MOTM

>yes we get New Yankee Workshop here in the UK on cable - and how mind 
>buggeringly annoying it is too, why does he make look so easy..? why does 
>he never skin his knuckles on stuff, why is he never covered head to foot 
>in woodchips / sawdust / varnish / blood..? why does he never spend the 
>entire show trying to remove a splinter from under one of his 
>fingernails..? rant rant rant

transcipt from NYW:

"first we're going to rip these old barn boards on our table saw"
(boards - free, table saw w/ extensions and rollers - $1500)

"next we'll plane these down"
(18" portable planer - $600)

"then we'll use our double compound mitre saw for the corners"
(PorterCable linear travel compound miter saw - $750)

"next we're going to use our shaper table for the raised panels"
(PorterCable shaper table - $500, shaper bits - $300+)

"now glue up the panels and clamp them to our table"
(glue - $10, clamping table - $500)

"finally we use biscuits and glue up the main cabinet"
(biscuits - $5, biscuit joiner - $250)


total cost:

wood - free
misc materials - $15
tools - $4400



-Cary

PS: Who has a good bit of woodworking gear and makes his own cabinets.