Jimmy Harris
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What you're talking about is usually referred to as a jobsite saw. Contractor saws usually have more sturdy and semi-permanent mobile bases. It's a...

I work with industrial machinery for a living and we lose power all of the time. So I have plenty of experience. When the power goes out, or...

What do you guys do when the power suddenly goes off? Do you climb on your table saw or grip your bandsaw blades? Do you completely lose your mind...

You'll probably get more replies if you open a new thread for it. I think a lot of people avoid clicking on sharpening threads unless they know...

Yeah, I did a bunch of research and pulled a lot of ideas from all of the things you guys had posted over the years. I was considering putting a...

No, I didn't record before and after results. I wasn't really planning to document it. And I didn't want to measure sawdust or anything. I figured...

Congratulations! And what a deal! I too was recently looking for a bandsaw and about 75% of what I saw on the used market near me was people...

Keep doing what you're doing. That's why I've always done, and pretty much everyone I know who owns a compressor outside of a commercial setting. ...

I'll post some tomorrow. Edit: or today, since another reason to back the car out of the garage popped up.

Some boards will do that. If you get good at reading grain, you can often avoid that (to some extent) at the sawmill by selecting boards with...

No. But the hand plane does produce a better surface when taking a shallower cut. That's the thing with adjustable feed speed. Usually, the cutter...

Tone is in the fingers!!! But really, there's some truth to that, that carries over to what we're talking about. For instance, if you can't...

Taking smaller cuts is the best way to get a clean cut. You can do this by slowing the feed rate on some models, and by taking shallower cuts. Of...

Always flat. But I've bought tools that were hollow ground, and I didn't care enough to change them. I just use them and let them migrate to flat...

A couple of problems I see with this. One, wood is typically not color fast. So you'll likely loose the image you create in a few years if you're...

It's a good idea. Probably more expensive than just buying a commercially available mobile base. But I suppose if you already had the parts on...

You can push the open time of PVA glues a bit by adding a little bit of water and using them in colder temperatures. It also helps if you can raise...

I've seen those before. Not in person, mind you. But I think it's just an aesthetic thing. A reason to stand out from all of the other saw makers...

I get them off Amazon. You can get a bunch, dirt cheap, and they're already blunted. Plus they usually come with various diameter tips, so you can...

Most any Baily or Bedrock pattern plane can be made to work well and give consistent and excellent results. The basic design is pretty foolproof. A...

You can also make your own with blocks of wood. Just make sure to elongate one of the holes to allow for expansion. There are lots of ways to...

I've glued up wood that wasn't touched in years before. And it held fine. So long as it hasn't warped, and you didn't put a finish on it, leave it...

Quite true. But it all depends on the situation. I'm not a rich man, so a lot of the furniture I've owned wasn't worth holding onto forever. But...

Thinning PVA glue with water works really well. I do it all of the time for various reasons. Sometimes, to get it through the needle of a syringe. ...

Yeah, I'm not a fan of unnecessary complications. And to me, the systainer stuff is an overly complicated problem, disguised as a solution. It...

I think I will too. It's gonna take a while to get it set up. It's filthy. So I've got to do a deep cleaning. And there's some repairs I need...

I found a 17" Grizzly G0513ANV for a great price and picked it up yesterday (8 hours of driving a U-Haul trailer on back roads was no fun). The...

Anytime I've experienced tearout with my DW735, I just take a smaller bite and it clears up. You can plane against the grain with the stock knives,...

From an engineering standpoint, I can't help but feel you're adding extra complexity, and thus increasing the odds of failure, for very little...