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    biesemeyer miter table

    Hi Folks,

    Ordered a biesemeyer miter table from Amazon -- a 6 ft length, 10" width is $108 delivered. I have a couple of questions for anyone who has one:
    1) Do you need tables for the right...
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    under cabinet lighting

    Anyone have recommendations for especially bright under-cabinet lighting. I recently installed some salvaged kitchen cabinets in a basement shop and want to add some lighting on the bottoms.
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    workbench top from maple short pieces?

    A local hardwood supplier has maple 2X4's short off-cuts at 30-cents an inch. Most of the pieces are 12-20". Do you think this is a good deal for material to make a workbench top?
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    powermatic 45 at auction

    Hey Guys,

    First post in the turning forum: going to look at Powermatic 45 lathes in a high school auction tomorrow morning -- could someone give me an idea of how much to bid?

    Gil
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    redwood playset repair

    We bought a ten-year-old Rainbow brand redwood playset. I'm replacing some parts that are structural supports, such as bracing below the floor of platforms. I'm using treated 2X4's for these...
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    jointer knives hitting infeed table

    Hi All,

    I've been trying to align an older Grizzly 8" jointer and need advice. I shimmed the tables and they are co-planar. Then I shimmed the cutterhead because it was tilted -- more of a gap...
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    shimming jointer tables

    Hi All,

    I've been slowly trying to tune an older 8" jointer.

    In measuring across the tables, I find the outfeed table to sag 0.028" on the side with a rabbet ledge and 0.032" on the side with...
  8. Thread: Straight Edge

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    master bars

    Hi,

    I used John White's approach of making 'masterbars.' You can google "John White Shim Jointer" and find a link to his book "Care and Maintenance of Shop Machines" (I'm not sure if this is the...
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    shimming jointer cutterhead

    Hi All,

    I purchased a used Grizzly 8" jointer -- 3 knives, levers instead of handwheels, colored green top to bottom.

    It looks like I need to shim the cutterhead on the side closest to the...
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    switch recommendation

    Juan,

    I got a lot of useful information from this thread from the Sawmillcreek archive:

    http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=39053&highlight=switch

    If you are familiar with...
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    Many thanks!

    I got one too.

    Gil
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    jointer alignment help needed

    Hi All,

    I recently purchased a used 8" jointer -- green Grizzly, dovetailed ways, levers instead of wheels. The tables are flat and coplanar, as best gauged by winding sticks and laying a Festool...
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    welcome

    I reluctantly moved from Chapel Hill, NC to downtown Indianapolis almost 7 years ago. It's a great city and I hope you and your family love it here. We've come to really appreciate the people and...
  14. Thread: emco rex 2000

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    emco rex 2000

    Does anyone have this article from Fine Woodworking magazine?

    Shop-testing five jointer-planers. (1) Belsaw 684. (2) Emco-Rex 2000. (3) Inca 343-190. (4) Makita 2030. (5) Hitachi F-1000A.
    FINE...
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    thanks again

    Hey All,

    I'll say what's been expressed many times before -- I really appreciate the kind atmosphere and abundant great advice of the Creek.

    Chuck: I am the proud owner of a right tilt Unisaw...
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    great input -- thank you

    Thanks all for your quick and thoughtful replies. Frank, I hate to admit that I haven't gotten it connected to my dust collection -- still debating between ceiling versus saw mounting. Jason, your...
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    perforating ZCI to improve dust collection?

    Hi All,

    Wondering what opinion you had about punching several small holes in my table saw's zero-clearance insert to help with dust collection. Ever since using ZCI's, I've noticed more dust...
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    end grain -- alternate or not for table top?

    Have read several differing opinions on assembling a table top and thought I'd ask this forum. Some say to alternate the end grain, while others say to keep end grain in the same direction. I'm...
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    thanks as always

    Hello All,

    Thanks for the brisk and useful replies. Yes, this will be finished space -- hoping that we can make it a den / playspace. Have any of you used steel studs? If so, any pointers to...
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    furring / scabbing rafters for insulation

    Hi All,

    1. Do you have recommendations for home renovation forums? I love the atmosphere of the Creek and am hoping to find a similarly helpful source of online advice for our attic renovation
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    how to attach 6" pipe to DC?

    I have a Delta 50-763 dust collector that comes standard with four 4" dust ports, or one 8" main port. I just got several lengths of 6" spiral pipe. Any suggestions on where to obtain a fitting for...
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    clarification

    Thanks for the speedy reply. Just to clarify, I had a question about how deep to cut. The starting bit depth is 1 & 3/16ths inches -- I had bad luck trying to cut that deep in a single pass and was...
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    mitering edges on small pieces

    Last night, I was making a small box and intend to join the sides on a 45-degree miter with a few splines as accents.

    I have on my to-do list to make a cross-cut sled, but so far have been doing...
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    dovetail jig & 3/4 stock

    How many passes would you make to dovetail 3/4" quartersawn oak? I have a dewalt 621 router in the d-handle base and am using the akeda jig. I am trying to make half-blind dovetails and am using...
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    Poll: mhg's

    Hi Jerry,

    I've been looking a lot at bench chisels lately -- wanted to make sure you looked at the chisel review pdf in the badger pond archive -- the author liked two cherries best

    I'm also...
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