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How does one learn to NOT loose a finger? One learns by having someone knowledgeable show them. Totally agree. My concern is for those who didn't/don't have access to that knowledge. I truly mourn the demise of manual arts classes. One also learns by reading safety manuals, and heeding instructions...

This litigious society has diminished much of what used to be dangerous. In so doing, the simple awareness of potential danger is also diminished. Especially for those who don't have the benefit of experience or first hand knowledge. Many of those who've posted in this thread have related the danger...

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My speling ain't to grate. INSULATED was the intinded wurd.

dusty wrote:Furthermore, it looked as though it is a glass drink container. I don't do drinks in my shop at all. Now I know I'll get pounced on for that statement but I don't.

Coffee, tea, in insulted containers. NO glass or cans. NEVER alcohol. That's reserved for later.

My top is 3/4 MDF laminated on both sides with 1/8" PVC (i think) coating on one side. The stuff used for cabinet backs in some places. RE your top design: Why not simply use a piano hinge on one side? Or, as someone suggested, use rare earth magnets and shim with metal shims. A two piece top w...

Yep. Went there and read his thread. False economy IMHO. My shop is 24X32 and I use the SS as a table saw, sander, router table and bandsaw.

Great idea! Just to name a few, there's also Woodnet Forums, Sawmill creek and Router Forums, and several ww discussion groups on Yahoo where we MIGHT have some influence with ww newbies. I've often wondered why someone at SS doesn't promote the Sawdust Sessions outside the SS owners community. Ther...

I just finished mine from Stock Room and I used a 45deg beveling bit in my router to bevel the underside. If I were doing it again though, I'd make the slot about 2 1/4 wide. Somewhere on the net, I saw this sander hooked to a SS. It sat on the left table ext. and was driven with the link belt by th...

12/20/08, I ordered a switch for my 1975 MKV and have yet to see that it has been shipped. I replaced it with a DT/DP switch rated at 20 amps. No big deal, just have two "off" positions.;) You guys would have ROTFL at me. I took the entire headstock off, disassembled the housing, and remov...

I just logged on to ask a question on router bits, and whaddaya know, here is a thread! My question was going to be whether anyone had experience with MLCS bits... Ed says he has had good luck with them, but I wonder if they (MLCS) have varying quality. I got an email from MLCS today letting me kno...