luvmy40 Posted March 17 Share #1 Posted March 17 (edited) It's nice to have these First World conundrums! I recently got a nice pay raise and a small bonus. Enough to treat myself to a new toy or two. The problem is I can't decide what would be the best route to go. I have recently jumped back into wood working, and I have always wanted a good thickness planer. I have also always been an avid shooter and sold my last .308 to buy my '86 VR. I am also a complete and uterly hopeless knife junky. First, the money isn't enough to buy another Venture. There is a great deal from Home Depot right now for the Dewalt DW735 Planer with some add ons and a nice rolling stand. There is a gun shop down the street from my hotel(I'm workin in Birmingham for a few weeks) that has a Ruger American Rifle in .308 with a Sig 3-9X scope for about the same $ as the planer combo. There are several high end knives that I have wanted for a while that I could never justify. I don't need any of these. I want them all(including another Venture). Obviously, the knives would be the most superficial, least "useful" choice. I'm not sure which, between the rifle and the planer would be the most practical choice. I really don't have room to store a lot of rough sawn lumber, which is the primary reason for having a planer. For that matter, I don't shoot as often as I used to either. Help me decide how to spend my children's inheritance!😝 Edited March 17 by luvmy40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted March 17 Share #2 Posted March 17 I would love to have another Ruger International.308 but can’t hunt with them around here though and I no longer hunt anyway. Love that rifle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinyRooster Posted March 17 Share #3 Posted March 17 Tough decision.....as someone who loves ....or should I say would love working with wood if I had the room and the tools....I would be going for the thickness planer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastorCurt Posted March 17 Share #4 Posted March 17 I’d go for the planer too. The DeWalt 735 is a good tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campfire12 Posted March 17 Share #5 Posted March 17 Guns hold there value, not shure about wood working tools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcycle Mike Posted March 17 Share #6 Posted March 17 I love my woodworking tools. I'd get the planer, but I have all the motorcycles and guns I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1MECH Posted March 18 Share #7 Posted March 18 I do not own any guns or motorcycles, but I do own or have owned all the wood working tools I need, including a Dewalt thickness planner, worth every penny I paid for it. A planner is one of those tools that when you need it you can not use something else to replace it. They are noisy and create a lot of chips, I have a dust collector that I connect to mine, it helps, but but I still spend time cleaning up after myself when I use it. For one of my projects I bought about $500.00 worth of rough sawn Walnut and Cherry and turned it into a buffet unit for the wife that would have cost me easily $3000.00 to buy, if we could have found what we wanted built to my satisfaction. So I would go for the planner then I would save up and buy a drum sander I use mine a lot more than I use my planner. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcarl Posted March 18 Share #8 Posted March 18 You didn't say anything about helping some other poor bloke, but then you probably did that already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastorCurt Posted March 18 Share #9 Posted March 18 4 hours ago, Marcarl said: You didn't say anything about helping some other poor bloke, but then you probably did that already. Do you know any poor blokes? I’ve had a planer for 25 years and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Except a newer bigger one. I have a 13 inch wide bed on mine and would like a 20 inch but they are big 💵! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvmy40 Posted March 18 Author Share #10 Posted March 18 11 hours ago, Marcarl said: You didn't say anything about helping some other poor bloke, but then you probably did that already. Carl, I always try to help when I can. Rarely with $. Mostly with my time and experience. On the few occaisions I have given cash to to someone who looked to be in need, it has backfired drastically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvmy40 Posted March 18 Author Share #11 Posted March 18 (edited) As it turns out, there was a pretty large gun show here in Birmingham this weekend. I didn't find a better deal on the rifle, but I did find a good price on an Osprey 3-9 x 40 glass. I've never owned Osprey before but they are supposed to be a decent, budget optic. US owned. US and Japanese(glass) parts. Assembled in China. After the gun show, I went to get the Ruger American Predator in .308 at the shop by my hotel. After a bit of a SNAFU, the salesman didn't seem to know if he could sell a long gun to an OH resident. I educated him on the current laws and pulled up some corroborating evidence from the interwebz, and a few minutes later I was in possesion of a new rifle. He appologized and offer a few nice little freebee cleaning items and a discount on a very nice looking OTF knife. The planer will have to wait until my next unexpected bonus! Edited March 19 by luvmy40 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campfire12 Posted March 19 Share #12 Posted March 19 Very nice!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 19 Share #13 Posted March 19 Nice looking rifle I like Ruger, a few years ago I went on a military base in Mississippi with ID card in hand I tried to purchase a Ruger .380 and when the guy seen my Alabama Drivers license he said he couldn't sale it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastorCurt Posted March 19 Share #14 Posted March 19 Nice!! But it won’t make piles and piles of wood chips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted Tuesday at 01:39 AM Share #15 Posted Tuesday at 01:39 AM Here is my take...save enough money for a new 'to you' Venture. It will make you happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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