A lot of us will face that day.
Once you really look at what you have , you find others don't see all that stuff as valuable..
Own a woodworking business?Yes and no. It depends on who sees it. Many would kill to have my shop and everything in it. One even said he'd build a shop just to house it. So to it would go for the shops of others on this and other woodworking sites. If people weren't interested in the kinds of toys we have, this site would not exist.
On the other hand, my will says my rent-a-sister is not allowed anywhere in the shop. She'd toss have the stuff out, because she doesn't know what it is. The rest, she sell for pennies on a dime. A Festool sander for five bucks anyone?
Did, but retired now. I didn't want to work, so I did what I enjoyed. I still have three dust collectors, two bandsaws, a copper plating station, a carving machine, an over-arm pin router, a sandblast station, a few granite working and metal working tools, etc. To many, they have little value, to someone with knowledge, they represent one hell of a vacation, a remodel project, a new car or what have you.Own a woodworking business?
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I’m right there with you. Headed to 80 and back surgery yesterday made my mind up for me. Got a nice(big) Powermatic lath with all the bells andThere are people out there who would kill to have our tools. I know of one who'd build a shop just to house what I have.
Maybe a contest?
Meanwhile, I've started assembling a binder broken into sections for sanding, drilling, carving, copper plating, sawing and so on. It contains photos of the table, band, scroll, saber and other saws, including hand saws.
Details are give regarding the table saw accessories, like dado blades, the over arm dust collection-guard, the box joint jig, the Merlin Splitter, the Shop Fox kick down extension, the mortising jig and so on. It shows the calipers that would cost $120 to replace, the Narex chisels, the draw knife, the mallets and hammers, the fortune in bits, the letter and other templates and so on. It describes the variable speed, four wheel grinder with CBN wheels.
Included are retail prices and replacement prices. In the end, it's a way of insuring some ass doesn't convince my wife to sell my cabinet saw for five hundred bucks, with a nice Dewalt pro cabinet saw and 6” jointer1/2 t hp dust collection Only keeping and planner cnc machine and bandsaw. All else goes
Did you use Craigslist? Or some other venu.Yep. A Powermatic lathe doesn't stay for sale long, if it can be got for a few hundred off and with a few toys.
In fact, I had five lathes for a while (it was that "when it rains, thing) and sold four for the floor space. None of them lasted more than a week.