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Paul- can you list the steps you take to clean up those surfaces? Your results are great and I'd like to
give it a try myself !

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Very nice work Buckeye. I wish you all the best on this new adventure. I sometimes dream at night about marrying my semiconductor fabrication background to woodworking tools...then drift off to sleep :) Making this compatible with the existing hardware accessories will go a long way toward adoption. b

Like Algale-I upgraded to the 10 position magnetic with 2 hubs from the standard single lever. It doesn't add any torque compared to the standard lever, its roughly the same length, but it is great during setup to have 10 positions available to put the lever in just the right "up" position...

I'll be watching the discussion- I'm interested in having one at some point-they all seem to have some advantages/disadvantages at the moment.

The base seems alot lighter than the other options...I wonder about its stability during drill. Atleast in the last seconds of the video, I can see it moving as he penetrates the wood surface. There doesn't seem to be a very "handy" location to hold it down.

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Here it is complete with its hole-saw playing pieces. The wife had given me a couple of specialty boards 2 Xmas's ago..finally found something I could do with them .

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Thanks for the book reference Dennis, it'll be here in a couple days !

I'm getting closer now. One thing I havent learned well is the finishing steps. In this case its 2 or 3 coats of polyurethane, but im always wondering how much sanding between layers is required or if its necessary at all. Between each coat here-I inspected the surface for defects etc and sanded the...

You got it Ed ! Im surprised someone got it ... are you a history buff?

I'm using the Kowalski interpretation and rules.


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Seems like a replacement spacer for that rubber thing could minimize variance on that part. Maybe a piece of hardwood or something? I use the rubber stop as a first approximation-but then move the table a bit back and forth to align with ZCI. Final test is hand rotating the blade to listen for rubbi...