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Sure. You just need a slotting cutter with a large enough diameter. You may need to build a wood guard/fence that can accomodate the larger diameter cutter if the stock guard can't fit it.

Thanks for the feedback, folks. I think once I get a couple other projects knocked down, I will go ahead with this project. I have two sheets of kinda ratty looking 3/4 MDF that would probably be...

Jim, that sounds like quite the ordeal.

I also got the chance to tear into a wall in my house, although it was a planned activity. I removed about 8 feet of an unused old brick chimney in the...

I think it'd be worth modifying the cabinet simply to improve dust collection, no?

Thanks, really good point. I'll make sure to design around the airflow requirement.

This is the view at the back of the shaper. The motor and spindle only occupy about 1/3rd of the space inside the cabinet.
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I recently picked up my first shaper, a Shop Fox W1674 from a fellow on craigslist. I've gone through the whole machine and tuned and cleaned it up, did a few test cuts and it runs really...

One of the hidden costs of trying to save money by moving outside urban areas. People get initially excited by finding a 3000sqft house on 5 acres for $150k or something, and then they realize that...

Same idea in a welding shop. You'll see benches with 4-5 or more grinders. Easier to just pick up a different grinder, than to stop and remove a cut-off disc and replace with a wire wheel for example.

I have a Ridgid 12" non-slider and a Kobalt 10" slider. Both of them get occasional use but likely the 12" non-slider will get sold and the 10" slider will go in storage until I need it for...

I get what you're saying, but in almost all areas, all of those things you mentioned are ALREADY outlawed by zoning laws or noise ordinance laws, etc. HOAs are awful, if you GAVE me a house in an...

I gotta wonder - at what point would it be cheaper to buy a used (or even new) 3-phase natural gas or propane generator and just run that when you are in your shop?

You guys are all laser-focused...

Most people don't know or don't care that saying "110v" or "220v" is wrong. I might be a jerk for this but I correct people EVERY SINGLE TIME if I'm talking face-to-face with someone.

Also, each model of VFD is different. And different vendors have different features....

The cheapest solution here is also the best: don't worry about it. As Mike mentioned, a RPC can handle larger loads than it's idler motor rating, as long as the loads are within the starting capacity...

I've been known to measure backwards if I'm looking at the tape measure upside down. E.g. I want 33-1/2" but i put a mark at 32-1/2" instead because I'm an idiot.

I also frequently don't properly...

My HF 2HP DC is currently in a corner of my basement, it's definitely one of the quietest tools I have. I don't feel uncomfortable if I turn it on before putting hearing protection on. I haven't...

A better title for this thread is "Single phase to 3 phase". You're trying to get a 3-phase tool running using single-phase power.

Keep in mind that it's not necessarily that all the machines are "made in the same factory", its more likely that, due to lax intellectual property laws in Asia, the plans/designs have been...

Noise is vibration traveling through the air. It very much makes sense that a stationary machine that weighs upwards of half a ton will create less audible noise than a portable unit that can be...

And I just bought a 11lb spool of 0.030 flux-core about a week ago...

For reference, HTP wire which is really good stuff goes for about $55 for a 10lb spool. Blue Demon is around there too and...

You're making a distinction that only professional welders would likely care about.

But yes this is self-shielded flux core welding wire, e.g. E71T-GS, used for FCAW process, not solid core e.g....

Tap threads into the MDF directly, using an undersized pilot hole. Put epoxy into the tapped hole, thinned enough so that it soaks deeply in to the MDF. Chase the hole with the tap and now you should...

Out of curiosity, can anyone explain whether it's better to have a larger diameter cutterhead, or a smaller, and why? I have noticed that most stationary units have larger and more solid cutterheads...

A much cleaner one sold on ebay in 2015 for $3500. So my guess is "something quite a bit less than that".

Can you sling chains around the bottom, under the flare-out parts on the base?