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I’m suspecting something Craftsman but haven’t found anything with the wings like those the motor is mounted to. They are separate pieces and seem allow the motor to sag to provide belt tension. The opening in the top is not just a rectangle but has two witdhs, hard to see with the SPT base in the w...

Picked this up on FB Marketplace today for $100. The belt sander Id tag is gone but it has smaller dust collection port so no idea of its age but older. The drive roller doesn’t have a rubber sleeve. Did they make any that did not have rubber sleeves? I need to work on the tensioner and get a 5 or 6...

Ha! That and lying about my age My mom told me when I turned 39 that I was adopted ‘cause she didn’t have any kids the same age she was

Kept me from my shop. I made it out there through the mud in time to make this for my son’s birthday on Wednesday. At 43 I can’t believe he’s almost as old as me :D , I decided to identify as 50… :rolleyes: Anyway ,Pinterest and then Etsy led me down the birdhouse path and this happened. :( :( sorry...

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I rigged this up a couple of years ago.

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Found this on the Hands On archive.

VERY NICE!

I’m making a set of cornhole boards for a nephew. I took some time to rig up dust collection for my Kreg K4 jig. I had some old vacuum cleaner parts and cobbled this together to hook up to my shop vac. It worked really well. E6053688-94FB-477B-9877-99ACC6ED9502.jpeg F876EC03-1E6E-4E88-9E30-7FC597227...

Here is a proof of concept to attach the shaper fence my 520 fence using SS T-nuts. I also have some WoodAnchor nuts I got from BuckeyDennis that could be used to attach new fences to the shaper fence. I believe this could work on the 510 fence as well. I can see making this nearly like the pro rout...

Does anyone know the dimensions of this piece? 515498 Universal Router Table Plate Insert Regularly: $9.39 Sale Price: $4.70 -- You Save $4.69 Its on sale for half price. Can it be used as the router plate for a shop-built router table? And how "universal" is it...will it work with any ro...