Warren Lake
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dont have a go to, depends on the style of the furniture. A butt hinge will stay aligned better than a euro hinge over time.

stated what patrick said many times simple left over scrap and the end results are often 98 percent as good. Buy machines from old guys you often...

I had two makita batteries pack it in earlier than I thought but maybe they got cold. The makita worked fine otherwise. I bought milwaukee as I have...

just what Keven said did the metal to bang on square to the table machined mahogany all good weeks later not the same Jointed on one jointer...

hard to run a heavy fence across a jointer and keep it square to the jointer fence. The SCM fences are good built like a tank but think they...

post here past says that burns or wears capacitors if runing on a roto, not a thing id want. Ive never had to replace any so far. Who...

richard made a good point I have two Invincible combos. Wiring on one was toast and new switches SCM was know past like 60 years ago for some bad...

type of work always has a relation to the machines. If you do custom you will get lots of variety and need to be able to do more. I can think of past...

wont fit my combo as there is a mortiser one end and saw blade other end of the shaft

Chain side of the Robinson will cut a mortise faster than either mentioned. At 1,800 lbs you better have strong walls. Maka as fast or faster and...

never thought to ask the old guys but seen one or two that know their stuff on shapers have a knife set back and say it still does hogging even if...

Lou I only had a General 8" jointer from 81 till I got a larger machine and it never stopped me. If you build furniture that size will cover it. In...

Never ever stack boards on the ground but you will see some do. Ive never left the ends on always cut off and dropped on the floor to look for...

where was the material stored.

ive used a major companies paper for many years some in low production work. Noticed it didn't last as long didn't like a change in paper either....

"With straight knives the diameter of the head changes each time you sharpen the knives or even remove and reinstall. Thus a need to adjust the...

if you want to do a spring joint and many do the outfeed moves. I can a whole job 10k whatever knives dont change, How many jobs can a hobby guy do?

mennonites use horses around here or close by. have straight on my jointers and planers and been fine over 40 years on them Id like Tersa for the...

just used that same saw onsite at the customers place. It weighs as much as my electric razor. Cut poor so I took a few of my cabinet saw blades. ...

my saturn cost 2k, five years later and 76,000 kilos with tires and brakes and stabilizer links I have 3k into it. Gas averages 38 MPG canadian...

doug I use baltic birch off cuts and just make what is needed at the time. Some of them have run many 100's of parts on low production runs. Some...

I am more skilled than some here ive read long enough to know and recognize the ones that have time on machines. I have a lot of time with routers ...

like doug I make me own stuff and dont support gizmo inventors. Some of them have degradded the trade like Pocket holes. look a photo below of...

Chuck Norris does not need a steam bender he just uses his hands.

thanks Alex thats good logic ill ask the retired guy when I see him sure he has them there as well. Custom car builder called today as I had...

the old guy said sometimes he just had to stop the work and clean. Im not like him that way, I turn into off the map pig pen and the work still stays...

up to 4:00 Am making more storage cabinets and shelves, will be six more cabinets and 50 more shelves. already have likely 50 cabinets wall mounted...

incredibly sad thing. I worked till five that night and got a call from another shop to get up and put the TV on. We live in a world where 2 and...

my sheep dog used to like Lettuce, I asked her if she was a long haired guinea pig. She also stole my spaghetti once, think she had a well rounded...

same as Tom, have some number of Senco stuff I bought before they did the usual leave for offshore. Last two I bought same model are so old they...