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I have a craftsman 6.5 jointer model #351.21728 which appears to have been made in the late 90's. Sears no longer sells the blades; however, I noticed that the pictures online show the blades look identical to that of grizzly, delta, and porter cable. I am not sure if the online pictures are correct ...

2 questions. The first is that I am wanting to do some resawing with the table saw as I do not have a band saw. Is there any particular type of blade that works better or will the general combination ones work okay? Also, any tips? The second is that I was watching a video with Doug Reid on a ...

The only way to get the vinegar on is to really soak the top of the desk. Do I run the risk of the grain rising by getting it that wet?

I have no idea what kind of glue it is. I only know it would have been put on in the 70's or earlier. I did try scraping but whoever put the top on used a ton of glue. Warming the glue just makes it gummy and harder to scrape like trying to get hot gum off your shoe. Beatnik that should be next ...

I am redoing an old desk; however, at some point someone put a laminate cover over the desk top. I was able to remove it using a heat gun, but now there is a ton of glue still on the top. I thought I might be able to sand it off at first but there is just way too much glue. What is the best way to ...

I think I figured it out and think the solution is too simple. The problem is that with the lower saw guard adjusted so that it sat as close to the headstock as possible, the splitter still sat to the right of the blade. Wouldn't I just adjust the quill out to move the blade slightly to the right?

I think I have a 510. It was built in 90. My dad bought a 520 and bought mine at an auction for extra parts. It wound up being nice enough that he kept it as a spare. It was originally owned by the St. Louis School District. He had tried to give it to me for a couple of years, but I did not want it ...

Wow, my first post and I got 2 pages of responses. Thanks for the input. I use the fence for both sides, so I know I would forget to realign it. Plus, it sounds like parallel is the way to go. However, one of the responses raised another question. My splitter does not line up with the blade even ...

I have heard numerous people say when aligning the fence to make the outfeed side slightly off about 1/16 from the infeed side. I cannot remember which direction if it is less or more, but my questions is can anyone explain why I would offset the fence rather than keep it perpendicular to the blade?