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Nothing like the first piece off a new machine. Looks great

Thats a nice looking piece of wood Bill. Wouldn't worry to much about any mistakes. The biggest mistake would have been leaving it in the ground.

Pretty nice, my grandmother and inlaws would love one of those. What do you use for the internals?

Its fairly easy, just multiply the volume by the density. That being said, the density of concrete can vary. I would suggest finding the type of concrete your going to use, then try and find the...

I have a T7 and love it. Not completely sure but I thought I read or heard somewhere that the tool rest post was the same on the Jet and Tormek. If you have a woodcraft (or any other place that...

You should enjoy the new OSS and can never have enough clamps.

Stickers can be a pain. I've found that waving my propane torch about 6 inches over the sticker will release the sticker from the...

Mark,

Your idea for a pillow block should work pretty good. If was going to make a live center, I would probably get some 1/2" round steel thats a few inches long, and with it spinning in the...

You can also find these at Lowes and HD

I did a quick search on his name, came up with his website...

stephenhatcher.com

His contact info is listed there.

Clamping shouldn't be a problem, could just use something like this, or make your own...

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=22010&filter=clamp

Since I'm thinking about making something...

That is an impressive piece of wood. How did you come across something that large?

Timely post, I'm getting ready to set up a shop in a new house, nice to come across some good ideas. Did you just bolt it to the existing table?

Can't help you with the type of wood, but since I'm living in southern WV, I would like to know what to keep an eye out for. Definitely would like to see some pics when you get the chance. ...

Very nice, love the wood combo. My mom birthday is around the corner, thanks for the idea.

Just make a pedestal you think you might like to see under it, show the wife, maybe repost for another round of opinions and go from there. Just don't attach the pedestal until your sure you like...

Curtis, set the piece in a vise such that the bearing race is resting on the jaws but the jaws are not tightened on flat stock. Only heat the bearing race with the mapp gas, then drive the flat...

Kyle,

I would most likely make the stiles out of solid stock on the band saw with dados to join the sides/back and possibly dovetail the rails into them on the front. Might consider making the...

Rich,

I also have a small garage and was in need of a MS station. But like you, I needed the floor space and decided on a 'fold down' style bench. I drew up the plans a while ago but didn't get...