mark ahlenius
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Hi all, I wanted to give a quick update (and thanks for all the suggestions) to this post on the resolution. I did end up taking the fence to a...

Years ago I was working near Wilmington North Carolina for months and was lucky to find a local restaurant that had the best pork BBQ and Brunswick...

There are two machines that impress me the most of all that exist. A laser Engraver and a CNC Router both seem to have endless capability and I have...

Thanks Cameron. I’ll see if I need to go down this path. Right now I’d rather not lose another ~1/2 inch of my jointer width. But this is far...

Thanks Maurice. Quite an involved repair but worth it in the end.

Thanks Ken, will look around and see how much this will cost me. mark

Hi John, yes I did check that just using my 24 inch level. All appears good throughout the fence region. How would you face join the added fence...

Ok I went down to the shop this afternoon first made sure that all 3 knives are set to the correct height of the outfeed table and they were. Then I...

Thanks all for the replies. Will let you know how I resolve this. best ’mark

It's hard to believe what you can do these days with a beam of light :)

Richard, The digital measurement was my 2nd approach to determining if the table is out of kilter. The first method was that when I have the infeed...

Very Cool Stan.

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Your technique is basically the same that I use to make my Christmas ornaments. When I order engravers plastic I get adhesive backed plastic for the...

If you decide not to sell the drill you can put some paste wax on the battery case then wipe off the excess. I do this frequently to both the 12 and...

Solid surface material is great for exterior service, just about any type of spray paint works and you can machine keyholes in the back of each...

Hi All, I just got the PEC 4” double square tonite from Amazon. And this unit is the most accurate of the bunch. I do see a shimmer of light...

The results are outstanding Grant!

Thanks Derek, that would be acceptable for a square that I've owned for sometime, but to me, its not acceptable that I'd have to "tune" a brand new...

Hey Derek wondering how old your Starrett’s are? I heard from another ww that Starrett’s quality has really gone down. I have a Starrett 6”...

THanks Jimmy, well the original Lee Valley Double square (~$51.00) was made in the USA. This square was off more when the sliding part was at one...

yeah agreed, was doing a quick and dirty test. When all of my existing squared lined up perfectly to one another and the new Double Starrett did...