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It'd be a project, but you can totally do this with hand planes. It'll help to make a "female" template of the radius so you can check your work across the length of the board.

It might be possible to get a flat surface with some very careful and strategic hand planing. Try and leverage the thicker spots to remove the warpage.

Do a motor swap on your Bridgewood and run a VFD

When using the square jig, keep a small mallet handy. Tap the iron left or right to adjust it in the jig and square the grind up. Don't bother aligning it to the 'square' edge. The tool rest bar has...

Well, I never got a response from Laguna, but I did from Carter. My saw is now sporting a set of Carter guides. The saw started out with 10 inches of resaw height. With the new guides, I can get 12...

Just shot them an email with as many details on the saw as I could. Will see what they say.

Probably my best bet. I'll get in touch with Laguna!

Well, it looks like I spoke too soon. One of the Grizzly spindles does indeed fit, but the other's are a smidge smaller in diameter. I tried trimming some material off the end of the tapered section...

Beautiful job!

I picked up this Bridgewood on craigslist and have some gripes about the blade guides on that came stock on the machine. This is actually a Laguna made machine and the bones of the saw are all good....

Success! The grizzly spindles fit with zero modifications! They're cheap too. Also, I had ordered what I thought were just the rubber drums, but they came with spindles and sandpaper sleeve as well....

I've occasionally find large spruce boards at the lumber yard where the slab passes through the center of the tree. Cut out the middle and you have quartersawn spruce. Failing that, you could check...

Sounds like I'll have to do some experimenting. I've ordered a grizzly spindle and will attempt to modify it to make it fit. They are incredibly inexpensive so pretty low risk. I'll report back. In...

So is it just the taper is too long on the new ones? If so, could you not just undercut that section of the spindle on the lathe? That would be an easy modification to make.

Well, I picked the machine up. I've seen a couple comments in older threads about the Grizzly spindles being compatible with the Max machine. Can anyone speak to that? Can someone with the Grizzly...

That's a good tip. I'll see if I can get the serial number from the seller. Judging from photos, I think it's a more recent machine so I might be in luck there. Ideally I'd find a fully stocked...

Does anyone know of a source for replacement spindles for an older max spindle sander? To be clear, I am not concerned about the rubber drums, but rather the spindles themselves. There is one...

After a fresh hollow grind, I will follow the bevel for a couple honings. After that, I will start free handing a micro bevel so that I'm removing minimal steel. Once the micro bevel is too long,...

Dang, those look interesting. I like the spydercos a lot, but the option of more grits appeals to me.

I made an MDF wheel with leather around the perimeter for my hand cranked grinder. I use it frequently with my carving tools, and it produces an edge that cuts more easily than I can achieve on...

I like buying carving tools at Woodcraft because I can bring in my my tool and roll and find the sweep I want. I mostly ignore the rest of the merchandise, but I'm glad they're there.

Makes sense. It's only something that struck me as odd.

I had access to a workshop at my job for a couple of months. The bevels it produces are slightly dubbed and difficult to hone free hand. I much prefered to use it to as a stand alone sharpener. We...

Maybe I'm crazy but your shooting board looks ramped the wrong way to be used with the skewed blades in these planes. It seems like the ramp is putting your work closer to perpendicular to the...

Perhaps you can could try carbonizing the stamp with a candle. It will leave a black outline of your letters and might look nice. I've only used the second type of stamp you have, but always...