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First major project I did that used the ShopSmith. I just about gave up ripping anything after the aluminium upper and lower guards kept showering me with sparks no matter how much attention I gave to alignment of the guards and guides.

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I think this is going to work pretty well. I was hesitating on using plywood on the sides of this due to the price of plywood these days. I had bought two boxes of hardwood laminated flooring from a clearance table at Home Depot a year ago for a buck a box (26 sq ft). The flooring is tongue in ...

I think you made a great choice! I lucked out when I got the shop I have now. We bought a wreck of a house and totally rebuilt it. I used a 16x30 section of the walkout basement for my shop.

I was able to have the shop wired for shop use. Have plenty of overhead outlets as well as wall. Step-stool ...

This is alonog the lines of the Frugal thread. I was originally going to use an old box fan for this project, but I don't think I would have been happy with it for several reasons, but mainly for lack of CFM.

So, I did some looking around today. I was thinking about finding an old blower unit out ...

I was thinking about buying a Dust Deputy to put infront of my shop-vac when I realized I had quite a few materials that could be used to make the same thing. A five gallon bucket, few pieces of PVC pipe, large plastic planter, scrap peice of plywood, liquid nails and duct tape did the trick. Made a ...