Josh Gertz
Member
Over the last few days I have been looking over all of the information here in the forums and I think I confused myself even further.
I am trying to plan out all of the stuff I am going to need to buy to get started...right now I have nothing but an empty garage. (Well there is some boxes of holiday decorations but for the most part its empty)
Right now I am thinking I will just grab the starter kit with the VS Lathe from PSI. Then grab a scroll saw and drill press from HF on the cheap until I can afford to upgrade.
Im just curious now if this is a good way to go?
I can already see some problems. I will likely want to get the buffing set up for the lathe as well, I can grab that from PSI. The blank holder press for the drill press...PSI too.
Ohhh and a workbench...there is a 40" workbench Oak from HF for $120.
...the more I look the more I want and I think what I need and what I want is getting mixed up the more I look at other posts.
For instance, I could buy pre-drilled blanks and not worry about the drill press for now, it saves me about $100 from HF but I would likely spend that much more buying blanks that are pre-drilled.
Then I found a few posts on using your drill press as a lathe...or vice versa...again I am just confusing myself the more I research...
-Josh
I am trying to plan out all of the stuff I am going to need to buy to get started...right now I have nothing but an empty garage. (Well there is some boxes of holiday decorations but for the most part its empty)
Right now I am thinking I will just grab the starter kit with the VS Lathe from PSI. Then grab a scroll saw and drill press from HF on the cheap until I can afford to upgrade.
Im just curious now if this is a good way to go?
I can already see some problems. I will likely want to get the buffing set up for the lathe as well, I can grab that from PSI. The blank holder press for the drill press...PSI too.
Ohhh and a workbench...there is a 40" workbench Oak from HF for $120.
...the more I look the more I want and I think what I need and what I want is getting mixed up the more I look at other posts.
For instance, I could buy pre-drilled blanks and not worry about the drill press for now, it saves me about $100 from HF but I would likely spend that much more buying blanks that are pre-drilled.
Then I found a few posts on using your drill press as a lathe...or vice versa...again I am just confusing myself the more I research...
-Josh