It's an illness. :-) I have a contractor's table saw, 14" band saw, 2 drill presses, planer, miter saw, leigh jig, belt/disk sander, mortiser, dust collector, scroll saw, little compressor, tormek, three nailers, about a half a dozen routers, and a herd of other hand power tools.
I'm still missing a jointer, bigger planer, bigger compressor, hplv gun, spindle sander, edge sander, drum sander, air cleaner, bigger cyclone dust collector, 21" bandsaw, downdraft table, vacuum press, moulding machine. Oh, a multi-router would be nice. And I'd like to upgrade from by contractor's saw to that awsome-looking grizzly 12" table saw. Two table saws! And a bigger miter saw, a slider because my 10" delta chop saw sucks. And I need an out-building to store the stuff in the garage, I mean shop, that shouldn't be there. And while we're at it, how about a 2000sqft outbuilding with heated wood floors, AC, separate finishing room, a separate room for the DC and compressor and a sink and bathroom... and a couch so my wife will feel like being out there with me. Then there's lighting which is good but still inadequate. And I haven't even mentioned turning. And I'm dying to get into stained glass for the panels in doors instead of raised panel doors. And I saw this modern masters episode a few years ago where thie guy used a die grinder on a lathe with water as a coolant to sand down these green granite legs that he attached to the end of the legs on this table. It was awesome. Then I have two bizarre computer-controlled machines "designed" in my head that I want to make. Did you know a 50" wide belt sander costs less than what most people spend on a car? And maybe I should get that 20" planer instead of the
15" planer, cry once and all. I could keep going and going.
I went out to the grizzly website and picked all the tools I didn't have yet. I made a money-is-no-object list and put it in the shopping cart. I didn't even include the $15k wide belt sander and I got over $30,000.
feel better? :-)
brian