@exador23@ai6yr it is the transformer of woodworking tools. It is fundamentally a lathe, but it has a table to make it into a drill press, a table saw, a disk sander, or even an attachment to make it into a bandsaw.
My dad had one and did a lot of things with it, but as you can imagine it requires some transformation and some pre-planning about which operations come before the others.
@webology A low roman workbench. Not folding and heavy, but much more solid than a saw horse and useful for a lot of other things. 2000+ year old technology still works great.
I'm once again asking for some #fedihelp to solve a #WoodWorking philosophical dilemma.
When cutting wood on a bandsaw with a fence, which side of the board is better to keep against the fence, the narrower or the wider (assuming both sides can pass through the saw throat)?
I usually keep the wider against the fence, but I don't know if it's the best practice (I push the piece against the fence not farther than the blade, or it will pinch it, of course).
@GustavinoBevilacqua Keep in mind that table saws and band saws produce very different forces.
It can be quite dangerous to have a thin strip between the blade of a table saw and the fence.