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    <<<< The cross supports will be 1"x2"x1/8" rectangular steel tubing, 48" long with about 3' between the slides. >>>>

    <<<< ...counteract sag of the slides by inclining them slightly upward... >>>>...
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    Sweet, Chris! Congratz! I had the opportunity...

    Sweet, Chris! Congratz!

    I had the opportunity to see one of those up close and personal a couple weeks ago. A very nice man about 90 minutes from me has a Mini Max 16HD and let me come over and...
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    <<<<(You can really repeat your mistakes exactly, too...:o) >>>>

    Gee, I dunno if that's makes your mistakes any better than mine, Jim.... I've found that even my non-precision "un-exact" mistakes...
  4. Noah, although that sounds like a cool idea, I'd...

    Noah, although that sounds like a cool idea, I'd be VERY leery of having any "return" pressure on the material being cut... counterweight, return spring, or whatever. Any vibration of the saw would...
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    Left coast reporting.... it's 9:54 PST, and the...

    Left coast reporting.... it's 9:54 PST, and the Delta web page shows

    "2 hours : 5 Minutes : 30 seconds"

    It's still counting down, although I haven't refreshed the page since yesterday. Just...
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    Whoa! (enlarges screen res of pics to 200%, then...

    Whoa! (enlarges screen res of pics to 200%, then squints at screen while examining grain match)

    I see you have already thought of that, in spades. Awesome. Not only beautiful, but that table...
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    Very nice, Mark. I like it! Is the top/sides...

    Very nice, Mark. I like it!

    Is the top/sides one piece cut into three shorter pieces, or a glue up of multiple pieces which, when cross cut, then become the three pieces of the top and sides?...
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    Okay, I'll give you that. We all do things that...

    Okay, I'll give you that. We all do things that are dangerous, in various endeavors, but experience and skill give us enough control of the task at hand to achieve the results we desire without...
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    Originally Posted by Mike Cutler...

    Originally Posted by Mike Cutler http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/buttons/viewpost.gif
    There is no cut I can think of on a TS that is made better freehanded.


    Posted by Art:
    <<< I can...
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    I make freehand cuts all the time on my tablesaw....

    I make freehand cuts all the time on my tablesaw. Of course, the TS blade is retracted below the table, the power is off, and the piece of wood being cut makes sure the dozuki in my hand never comes...
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    Thanks Rick, that did the trick. I have the...

    Thanks Rick, that did the trick. I have the Aligner Jr, not the mucho expensive TS Aligner (senior?), but it's helped me set up my TS real tight.

    Wasn't quite a minute a knife, but then again,...
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    The DJ-15 doesn't use any springs in the...

    The DJ-15 doesn't use any springs in the cutterhead assembly. It uses a pair of notched nuts with allen screws to set the knife height. Even taking them out of the equation (nuts loose below the...
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    Delta cutterhead lock bar screw

    The screws that tighten the lock bar and hold the knives in the cutterhead on my DJ-15 need to be replaced. The screw threads don't want to turn easily, and it's making adjusting the knives a real...
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    Yep. I've had the same problem before, but it...

    Yep. I've had the same problem before, but it happened on both the front and back ends of the piece being planed. Grab a couple scrap pieces of the same material you are planing (at least as long as...
  15. Randal--- Good, done and done. Check it is. ...

    Randal--- Good, done and done. Check it is.

    The Lumber Wizard III doesn't say how deep it penetrates the wood, so I tested it a couple times. It easily picked up a drywall screw laid on top of...
  16. Short Tool Review, Minnie Gloat, and Forum Donations

    Years ago a friend and I tore down a couple old houses for a guy, and our price was any of the old wood we wanted. We managed to save a lot of old growth redwood and fir out of those homes, and used...
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    Grrrrr.... Nail 1, BS blade 0

    Rats, hit a piece of broken-off nail inside some old growth redwood I'm resawing into boards. Didn't hear the noise of the nail over the noise of the saw itself, the DC, and earplugs I was wearing,...
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    Nice collection you got there Cliff. Hmmm......

    Nice collection you got there Cliff. Hmmm... seating for nine, a pool, and it's the Fourth of July--- Party at Cliff's house! ;)

    Did you add the cross braces for the back, or where they part of...
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    That trick has saved a panel or two for me. It...

    That trick has saved a panel or two for me. It cuts out the crack you can see and also the portion you *can't* see with the naked eye (or fill with glue, sawdust, etc.). If you are lucky and the...
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    To those who use leveling casters-- That's...

    To those who use leveling casters--

    That's the first I've seen of this type of product. Very cool. Cupla questions: do you use the caster to simply take up the slack if the machine wobbles, or...
  21. Lemmee get this straight... you're going to be...

    Lemmee get this straight... you're going to be climbing up this thing in various positions, using foot/hand holds held on by T-nuts imbedded in that plywood? Meaning all your body weight will be...
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    Trey, I have a little Delta 9" bandsaw that was...

    Trey, I have a little Delta 9" bandsaw that was given to me years ago. Poor thing was very underpowered, but it *did* allow me to make my very first wood project created from "scratch" ... taking a...
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    Jeff, I've played with hand-cut dovetails, and...

    Jeff, I've played with hand-cut dovetails, and had a whole drawer full of practice joints before getting to where they looked half decent. Sure, I can do them, but I don't have the time to practice...
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    Yeah, I read that review. Good info, but it dates...

    Yeah, I read that review. Good info, but it dates back to 2003. Laguna now uses Baldor motors, according to their web site.

    Tough to make comparisons without seeing the various saws in person,...
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    Yabbut, if the info contained is outdated, it's...

    Yabbut, if the info contained is outdated, it's not good info. I have no problem spending cash to research a large purchase, just didn't want to throw the money away. Things change over the course of...
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