OK... if you haven't seen any of my posts here's a brief spew... Im not sure HOW I want to approach the WW hobby (although I definitely want to do WW) ... Power or Hand. So, I was thinking hand tooling would be waaaay cheaper, but not necessarily. Seems a good plane is $150+ (and you probably still have to tune it when you get it), good chisels are $30 each (and you still need to sharpen it when you get it), and a good blah blah but blah blah...
anyways, I was thinking I would like to try some power tools. Im into amateur astronomy and when we have a club meeting/star party people bring their scopes... so you can look through the various kinds and sizes to see what you like and dont like, get the feel for the brands, measure out quality vs price, etc. Obviously folks don't haul their 8" jointers and 48" belt sanders around to club meetings so others can use them... so I was wondering if there are any/many tool rental houses that would rent fine woodworking power tools? I live near Cincinnati (Who-dey!) OH in case you wonder where I'm looking. Particularly I would love to rent a jointer, a power planer, big drill press, nice drum sander, maybe even a nice table saw (probably have to be a contractor type), yadda yadda, for a day or so each to see what I like.
Anyone know if places do this? Am I, once again, waaaay off?
Thanks, Mike W.