Buying a table saw on a budget?

Dear fellow woodworking enthusiasts, I am using an old shopsmith for a table saw right now, but it’s starting to fall apart, and it’s end is near. I am looking to buy a new table saw, but I am on a budget and could probably only afford something in the $400-$500 range. I’ll be using it for building small to medium sized projects, using mostly hardwoods. I would like to buy a cabinet saw but they seem way too expensive. Are there benchtop or contractor saws that will work well for cutting hardwoods? Also, the idea of buying a used cabinet saw has passed my mind. I’m just afraid I don’t know what to check for when looking at a used saw, and I could be getting one thats no good. I’m not looking for the worlds best saw, just one that will work well enough to get the job done right.
Thanks for all your advice
-Brian

Wood lathe question about size constraints?

My wood lathe says that it can take a diameter of 12 inches but do they even have any wood that is 12 inches in diameter for sale in lumber?

Where can I learn to weld and which type should I learn first?

I’m 14 and live in Perth Australia, but just in general is ok. I don’t want to make a living from it just as a hobby, but I want to be good enough to work on motorcycles in precision, my neighbour has given me some help on those kind of things but he doesn’t have welding equipment, only a handful of 30 year old+ tools, so I can’t learn much. I know there are different types like TIG, Arc, and Oxy-acetylene, and also for different materials like aluminium, so what’s the most common types, the easiest to learn to start with, and the most relevant to what I want to do? Are classes common, or is it hard to find somewhere that teaches it, and is it expensive, do you have to pay a lot for the use of equipment, gas, metal etc?

I also want to learn to use a lathe, and any other tools that might be useful. I’ve done woodwork for a couple of terms at school so I can use bandsaw, belt/orbital sanders, drillpress/handdrill, heating element for acrylics, and all the hand tools, but I don’t know anything about metalworking, the closest thing is that I can solder cleanly.
Can you explain difference between arc, TIG, oxy-acetylene and any others

where can I fing a cheap benchtop wood lathe?

Constructing a toy box?

I want to construct a wooden toy box for my kids because I couldn’t find one in the size I wanted.
What is the best saw to use in cutting the wood to right measurement
I want something light weight, electric and can be operated by a woman. I have done alot of DIY projects in the past and I will like to give this one trial.

would pink power tools sell?

I’ve seen pink hammers and tool belts.

Lathe / milling hobby?

Any info on lathes and milling projects operations etc.??
oh yes, and what does “swing over bed” mean?

I have just started as an apprentice fitter machinist and want a full sized pink toolkit. where do i look????

Im in a work shop with 5o guys and they think its no place for a girl and i will make the work shop feminin so just to fan the fire alittle i want a full sized pink tool kit but i can only find pissy lil ones any help would be much appreciated cheers chloe

Do they make pink tool kits for women that are a good brand name?

Looking for a gift for Mother’s Day. Do you have a link to where I could buy it?

Tools 1 ……funny ?

Tools and their real uses.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them
somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints
and hard-earned guitar calluses from fingers in about the
time it takes you to say, “Yeow sh*t….”

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets
in their holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too
short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in
the creation of blood-blisters. The most often tool used by women.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to
convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija
board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked,
unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course,
the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely
round off bolt heads.If nothing else is available, they can also be used
to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong
the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for setting
various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the
grease inside the wheel hub while removing the bearing .

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used
to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile
to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack
handle firmly under the bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile
upward Off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire wheel
wires.
E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder
than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending
any possible future use.

RADIAL ARM SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily
used by most Shops to scare neophytes into choosing another line of
work.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile
strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.