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I know I'm 6 years late coming to this thread, and I briefly scanned the past posts, but I'm wondering if the easiest solution would be to have a thin cable that is in the gantry that when it burns,...

Thanks for all the great suggestions. Two items suggested which would make great sense since they are used infrequently are our mortising machine and scrollsaw. :)

I'm a member of a makerspace (picture shared workshop where we have a woodshop, metalworking, laser cutters, 3d printers, cat surgery stations, etc.) One of our members build a nice flip cart that...

Oh. no. The kinds with barbs. I get your point, I've used those you describe with 80/20 aluminum extrusion stock.

Good points. I already have a bunch of 3/8 t-nuts, but if some tear out I can drill out and get 1/2 inch fine thread, which makes sense. Plus, half inch would be easier to notch and weld to the end...

True on the debris, but I think a quick blower would take care of that. Having not really used dogs or hold fasts down that much, I'm designing from a perspective of ignorance. Most times I've...

True, if just a threaded rod, though I was going to make a through-hole knob to tighten it down to the table to prevent the TR from rotating when attaching stuff to it (in theory). Not even sure if...

Good point on the compression weakness. I don't see having any compression that could push them out, but it's a good point. Threaded inserts are an option as well.

Also, unrelated to this...

I was thinking about building a MFT style table, but I don't really want to have to worry about using dogs and hold down fasts (none of which I currently have), and was thinking about making a...

Darcy, forgive my ignorance here, but is that just a start circuit that triggers it on (as I suspect)? It's not the whole current for the DC going through the parallel start switches is it?

Yes, this is a good solution for many, though the 220 machines (as I understand it) don't work as well as you need the sensor on only one leg. It would have to be tied to an a gate system as well to...

Magnetic switch is what they call it on their site. I have a 12 volt system now, but I can jigger it to server whatever I need, I just don't have access to the machine to look at the actual wiring. ...

Yes, my contactor is of the 120v variety (which can drive 240 from 120). My old setup is simply a 12 volt input that drives a simple 30 amp SS relay, not much to show. Here's the ckt diagram of the...

Thanks Jim, excellent explanation. Not having the dust collector in front of me to evaluate, it makes the purchase decision tricky. The online chat isn't much help in that area. My biggest concern...

I hope this is in the right forum.... here goes.

My makerspace is looking at a Grizzly 3hp dust collector that runs on single phase 220 volt controlled with a magnetic switch along with a remote...

Interesting -- didn't know that. I'll need to ask next time I'm there. I know HD and L both have dust collection on their saws, but I'll ask.

when I say 1x4 mdf, they're actually 3/4" thick. Yeah, I hear you on the labor side. I would probably have it ripped into thirds (32") at the shop, then in half (16") on the saw, then do 3.5" rips.

Yeah, that was about what I thought too. I'll just make my own with the tablesaw

Hello. I am considering making a torsion workbench and was eyeing the 1x4 mdf boards at the box stores for their consistency in width. I could rip them on my t-saw, but I figured the 1x4's would be...