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"That's not sawdust; it's man glitter..." ![Evil >:D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xevil.gif.pagespeed.ic.tdrs7Uj5gu.png)
My wife, the enabler, gave me a Metabo miter saw 2 years ago, for my birthday. It is a wonderful tool. Makes me, the eternal 85° / 95° joint hobby carpenter build things that are actually
straight. Sneaky as she was and is, I got the saw as morning gift, and in the evening, to dinner with the extended family, I got the leg stand. Earlier this summer, before we were to start off on a gecko terrarium build, we were ogling table saws at the local Swiss-German home improvement store, with her cheering me on... In the end we held back, and did the terrarium with miter saw, hand-held circular saw, and Proxxon multitool. I did employ my drillpress (3-phase, of course!) for a few holes too.
Edit: I had a plane and wood chisel rabbit hole excursion earlier this year, ended up buying (used, all of it) a No 4 1/2 plane, a couple small No 110 planes and a No 78 Rebate plane, and a bunch of used chisels. They of course also were employed.
(not wanting to jinx things, but I do believe that I just might be in for a repeat performance; my Tormek grinder that I was given earlier this week can be extended with a large menagerie of jigs. My b'day was Monday, and Sunday lunch we're seeing extended family again. )
You know when you've found gold. Cherish it. I do.