Hey Guys-
I'm new to the woodworking world and have decided to set up a small shop with a friend of mine in his basement. He is more experienced than I am but he is out of town roughly 2/3rds of the time and I could use some help and advice especially from local folks. I know there are tons of threads for most of my concerns but if there is one you really like or if you wouldn't mind helping a newbie out please let me know.
I would like to build a nice workshop over time with all the bell's and whistles we can fit in the space. I haven't measured the room yet but it is relatively small. Anyways if you have any answers or comments for some of the questions below that would be great.
Floor Leveling: I am thinking of leveling the floor or having a pro do it depending on cost. It seems like a pain to do but I can't imagine working with an uneven floor being very fun for setting up benches and tools.
Workbench: While ideally we would like to build a nice Roubo-esque table I would like to get some smaller projects done before tackling that monster. Assuming I get the floor level, any advice on that is greatly appreciated or if anyone has and old one they are no longer using that would be great too.
Tools: We have the basic low end power and hand tools but I think we need to upgrade our table saw. Obviously a cabinet saw is not in the cards at the moment but I would be willing to shell out some money for a better setup than we currently have. I've been looking on Craigslist a lot but any advice is greatly appreciated.
That's it for now. I look forward to hearing back from you all.
I'm new to the woodworking world and have decided to set up a small shop with a friend of mine in his basement. He is more experienced than I am but he is out of town roughly 2/3rds of the time and I could use some help and advice especially from local folks. I know there are tons of threads for most of my concerns but if there is one you really like or if you wouldn't mind helping a newbie out please let me know.
I would like to build a nice workshop over time with all the bell's and whistles we can fit in the space. I haven't measured the room yet but it is relatively small. Anyways if you have any answers or comments for some of the questions below that would be great.
Floor Leveling: I am thinking of leveling the floor or having a pro do it depending on cost. It seems like a pain to do but I can't imagine working with an uneven floor being very fun for setting up benches and tools.
Workbench: While ideally we would like to build a nice Roubo-esque table I would like to get some smaller projects done before tackling that monster. Assuming I get the floor level, any advice on that is greatly appreciated or if anyone has and old one they are no longer using that would be great too.
Tools: We have the basic low end power and hand tools but I think we need to upgrade our table saw. Obviously a cabinet saw is not in the cards at the moment but I would be willing to shell out some money for a better setup than we currently have. I've been looking on Craigslist a lot but any advice is greatly appreciated.
That's it for now. I look forward to hearing back from you all.