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    I found a way to use up all my scraps. https://www.facebook.com/reel/700794108932098?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz
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    I was just thinking the same thing.
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    I have to say, you come up with some of the most off-the-wall projects. Where oh where do you come up with these ideas?
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    I sure do miss him.
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    The problem that I run into is the size of material needed. I've rejected many patterns that exceed 8" in width. That one looks to be about 10". Maybe more. Special milling required.
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    You guys amaze me. Both of you are so talented. Beautiful job on cutting and pattern making. Did you use spirals on them? I've just bought a batch of blades to cut a peacock lamp that Bernd was kind enough to share his pattern with me. I hope to get going again once my wife is back to her old self.
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    I've done a couple of her bowls and when I had questions I'd email her. She's very good at answering. This one was designed to be 7" but I wanted to make it bigger and add a ring so I wrote to get her opinion.
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    What a shame. That looks like some very nice wood.
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    Another suggestion if you just can't get it done is to post your pattern here. Someone will gladly do what you need. I do it by selecting the part of the pattern that I want to work with, put the cursor in the color I want in the lower color bar, right click and select either "fill" or "stroke".
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    Thanks. Exactly what I wanted to see. I see you just use a couple of clamps to hold it in place. Great idea. I'll have to buy a piece of hardboard.
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    How about the piece that you have on top of the sander? That's more what I'm interested in. Thanks for all those pics though. Very nice.
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    Paul, I was just going to comment something to the same. Actually, I was going to say how nice it must be to have enough room for all that stuff. I make a jig for something and once I'm done with it, it goes back in the scrap barrel until I need to make another jig.
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    Your pic is very deceiving. It looks like about a 1 inch piece of mdf with a bazillion holes bored in it. I'd love to see a better pic. When/if you have time. Thanks.
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    I tried the shipping labels and they did work well for me but what I found was a tremendous amount of waste. Unless I take the time to think ahead and try to maneuver some other smaller patterns along with what I am trying to print, I was throwing away a lot of the label. Maybe someone can enlighten me on how you do it. Thanks in advance.
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    Those look great. And anytime you can use scraps is a plus. Good idea. P.S. in looking at your picture, it looks like you have added some sort of sanding table to the top of your spindle sander. I have that same sander so I was wondering how well it works to collect the sanding dust. The onboard vac system doesn't do all that well for scavenging the dust. Please, expand on that. What size holes are they and how is it attached, if it is attached. Thanks.
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    It also might make a difference on the wood itself. If you are buying from H/D you will probably get some very wet wood. I did a compound cutting on 2 x 2 douglas fir that was very dry. I started out using a Pegas #5 MGT and had a terrible time with it. Then someone suggested a skip tooth or double skip tooth and that made a world of difference. You want something that allows for dust removal from the kerf. I had pretty good luck with some Olson crowned tooth blades too. About a #7.
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    You might want to start a new topic. This one is 9 years old.
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    OK, here ya go. It took me longer to set up my table saw than it took to make it.
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    Not handy but I'll try to get one for you.
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    Barb, I have 2 Ex type saws sitting on homemade stands. I made 3 sided "boxes" or trays out of 1/8" BB that slide in and under the saws. The dust falling from the cutting edge of the blade where it passes through the table ALL falls down into those trays. I collect all the dust from the different hardwoods and keep it in labelled pill bottles. I have dust collection on both saws but find that just letting the dust fall into the trays seems to work for the problem mentioned.
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    I'm curious, nobody has mentioned whether or not you bolted the saw to the bench. All of my saws are bolted to their respective stands and all the stands are sitting on foam rubber "floor mats". I don't have any vibration from any of them with the exception of a couple of speed settings. I very seldom if ever run them at top speed. I find the "sweet spot" and pretty much run them at that setting. I know for fact that the Hegners are very finicky about how they are bolted to their stands. They have 3 bolts and those bolts MUST be tightened in the correct order or the saw will vibrate.
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    I concur on no glass.
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