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Interesting that your gauge has no play. Mine was unuseable. I should have taken some dial indicator readings before and after the fixes were applied to show how much the play was reduced. I can...

I can measure a bit of flow using a Testo hot wire anemometer at closed blast gates even when another gate is fully open. This appears to be the largest source of leakage for my system. Nordfab...

The SawStop miter gauge is widely maligned as unworthy compared to the accuracy and safety of the SawStop system as a whole. I did a few simple things to upgrade the gauge to a very functional...

I am an advocate for minimizing airborne dust. My new dust collection system is great using a 5 hp Oneida Smart Gorilla Pro and a compact central duct system using Nordfab ductwork. I have 9 blast...

To your point, no sissy commercial stair components are to be used. I have a big ole pile of rough-sawn, air-dried white oak that expected to spent the rest of its life as floor boards in horse...

I am down to my last item on the checklist before final inspection for the certificate of occupancy, finishing the stairs and handrail to the upstairs bedroom. I have been cogitating on this since...

Powermatic would be my choice. I have the 6” and wish I had gotten the 8” parallelogram.

My electrician who is also a cabinet maker was able to get the electrical inspector to agree to conventional breakers for the 220 v circuits for stationary power tools. It has certainly made my shop...

I have an Incra Miter Express sled which I have used very little and a JDS Accumiter miter gauge which I have used a lot. The Accumiter has a clamp and a really long bar which alleviate most of the...

Noble Metals on Warehouse Road? My old house was near there. Their operation was really noisy. They woke us up at 5:30 or 6:00.

Hi Alan,

The brushes would be the difference I think. My guard was resting directly on the table. I think the brushes must let more air into the guard raising the pressure and reducing the lift....

Same as you I think, Oneida Dust Gorilla Pro with Smart Boost, 5hp. It may be a difference in plumbing. My wye for the table saw comes straight up through the floor into the floating guard with the...

I bought the floating guard with the initial SawStop purchase but the standard guard came with the saw too. I have intended to try the standard for comparison but haven’t yet. The smaller area of...

Yes. Either of these would reduce the suction and the air flow through the guard as would the things I mentioned. The point really is that dust collection gurus have advocated for more and more air...

I am still discovering little things that aren’t in the SawStop Floating Overarm Guard manual. Today’s lesson is that the suction from a strong dust collector through the guard can lift the insert...

There are some other dimensional differences. Blastgate’a standard center line radius for their elbows is 1.5 times the diameter of the pipe. Nordfab’s CLR is 1 times the diameter. Nordfab sells...

I have done this too. It was some really warped new oak strip flooring.

One of the handy things about pipe clamps is that the you can use a pipe coupling to make a clamp of any length. I have a coupling on the end of each pipe to keep the coupling handy and to protect...

Hi Kellyn,

Welcome to Sawmill Creek. I like your design. I has sound joinery and clean lines.

You may be able to adapt invisible door hinges from Soss for your application. Lining them up...

She already has such a keyboard. That is not the point. She wants her own childhood for her child. I will provide it if I can.

My granddaughter wants to take piano lessons. Her mother, my daughter, a truly wonderful pianist, wants to make it happen. She is shopping for a Yamaha U3AR like she played. I am engineering how to...

Tomorrow is a big day in the Pyrenees at Peyragudes. Could decide the winner.

Is the motivation to raise the table saw so that a workpiece on the table saw will pass over the jointer fence? If so, the choices are to raise the table saw or lower the jointer. For me (5’8”),...

I like the depth and lateral adjustment of the No. 5. Varying the depth is particularly useful to me. I am by no means an expert at hand planes.

Watching poison ivy wither and die after I spray it with RoundUp.