First Project on New M7 PowerPro

Jack Wilson · Post by **Jack Wilson** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:34 pm

A bookcase for my daughter to take back to college with her. She is going to paint it and distress it.

algale · Post by **algale** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:43 pm

Looks good. What did you think of the the Mark 7 and how does it compare to whatever you were using before?

drl · Post by **drl** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:47 pm

I really can't tell what kind of wood it is in teh picture. If hardwood I would not paint because it really looks good. Nice work.

Regards,
Dwight

Jack Wilson · Post by **Jack Wilson** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:50 pm

algale,

I had a Mark V 500 for about 25 years that I gave to my nephew about 4 years ago. I went the individual tool route, Powermatic PM2000 table saw, Powermatic PM2800 drill press, Rikon 14" bandsaw, Grizzly 8" jointer and Grizzly 15" planer. Then I discovered that there was no room in my garage to actually do any work. Sold the PM2000, PM2800 and the Rikon. I kept the two grizzly machines. The M7 worked very well, though I did miss the table saw; but it is going to take a bit of getting used to all the change overs; but it is very nice having some room to move around in in the shop.

Jack.

Jack Wilson · Post by **Jack Wilson** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:53 pm

dri,

Thanks, I tried to make it look good even though it was being painted. It is just clear pine from the Home Depot. She wants to paint and distress to match the other stuff in her bedroom.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:30 am

[quote="Jack Wilson"]algale,

I had a Mark V 500 for about 25 years that I gave to my nephew about 4 years ago. I went the individual tool route, Powermatic PM2000 table saw, Powermatic PM2800 drill press, Rikon 14" bandsaw, Grizzly 8" jointer and Grizzly 15" planer. Then I discovered that there was no room in my garage to actually do any work. Sold the PM2000, PM2800 and the Rikon. I kept the two grizzly machines. The M7 worked very well, though I did miss the table saw]

Interesting what you got rid of and what you kept. I would have gotten rid of the drill press, and the 8 inch jointer, I would have cut the Powermatic table saw fence down to 25", kept the bandsaw, the planner would have stayed also. Add to this a Mark 7 and there would be nothing you couldn't do with a bare minimum of change over.

Jack Wilson · Post by **Jack Wilson** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:22 am

Ed:

That sounds good; but I just got tired of not having any room to work, or even walk around. I did keep the 15" planer and the 8" jointer. I believe it will work out OK, after I get used to using a ShopSmith again. I really am just a hobbyist , think i just got a little carried away with the new tools. Don't know if I will miss the bandsaw, I really did not use it that much.

Jack

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:02 pm

[quote="Jack Wilson"]Ed:

That sounds good]

I hear you and wish you well.

One thing most people don't think about with tablesaws is the "ad hype" that eventually was the birth place of the 50"+ fence capacity. A modern day table saw is about 8 feet wide when you include the fence rail that is need to fully support the fence and it's capacity of 50". And if you think abut it this capacity is rarely if ever used. And if it is used usually a different sequence of cuts could have been made so it wasn't needed.

When I was starting out in woodworking a table saw was about 3-4 feet wide or less. They usually had a fence capacity of 12-20 inches left of the blade and 25-26 inches right of the blade. Today I see these monsters sitting in a shop and shake my head. You have to pack a lunch just to walk around the thing.