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When I moved my shop 1500 miles I rented a forklift and built custom pallets to load them on a flat bed semi. Had a forklift on the receiving end. Safer for me and the machines and quicker. Weather...

For what it's worth, I have both the Felder FB510 and the Grizzly G0636X. The Felder WILL NOT tension a 1" band to 25K PSI. It is an excellent band saw for general use, however, with the ceramic...

Anyone have any experience with this item? Just saw it looking at a Woodcraft ad. Seems to me to be really limited with a low rated fan and single electrostatic filter. Could not find any...

Hi John,
Google the Accu-Slice website and videos. The design concept is good but I think the build looks a little flimsy and the price is excessive. Once I get the rest of my parts I will start a...

An update on the saga of resawing with the Felder FB510.
After calculating the spring maximum tension on the FB510 (previous post) I ordered a Laguna 1" RK. The blade indeed cannot be tensioned...

Some further info on the tension ability of the Felder FB510. Measured several blades with a Lenox tension meter and determined that the maximum tension that the spring will develop is about 1100...

Thanks Van, I kinda thought the blade length was not an issue but thought I'd ask since it's very difficult to accurately measure a blade that's already welded for length. The RK is about 1/3 less...

Thanks to all for some insight. Additional info: Here is a photo of 14" wide walnut that I just cut 1/4" thick. The blade is a 1.3T Woodmaster CT. The saw is maxed out on tension (extent to which...

Hi Everyone,
In what I'm sure has been discussed before, I'm interested in the current point of view of the SMC membership. I have a Felder FB510 20" inch bandsaw with ceramic guides that has...

Yes, Dave, the motor issue was on my mind as well.

Hi Larry,
Funny you should post this about the Makita LS1019L today--I just ordered one yesterday to replace my recently sold Festool Kapex. For as long as I had the Kapex I felt it was...

I also have an RL125 in my hobby shop. The shop is 24x32 and I piped it with quite a bit of 6” Norfab ducting for my fixed machines. I get very good performance that improved further by replacing the...

FWIW, I have 10' ceilings in my shop with 5000K T5HO bulbs without excessive glare. The lenses on the vapor proof housings seem to an excellent job with diffusing the light. The LED retrofit bulbs...

Tom, for my shop I used T5HO fixtures with 5000K bulbs which were rated at CRI of at least 85. They also give off about 4500 lumens and are rated up to 60,000 hrs. With vapor proof housings they...

The Sketchup rendering by the OP suggests the exterior would be brick. If so, the opening is best served to be the size of an overhead door so as not to cut/remove brick. Depending upon the climate,...

Looks nice. This past year I built a freestanding workshop, 24' x 32' with 10' walls. I did two things you might wish to consider: depending upon your style of work, windows that extend that far...

I would either replace the jointer plug with an L6-30P or make up an adapter (like a very short extension cord) with an L6-30P at one end and a female 6-20P at the other and a section of 12 wire in...

Erik, I realize you have been of great assistance to Creekers with your substantial industry experience. The original question, however, was about ducting not the reliability or value of the Felder...

Happy with performance, Patrick? No motor overheating or excessive amp draw?

Anyone out there have a Felder RL125 Dust Collector? What size duct are you running? Performance?

I'm leaving the forklift behind--new weight limit for woodworking will be about +/- 1000 lbs, what my tractor will lift.

Dave, i just liquidated most of my metal shop in preparation for a move. That's a slippery slope indeed! We talk about weight of band saws (I, too, have an FB510.) but in the 6 metal-working machines...

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I'm interested in the drawing.

Good quality cutting tools!