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Here it is complete with its hole-saw playing pieces. The wife had given me a couple of specialty boards 2 Xmas's ago..finally found something I could do with them .

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Thanks for the book reference Dennis, it'll be here in a couple days !

I'm getting closer now. One thing I havent learned well is the finishing steps. In this case its 2 or 3 coats of polyurethane, but im always wondering how much sanding between layers is required or if its necessary at all. Between each coat here-I inspected the surface for defects etc and sanded the...

You got it Ed ! Im surprised someone got it ... are you a history buff?

I'm using the Kowalski interpretation and rules.


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Seems like a replacement spacer for that rubber thing could minimize variance on that part. Maybe a piece of hardwood or something? I use the rubber stop as a first approximation-but then move the table a bit back and forth to align with ZCI. Final test is hand rotating the blade to listen for rubbi...

Your shag golf ball story brought back some memories. As kids, my brother and I used to walk up the train tracks a few miles where we would drop down into the river just above a local golf course. Wading and diving the river past the golfers and the course, we would pick up between 100 and 200 balls...

Aha- I was waiting for someone to take the bait It seems almost Karmic that it is the infamous Whatsit maker who couldn't resist...

I'll entertain some guesses ... 8x12 is certainly not for tic-tac-toe !

For the routing, i left the bit flying about 1/16" above the actual board surface. I used the miter gauge to drive the board past the router bit while following just the inlay step. Once the inlays were all knocked down to about 1/16" above the board surface, I was able to just run through...

yea- I dont have many hand tools - including planes

Here is the result after overhead routing on the SS to reduce the inlay height, then going thru the planer at an angle.
Thanks for the guidance everyone !

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Here's what I did. After landing the adjustment knob on the bracket a few times, I put some magic marker arrows and guides on the jointer
and holder to avoid crushing anything important. I just used scraps I had laying about.

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