brent stanley
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If you're going through the effort, I would be inclined to try and have vertical as indicated on the machine be in fact vertical whether by adjusting...

What you're looking for is a way to "tram" the head. It's something commonly done on machines like vertical milling machines etc, to make sure the...

I have settled on the yellow ones too. 15 years ago when I got my first power feeder, the wheels had very little wear so looked great but had...

I really think versatility is your best friend in your first tooling selection. Getting professional quality results with flexible tooling is very...

A good starter set is going to vary a bit by what the person is or will get up to but I'll go out of a limb and say many folks would benefit from the...

Hi Andrew, that combi head is a great option for non-industrial users because it's a fully featured, no compromise combination of two of the most...

Those look like moulder heads and though lots of folks run them on shapers, I strongly suggest MAN rated (low kickback, chip limiting) tooling...

It wouldn't be the choice for thin stock of course, but everything else it works very well for and is safe with good clean results if you know how to...

Yes, that's a beast but probably a 70 year old saw now, at least the design. But even back then they had short fences and riving knives that could...

Exactly, this is common, ordinary and in fact required for ripping in some jurisdictions in Europe I believe. Without a fence there, the wood is...

Haha, small world. His holding system could use a little work, but provides the gist of the fence anyway.

This chap has a fair amount of good spindle moulder content and at around the 5 minute mark you can see a homemade ring fence in action:...

I have seen folks make their own ring fences too. If out of thicker ply it would be easy to make it stiffer than what you showed.

Hi John, here is a sample I got for consideration. Haven't played with it much, but it's really neat stuff! The dots are actually less visible in...

I have a 480 and it's just been bombproof....I've never done anything to it and has well respected made in North America build quality. The 8" may...

It's not very often you'll benefit much from a feed rate greater than 66FPM so I wouldn't let that discourage you.

I will, but I'm in a long line after other contractors that need to do their thing, so might not happen for a year, but I will certainly post pics of...

It's really good to have options that will all give top tier results (in good hands) but very different price points in exchange for some...