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Got an email from Shopsmith customer service at 8:15 this morning. A new unit will be shipped next week. Can't ask for better treatment than that! I apologized for my nastygram! :o Had a similar situation a few years back and ended up with two scroll saws, did the right thing and sent one back. I w...

Here is a link to a 509 page PDF from the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Lab. ... Thanks. Downloaded it and briefly browsed chapt 10. Did you know that 80 grit sandpaper works better than 320 grit for surface prep when gluing? That not-sharp planer blades are as bad or worse than rough cut woo...

Another approach: Rather than moving the fence, you can move the quill in very precise increments --by the thousandth of an inch if desired -- by sticking the required thickness of blade(s) from a feeler gauge between the rubber bumper thingy on the quill and the headstock. KISS. If you are afraid ...

JPG40504 wrote:Pinned end?

FWIW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itRhXfyk-v8

Another idea which escaped me. Still learnin' .
Dan

skou wrote:...and start wearing off the velcro. Why do it by hand, when you've got a machine designed to do it?

steve

That makes too much sense:eek:
Dan

rcplaneguy wrote:Fred I found this video that I think you will enjoy. Especially the part about the rubber band, microwave, and cyanoacrylate.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBVIuHWPLrE

That is neat!:)
Dan

BuckeyeDennis wrote:The wife found this one absolutely hilarious ...

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That's great:D
Dan

Wow, I do recall that bridge as it was being built. Had cousins in Detroit. Visited Flint after the tornado hit the city, nothing left standing in the path.
How soon we forget. What?
Dan

How far away can you get without losing the signal? While out there a ways, can you have some one turn the PowerPro off and then back on to see if you lose it and then get it back at that distance? Well, never measured the distance. Just know that it is the same sound that I hear in the shop with P...

dusty wrote:This indicates to me that you are witnessing "radiated emissions" ...

Oh its definitely radiated. I can tell that I left my PP switch on when I drive up to the house because the noise gets loader as I approach.
Dan