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Personally speaking for me its the only way I can afford this hobby. Depending on the log you can get some absolutley beautiful clear wood for very reasonable costs. On average I generally have .80 - $1.00 per bd. ft if I cut my own, or if I buy some standing from a friend I will have around $2.00 ...

I don't know about these days but FelPro and a few other gasket manufacturers used to make head gaskets coated with a silicon gasket sealer. As the engine heated up initially thats when the sealer would release and go to work. I used them before and they worked great and they needed no re-torqueing ...

This is the only way I get wood, by cutting trees and having them sawed on a portable sawmill. If you intend on making mainly only furniture requiring 3/4" material there is no reason to cut them any thicker than 1" or slightly larger, for me its just a waste of good wood. Bandsaw blades will wander ...

Another option is what I did with my Belsaw planer(about 250lbs). Wheels on one end with only about a 1/2" clearance from the floor then made a hand dolley that hooks under the other end. Hook it up and wheel it whever you want it the lower it to the floor. Works quite well on that I don't know why ...

Sounds like the one I saw on Craigslist yesterday. Near Appleton WI. ?

If it is the pics looked decent.

If anyone in or around Wisconsin is looking for a Mark VII? There is one on Craigslist.

http://appleton.craigslist.org/tls/588007694.html

Looks pretty decent and the price looks right too!:D

Well ok then to get the thread back on track.........



Heres what I did,

For the tubes.. polish didn't work for removing the rust so I sanded with 400 then 600 then finished off with 1400 grit while I had them mounted in a lathe and spinning. I then used a buffing wheel and some assorted rouges ...

Thanks for the heads up. Guess it pays to look around a bit.


Matt.

Thanks Nick for the info, had a feeling the jointer was not a SS. and now that you mention it the screw thingy does look like part of a floor jack. Must have been mistakenly put in with the SS parts. A couple more questions, the serial# on the ER looks like ER20234 and when I looked it up it says ...

I wondered if I could put a regular chuck on my smith. I guess so. I'll have to look into that. Nice work on the steady rest too.