Talk about "Out of the Frying Pan & Into the Fire!"

[dusty]

I would start by rolling most of that equipment back into a corner, setting up that Mark V and learning how to clean, lubricate and align the Mark V.

While you are doing this, building a couple of Doc's birdhouses would introduce you to the various functions of the Mark V (and the Dust Collector).

Keep the bandsaw and the planer and the jointer where you can get to them. They'll be the ones you will want to use next.

If you don't have the proper lighting, you'll know that real soon. If you don't - STOP, fix that problem and go on.

BTW - availability of adequate power in the basement could become an issue too. I don't have a basement (never have had) but I'd bet that most basement areas (like typical garages) only have one or two power feeds. This is especially likely if the basement area is only 8'v12'.

[Ed in Tampa]

...Bored with birdhouses....? You listed a lot of SS equipment and tools but few jigs and fixtures. Making a crosscut sled, miter gauge extensions, circle cutter jig for your band saw are other projects that teach you while adding to your shop. Yesterday I finished that "overhead fence" Nick just designed. It was made from material salvaged from a discarded desk...


Doc

What overhead fence that Nick just designed???????
Ed

[chiroindixon]

Ed,

Check the last Sawdust Session...Cutting Irregular Shapes. Bottom of "the blackboard" will have detailed plans. Nick demos it in the video.

I thought of a few past projects where it would have been handy. It being slow here, I puttered in my "Man Cave" following plans and doing macho tool making stuff. It came out pretty well.

Doc