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I agree with Jim on building the faceframes first. It's the best way to go. All your carcass diemensions and door sizes will reference from your faceframe. I usually build the faceframes and the...

Good looking saw there Sarge. I was wondering when you were gonna show it. Congrats

Tony, what exactly are you trying to do? I have used MDF for template routing, but I want to be sure we are both talking about the same thing.

I like using it because it's stable, very flat and...

John, I can see you in that stance. I knew you were kidding about the MM booth. If they let me in everyone else is safe.

I hear you on the checkbook. When I was making reservations for IWF, I...

Hey John. No I actually had two helpers and an engine lift to remove the slider. I think my wife took some pics of the event.

Believe it or not she was in favor of me getting the machinery. She...

Ah... the joys of trying to run a shop in todays economy. I just turned one down two weeks ago. The lady had decided on everything and was ready to sign the contract. Until the last meeting in which...

I feel your pain. After my latest additions I ordered new tooling for the slider and the shaper. Now my wife is having a hard time understanding why she still doesn't have drawer fronts on her...

Mike-it definitely did that. I already have the Rotex 150 and really need to get the 150-3 instead of the 150-5, but I'm sure I can suffer through. One can never have enough Festool sanders.

I"ll third what J.R. and Peter said. There is no substitute for good stock in door making.

Gregory that was my understanding about the Chicago office as well. I'm sorry it closed but they called me all the time. Several times in fact after I had told them that I was purchasing the MM at...

Hey guys there is a drill press in there. It's just not much of one. The only thing I ever used on for was hinge boring and my hardware company furnished me with a new Omal hinge boring machine free...

Jason I know Eric is no longer with Felder. He evidently left and went to Stiles. Which sells Altendorf among other things. I just bought my slider and bandsaw at IWF from MiniMax and couldn't be...

Thanks everybody. I have lusted over the slider for 2 years and boy it was worth the wait. I just ordered new blades this morning. Since the arbor on the 315 is 1" now I needed new tooling, so I'm...

It's a little late, but I have been busy trying to put the shop back together after adding a few new additions. I did enjoy getting to meet a few creekers at the Steel City booth. Unfortunately I was...

Thanks everybody for the replies. If I decide to go that route, I would obviously post everything here in the classifieds. A lot depends on what I see and like in Atlanta.

Chris

I've been kicking around the idea of selling most of my tools and buying a combo unit from Minimax. I still haven't decided to go if I want to go that route or not, but I was hoping I could get a...

I'm not political but I do have a unique understanding, I believe, of much of the price increases. It's simple, higher fuel costs affect everything. Eighty percent of all town in the USA do not have...

Thanks for the information guys. Turns out after a little investigating and talking to Sam at MM the machine has been disassembled at least once in it's life to place it in a basement. I would have...

Hi everyone. It's been a while since I have posted. Had some health problems with a family member. Anyway to my question, I have found a very lightly used Minimax CU410 elite combination machine for...

Peter I usually order by phone but the Hafele rep stops by my shop at least once a month. Their website is horrible, don't waste your time with it.

I order from Hafele all the time and I can assure you an order of screws does not have to be astronomical. They show pricing in the thousands but will sell in much smaller lots. Just ordered 1,ooo of...

How's the economy doing in your area? I have had that question asked to me a lot lately. Seems like a lot of other shops and businesses are really slowing down. Probably due to kids going back to...

I don't like using Chinese plywood in my shop, but it's become a reality. Just picked up a new order of prefinished 3/4 and 1/2. Every piece straight and flat, nicely finished, and I hate to say this...

Boy talk about erie timing. I have just been going through all of this myself. I'm swithching insurance for the business. It's $1,217.00 per year for $500,000 liability, shop coverage, tool...

Good thread. As I have said before, it says a lot about a company when the President takes time to answer questions and face criticism on a forum.

I visited the Grizzly showroom in...