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Thanks guys,

We decided to go with the Craftsman. We looked it over at the Sears store and it seemed to be reasonably well built.

Dale

I need a small bench top 10" bandsaw. I have searched and read the Sawmill Creek Forum comments. I found that the Rikon 10-305 and the Craftsman 921400 (or 903299) are the best options. Apparently,...

Hi Jess: Thanks for the offer of some basswood. Unfortuneatly, he passed away a week or so ago. He was in his early 90s. He kept carving up till the last few weeks. They moved his carving bench into...

Hi Ellen: I agree French cleats work well. I use them often. I have been considering converting these frames to FCs.

Jim: I measure the angle of the present slots. Ther are about 25 degrees on...

Thanks Tom. I will give it a try. I agree with Earl that MDF is too weak for this applicatioin. It works OK until someone trys top take the picture off the wall by pulling out at the bottom which...

The slot is has a dovetail shape. It looks like it was made by plunging a 3/8" dovetail bit about 1/4" deep and then moving the bit sideways to make a slot. I measured the angle and it was about 25...

I am repairing the hangers of several pieces of artwork which are mounted on 1/2 inch MDF. They are hung to the wall using a dry wall screw which fits into a dovetail slot in the MDF. The dovetail is...

Thanks Mike. I will pass this information on to the carver.

Dale

I have a friend who has been an excellent carver for many years. However, his is now in his early 90s and his health and his carving ability are failing. He is looking for wood which is very easy to...

Hi Steve and Jim, Thanks for the responses.

I had about the same results as you when I built a 5hp Bill Pentz cyclone and enclosed it in a closet similar to yours about 10 years ago. The problem...

We are about to install a 5hp Clear Vue cyclone. We would like to get the noise level from about 90db (for a typical system) down to less than 75db. The shop has very limited floor space so enclosing...

Thanks Keith. I found some beautiful work using Google Images.

We found a place at the edge of a board where could see the depth of the wood. It was about 1/8" deep so we can sand off quite a bit of wood without destroying the pattern. I still don't know the...

We are starting to restore an old walnut table and found that is has some patterns formed in the surface. It looks like holes were punched and pieces of a lighter pieces of wood were driven into the...

Hi Bill,

It turns out to be very quite easy to remove the bearings on the rollers on the DW735 once I got into doing it.

First, remove the side covers and remove the chains and gears at each...

Hi Bill,

Thanks, I will take a look at things you suggested.

Dale

I have a ten year old Dewalt DW735 planer on which the a bearing on the out feed roller is worn out. It began to have significant snipe and the shaft is loose in the bearing. I have ordered four new...

David,

You may be right!

Dale

Hi David,

I had actually tried this site before. I haven't been able to see anyway to link to the repair manual. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Dale

Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best site to download a free repair manual for the DW735 Dewalt planer? The sites I viewed wanted to download a toolbar which are sometimes a lot of trouble to...

Per: I would like to hear more about your experiences with sealing the door after it has been straightened by applying moisture to one side.

I wonder if the moisture will eventually become...

Thanks for the comments guys.

Per: The rails and styles are unfinished. I put a coat of danish oil on the panels before I did the glue up. I assume the dash is the damp paper towel and the...

I am building a Thomas Moser Shaker style wardrobe in cherry and am having problems with warpage of the doors.

The doors are 68" by 17" and have two panels with 2 1/2" by 1" rails and styles. I...

I am experimenting with a new M-Power Sharpening System which uses diamond stones for sharpening chisels and hand plane blades. It actually seems to work quite well for a beginner like me. However,...

I received my M-Power system last evening and tried sharpening a chisel and a blade from a hand plane. At this point, I am more optimistic than Frank about its viability.

The first thing I...