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From: pds@tove.UUCP (Dave Stotts)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: request for info on planers
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 10:15:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 24 10:15:58 1985
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   I am thinking about purchasing a planer for my woodshop.  I have several
rooms in my house to finish off, and I think that I can save enough money
planing rough lumber down to siding to make the cost of the planer low 
enough to justify in the short term.  So I wonder if any of you woodworkers 
out there have a planer now that you are pleased with that you would tell 
me about... or if you have one you are not pleased with, tell me why it is 
no good.  

   Here's another topic for discussion... which power tool is more useful
to you as a woodworker...a table saw, or a band saw?  Table saws are more
often the first tools purchased for a shop, but several articles I have read
in Fine Woodworking on setting up a shop have recommended buying a band saw
first, as it is more versatile (resaws lumber) and its work less easily
duplicated by other tools.  Any opinions?

Dave Stotts
Univ. of Maryland Computer Science