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A friend loaned me "Home Recording Studio Build it Like the Pros" by Rod Gervais and it's the best info I've found. Only a small portion of the book is relevant but it's worth reading. The author is...

Replaced the outfeed roller and it's back to normal again. Was dreading taking the whole machine apart but it only took 30 minutes. Helped that the cutterhead bearing came out pretty easily.

I'm...

I got more curious about this and found this. As usual on forums, there is some disagreement...

12 gauge is rated for 20 amps. I'm not an electrician but I believe it is best practice to size circuits for power tools as if they are "continuous loads". That is, the circuit should be rated for...

Thanks, Bill and Bradley. I did try all the regular stuff several times but it's eluding me. No pressure roller or bed rollers to mess with. Bed rollers would probably solve it but it's worked fine...

I have a Jet Jointer/Planer JJP-12 that won't feed consistently. It'll be working fine one minute then will be sticky the next. Sometimes it stalls with the rollers still spinning, sometimes the...

Santos Mahogany (Myroxylon balsamum ) has a very long lasting smell, like cinnamon and cloves. I sucked up some dust with my shop-vac and it perfumed the shop for months every time I turned it on.
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I have the same problem but it has never bugged me enough to fix it. Also, my T-12 fixtures interfered with my air cleaner remote. Someone told me that adding "ferrites" to wires might prevent that....

Yep. Celebrating the first day of spring with wind and hail. Summer's only 4 and a half months away.... if we get it this year.

If it's dry wood and has acclimated to your shop, it's probably case hardening from kiln drying. If that's the case, it will not flatten out. If you force it by wetting the convex side, it will just...

Mike, spiraling as I understand it is simply the tendency of a tree to rotate as it grows. One reason I want to believe that explanation above is because you can really see it in the bark of some...

As Jamie says, "African Mahogany" is not a tree or a wood but a trade name. Khaya is probably the most likely wood sold as African Mahogany and the most aptly named as it grows in Africa and is in...

If wood is wet (contains bound water because it has not been kiln or air dried) , you want to control how fast you dry it. Drying too fast can cause splits and case hardening.

As you said, it's only a problem if is not yet dry.

You may however want to move it into your shop well in advance of working with it in order for it to equilibrate to a more reasonable...

It depends which "African Mahogany" you are talking about. I've seen Khaya and Sapele and a few other things sold as "African Mahogany" and about the only thing in common between the species is the...

I have the JJP-12 with HH. If you are looking to save space and money, it's a great way to go. If you are looking for something solid and precise, I would not recommend it. The jointer tables are...

I've found that lowering the table rollers completely below the table will often get rid of snipe. No negative consequences except that sometimes you have to push rough, twisted lumber through for...

I can't see any good reason why that should happen. Sounds like the blades are slipping and the arbor is spinning inside them. That should be noticeable right away when sawing. I would put some more...

Epoxy can have a mind of it's own. Manufacturers recommendations are usually pretty conservative for clamp time but it's so dependent on temp and mixing that the only way to really know is to glue up...

Sure sounds like the arbor is twisting as the blade gets raised/lowered. I would take a close look at the lift mechanism and see if there is something besides poor machining that is causing the...

Skillsaw is a terrible choice here. The obvious tool is a chainsaw. :rolleyes:

Pure speculation on my part but I can't imagine that it would help. My concern would be that you are adding enough resistance to the vacuum that the suction will be reduced and and you will pick up...

My old one had odd pieces of metal glued inside the drum for balancing. Washers, etc. Seemed like they used anything that was laying around. See if there's a blob of silicone inside the drum with...

It used to be that you couldn't go wrong with Porter Cable. I have an old one that has been dropped repeatedly and seen many hundreds of hours of use over 20 years without a problem. Can't vouch for...

I agree that it's a huge improvement to own tools that are designed from the ground up with dust collection in mind but most tools that are poorly designed (which is to say, most tools) can be...