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by reddog5362
Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:53 am
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Question on Lathe for Shopsmith Mark V
Replies: 20
Views: 10191

Most dedicated lathes have a hole through the drive shaft with a morse taper in it. The only vaccumn chucks I've seen use that hole to draw the vaccumn. I'm not saying there's not a setup out there that would work with the SS, but there are several that would not since the shaft is solid.
by reddog5362
Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:20 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: LUMBER LIQUIDATORSÂ… ummmm???
Replies: 11
Views: 5654

In my area the stores are strictly flooring. Pretty good prices on close out and discontinued styles.
by reddog5362
Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: New Power Pro coming!
Replies: 76
Views: 27654

I'd be happy to offer my "quality control" services. Do you need my ship to address? ;)

Congrats, I'm envious.
by reddog5362
Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:27 am
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Buying advice needed for used models
Replies: 38
Views: 23468

But look where the rust resides. Cast iron tables etc. None apparent on the way and bench tubes. The bandsaw table can be replaced with an aluminum table 'upgrade'. The jointer sand jig saw appear to be brand x(craftsman). And about the stuff in a box that is not to the left? Yes 700 is high. Aside...
by reddog5362
Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Buying advice needed for used models
Replies: 38
Views: 23468

I'm going to try a different approach to answering your question. If I had X dollars to spend what would I look for. This is going to vary a little depending on what kind of work you want to do but for just general woodworking, I'd do the following- Under $500 - I'd be looking for a clean 500 with a...
by reddog5362
Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:05 am
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Wood Magazine's Woodworkers Guild
Replies: 13
Views: 9867

Same thing going on here. I think I'm on my 4th or 5th "late" notice asking me to send money or mail the dvd back. Guess i should go crawl around in the landfill and find it huh? :rolleyes: [quote="bffulgham"]A couple of years ago a WWGOA DVD showed up in my mailbox..... "Es...
by reddog5362
Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:39 am
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Rip fence and floating table
Replies: 53
Views: 18598

I was suffering this not to long ago and posted in one of the alignment threads. I find on my 510 it's normally not perfect but not a major misalignment. All of a sudden it was way off and I was getting rather frustrated. With these guys help I finally figured out that one of the tubes had worked it...
by reddog5362
Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:06 am
Forum: Community
Topic: Computer Activities
Replies: 8
Views: 1620

Some processes will be running just to keep the OS active. Things like refreshing the screen, and checking for input from the mouse, and keyboard, the utility that lets you check the cpu usage and other background tasks. It's a guess but the video refresh is probably one of the more intensive of tho...
by reddog5362
Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:12 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Utility Knife
Replies: 25
Views: 5875

Dusty, the serrated blades work really well on carpet and I would assume other fabrics.