After reading Stephens post where he mentioned gluing both faces of the laminated legs, it got me thinking. I generally avoid that and feel gluing one surface is plenty. I think if I was gluing up a mallet, I might go that extra mile but I'm more of a glue one surface guy. Prove me wrong and I'll...
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Last Post By: Frank Pratt Today, 11:57 AMThey hold extremely well, even with unbalanced blanks and large blanks, even when cutting aggressively. They do hold on end grain but I don’t know what
John K Jordan Today, 3:52 PM+1. And the bigger the motor, the slower the heat dissipates. We run a lot of 400Hp motors and programmatically limit them to 3 starts/hr; 150Hp ::
Malcolm McLeod Today, 3:31 PMNo efficiency gains; resistance is resistance in either direction. Switching at the wall is easiest for 1 motor, but many industrial motor arrays are
Malcolm McLeod Today, 3:24 PMThomas- Thanks for the thoughts, that is about how I how I set it up . I've got a precise straight edge to get the fence correct and then used my square
The reason there's a recommendation on the number of starts of a motor is that there's a high starting current through the motor. This generates heat
Mike Henderson Today, 3:11 PM
Dust Collector recommendations
Thread Starter: Michael RutmanOh boy, reading the archives I can see this is not a simple question, which makes me feel good because I am completely lost. I have never owned a dust collector mostly due to inability to figure out what I need, and that needs to change. So, let me go over my shop, my needs, and then beg for...
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