RE: building equip
I have a Rigid belt/spindle sander and have found it very useful for making perfectly matching shallow angle splices on sticks and strip stock. Feed both side of the splice into the belt together and their angles will match. Its been a great tool for cleaning out the scrap box by splicing all sorts of bits and pieces together. I made a "butcher block" look tail for an Ugly Stick out of scraps and it came out looking very different and cool.