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Looks great!
Tip: a coat of shellac and a very very light sanding will prevent maple from botching when staining.

Just to be sure I went back and watched the video again. When he turned it on I could hear the motor start but I saw no movement at all in either the dust hood or the plastic dust collection bag. I would almost be willing to say the only thing turning was the motor the fan I my opinion was either no...

Ed, I can't speak to the unit in the video, but I own three DC3300's and worked with dozens of them during my days at Shopsmith and I assure you, a clean or new hood will not be taunt. I'll happily demonstrate in a video. Well my DC3300 must be an exception, because when I turn it on with a clean h...

When a DC3300 filter hood is new or freshly cleaned it doesn’t offer much resistance to the air, so it doesn’t inflate aggressively as it will when the hood gets a bit of a cake built. Totally normal behavior. Scott Scott not to be contrary but on my DC3300 every time I turned it on the Dust hood p...

Marc proposed his use as a test. Why not wait until the end of the test to develop any opinion or change?

Go with the ridgid and use Ridgid batteries they have the lifetime extended warrantee if both with vacuum.

I think it is more likely that a high voltage draw welded the switch contacts. But only a dissection of a faulty switch would tell the answer.

There is a YouTube video of the conversion of the DC 3300 to the 6000 https://youtu.be/sE2phVaZzYw The thing that bothers me is when completed and when he turned the converted machine on neither the dust hood nor the collection bag seems to inflate like my DC 3300 does. On my machine the dust hood a...

As I said before I had a set of similar wheels I got from Woodcraft. I think? They were on my workbench about 5 years. In that time I probably moved my bench about 10 times always on smooth concrete. No chemicals were ever on them that I know of. The orange urethane portion broke down and started ch...

My .02 ,, my Troybuilt / sears 4 stroke trimmer / cultivator has lasted 4 years so far and it has a battery start , like it, I have a battery weed eater but still go for the gas . I dont have chargers and batteries hanging off the walls taking up space , neighbor has a electric lawn mower and has h...