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Brian is correct. It's a down draft table. Nice score on all the stuff. The thickness planer, alone, usually brings more than you paid for the whole catch!

2-3/4" dia. Al, see my PM to you.

I'm with Dusty. Thank you for saying it Dusty.

An advantage of the iron table is that you can use a magnetic fence and easily place it at any angle (resawing for instance). Or, magnetic featherboards, etc.

I have 26 Wood magazines (Jan 2008 - May 2013) and 4 Woodworker's Journal magazines that I would like to pass along to someone that could use them. We are doing some major house cleaning and reducing so, unfortunately, I do not have time to ship them. So, if anyone from around the Northern Virginia ...

BuckeyeDennis wrote:I recently ran across some magnetic featherboards, but the magnetic fence is news to me. Can you point me in the right direction?

Carter Products Magfence II is a nice one. It uses Magswitch magnets that can be removed and used in other fixtures, also.

These are the instructions I was told by Customer Service: Remove 91 plate Remove 101 guard Remove 55 bolt from 54 link Remove 109 knob Remove 107 retainer ring Loosen 115 set screw in pulley 108 Tap 97 weight and shaft assembly into unit Remove belt from shaft Make sure weight and shaft sync PT’s m...

I upgraded my stand mounted planer pulleys so have the original belt guard available for anyone who might need one. Just cover the shipping cost and its yours. Send me a PM, please.

While that would seem to be the case, the Grip-Tite system can be used on aluminum tables, just not directly. They are primarily intended for use on the fence. Grip-Tite website.

Anyone with experience using them?

Does anyone have and use Grip-Tite Magnetic Featherboards? If so, what do you think of them.... good investment? I saw them at the Chantilly, VA Woodworking Show today and they, like many things, look very interesting but funds and space to store really cool gadgets is not unlimited. So.... what do ...