: Wow Roger, cut up your credit cards because you're in a spending mood! I need
: a scroll saw too. I'm tired of my little coping saw. I hate the idea of
: buying a cheap Chinese model... I'm thinking about maybe a homemade model
: (a la Woodwright's Shop). We'll see if I ever get around to it. A jointer
: plane can work okay instead of a power jointer; I wouldn't want to build a
: house with one but, mounted in a vise, it functions the same way. Band saw
: - get one

I saw some plans for 2 different home made scroll saws. I'll see if I can find them again. The plans were about $20 each.

As for the credit cards... it's called too much overtime! My company has this belief that it's more cost effective to work a bazillion hours than to hire on more engineers. And they pay us hourly. The suckers.

So when I do see the light of day I try to make the most of every minute. Those power tools come in very handy for this. We also decided to hold off a while on buying a tractor so that's freed up some more money.

Next year, building the shop. My garage is starting to get cramped.

Roger

PS. According to what I've been reading, Dewalt is #2 (#1 for this price) and excalliber is #1 (and real expensive).