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Looks good! Can't have too much storage.

<snip> My opinion is that much has been perceived that this will eliminate injury by inadvertent contact with a circular saw blade rotating at greater than 3000 rpm. All the hoopla demonstrates it performing with gradual contact by tentatively advancing with an object (numbed finger, hot dog, fried...

Here's a photo of my Model 500 tool rest from another angle. No hole.

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It looks like lining up the top and bottom of the stand for the pool cues could be tricky. Nice job!

I've run thousands of feet of hardwood through mine over the last 35 years with excellent results and no real problems. It will do 6" thick by 10" wide, which I know is limiting, but it has never bothered me. When I bought it, planers started at 13" wide and cost $1300 or more. They w...

Was the planer too expensive to continue at a reasonable profit? IMO it is far better than the lunch box models. Correct me if I am wrong but, as I remember it when the SS planer was introduced there were no lunch box planers. It was the only alternative to the large Powermatics et al. It certainly...

algale wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:04 pm Don't get cranky.

LOL. Like Curly used to say, "I'm tryin' to think, but nothin's happening."

JPG wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:54 am I find this "interesting".

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You would think for that price they could throw in the Down Crank cause they know you're going to need both!