Since the new (desk) job has been going well for the last three months, and the knees are still as bad as they ever were - I don't figger on ever going back into the shop again as a pro.
I've got a bunch of furniture projects to do for my own place and I've decided to go after them with Galootish techniques, rather than Normite.
I'm keeping the Unisaw and the thickness planer, as I don't feature doing basic stock prep with a handsaw and a plane - but the other stuff is pretty much going down the road.
That means the TURT (Delta Cabinet Shop Shaper and its appurtenances) will be gone. The Delta 14" bandsaw goes (might have to bid on LJ's bow saw). The jointer goes. The extra SCMS will be sold, along with the mortiser, spindle borer, Grizz Dust Collector, half the routers, the Portaplane, the Paslode guns, all of the spray equipment, etc., etc., etc.
There's going to be quite a list and I'll post the stuff here on the Wreck before I Ebay the rest.
I had fun being a cabinetmaker and I had fun being a carpenter before that. I'm looking forward to having even more fun in practicing my "quiet tool" techniques during the coming years - and putting the "rec" back into my rec.norm.
Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret) Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet Website: