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I used tung oil and spray shellac on my last project. Which was also my first project. The little basket that I made.

Which one of the non-Hawk knobs weighs the least? Also, do either of them increase vibration at all?

Just to maybe jog someone's memory, this is the Steve Good pattern that Dick is talking about but with some modifications.

Dick, back in 07 I retired from the tool business. We knew at that time that without and income, we wouldn't be able to keep our house in So.Cal. The property taxes alone would have been out of the question. Anyway, we already had a big 5th wheel trailer and a CC dually pickup so we sold everything. I mean everything, and hit the road in search of that "perfect place" to retire to. Long story short, we found many places that were wonderful. For about 6 months out of the year. We ended up coming back to So. Cal. and found a great mobile home community a mile from the beach. It's not perfect but the weather is. There are many times in life that a person must make sacrifices in order to continue on. This was one of those times. We hate the politics, the crowds and the high cost of living. But the weather is unbeatable. Especially for us at our age. We are now closer to 80 than we are to 70 so comfort is all important. And, my wife is very happy as am I. Sure, I'd love to have my big old 3 car garage back but I'm very fortunate to have what I have now. When you are happy, nothing else matters. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

I'm thinking that many times folks use a heat gun to take glued furniture apart so I guess it's possible. Now, I would think that epoxy would be the answer if you are going to be hanging that thing back in the same place. Not sure about contact cement. But epoxy should work.

I went to Steve Good's site and found that name and address. Thanks. I'll have to get a pair for each of my saws.

Just for the heck of it, I went over to advanced Machinery and priced the ones from Hegner. Of course, they come with the clamp but $34.95 is a bit much.

That's the same can that I have had spatter problems with too Kevin. I've never seen the Gorilla spray before.

I see a lot of folks using those knurled aluminum knobs. Where do you get them? I must have overlooked them at some point.

I don't do intarsia. Yet. But, I can see where this might have its uses for other projects. Thanks Dave.

They don't look that much different than mine. I use the flat cartons from Costco.

Kevin, have you thought of calling whoever you're going to buy from? Or the original seller? I think it was Bear Woods. Or, how about Pegas themselves? They should have an email address or some sort of website. Just sayin.............. Edit:

Les, have you been talking to my wife again? I'll have to have a chat with her.

Being a newbie, I bought a can of 3m77 and not knowing any better, I thought it was supposed to spatter. And it does. Now I know that it shouldn't. I'll check around for the 45 when I run out. But, I took Kevin's advice and bought a pack of 100 labels from Amazon and they seem to work very well. So far. I hate spraying that 77. It gets everywhere even when I try to keep it inside of a box. I can feel it on the hair on my arms. Nasty!

I hate to say it but I"m the same way. I can't pass up an old piece of equipment. I bought a Crafstman bench top saw years ago at an auction. No motor but the rest of it was in mint condition. I gave $5 for it. I brought it home and kept it under my workbench until we sold out everything. Just another door stop.

They only gave me one choice. Take it or leave it.

I found that QTENA was going to be $81.95 plus $8.95 shipping. It sounds like the only savings would amount to the shipping. But, I may still go for it.

This is an update to a previous set of 4 videos that Bob did. I downloaded them and saved them as a movie so I can refer back to it whenever I wanted. Probably a waste of disk space but you never know when something on youtube will go away.

I get notifications whenever someone posts to it. I check them when I can.

There are a ton of them sitting around not working and it could be something as small as a $.50 fuse. Most folks won't attempt to fix them.

Thanks to all for your help. I think what you have all suggested will solve the problem. I'm just not familiar with the saw yet and since the mechanism is very similar to the Dewalt, and I have got it figured out, I was a bit confused as to why I wasn't getting the blade tension that I thought I should. I'm also trying to become a top feeder but that may change. I got pretty good at bottom feeding on the Dewalt and it may be that I will revert to my old ways. Thanks again everybody.

I got hold of the moderator last night. He told me that it became a "secret" group a while back when they had been under some sort of a spam attack. Once becoming a "secret" group, FB won't change it back so it must remain as it is. But, it's not some covert organization. It just sounds that way. Anyway, there is a way to join it if you want to.

This is an updated video by Bob Brokaw on how to maintain/repair your Dewalt 788 or it's Delta cousin.

I was told by the moderator to tell you folks to go to this site first and then wait to be invited. Here is the link to the OPEN group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2046247955588723/?fref=gc&dti=1929736970602419&hc_location=ufi

Ok, here's what it's all about. It's a secret group. Whatever that means. If you are my "friend"on FB I can invite you to join the group. So, if any of you are interested, let me know what you go by on FB and I'll send friend requests. Once you accept them, I can invite you. If you are interested that is. I go by my name Ray Scrafield and I use the picture of Sgt. Belker from the old Hill Street Blues show as my picture.