Major additions to the shop

I finally decided to add 2 major equipments in my workshop: a good workbench and a big bandsaw. For the bench, I settled on a Anke “extra-schwer” (extra-heavy) model that I ordered through my friends at feine-werkzeuge in Berlin.

The bandsaw is a Scheppach Basato 5-2, that I got from a fine wood machinery specialist in nearby Busca, Piedmont, Italy. (A4 Alessandrini)

Both are heavy and required the help of several strong friends to carry them. Everything is installed and working good. Now I can really speed up my next project, a shoe cabinet I will make with the elm I cut 3 years ago. More details soon.