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Well that is spectacular!

Not mentioned in this thread is that once a back-angled blade is fully engaged into the cut, the cutting load is slightly _more_ than a perpendicular blade. Pythagorean worked that all out for us. Admittedly, that penalty is slight given the shallow angle of the blade. That's a very good point, Pau...

Nice projects! Especially impressed with the desk and how quickly you made it!

Great fox videos, especially the one with the rabbit.

Many times you can buy a used 510 or 520 for about the same price as just buying just the table the upgrade new from Shopsmith. Craigslist is your friend. I have never owned a 510. But the 520 table system and fence are excellent.

When I bought my current home 21 years ago, I purchased a big Craftsman contractor saw with real cast iron top and wing and a 1.75 hp motor. It took me a while to figure out why it wouldn't cut straight or without burning. After spending almost as much on after market accessories, including alignmen...

Congrats! Keep the belt sander. I responded to your other post as well.

Keep it. I read you other post --congrats. There are things you will do with the belt sander that you would be hard pressed to with the disc or any handheld. Likewise, there are things you can do with the disc you would be unable to do with the belt. And the random orbits are great, but they don't d...

Very interesting point by Scott of My Growth Rings on why he never puts a fence on a left side extension table. He points out that the assembly has a ton of movement even locked. Check out the video. https://youtu.be/2iQ9GiiwHo4?t=460