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I've had really good luck with PB Blaster on the rusty old farm equipment I work with.



Course, a good Hot Wrench works on most of that stuff too.

Once again, thanks for everyone's input:) . Here's a web page I found that will produce all kinds of interesting info depending on pulley sizes and belt length. Thought it would be worthwhile to pass along: http://www.csgnetwork.com/pulleybeltcalc.html It took me a bit to figure out how to enter wha...

Thanks to all for the responses. Heath, I think I can answer your question. Handplanes and jointers (all rotary cutting tools, actually) work differently. Handplanes cut in a flat 'plane'. Rotary tools cut in an arc. So, with a rotary tool, the smoothness of the cut is going to depend on how close t...

Thanks, Bill.

I agree with your observations on 'leaving ridges'.

So, If I shoot for 10,000 RPM at the Jointer, it looks like I should look at a 6" motor pulley and a 2" Jointer pulley..... approx 10,300 RPM.

I was sorting out junk this last weekend and came across a 1.5HP 3450 RPM electric motor....used to be a pump for an above-ground pool. To make a long story short, I'm visualizing a power stand for my jointer. I need a little assistance from you folks to check my data. Here's 2 things where I need s...

I found an interesting link from the Popular Woodworking Weekly Wood News (electronic news letter) this morning about a different adjustable miter bar.

Popular Woodworking link

Direct link to Micro Jig

Hey, Dusty.... Thanks for the response. No, I don't have the ShopSmith sharpening solution (yet, anyway). My first objective is to get a second set of knives. My existing ones are just getting a little dull and I want a second set on hand so that when I'm in the middle of a project and need/have to ...

I've ordered a replacement set of kinves for my jointer, but like a lot of things, they are on back-order....maybe available mid October. Does anyone know of another source? Or, does anyone have the technical measurements for the knives? If I remember correctly, the base has a reverse taper instead ...