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    Gloat (X2)

    Quite a week here in the shop: added a Grizzly G0568 24" 5 HP BS and a SawStop 5 HP TS (with..... drum roll.... Incra's new LS fence; the black/gold combination really does draw the bling-bling comments!). It was a lot of fun to waltz the stuff in on the fork lift and uncrate it , and a pain in the neck to fiddle around with the wiring and my Rube-Goldbergian DC connections . However, the boys are in and spinning, and the LOML stopped counting my fingers every night. So far so good, but I've noticed an unhealthy urge to keep applying Topsaver several times a day and buffing those spotless tables.....
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    Congrats, David!
    Enjoy your new tools.

    Christian
    "On Wednesday, when the sky is blue,
    And I have nothing else to do,
    I sometimes wonder if it's true
    That who is what and what is who."


    (A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh)

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    Nice! I have the 21" version of that bandsaw.
    Have fun with your new tools
    T

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    The Saw Stop is really a well built machine, IMO. I esecially like some of the features, like the riving knife and how it is easily removed/replaced.

    I got to inspect one that was open, next to a PowerMatic table saw, and there was a noticable difference in the machines, the better constructed and designed machine going to the Saw Stop.

    Congrats on your new machines, quite a pair you got there.
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    Life is about what your doing today, not what you did yesterday! Seize the day before it sneaks up and seizes you!

    Alan - http://www.traditionaltoolworks.com:8080/roller/aland/

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    Excellent double-gloat! Both are great tools. Congratulations.
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...

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    Wow. A serious double gloat! I want that fence!! It would'nt look as pretty on my saw, but I still want it.
    Cheers,
    Bob

    I measure three times and still mess it up.

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    congrats on the new equipment. what type of work do you have planned for them?

    lou

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    Tim, how do you like the 21" BS? I am hopeing to get that one this winter when I move in to my new shop.

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    Congrats on the new toy's(tools). I like that black and gold combo.

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    Lou, we build small boats here, as well as some efforts at producing a kit boat. Previous BS was a Griz 14" that just was too little for what we expected of it; the TS was Griz 1023SL. Nice TS, but the SawStop sang a siren song. Query: how many guys have seen the hotdog demo in person? I went to the last two IWFs, and you could find me at their booth at just about every demo (hourly, I think; don't remember how much extra walking that must have cost me, but then most IWFs go by in a daze of lust/wonder for me.

    David

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    Congrats David. I saw a hotdog demo once and the sound of the Sawstop engaging made the whole crowd jump! The Sawstop is no replacement for good safety habits. If the Sawstop had been around along time ago we might have had more shop teachers with all their digits in place. The bandsaw will remove digits just as fast as a table saw. Have fun and work safe.

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    Wow! Congrats, great equpment!

    Corey

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