I just got an e-mail from Highland Hardware and it they introduced a new tool called the Power 8 Workshop.
Interesting! It is circular saw, table saw, drill, drill press, saber or jig saw and a scroll saw along with a light, all in one very tidy package and is 18 volt cordless.
Take a look http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/power8-workshop.aspx
Highland has it priced at $349.
I would think it would be super for most small home repair and hobbiest.
Interesting!!!!
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Very interesting
That is a really interesting tool(s). And it causes me to wonder what everyone's opinion is on cordless tools, specifically the amount of power available and the length of time before downtime to recharge. Personally, I'd prefer to have a cord and sufficient power when I need it. But then I haven't really researched the latest in battery tech.
I do like it's portability, or more to the point how it all stows so compactly when not in use.
I do like it's portability, or more to the point how it all stows so compactly when not in use.
'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.
Ed:
As I understand from someone at Highland Woodworking. a few decades ago they were called King Hardware, and they were Shopsmith distributors.
When we travel up and down I 75 we often stop in at Highland. I'm also ordering more and more items from them on-line. They also have a lot of woodworking classes. You need to take a trip up there to Atlanta sometime.
As I understand from someone at Highland Woodworking. a few decades ago they were called King Hardware, and they were Shopsmith distributors.
When we travel up and down I 75 we often stop in at Highland. I'm also ordering more and more items from them on-line. They also have a lot of woodworking classes. You need to take a trip up there to Atlanta sometime.
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paulrussell
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I remember seeing a segment about this tool on "Cool Tools" on DIY or HGTV or whatever channel it's on. Pretty cool, but definitely only for very small projects.
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
It looks like the tool that gives - then takes and takes and takes. Batteries and more batteries. If I had this tool, I'd be buying batteries during all the shut downs. At least until I junked it! Pretty soon, if I let it, the overall price would double.
Not for me!
Not for me!
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Chuck in Lancaster, CA