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The best deal on the market right now. Works great, has pretty good dust collection and both belt and spindle.
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Todd, The jointer doesn't move at all. The dolly is larger than the jointer base and with 4 locking casters it's very stable. It's an old Delta/Rockwell 37-315 8" that I rebuilt. Quite heavy and...

I can't find them for my Powermatic 143 either. I don't know what size your blocks but WoodCraft carries all these sizes

http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=904

Cool blocks are...

Jason

I don't have a shop built base on my saw but have built them for other tools in the shop and it's pretty easy to do with either 2X2 or 2X4 frames or torsion boxes depending on how high your...

Here is mine.

http://picasaweb.google.com/chuckinpc/WorkshopComputerCabinet#

The cabinet is filtered to keep the dust out of the components.

Okay but from a non-technical perspective, bottom line is that my electric bill averages $30 to $40 a month lower since the new heat pump was installed compared to the past two years with the old...

Jay,

Talk to your local inspector. Pull the second panel and wiring out (it's got to be replaced anyway as it is not safe) and get your house refinanced. Once you have the money, have your main...

Bill,

Do a search here for Phil Thien Baffle. There are several users who have used it inside their DC housings and have had a major reductions in the amount of fines and chips going inside their...

I wasn't going to post to this thread because threads seem to die when I do and this one is interesting, but...... I couldn't help myself:).

What the OP is talking about is efficiency. For...

Very nice Ron. Your daughter will love it and pass it on to her kids. I like your finishing room too :)

Looks like the CPSC is listening and our wooden toys will be exempt from testing.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lead7-2009jan07,0,6917858.story
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Thanks for all of your great comments.

James - Yes I build most of our furniture and most of the house is SYP. If you want to see more of the house, porch, workshop or us you can at
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We spend most of our free time on the back porch I built about 5 years ago. We like the country look of natural Southern Yellow Pine and that's what we can afford to buy here in Northern Florida.
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I don't know if they are available in you area but this past summer we had our new workshop built and went with a steel pole barn with steel trusses. I know we don't have snow loads here in north...

I like Sonny's step #1 on using the table saw But I think I'd also use it for the second step. Build a jig like the one I just built for raised panel doors and cut like this. Sorry the pictures are...

James,

Your second setup looks pretty good but as Jim said, you may find that by moving your table saw a little to the left and placing your jointer off the right side of the table saw may give...

Andrew,

Thanks for looking and the compliment on the shop. The insulation is about 2" on the walls and between 3" and 4" on the ceiling. Total cost was $2800 and it's a "green" product made from...

Gary,

You can find it cheaper here. http://www.ptreeusa.com/ttrack_list.htm

I have ordered a lot of items from them and their service is excellent.

Chuck

I agree with using closed cell spray foam. We had our new pole barn shop (24X30) built last summer and it sounds almost exactly like what you are planing. Living in Florida, it made a great...

You can get it here. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5325&cs=1

But I prefer these:

http://www.ptreeusa.com/ttrack_list.htm

Just my $.02

Chris,

Go ahead and spend a month building one :):). There have been several posts here about arms folks have built. Here is one.
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Welcome Larry. There are some great folks here and I'm looking forward to hearing more from you. Stay warm.

Personally I use biscuits for all my wide panels. They really do help with alignment. I know they are not needed but for the small amount of time it takes it sure makes wide panel alignment easy. I...

I may be way off base here as I haven't actually tried this but how about taking your insert to a sheet metal shop and have them cut one out of aluminum the same thickness are yours and wide enough...

Peter, Thanks for sharing this experience and I'm glad you were not hurt. I use SYP a lot to build furniture, mainly because here is northern Florida it's about the cheapest wood we can find and...