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One thing to consider that most of us "dudes" don't think of...
Unless it's just easier or fits the design better to have fabric under & behind a frame or otherwise hides the edges, you can open up...

Wow, thanks for the supportive comments about the excavator. I apologize that I screwed up and admitted that I bought it rather than Santa bringing it. :(

These things do come in handy. I got it...

I'm a I'm a 4th time homeowner and I've been living in a construction zone since 1993. One of these days, soon I think, I'll be wrapping up a whole lotta loose ends and my current home will finally...

Not a woodworking tool directly, but I bought myself this on Thursday. Besides the obvious standard uses, I can now lift and position some logs for milling, and also lift and move around those large...

Wow, $100. What a steal.
I did find that youtube video with the guy showing how to adjust all the workin's. It's really a clear and well-made video. I'm planning to go through it all like that...

Well too late for inspection advice, but I pretty much did what you all listed. It's no showpiece but not in bad shape. Seems to work just fine. Table has a couple gouges but as long as it's flat...

Hi folks.
A year or so ago I started putting together a woodworking shop because I have 2 or 3 years of work ahead of me just getting caught up on putting a couple houses worth of trim and cabinets...

This guy's not a rocket surgeon, but he's funny and does a thorough look-see of that exact saw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oezp-_DcUgg (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mo2L_jFKmc...

I picked up something about like that saw (a little bit newer 66, but still older). It was about the same price but had the motor cover.
All the inner workings were pretty stiff, but that just...

Hi Tim. The jointer is a G1182ZX (link) and I put this cutterhead (link) on it. It's a grizzly item but more of a Shelix copy with more inserts and a shear orientation than their standard insert...

Thanks for the support John. I didn't mention but as you said "using it will allow you to assess" is certainly true. I currently exist in ignorance and even though it's undoubtedly a fact that a...

Well I decided to go against the advices for going with a 12" instead agreeing with the few who said that 8" jointer would probably suit most of my needs. Today I picked up the 8" Grizzly. It's not...

OK so NOW I run across an 8" jointer deal.:rolleyes:
I have a line on a Grizzly 8" with spiral head for $700 and I can pick up a 20" Grizzly planer with spiral head for a couple grand new (better if...

I move mine to Arizona every summer.
Egad man!! Where's a better place than AZ for dry air??

Oil is better then nuthin. Probably some gooderer coatings for the purpose, but none are all that...

Thanks for the replies.


I wish I was looking at that choice. You never know until you're into it I guess , but it's a couple grand difference on the new ones and I don't think there would be...

Hi folks.

I've decided that with the size of my shop space and the amount of work I'll be doing, a jointer/planer combo machine would serve me well.
I'll just be doing work for myself and maybe...

53 here. No kids.
I've been broke most of my life so DIYing everything has always been just a matter of survival. I'm a machinist and occasionally over the past ten years I've had conversations with...

An electrinics tech I used to work with always installed a rotary warning light on his soldering station and it was a great way to obviously see when it was powered on. I plan to use this idea on a...

Wow thanks for the leads. I'll start to check those other avenues out.
Too bad you're not closer. I could be the machining buddy that tweaks an inexpensive Grizzly cutterhead to fit your machine...

That's cool. Looks like it's in fine shape.
I wish they'd have an 8" (or so) jointer deal on CL around here. You can take your pick of a dozen 6" any day of the week, which I did several weeks back,...

I can't tell exactly where that chunk has cracked off. Is it the casting at the back where the fence workins' are?
If that's the case, I don't think there's a lot of force happening there and JB...

I'll keep an eye on things while I'm checking it out and see if I can rigidify it a little if it looks like it needs it. Thanks for the advice on belt sources folks.

I got the parts all fixed and...

HA! I haven't heard that one in over forty years, hehe. No, it's more and advantage of being old and lazy enough to know how to do it with minimum effort and time.
I fix/build stuff like this for my...

I picked this up today thinking it could be useful for what I'll be doing in the future.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/drum.jpg

I took it apart just previous to this picture...

Seems like at $300 it's a good enough deal to get and add a spiral head later, or right away.
Grizzly has these: http://www.grizzly.com/products/T27713 and http://www.grizzly.com/products/T27697
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