ChrisLBren Posted October 16, 2019 Share #1 Posted October 16, 2019 Hey Group, About to hit a milestone next month and the wife is asking what I want. I really would love more time in the workshop - LOL. However probably another tool is probably an easier ask. Here's what Ive collected over the past few years (I use all of them). The major three Byrnes tools (saw, sander and thickness sander), Proxxon thickness planer, Dewalt Scroll Saw on Stand, Spindle Sander, Proxxon MF 70 Mill and a really nice set of Lie Neilsen chisels. Only thing i may be missing is a lathe ? Any suggestions are appreciated - Im a scratch builder with the occasion cheat from Syren Ship Models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted October 16, 2019 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2019 battery powered Dremel tool mtaylor, JerseyCity Frankie and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moab Posted October 16, 2019 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2019 Can’t be another birthday. Considering the tools you already have you must be in heaven...Moab Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Completed Builds: Virginia Armed Sloop...Model Shipways Ranger...Corel Louise Steam Launch...Constructo Hansa Kogge...Dusek Yankee Hero...BlueJacket Spray...BlueJacket 26’ Long Boat...Model Shipways Under Construction: Emma C. Berry...Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted October 16, 2019 Share #4 Posted October 16, 2019 You deserve to get a lathe for your 50th. The Sherline is the Cadillac of small lathes - at least until Byrnes makes one. Look at the Taig lathe https://taigtools.com/dealers/ I was completely happy with the one I had for several years until a club member offered me a Sherline for a price I couldn't pass up. I hung onto the Taig for some time before selling it to another club member because I thought that having two lathes might be convenient as multiple small table saws are to me. It wasn't like having the multiple saws so I sold it. I know others who own Taigs and all are very happy with them Not being a machinist by any stretch of the imagination the Taig was completely adequate - but if one is an accomplished machinist the Sherline will do things the Taig just can't do. Kurt 😀 bruce d, Landlubber Mike, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Kurt Van Dahm Director NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD www.thenrg.org SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS CLUBS Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago Midwest Model Shipwrights North Shore Deadeyes The Society of Model Shipwrights Butch O'Hare - IPMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlevine Posted October 17, 2019 Share #5 Posted October 17, 2019 What about a band saw? There would be less waste cutting billets down to usable thickness than with a table saw. mtaylor, Canute and Roger Pellett 3 Quote Toni Chairman Nautical Research Guild Member Nautical Research and Model Society Member Midwest Model Shipwrights Current Builds: NRG Rigging Project Completed Builds: Longboat - 1:48 scale HMS Atalanta-1775 - 1:48 scale Half Hull Planking Project Capstan Project Swallow 1779 - 1:48 scale Echo Cross Section Gallery: Hannah - 1:36 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted December 8, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 8, 2019 What did you end up getting? 🤔 Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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