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Hi all,

There have been many threads on this topic before, but I think I'm coming from a slightly different direction, so please bear with me.

I am a hobbyist, and my main interest is...

No new pics, but the next two coats went on without any problems. A light scuffing with 320 paper between coats, wiped/vacuumed the dust off, and then applied again. Looks and feels good.

The...

Hi Scott and John,

Attached are two pictures of the walnut box after one coat of Arm-R-Seal... the weather here only permitted for one coat before Christmas morning. Now that it's been presented...

Wow, thanks very much John and Scott! I sincerely appreciate the information and the suggestions. Looks like I have a trip up to Woodcraft in the near future.

John, that English walnut box is...

Good idea... it never occurred to me to have a container of volatile liquid shipped to me, but apparently that's a thing that can be done. :-) It looks like neither Bartley Gel Varnish nor GF Gel...

Hi there,

I've been reading Bob Flexner's book, and I am interested in trying out some gel varnish on a current project. It sounds relatively forgiving, with a lot of the benefits of varnish...

Just chiming in here with my experience, which is more limited than John's...

I've had this machine for just over a year, and have had to align it twice: once when I first got it, and once just...

One more vote here for the Lee Valley picture frame clamps. I'd never made frames before, and just made ten of them for Christmas presents... used a miter shooting board and the Lee Valley clamps,...

Holy cow, I just posted for the first time in many months to vent about this exact machine. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I'll say that from my (hours of) experience aligning this machine, I...

I used phenolic coated 3/4" plywood. Tough, low-friction, looks nice, easy to work with. No lamination needed. (Save that for the top of your torsion box assembly table, which will be MDF, and which...

Hi everybody. I have a long rant saved up here; my apologies in advance.

For over a year now I have owned a Jet JJP-12HH jointer/planer. I have zero complaints about its performance. Over the past...

Good question. The one I'm using is a General Tools CFM Master. Its vane is connected to the body by a cord, so the obstruction isn't that much more than the fan itself. But you're right, it's not...

OK, we're getting closer. Earlier you said that the loss in the 10' of pipe was 13.6"wg, but now we agree it's 2.3".

You're estimating that the acceleration pressure internal to the system is...

That's a good point. Let's be a little more careful about it, though.

To start with, what I actually measured on the anemometer was 9600 CFM, in the center of the pipe. Based on that I figured...

OK, so this is an interesting discussion, and it's very possible that I'm going to learn that I was wrong in both my measurement and my rough estimate of the flow.

But I have a serious question...

Hi Mike,

Good advice all around. Ultimately my tools are clean and the air is clean in my shop (at least according to my particle counter), so I agree that the exact flow is not as important.
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Yep, I agree. The 1442 CFM figure that they give for the CV1800 is for a 'complete system', based on average ductwork in a small shop. The ductwork to my table saw is less than ideal, because the...

Well, it might be, but I suspect you could go deaf watching! :-) So I keep mine in an enclosure behind my shop, where unfortunately I can't watch the chips. :-)

-Janis

I don't feel like I'm actually disagreeing with anybody; I just posted what I was measuring in my shop, and you expressed disbelief that it was possible. I'm not going to argue about that, because of...

It's a nice place to live, except for those few weeks in the summer when the smell is pretty rough. Apparently not all that much garlic is _grown_ around Gilroy, but a huge amount is _processed_.
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Just to clarify, that was definitely not intended as vitriol. I was trying to cleverly say two things:

1) The fan curves of the 5HP Super Dust Gorilla and the CV1800 + 8x6 reducer are going to be...

OK, I confess that I'm a little baffled here, because it seems like some of you have a vested interest in the CV1800 having poor performance. I don't have an opinion one way or the other, I'm just...

Right, they specifically say that 'Statistics listed are for complete systems only.' They are intentionally not posting what the number would be under very easy ducting, because it would be...

Hi Art,

Good points. First let me say that the picture was a very early progress photo. Everything was sealed properly and finished before I took any readings.

You're correct that the velocity...

Ah, good point! I don't have a drum sander, but it makes sense that one would generate some serious static... I was ready to use the aluminum tape idea that BP's site recommends, but some wire would...