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I’ll take the mortise chisels. PM inbound.

This might be a silly question but have you called Supermax? Their customer service and technical support is excellent in my experience. Seems like they could send you a new spider for a few bucks...

Jonathan,

I think the right question is "How much more revenue could I do if I upgraded to a slider?" If the answer is none, then stick with your current setup. If you had two or three kitchen...

Thanks for the replies so far. Lots of good reading and recommendations.

Mark, I was primarily thinking about blending chair parts and shaping curves. I'll take a look at the Shinto rasp.
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There is a ton of info on the web about the more common woodworking hand tools (chisels, planes, saws) but what about rasps and floats? What’s the difference in application? How do these tools fit...

Hi Dan,

This is the best presentation I've seen on ebonizing wood. Les covers each of the 3 ways and shows what to expect.

https://youtu.be/-0E7E6uSPJY

I purchased an item from him in the classified section of SMC and sent him the money via PayPal on 4/16/22. He responded he would ship out the package shortly but never sent me a tracking.

I...

Nailed it!

I'll take it! PM inbound

Great description Derek. As I was taught in the Marine Corps: “Words mean things”

Let me know if you have one you'd like to sell. Thanks!

Personally, I would rather do 2,000 rips on a cabinet saw. Rent a utility trailer, load it with your plywood scrap, rip it at home over several days, then transport it back.

No way I would want...

Grizzly makes up for greater variance in their tool quality with great customer service. I have always had excellent customer service from them regardless of my order total or product line.

I...

This thread is really cool and has so many applications.

Thanks for the info and keep it coming!

I bought my 0623x used from a cabinet shop down the road that was upgrading. It works great. Grizzly put the machine’s budget into the slider mechanism, which works great. The rip fence leaves...

Don’t feed the trolls…

I’ll take it! PM inbound.

I’ll take it if Vince doesn’t want it

I would avoid the cheap digital calipers and go with a quality dial caliper.

Also, you might be able to find good deals on nice (Mitutoyo, Starrett, etc.) used Vernier calipers. Pre-pandemic, I...

As veterans, we aren't entitled to any kind of discount from anyone. But I appreciate the military discounts when I come across them.

I don't understand comments where fellow veterans feel...

Thanks for your shooting plane review on your blog Derek. It helped me make an informed decision. I've done a bunch of end grain shooting on hard maple lately and the LV shooting plane and the...

I agree with the Dillon RL550 recommendations if your primary goal is to load rifle ammo. I use a 650 to load volume 9mm and 300 blk. But for lower volumes and long action cartridges, I would...

Thanks Jared. I didn’t know that was the case.

I think you see quality suffer when a company acquires another and looks to increase margins by cutting corners and/or reduce the price to gain more market share.

I wouldn’t be worried about...

Yep, I would inlay two 5 ft lengths of c channel on the underside with the bolt pattern Mark outlines to account for wood movement. Similar to the strategy used to keep thick live edge table tops...