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  1. Ha. That is excellent advice. For years, I had a...

    Ha. That is excellent advice. For years, I had a lunchbox planer, an early Delta version bought new in 1993. It produced a wonderful surface and might have gone on forever. But eventually, I could no...
  2. I second the recommendation to check out the...

    I second the recommendation to check out the forum at vacupress.com. It's not very active day to day but there are thousands of posts archived over the years covering almost every topic in this...
  3. OP here: Thanks, everyone, for your replies....

    OP here: Thanks, everyone, for your replies. Overall, I found them encouraging with respect to the viability of a shop in such a setting. Additional inputs welcome and appreciated.
  4. I have this Tenryu combo blade, which is a 12...

    I have this Tenryu combo blade, which is a 12 in/300 mm blade, on my K3. It's pretty good and only $90 on Amazon, pre-bored for Hammer/Felder. (They make rip and cross variants also, at about the...
  5. Shop noise and neighbors in neighborhoods where homes are close together

    A question for those with experience of having a typical hobbyist garage woodshop where neighbors' homes are very close either side--say 5 to 15 feet between exterior walls--how much of an issue has...
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    A local news outlet has the story on why the...

    A local news outlet has the story on why the Cambridge location is closing: Rockler has concluded the store is physically too small and limited in accessibility (a reference, I assume, to it lacking...
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    That's sad news for us area woodworkers and the...

    That's sad news for us area woodworkers and the staff. I can remember going in there for the first time c. 1985, and spent a lot of happy hours and some money there over the years. Even nowadays,...
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    The short answer to these two questions is (IMO):...

    The short answer to these two questions is (IMO): No and Yes. The longer answer is, router tables and shapers are cousins with some overlapping capabilities but a shaper is a different machine and...
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    My experience is the same as yours: making a...

    My experience is the same as yours: making a template with fair curves is not as simple as it looks. I've found that a spokeshave is a useful tool for fairing template curves, particularly concave...
  10. I have the DJ-20 alignment document you're...

    I have the DJ-20 alignment document you're seeking, in PDF form. If you PM me your email address, I will send it to you.
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    The top piece -- meaning the flat piece that sits...

    The top piece -- meaning the flat piece that sits on top of the casting and has the cutout for the spindle -- isn't connected to the fence itself. It's just held in place by the bolt with the t...
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    508089On my PM 26, I made permanent fence faces...

    508089On my PM 26, I made permanent fence faces from 18 mm Baltic birch that mate via tongue-and-grooves with a sacrificial insert in between and mount onto the stock PM 26 sub fence. I did this as a...
  13. I agree with the suggestion that the Old...

    I agree with the suggestion that the Old Woodworking Machinery forum classifieds are your best bet for finding an actual OEM PM 60 guard. That said, I think there's a good chance a pork chop guard...
  14. Tage Frid, for me. First and foremost as a...

    Tage Frid, for me. First and foremost as a teacher/author: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking is, IMO, the greatest woodworking how-to book(s) ever published. And I like many of his designs. Another one...
  15. Parkerville Woodproducts is an all-round...

    Parkerville Woodproducts is an all-round fantastic place, well worth consideration for anyone within a reasonable distance of the Hartford area. They have a really excellent selection of hardwoods,...
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    The shop space is looking fantastic, having good...

    The shop space is looking fantastic, having good insulation with proper heat and AC, to boot, will be wonderful, and I'm amazed by the amount of work you've done yourself in such a short period of...
  17. The rays in beech give it a very distinctive...

    The rays in beech give it a very distinctive appearance: gazillions of closely spaced, short darkish dashes in more or less parallel lines that are immediately apparent on the face of the board. If...
  18. FS: Solid surface adhesive dispensing gun

    Like new; used for one project. $30 including four tips (about 1/3rd of price at SolidSurface.com), plus $18 USPS flat rate shipping. Payment by PayPal.504928
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    I use a 10 mm wrench on mine, also, and I believe...

    I use a 10 mm wrench on mine, also, and I believe that is what's intended. To be honest, my wrench is a little loose also, but I chalk that up to it being an ancient inexpensive "Great Neck" tool...
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    I ran into the same issue of how to connect the...

    I ran into the same issue of how to connect the Festool hose end to tools that aren't Festool, and did not have much luck with the set of generic soft plastic adapters that Rockler and others sell,...
  21. They're actually pretty different. The MinWax...

    They're actually pretty different. The MinWax wood filler's strength is filling deep cavities and large volume areas; I was using it today to repair the sizable excavations left behind by removing...
  22. Very nice!

    Very nice!
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    I have sprayed Benjamin Moore Regal interior and...

    I have sprayed Benjamin Moore Regal interior and exterior paint, substantially thinned, through my 5 stage HVLP (which also happens to be an Apollo and probably has similar capability to yours). Not...
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    I used a circular saw, a jig saw and a router bit...

    I used a circular saw, a jig saw and a router bit on a solid surface top for a vanity I just finished: they all worked--and all made a lot of mess. Of the three, I'd probably lean toward the router,...
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    Even with my dirt simple...

    Even with my dirt simple nothing-to-write-home-about dust collection (old school 1.5 HP single stage collector and flex hose with a tight 180 degree bend in between), the DJ20 doesn't get jammed up...
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