Drill presses and (wood) jointers are also largely unchanged over decades. You can still get good use out of a Buffalo drill press from the 1940s. A lot of th

Drill presses and (wood) jointers are also largely unchanged over decades. You can still get good use out of a Buffalo drill press from the 1940s. A lot of those machines were made and went into small machine shops, and are just out there circulating around because the basic tool is so simple. (E.g., this well-known woodworker's shop: http://penultimatewoodshop.blogspot.com/2013/05/shop-tour-mike-pekovich-part-i.html http://penultimatewoodshop.blogspot.com/2013/05/shop-tour-mi...)