Originally Posted by
Brad Shipton
Warped plywood is terrible. You can get it flat, but once its cut it will pop up off the table. I figured out fairly quickly why so many shops love melamine. Flat, thickness consistent, and cuts like butter. I think most of the industrial shops hate the idea of onion skinning parts. To be able to cut at the speeds they want, leaving a 3/8" or 1/2" gap behind takes some serious hp. I read that post on the woodweb where the guy was finally happy with having enough hp on his vacuum.
Eugene, in all fairness to SS, I think it was inevitable they would have to come up with their own and there really is not many other motor options out there for single phase. That arrangement with BB was not destined to last. By the way, I do not own a F4, so I am only going from my discussion with them when I was looking at one. I think the real credit for the single phase vacuum for us goes to the guys that first started trying out this idea.