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Don't know whether Jimmy is a farm boy or not, but I am. I've lived on farms for nearly 70 years, and used and built a number of barns and other...

Never move a Dovetail way jointer by the ends of the table. Especially lifting If the tables are flat and well aligned you want to do everything to...

Also removing the impeller will save about 2 amps, less likely to trip the internal breaker.

Brad I would highly recommend a pellet stove. Even the smallest wood stove is going to be to large for that space. I heat my house with wood in...

Here in Pennsylvania we use a slanted leg vise. This solves the problem of holding a board vertical in the vise.

I am not a cabinet shop and don’t push myself to work “fast” anymore and that would probably take me 1.5-2 days if I already had the material in the...

Best 2 dollars you'll ever spend Rob. Mine spends more time on my head then off these days.

I have one of those exact machines. It was in excellent condition from the orig owner when I bought it some 10 years ago. Based on its age, I...

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Sold pending payment.

I pulled the fan and noted no difference in sound levels. Perhaps a little less efficient dust collection when hooked up to my Oneida mini-gorilla. ...

Realistically, a week and a half. I'm including time for the lumberyard trip, making flat and straight 4s4 stock from roughsawn lumber, setting up...

Mines gone, and I've swapped to top ejection. I don't know if it helps with the noise, but I haven't had to reset the overload switch in a while.

There have been several reports of the motor overheating on Dewalt 735 machines where the user has removed the impeller fan.

I will try checking that out, thanks!

I like that LV ball valve with WH ends. If I had seen those before I set this system up, I may have gone that way. I was thinking I would have...

An example of doing it production style.

+1 With a long board running through it there is enough leverage to cause some sliding/twisting, which you definitely do not want.

I have a CU300 combo machine, which includes the J/P combo. Then not too long ago picked up a Dewalt 735 - I happen to have a shelf at the end of...

Thanks Curt. I've changed my mind and will go ahead and bolt it down.

I am going on 81 and have a 1/3 acre to mow, I just hop on my John Deere Zero turn and get it done.

One thing I've read - don't have and never used a DeWalt 735 - is, if you're using good dust/chip collection, remove the impeller on the integral...

If it still available i'll take it.

There’s a high-end commercial joinery place here in Austin that only uses their 12” J/P for jointing. I think they have a dedicated 20” planer. Not...

This ^^^ In the normal world, I would ask a LOT of questions of a prospective owner, since the C26 is such a tiny machine, but for $500, you can’t...

Whether the thicknessing surface results are better or not will depend upon that specific machine setup. IMHO, the thicknessing is the "money shot"...

I was going to say a long day’s machining and assembly work assuming no stock lamination, assuming batch processing all the parts, assuming using a...

Is there a down side to bolting it down? That planer is heavy enough that getting it out of say a cabinet to use then putting it back would get old...

Hmmm.. For doing dovetails