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  0 Thread: Powermatic jointer
Post: RE: Powermatic jointer
Strokes77 Wrote: (05-29-2018, 08:24 AM) -- Shelix head is very nice...  I bet they sell it. Certainly not a "good deal", but $1000 cheaper than a new one is nothing to sneeze at... -- I bet y...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 15 8,599 05-29-2018, 03:00 PM
  0 Thread: Powermatic jointer
Post: RE: Powermatic jointer
I will chime in with my view that "half of new is the usual starting point" is just silly and over simplified.  There are so many variables. 1) Condition? 2) How often do you see similar machines for ...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 15 8,599 05-27-2018, 06:01 PM
  0 Thread: Mini Max
Post: RE: Mini Max
Is the SCM issue a USA issue or global for them.  I will say that when I called them with a question about how to remove the beds from a 1970s Rockwell (made by SCMI) 12" jointer they had a field serv...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 11 7,477 04-23-2018, 09:33 AM
  0 Thread: Ocsillating Spindle Sander?
Post: RE: Ocsillating Spindle Sander?
I watched for a long time and bought an old MAX.  Make sure if buying an old machine you look for one with all the spindles.  They are very expensive to purchase if available or you would have to have...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 34 24,028 02-19-2018, 12:17 PM
  0 Thread: New to woodworking - table saw advice
Post: RE: New to woodworking - table saw advice
Here is an interesting candidate for a planer. https://cleveland.craigslist.org/tls/d/moving-sale-reliant-15-inch/6444837971.html
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 51 32,493 01-05-2018, 01:38 PM
  0 Thread: New to woodworking - table saw advice
Post: RE: New to woodworking - table saw advice
nmazzino Wrote: (01-05-2018, 01:07 PM) -- Thank you much for the advice this is very helpful.  This was my first time milling my own lumber. Apparently I did not have enough weight on some of the bo...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 51 32,493 01-05-2018, 01:30 PM
  0 Thread: New to woodworking - table saw advice
Post: RE: New to woodworking - table saw advice
Welcome to Woodworking :)   I started with an old 1940s Sears table saw and 1950s Sears Jointer and I used surfaced lumber thicknessed to 3/4".  The problem was the most lumber is warped and twisted t...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 51 32,493 01-05-2018, 11:21 AM
  0 Thread: band saw choice
Post: RE: band saw choice
karoc Wrote: (12-29-2017, 07:13 AM) -- Over the yrs I have had several BS most Delta/Milwaukee,Rockwell,and Crescent and PM's as you can tell all older saws which I love and would not trade them.One ...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 9 6,364 12-31-2017, 10:54 AM
  0 Thread: If I ever get a new Table Saw it will be like the ones
Post: RE: If I ever get a new Table Saw it will be like ...
I sold a Sawstop ICS and moved to a Felder 700 series slider.  I would never go back.  I did make the shop tighter but it's a tradeoff I would happily make again.  Youtube has a guy named Steve who ha...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 45 36,486 09-08-2017, 10:47 AM
  0 Thread: How much could SawStop get in royalty payments? The answer here.
Post: RE: How much could SawStop get in royalty payments...
This sawstop bashing is really amusing.  After what, 18 years and people still bash.  As an engineer and holder of patents I understand the value of IP and support inventor's' ability to collect royal...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 35 24,299 09-08-2017, 10:44 AM
  0 Thread: LED for Bandsaw
Post: RE: LED for Bandsaw
Here is a flex LED on mag base. https://www.amazon.com/Intensity-Lumens-Flexible-Adjustable-Magnetic/dp/B01A51TMSO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 16 11,733 06-09-2017, 04:02 PM
  0 Thread: Drill Press Swap, HF/PM?
Post: RE: Drill Press Swap, HF/PM?
That Powermatic will have 6" of stroke and the HF almost certainly has less.  I have almost never had to move the table when the drill press has 6" of stroke.  I bought a table raising mechanism on eb...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 23 12,438 04-26-2017, 01:02 PM
  0 Thread: Shaper vs Router
Post: RE: Shaper vs Router
Routers and shapers are very different tool.  With my shaper I use a power feeder. The wood feeds at a very consistent speed and the cut never has any burn marks or chatter like marks that I always ge...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 25 15,385 04-25-2017, 12:01 AM
  0 Thread: Table Saw Dust Collection
Post: RE: Table Saw Dust Collection
Here is a link to a forum where I posted a paper I wrote. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?241649-Oneida-quot-Smart-quot-Dust-Collector/page3
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 7 6,016 04-07-2017, 04:56 PM
  0 Thread: Table Saw Dust Collection
Post: RE: Table Saw Dust Collection
It's an internet fallacy that 6" duct or larger is ideal.  You need to size the duct to the collector to ensure adequate air velocity (speed) in the duct.  The experts say you need 4,000 ft per minute...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 7 6,016 04-07-2017, 01:34 AM
  0 Thread: Bosch (Reaxx) Lost Suit to SawStop news
Post: RE: Bosch (Reaxx) Lost Suit to SawStop news
An older datapoint but a local commercial tool distributor in the Phoenix area (you have to have a tax id and a commercial account to buy there) said maybe 5 years ago that they were selling SS 5 to 1...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 173 124,866 02-07-2017, 05:46 PM
  0 Thread: Bosch (Reaxx) Lost Suit to SawStop news
Post: RE: Bosch (Reaxx) Lost Suit to SawStop news
JGrout Wrote: (02-03-2017, 05:07 PM) -- Well I agree; if SS is still around in 50 yrs or  the technology is finally released for public consumption in a competitive market where old style saws are an...
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 173 124,866 02-07-2017, 10:55 AM
  0 Thread: Woodpecker's New Dowel Jig
Post: RE: Woodpecker's New Dowel Jig
Wow, very nice but at $600 I can't see them selling many.
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 6 5,233 08-19-2016, 11:55 PM
  0 Thread: Jointer push block mod (mending plates)?
Post: Re: Jointer push block mod (mending plates)?
I found that when the foam pad push blocks were slipping, new push blocks solved the problem. Like other posters have stated, I would would not want small holes in the wood.
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 10 9,614 07-11-2016, 02:20 PM
  0 Thread: Do lighter weight x-y tables exist?
Post: Re: Do lighter weight x-y tables exist?
I bought a large'ish on from Harbor Freight and it's basically junk.
 AZ Engineer Woodworking Power Tools 8 4,439 06-23-2016, 02:34 PM

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