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    Pm 100

    The 100 is a very good 12" planer and usually came with a 3 or 5 hp motor. If the nameplate says just Powermatic it was made prior to the early '70's. If it says Houdallie Powermatic it was made a...
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    bandssaws

    I had a MM 18" for about 10 years and it was a good saw but the guides were crap, I put Carters on it. I sold that an got a 1926 Oliver 30". Cuts like new and looks it also, nothing it won't cut....
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    fittings

    For dust collector fitting try Stamped Fittings in Elmyra, NY. The are a manufacture and they gave me the best price on 5,6,8,&10" fittings. By far the best price even with shipping it is a lot...
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    workbench size

    Brian,

    My workbench is 64" x 108", 3" thick soft maple. I glued the top up in 16" wide pieces so I could take it apart and run it thru my planer when it gets all banged up. The legs are 6" x 8"...
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    Pm 100

    Jeff, Of all the machines that I have rebuild the my Powermatic 180 was one of the easiest. Mine is a 1968 version. If your motor is shot replace it with a 5hp, PM put 5's in a lot of 100's. I dumped...
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    knife setting

    I have a 16" Wadkins jointer with a modern clamshell head with shewd knives. A dial indicator is the only way to get them dead on. My knives have a little slot at each end for the jackscrew to fit...
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    neck ache

    W.C., That same problem in your neck happens to me about once a year. You described to perfectly. It's hard to move your head in any direction and it's as stiff as a board. Mine neck has always took...
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    circular saws

    Bryon, I have two circular saws and only use on. The P.C. is a good saw and it cuts good. My main saw is a Milwaukee 7 1/4 worm drive. Big and heavy and built like a battle ship. I have dropped it...
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    Min-Wax

    Min-Wax stains are a combination of a pigment and a dye and they take forever to dry. They also like to bleed. It might have reacted with the OSB in which case shellac is in order, which has already...
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    Old lathe

    You might want to try P.B.Blaster or Rust Buster. I have had luck with both. P.B. is like a rust colored oil and very light in weight. Rust Buster is almost clear and comes in a little squeeze bottle...
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    Poll: Poll

    I think the interviews are great. I would not stop them. No other site has this.

    Happy Splinters,:)
    Jeff Singleton
    Singleton's Woodworking & Pattern Works
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    Hartville

    Matt, I live about half an hour from Hartville and you will love the place. Be sure to take your wife. There is just as much stuff for women as men. They are a John Deere dealer and Stihl as well as...
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    Frozen bearing

    I had to have a set of Link Belt bearings, taper rollers, pulled off a Master disc sander spindle form 1951. They did it in 5 minutes and charged me $5. I ask for a price on new bearings and after...
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    10' lathe

    I looked up the Oliver 26 and it's speed ranged from 64 rpm to 1450 rpm. With a big chunk of wood on the faceplate the sound and wind that thing puts off is very impressive and also very scary. Speed...
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    Box

    Fantastic looking box. I have always enjoyed working with mahogany. It's always great to make something for a friend.

    Jeff Singleton
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    Opps

    Sorry guys, I should have chosen my works more carefully. About the left hand thing. With a radial arm saws arm coming straight out and the motor handle is on the right side of the arm it only seem...
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    Big lathe

    Well Charlie let me try to explain. Those big lathe are responsiable for just about all the tire molds out, truck and earthmover. We would turn a big planks, a blank is a set ID and OD with a big...
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    Ras

    I have DeWalt Super Duty, 16", 5hp, 24" crosscut. I completely rebuilt with safety in mind. It has more power and accuracy then anything I have used in 25 years.The biggest safety issue I have is...
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    spiral heads

    That is one neat looking head but like Lou mentioned the price is probably to high. The add did say very low knife cost so it must be a segmented knife. Newman-Whitney has made their Quiet-Cut head...
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    bowl lathe

    Bowl lathe it is not. That is a patternmaking lathe. It looks to be an Oliver 21 or 22 but it was hard to see if it is sitting on floorplates. The tailstock moves in T slots in the floorplates and so...
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    disc sander

    In the patternshop I keep 36 grit on my 24" Master and it cuts very agressive, to much for furniture. On my State 20" disc I keep 80 grit and use it for furniture. I will only use glue on disc, no...
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    Bandsaw tires

    Lou, Nice Moak you got their. They made a very good, little know bandsaw. Nobody makes wheel and tire as good as Carter, that's what they do. I priced urethane tires for my 30" Oliver and they were...
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    drill for pockets

    I have a Kreig unit that is solid aluminum with two holes. You will benifit from using a drill with at least 2500 rpm. I have two Milwaukee drills, one is 2800 rpm, 3/8 keyless chuck and a 1/2 chuck,...
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    wide mahogany

    In the patternmaking industry wide mahogany is very popular and pretty easy to come by but expensive, $6.00 bd. ft. We just got a shippment of 8/4 mahogany in two weeks ago, not much just 500 bd.ft....
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    I have PC, Bosch and Dynabrade. The Bosch is a great sander for finer grit paper. The PC is a right angle DA and it is very agressive and great with coarser paper. The Dynabrade Supreme is a great...
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