the Red Sea at KAUST.edu.sa

Newsletter:http://redseanews.info*Community Information:http://kcomm.info

http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm

Here's a Jet dealer in Oz:
http://www.macwood.com.au/index.php?main_page=index

Or do you have to find a US vendor?

jsw

One of the infrequent posters here is Leigh, who owns MarMachine in
California. He is a certified Jet Dealer, who Im sure, would give you a
very very good quote.

A VERY good quote. And he has lots of used machines of all sorts as
well.



949-645-7601


Gunner





"First Law of Leftist Debate
The more you present a leftist with factual evidence
that is counter to his preconceived world view and the
more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without
losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot,
homophobe approaches infinity.

This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned
race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to
the subject." Grey Ghost

--IMO start with the best tablesaw you can afford, then make a
****load of jigs and fixtures for it. Next thing I'd get would be a bandsaw
set up for resawing, then a jointer/planer, then think about sanders, etc.
--I'm a big fan of the SawStop brand of tablesaws; one view of the
video and I was sold, so to speak. They're also extremely well designed and
the mfr responds to user feedback with continual upgrades.

--
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On 28 Apr 2010 17:32:38 GMT, steamer wrote:

--IMO start with the best tablesaw you can afford, then make a
****load of jigs and fixtures for it. Next thing I'd get would be a bandsaw
set up for resawing, then a jointer/planer, then think about sanders, etc.
--I'm a big fan of the SawStop brand of tablesaws; one view of the
video and I was sold, so to speak. They're also extremely well designed and
the mfr responds to user feedback with continual upgrades.

Unisaws are readily available from

Gunner


"First Law of Leftist Debate
The more you present a leftist with factual evidence
that is counter to his preconceived world view and the
more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without
losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot,
homophobe approaches infinity.

This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned
race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to
the subject." Grey Ghost