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Hey it looks pretty good now. I bought a used SS and the tubes where rusty also. I used course sandpaper not knowing what I was doing. They cleaned up nice and put the paste wax on and everything slides real smooth even thought the tubes are not super smooth? When I got my SS the tubes were removed ...

Hi everyone, I have search the forum and found nothing on this question so here we go. I was wondering is anyone has built a thinkness sander similar to the one in the Power Tool Woodworking For Everyone book. I just bought a 3X3#12 in piece of maple was unable to find a piece longer that that. I wa...

I have a Makita miter saw I use for cross-cutting, seperate router table gave my old craftsman bench top saw away when I got the SS. So far I'm very happy I did. I have a model 500 I bought used and just love the height of the cutting.

Thank you all for your input. I felt I could not use the arbors but just want to be sure. So I will buy one for the 500 and wait till I get the upgrade. I was going to by 3 arbors for the 500 for my blades to save time on changing blades but I can live with this till I upgrade. Just have to convince...

Hello everyone this is my first time leaving a question on this forum. You guys have left so much information here I just love it. I am a new SS owner. I bought at model 500 on E-bay. Then found out about the trouble at SS so I immediately bought two books from them and plan on buying more. My quest...