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I love my Talon. Most chucks have an adapter available for the SS.

heathicus wrote:So the first two episodes of "Rough Cut With Tommy Mac" have aired now (at least on my local PBS station). What are your thoughts? I have actually enjoyed the show. It feels a little rushed, but what should I expect for a 30 minute show?

Not carried here locally...

If you have never used a Lithium battery in your cordless tools, you don't know what you are missing. For many years I have had several Craftsman 19.2 V tools. I bought a couple of replacement batteries over time, but tools like the circular saw and the reciprocating saw were barely usable.

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My personal preference is to use a simple "Saw Board." Google it and you'll find a variety of types. Basically you glue & screw a strait board to a wider one (I use 1/4" hardboard for the bottom) and once dried, run the circular saw along one edge, cutting off the excess of the hardboard.

The ...

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Ironic, or just dumb? I use a clogged up fine grit pad as a sort of "finer" grit pad, for sensitive jobs/touch-ups. If the new pads don't clog that may be a DISadvantage.


That doesn't work as well as you think it does. Instead of sanding the wood, worn clogged paper "burnishes" the wood, which ...

I was hoping the Wood Whisperer would have gotten the TV offer.

Agreed... though I was sad to see him sell out to Festool.

I watched Tommy's first podcast (I think - the one with the really big table) and though he is clearly skilled, he comes across as an idiot. He tried to explain the ...

JPG40504 wrote:However the creation of a miter slot on the Greenie belt sander that does NOT fit the greenie miter gauge bar is not rational. IMHO

We are in complete agreement. Unfortunately, as irrational as the AMC Gremlin was, it still existed.

I believe the direct answer is NO!(at least not intentionally)

So far though, the only one who has reported testing a Greenie belt sander table had the same problem. If some people were to report they had a greenie belt sander without this problem (and the original table), then I'd accept it was ...

If someone has a spare belt sander table that does fit the standard SS miter gauge, send me a PM. I am thinking it might be easiest just to replace the table and someone is bound to have a basket-case belt sander??? It shouldn't matter if it is a greenie or not - the main point would be that the ...