And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Handy as the pocket on a t-shirt. I use the disk on mine to even up the rails on my chain saw bars. I'll bet a saw shop would charge a guy at least twenty bucks to do that.
Wen is a mixed bag. Good rep, been around forever, but quality is spotty. Sometimes excellent, once in a while worse than Horror Fright. But they hit aa price point, and for homeowner duty are a viable option. Just be sure to use whatever you buy hard in the first month or so- and if it breaks ship it back. If it survives 10 hours or so it's likely a keeper.
Delta for planers. The older the better, only because I know nothing about quality of machines made today except that generally the quality of everything is going down, down, down. Hence, the older the better.
I don't have a Wen but I do have a Harbor Freight chineasium modal very similar to that. My biggest issue is that the on/off switch is on the back. The 6" disk always seems to be needing a disk. The disk has always been iffy at best. I just replaced the belt with a 400 grit belt. That works well sharpening lawnmower blades.
I have both the planer & this - very happy with both - DIY / barn workshop use, but plenty of labor saving functions - like the chainsaw bar idea, which is brilliant. I wouldn't hesitate to buy WEN, have gone off Ridgid except for the 5- 10+ year old drills etc from my high end pawn ship. Bought a new Ridgid table saw and it was absolute crap.
I have a Ryobi, heavy as a cast iron bitch. Bought it about 20 years ago. Still runs strong. I went through a wood working phase and bought a planer. Ryobi again and it worked great. Sold it when we moved down south. Don't know what I was thinking as I would love to have one again but new ones are POS. Going to be retired this fall, think I need a table saw, band saw, jointer and planer. I also need a buxom garage assistant to get my ass out there and do the work, smoke the cigar, drink the whiskey. This retirement stuff can actually wear a guy out.
Handy as the pocket on a t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteI use the disk on mine to even up the rails on my chain saw bars. I'll bet a saw shop would charge a guy at least twenty bucks to do that.
I definitely could use that but I haven't had very good luck with Wen stuff. Too much plastic & hard to get parts.
ReplyDeleteI have one. It does what I need it to do.
ReplyDeleteWen is a mixed bag. Good rep, been around forever, but quality is spotty. Sometimes excellent, once in a while worse than Horror Fright. But they hit aa price point, and for homeowner duty are a viable option. Just be sure to use whatever you buy hard in the first month or so- and if it breaks ship it back. If it survives 10 hours or so it's likely a keeper.
ReplyDeleteAny thoughts on a planer, CW?
ReplyDeleteDelta for planers. The older the better, only because I know nothing about quality of machines made today except that generally the quality of everything is going down, down, down. Hence, the older the better.
DeleteI've got a WEN hand planer and it's solid.
DeleteI don't have a Wen but I do have a Harbor Freight chineasium modal very similar to that. My biggest issue is that the on/off switch is on the back. The 6" disk always seems to be needing a disk. The disk has always been iffy at best. I just replaced the belt with a 400 grit belt. That works well sharpening lawnmower blades.
ReplyDeleteI have both the planer & this - very happy with both - DIY / barn workshop use, but plenty of labor saving functions - like the chainsaw bar idea, which is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't hesitate to buy WEN, have gone off Ridgid except for the 5- 10+ year old drills etc from my high end pawn ship. Bought a new Ridgid table saw and it was absolute crap.
I have a Ryobi, heavy as a cast iron bitch. Bought it about 20 years ago. Still runs strong. I went through a wood working phase and bought a planer. Ryobi again and it worked great. Sold it when we moved down south. Don't know what I was thinking as I would love to have one again but new ones are POS. Going to be retired this fall, think I need a table saw, band saw, jointer and planer. I also need a buxom garage assistant to get my ass out there and do the work, smoke the cigar, drink the whiskey. This retirement stuff can actually wear a guy out.
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