Are there places where you can rent access to a workshop?
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Every now and then I need to make a handful of cuts that would best be done with good equipment like a tablesaw or radial arm saw, but it's not feasible to have my own shop - I have no space for it, and it would be $$$ for very limited use.
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In the company town where I grew up, there was a well-equipped community workshop (company-sponsored) and a community garage / autoshop, where residents like my Dad could drop by and use the equipment.
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In college I did theater, and of course we had a decent wood shop, so I got used to having access to these kinds of equipment and tools. Every now and then I miss it.
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There must be hundreds of good shops within a few miles of me - most in commercial businesses, a handful in private homes. I wonder if any of them would be willing to let me give them fifty bucks to do some work there for an hour or two.
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This actually sounds like a good question to put on NextDoor. "Hey, if you've got a radial arm saw, can I come over some day and use it for a few cuts? I'll buy you a nice dinner afterwards."
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Replying to @random_eddie
Honest question: what cuts are best done on a radial arm saw (vs a table saw or miter saw)?
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Replying to @random_scrub
Not an expert, but how we used it in the theater: cutting long 2x4s on the radial arm saw was more convenient than using a chop saw, because the RAS had a very wide support table and was RIGHT THERE in the woodshop anyway whereas the chop saw was in use /in situ/ on the stage.
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Replying to @random_eddie @random_scrub
Also, the RAS could cut across planks that were wider than the chop saw could cut. And it's more convenient for cuts than the table saw, but of course the table saw can handle much larger stock.
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radial arm saw is dead long live the sliding miter saw
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Replying to @MorlockP @random_scrub
I see technology has advanced in the three decades since I was in college.
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... at which time we were using equipment that was two decades old already.
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