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Jim:

Great point on pressure treated 2x4s at the bottom of the plywood. I will do that for sure. As an aside, thanks for your thread on your build as I've enjoyed living it vicariously.

I...

Thanks, Maurice. I hope the Lord keeps your dad around a long time.

Yes. The interior face of the block is straight. But difficult to hang things from. ;)

Interesting. But you used the Z's to hold only the insulation?

Being medically retired (NET cancer, stage 4), my hobby has become my go-to activity when I have the energy for it.

One nice thing about living here in Texas is that the property taxes on our home...

I use schedule 40 PVC pipe - 10 feet of 4" diameter. I cobbled up a support box of scrap plywood that sits under it and does two things:

o Angles the pipe down to the drain hole in one end
o...

I don't know about the Sawstop legs and the Incra rails. I didn't try it since the extra expense (as I remember it) for the Incra feet was pretty minimal (maybe $65?).

ChrisA is absolutely right...

I put on an Incra LSTS on my Sawstop about 18 months ago. My only regret is that I didn't do it years and years ago.

I used to have to batch parts together and cut everything that was the same...

Thank you, Paul. I haven't tried the matchfit clamps. Will have to do so.

The short answer on 8020 and Festool clamps is 'yes'. I just built a new workbench with 8020 sides (these are series 1530, meaning they are 1.5" thick and 3" wide) and a 2" thick hard maple frame. ...

I have a (probably not very popular) opinion on Bessey K-clamps - I hate mine. Unfortunately, they were the clamps that I bought when first getting back into the hobby and I have around a dozen of...

Thanks again, Rich.

I called Valspar customer service. They very strongly recommended against using the exterior product indoors. But they did give me a lead on an interior product (owned by the...

I checked my samples and have discarded the idea of putting poly on top of the stain. It fish-eyes. So your hunch is probably right about that. I will take your suggestion and call Valspar...

I need to draw on the Forum's experience and see if I'm about to make a mistake. Thanks in advance for your help.

When we bought this house, it was a spec house. The builder didn't put a single...

The smallest cut I've done on it was about 1/32" Don't know if that answers your question, but I haven't seen any roller marks yet.

Quick update after 3 months of use with the new SB planer:

I've run several species through it with excellent results so far - white oak, red oak, hard maple and eastern white pine. The surface I...

Thank you, everyone. I very much appreciate the different viewpoints. I knew I could count on this forum for some insight.

Thanks again.

Folks:

I've made a lot of cabinets, but never one where I'm planning to put a 2' x 6' slab of 1" thick granite on top of it as a countertop.

My default plan is be to make this as a normal...

Now I'm REALLY glad I bought when I did. Sometimes being impulsive pays off, I guess. ;)

Great it is, indeed. ;)

As written below by someone else, the variable drive motor. I should note that it was only about an $800 difference when I bought it. Grizzly went up $200 after I ordered, but before it came in...

Insert heads in a spiral pattern.

My guess is that the factory built it on one pallet and then placed the palletized machine on another, larger pallet that they could then enclose in a box for shipping. The result was a bit of a...

I've had a DeWalt 735 13" planer for about 10 years now. It has been a real champ and I've built some pretty heavy-duty projects with it over the years. Having medically retired two years ago, I've...

Ben:

Thank you. And I should have said 'thank you' for the work you did on this. You saved me money and I appreciate it!

Rucker