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We both have iPhone 11’s, and no longer have a home phone.

I have a case for the phone that has a cover that closes over the front to protect the screen, it also has slots for cards, I keep my...

I have a couple of Lee Valley tapes and a couple of Felder tapes, both are good….Regards, Rod

Bridle and box joints are both rip functions as you are pulling long grain fibres out of the wood. Dovetails are also rip functions when sawing.

To visualize this, imagine a board as a bundle of...

Reset the breaker in your distribution panel, it’s possible it is tripped also…Rod

Len, go to the off position, then the on position……Regards, Rod

It sounds like lack of internet bandwidth, video plays fine for me…..Rod

Thanks Mark, I was back to using the saw either the next day, or day after.

The cat was at our house temporarily, he is now at my daughter’s home permanently.

My fingers are doing great, my...

That’s good to hear.

A couple of years ago I was driving down my street and noticed something in the grass at the curb.

On the way home I stopped, sure enough it was a 4 wheel stock feeder,...

Haha, very good Alan, as one of my friends says everytime he comes over “ so many cats, so few good recipes”

The fingers are doing well, almost as good as new……Regards, Rod.

Thanks Mel, my daughter is a nurse, as I was on the bed in the hospital with the surgeon looking at the x rays and my hand, my phone rings.

Daughter “Dad, get the doctor to take some really good...

Warren, after 49 years accident free, last August I amputated the ends of two fingers saving my daughter’s cat.

I agree 100% that training is extremely important, however unplanned occurrences do...

We had one in the showroom in Toronto, works exactly as shown in the video, I demonstrated it several times to customers.

It’s completely underwhelming, a muffled thump noise and the 16” blade is...

Haha, agree about RPN calculators, still using my HP11C.

I’m writing this on an iPad, which has an HP15 emulator on it, I simply cannot use an algebraic calculator.

On the metric/Imperial part,...

The metric system does have metres, centimetres and millimeters.

The trick is to start using it, and use metric design methods. If a 2” wide leg is pleasant to look at, so is a 50mm leg.

Use...

I don’t think it would permanently warp however the force from the feeder may deform the top when it’s feeding a piece of stock if you use too much pressure on the feeder….Regards, Rod

Make a wood jig to allow the dial indicator to slide in the table groove, make it snug….Regards, Rod

That’s simply because you haven’t tried.

You had no idea what 4” looked liked until you taught yourself…..Rod

True Mike, my father would be 102…….Regards, Rod

Erik, most torque values are for clean, dry threads, that’s extremely important, as it guarantees a known frictional value.

Lubricating threads with anti-seize compound results in drastically over...

That works great until regions differ in when they adopt DST.

In addition to the good advice given above, keep a disconnect switch on the saw wired to the input of the VFD.

It greatly improves your safety when making adjustments or blade changes…..Regards,...

Very sorry to hear that Paul.

Dogs become such a part of our lives, and leave such holes when they leave………..Regards, Rod

Absolutely agree Jim, anything larger and I get out a real drill that plugs in……Regards, Rod

Haha, here’s a better one

I was out at a customer location with a report that the large planer wouldn’t feed well.

Inspected the planer, found two full length grooves in the table with the cast...

Stick with it Martin, a SawStop would be my second choice for a saw.

I had a General 650 saw previously, regards Rod