Just
thinking about new woodworking machinery to
buy. Well if you want to get a new machine
or upgrade your existing one, I put together
some thought on machinery you might
really need. The
basic woodworking machinery for any
workshop consists of a table saw, a planer,
drill and spindle molder. What type and size
you will really need depends on mostly the type
of projects you plan to work on and the experience
level you have. In the following some basics about
woodworking machinery.
Stationary
Machinery
Table
Saws
A
table saw is usually the first woodworking
machinery in your shop. Basically there
are two types of table saws: Fixed
base - and - sliding table. A
fixed based table saw allows is the most common
type of table saw. The table (mounted fixed
to the blade) got a fine grove to the left
side of the blade where the crosscut angle
can be moved. This way cross cuts are being
done easily. To the left side of the blade
the guide fence for rip cuts is attached. A
rip cut is nothing else but a parallel cut
along the board sides, to cut the wood equal
in width. Depending on the woodworking machinery
you use guide fences can be found on a variety
of machinery, such as band saws and planers.
The
sliding table saw allows the user to move the
whole table part - left of the saw blade -
backwards and forwards. As the entire table
is guided on guidebush rollers even panels
of size can be cut easily. Compared to fixed
base table saws - allows the sliding table
saw to cut large panels with ease.
Planer
Jointer
Whatever
machinery you are thinking of buying for
your woodworking workshop, a planer must be
considered very important. Horizontally rotating
blades - smooth the wood and flatten the entire
workpiece. The guide fence allows to give the
workpiece a 90°.
Thicknesser
A
thicknesser is often an add-on of a planer.
Instead of flatten the workpiece, like a planer
does, a thicknesser cuts the wood at equal
thickness. Out of the many different types
of machinery the thicknesser
is often misused. A thicknesser can smooth
you workpiece and make it equal in thickness,
but it can never flatten the workpiece like
a planer can do.
Stationary
Drill Press
Very
useful and a key woodworking
machinery is a stationary drill. It
allows to drill precision holes whilst
the wood can be fixed to its position.
A stationary drill gives you an extra hand
for clean and precision holes.
Spindle
Molder
When
you start buying machinery usually
a router is one of your first power tools.
As your woodworking activities might grow,
you will even mount the router into a router
table.
Lifting
the entire router in a router table feature
up to a more professional level, you really
should consider a spindle molder. Similar to
a router table a spindle rotates vertically.
The biggest difference between a spindle molder
and a router is the simple size (diameter)
of the tools and therefore the speed of cut
(feeding speed) and
cleanness of cut. While the diameter of a router
bit hardly ever exceeds 60 mm - a cutter for
a spindle molder can be up to 300 mm diameterIf
a feeding motor is a attached to a spindle molder.
- it will make it one of the most versatile pieces
of woodworking machinery in your workshop.
Band
Saw
A
band saw is one of the most versatile types
of woodworking machinery in your workshop.
Ideal for rough rip cuts and fast preparation
cuts, it also can do highly precise round cuts
at faster speed than a jig saw could do.
A
band saw is usually equipped with a guide fence
for rip cuts and cross cut bar for semi-precision
cross cuts.
And
it goes on and on with new and very innovative
woodworking machinery like CNC routers and
others.
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