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The 1281 square is used every day.

I had one come crawling out of my completed office desk. Left a nice cone shaped pile of saw dust. I poured hot fresh 2 part epoxy down the hole. He hasn’t been back.

To the poster that asked about why gun drills drill a straight hole. A gun drill has only one cutting edge as opposed to a twist drill, spade, etc that has two. It is impossible to get the two...

I don’t know about other brands but the Festool TS55 will absolutely produce a jointed edge as good as any jointer. FYI I own but don’t use an American made Powermattic jointer and a LN bevel up...

Check eBay under wedding tent. I bought one for this purpose and it worked great. The best part was that a 10 x 10 tent was about $35 shipped. They have windows so you get some light through them....

I have had excellent results using lacquer thinner to remove oil. Most recently I used it on an English shotgun made in the 1870s. The wood was almost black. After the thinner and a heat gun I found...

I am going to offer my $0.02 worth here. I recently completed a major remodel of my house and changed out all the the yellow oak to mahogany. I started out with the usual table saw, miter saw,...

Another option would be to "rust finish" them. Spray everything with muriatic acid and allow to sit overnight. Repeat until you get a uniform rust over everything. This will take several...

If you are really sick of it then I recommend "rust blueing " the surface. Wipe with lacquer thinner or other oil remover. Wipe with muriatic acid. Let sit and allow to rust over night. Knock the...

They break, keep a spare.

Bill

Hmmm I have the small (1.5 hp)shop fox shaper with extension table. I made over 50 doors and drawer fronts for my house with it. I never wished for more power, or a better fence. I used a lot of...

I have used the RO 150 extensively for just what you are wanting to do. It works great, and I also own a 24" drum sander. Latest project was mesquite.

Get the hard pad and use in "Rotex Mode"....

I use a lot of mesquite. I use West System Epoxy. I would advise against filling the voids full in one application. You will get bubbles that prevent a fine finish.

To help with the bubble issue...

Wow you guys have had much better luck on the warranty than me. I tried to get 3 items repaired under warranty,table saw and two sanders. All were denied. The table saw dated to 2001. They gave me...

Cost. A powered spindle suitable for use a a grinder would be $$$$$$$$$$.

Bill

I owned the Eureka Zone system first, then moved to the Festool Ts55. Absolutely no comparison. No one is addressing the quality of cut issue. On plywood if you have everything setup properly there...

+1 on the WorkSharp

Owning several milling machines with R-8 I can assure you that there are infinitely more options available with the R-8 than with the Jacobs of Morse taper. It is far easier to change attachments...

Hmmm. I guess I will prove my ignorance here. I have that saw and recently finished 18 drawers with all 4 sides cut by hand. These are the only hand cut dovetails I have ever done. My experience...

For breaking down sheet good the best saw is a track saw. I own a SawStop and PM66.

Bill

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If you are planning on welding aluminum you are right on the edge power wise. I have a Lincoln Square Wave 175 and weld a lot of aluminum. I have burned up my air cooled torch and finally fitted a...

Less chance for movement with more "plys".

Bill

Cut quality and dust collection. I build furniture and the cuts are amazing. I used to have to use my miter plane and shooting board on everything now I never use them. I can cross cut 2" walnut and...

I have had one for a couple of years and agree with the conclusions from Rod and Jim. I use mine for furniture making not framing. With every other saw I would leave the cut a little long and head...