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I'm a new guy to this forum. She who must be obeyed (SWMBO) has decided she wants a new kitchen. Due to the spacial challenges of my mostly machine tool 200 square foot shop, I'm resurrecting my old 1973 vintage MKV shopsmith. I just picked up a used band saw, and an old "Magna" jointer. I...

Sorry for the delayed response. This is the reason is IS important to refer to the 'vintages' accurately. There has been much misuse of the Mark V moniker when referring to Mark5's. Mark 5 was a product manufactured by Magna Engineering, Yuba Tool co, and Magna American. It was not until the creati...

The 18V batteries for my Dewalt went bad. I found out that my local Batteries plus will rebuild them for about 2/3 of new cost. Plus the rebuilt cells have a higher amp/hour rating than the originals.
I've run the rebuilts for about a year now, so far I'm very pleased.

The "Saw stop" episode is symptomatic of the dumbing down of the populace. One just has to look at the ridiculous amount of warning labels on everything these days. When I was a kid my Dad had a Delta tilt table, bench saw. Absolutely no guards what so ever, either on the blade or drive be...

I think this is a good thread to introduce myself. I just registered. My name is Jim Davenport. I retired from the US Navy in 1983, and am now totally retired. I bought my Shop smith new from the factory in about 1974. I had seen an article in Popular Mechanics Magazine about the reintroduction of t...