Looking for some input. What do you prefer, and why?
Ceramic http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=6542
Cool blocks http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16850
Thanks
Looking for some input. What do you prefer, and why?
Ceramic http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=6542
Cool blocks http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16850
Thanks
Never, under any circumstances, consume a laxative and sleeping pill, on the same night
Aw geez, just search the archives. The topic of alternate guides comes up constantly. A sizeable proportion of the responses are just echoes of stuff other people read, yada yada. Bottom line is if you're looking to run fine blades buried, buy cool blocks, if you're looking to customize your machine, buy whichever appeals to you. Neither option's going to amount to a hill of beans in normal use.
Pete
Soem people even use a oily wood (can;t remember the name right now) as blocks.
I switched from cool blocks to the ceramic a year or two ago...the ceramic don't wear nearly as much as the cool blocks...I'll probably stay with them.
I long for the days when Coke was a cola, and a joint was a bad place to be. (Merle Haggard)
Cool blocks.
Bill
On the other hand, I still have five fingers.
There are threads on here suggesting rock maple or hard wood soaked in Mineral oil and then microwaved.
I went that way to try it, had been using cool blocks.
I like these better and they are cheap. You can bury the whole blade and not worry.
Well Pete made sound a little cranky but I agree with his answer.
OK, I searched. Didn't come up with a definitive answer. But I did find references to using hardwood to make your own. To try it, I made some out of scrap cherry. They work
It seems you can cut them out of hardwood, and soak them in either WD-40 or use mineral oil with a microwave treatment.
Now I have a new question. Why the microwave?
Never, under any circumstances, consume a laxative and sleeping pill, on the same night
I had the idea of using wooden dowels. The upper guides in my bandsaw use blocks and 1/2 inch dowels fit nicely.