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I have an MM116. Great machine. Pretty sure I bought it in 2011, maybe 2010. It has 4.8hp and 16" resaw, which it eats through with ease. While it's rare to need the whole 16", having it makes 12-13"...

Yes, first by hand. Add more technology. Take your time to be very confident with layout and marking, then get a Festool Domino or Domino XL. Don't hurry early steps.

Thanks very much, Joe and Don. I really appreciate your input and the time to reply. I had very similar thoughts about this, but virtually no experience in this field to base them on. At this point,...

So, I have checked with the guy I'm helping with this, and yes, he has already run his ideas by the inspector. It's a very small town, and he has worked with the inspector a lot in the past. He also...

Thanks Joe. I will check with them about the permitting requirements.

As for setting the bulbs back far enough, if the box were 8" across with bulbs centered, would that work (given sign white...

I recently donated some work for a local community health center. I built some counters and a cabinet along with a sign that also serves as a partition (pics below). I only did the initial sketches...

I'm with Parshun on this... with one condition met. Don't attempt it if you are a novice. It takes a good sense of control over the workpiece and a strong knowledge of your Tsaw. In an earlier post I...

The video reminds me of a very helpful comment from Gary Rogowski on one of his instructional videos. He says you will become more adept on your power tools/machines if you first gain skill in using...

Ian,

Thanks for the reply. Sure, I've read the Bill Pentz site and most of his posts here. He gets a lot of the credit for me cleaning up my shop, which really happened in two phases. When I first...

As always, thanks for all the information I gathered reading archives as I decided on a new DC system. It came down to a very close choice between Clearvue and Oneida, both of which seem to make...

Yeah, with the molding already on I'd recommend the drill press, and you'll need to make a cradle jig of sorts to hold the leg perpendicular to the bit. Then, use a fence and a stop for...

Mike, Ben,

I think you're both right. If another case were brought with some of the details changed a manufacturer could be held liable for making an improvement. Maybe, it opens them to not...

Steve,

Maybe what I wrote was unclear, but it truly is the opposite of collectivism and far from what I understand as social planning. And I am very much against the idea that Sawstop should be...

Excellent point, Neil. This is a classic example of market failure (externalities being a type of failure). Any economist would agree that a perfectly free market only works on a chalkboard. In the...

Thanks Ken, for sharing the story as a reminder. I hope your recovery goes well.

It could happen to any of us. I was talking to my wife about working when you're really too tired to work just...

That $55 figure was not about retrofit. It was an estimate for adding flesh sensing to future job site saws designs. It's from the FWW email exchange with Sawstop's Stephen Gass. I'm still not sold...

That's a great point. SawStop should not benefit materially from any change in safety reg.s. According to the FWW pieces I've see there are multiple systems being considered. One of the earlier...

From what I saw in FWW that is the standard the CPSC is working towards. Like I said it's not an exact quote, and the manufacturers are all still trying to get the best deal they can. It's an...

Great discussion here. If you haven't seen FWW's piece today on this, check it out. An email exchange with Steve Gass of Sawstop. He and the FWW writer say, in part (this is just me paraphrasing what...

Thanks Rye and Mike. Great information. I hadn't heard of the Oneway gauges, but I just went to their site and it seems like a good addition to the shop.

On the lifting question, I went to SCM's...

A few months ago I got a new bandsaw, an MM16, and I got great advice here on everything from selecting the machine to unloading and setup. Now, the next beast is on its way. A Minimax FS35 J/P is...

I've never used the Freud Dial-a-Width, but I have a PM200, and I got the Ridge Carbide Dado Master from Woodpeckers. I'm very pleased with it: nice flat-bottomed clean cuts and good fine adjustments...

Ken,

Sorry, you mean the long, nesting metal guard. That didn't seem like something you would need to mess with. Hard to tell without blades.

Well, that is "notched" or cut away on the spine...

You know, there was no blade guard in the shipment. I don't know if it was an oversight, or maybe they've stopped using it. MiniMax sales and service were great (I worked with Sam and Michael on this...

First of all, thanks to so man of the members here who have provided useful information and advice in these forums. I've read a lot of them, not only in searching for a bandsaw, but for many other...