Thoughts on EZ One Woodworking center for young DIYer
Hello all,
I appreciate your kind advice on this matter.
I am hoping for opinions of those who have some experience with the ez one system.
I have only recently become a homeowner, lucky enough to nab a late 19th century victorian. Great bones, but quite rough around the edges.
I have a fair amount of experience working on homes, as it’s been the family business in some fashion for just about every male in my family save for myself. I moved across country and thus have not inherited nor do I have access to my family’s stockpile of tools. And while I’ve been able to make do with borrowing from friends here, the quality of the tools is not quite what I’m used to or require for some of my future projects.
I am very intrigued by the ez one system. I value my fingers. I am not partial to the table saws and router tables I was taught to work with. And for the price it seems to reach a fairly high bar in terms of precision. It seems as if it could really suit my needs well. I am not afraid to learn a new “system”.
thanks for your help
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Dino, the inventor was a member of the forum.
I met him and he was pretty knowledgable about the industry. I saw a demo of the system, and you can do amazing things with it. It's well made for sure. I have a problem with the price though. If you get it, it will be a precision system. It seems that it is more of a professional tool, not really DIY, and there are a lot of other tools I would get first. I believe it would be a great asset if you can afford the basic tools first.
Any tool that claims to perform more than one function probably won't perform any of them as well as a single tools geared toward specific tasks. A chop saw will make faster, quicker angled cuts anda circular saw and ri guide will break down sheet goods faster. It's almost always better to take the tools to the work rather than vice versa. I'm not saying that there is no place for shop tools, just that their use is limited on a construction site.
But often these multitools are a good idea for a hobbyist who wishes to make furniture, etc. They occupy less space than the individual components and are often cheaper than the several separate units. (Don't know anything about this particular device.)
But they aren't which is why the market for them is so tiny. You spend all your time changing from one use to the other and too bad if you forgot that one cut. I've managed to get through 40 years of construction including building lots of cabinets and tons of built in shelving without a table saw. All I've ever used was a circular saw, shooting board, a router and some sawhorses. I've owned table saws but rarely took one to a job site.
Tools, even shop tools, are so inexpensive now that I consider them throw always. I paid $106.00 for my first quality circular saw in 1973. Adjusted for inflation that would be $568.00 in today's dollars. Or, I just bought a Makita circular saw for $146.00 which equals $27.25 in 1973 money. Anyone can afford decent tools these days. Amazon has a 10"reconditioned Ryobi tables aw right now for $107.00. Not a great saw but more usable than a multi function tool.
It's often an issue of space. A hobbyist often is limited to half of a 2-car garage or a small corner of a basement, and table saw, drill press, router table, etc can quickly fill the space to overflowing.