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Eight pounds of dado blade? WOW. Which model Dadonator do you have? You speak of it so often I decided I needed to do some checking (price checking mostly). I may have to replace my old Freud set after these many years. The 8" I got it on sale before they came out with the 6". From everyt...

We pay for watts no matter how they are consumed, so 7 amps at 220 is the same number of watts as 14 amps at 110. But that is not the whole story. What is missing from the basic formulas above are loss and efficiency. 220 has less heat loss in the wire getting to the machine, because loss is more a ...

Curious, to the folks who did the DIY upgrade and sold off the stuff they no longer needed, what was your net cost of doing the upgrade? I don't remember exactly but it I am sure it was less than $700 maybe less then $400 but it was a few years ago. It also depends on what you have, I had the speed...

Regarding the dinging or nicking of the tool rest, if you're using the Shopsmith chisels or ones similar, you need to round over the sharp edges of the chisels with a file along the length of the chisel. These sharp edges on the chisels as they come from the factory will nick you tool rest quite ea...

Could you post some photos of the various tool rests and such that you are using, as well as any details on the make/models? I found the same thing you did - seems like the SS tool rests get dinged really easily [ATTACH]19825[/ATTACH] From the top right, The first post allows a lathe tool to be hel...

I watched Doug Reid's video today. He is good! It was too cold to do anything today so I compared a new Mark V 520 and a new Mark 7 prices. A new Mark 7 goes for $3979. A new Mark V 520 goes for $3679. So what's the difference? The Mark 7 has the PowerPro, the double tilt upgrade, and all that come...

Hi Gang, I'm still a few months away from finally picking up my 510 from my Dad's house, that doesn't stop me from scheming about how to integrate it into my shop. I'm really looking forward to having the 510, and one of the things I'm going to be using it for is turning. I have a Delta Midi lathe ...

Thanks for the input. My shop is set up already and there is room in my breaker box for a 220 amp circuit. I am just wondering if the extra half horse would be beneficial when ripping hardwood? In other words would I be able to appreciably increase the feed rate of a 3/4 in piece of walnut with the...

I am reading a interesting history of Windows from version 1, and I learned that even Widows 7 had the ability to just type and it will find the application you want (after clicking the "Start menu"). Microsoft assumed everyone know about that feature so in Windows 8 they removed the need ...

My wife did not have an option when she was hired into the school district where she is currently employed. She had to join the union or don't take the job. Technically I suppose this is still optional no one is forced to work there I guess, but still... I don't believe you are completely correct t...