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    I have several small parts cabinets with bins or drawers full of really good stuff but, find I'm a lot happier if I just run over to Lowes or HD when I need something.
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    I"ve had to adjust my Hawk on occasion for just the opposite reason. Once in a while I find my blades getting too long. Sure enough, a slight adjustment at the back end of the saw solves the problem.
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    Masonite is available in regular and tempered. The regular breaks fairly easily and has pretty poor edge strength. The tempered variety is fairly hard and holds up pretty well as a bench top material. Both are commonly used as peg board material. Again, the regular version doesn't hold up as well. Dennis
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    Okay! The 'voices' sign is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. You just made my day. Thanks, Dennis
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    Some time ago I started using contact paper rather than the blue painters tape (it's a lot faster to both apply and remove). I then affix my pattern to the contact paper with spray adhesive and rarely have any problem with pattern lifting. A while back (I'm not sure why) applied some clear packing tape on top of the pattern and noticed that fuzzies on the back of a baltic birch project almost disappeared. Just to check, I tried some test patterns (3) to check this out (bb+contact paper+pattern+clear pkg tape). In each case I put the clear pkg tape on only half of the test projects and in each case, the half of each test with clear pkg tape had significantly fewer fuzzies on the back side. Dennis
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    The picture is great. Nice job. I think the plates kind of over-power the picture. I think if they were about half that size they would look better.
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    Does anyone out there have/use a ShopSmith Shop Deputy? If so, what are your thoughts about using it? I've replaced my headstock with a new PowerPro which means I now have the old headstock to deal with. I would have to purchase a set of end casting since I haven't converted to the new model 7. Does anyone have a set of the old end castings they'd like to sell?
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    Seemed to me after a 1-year membership, that SAW was a lot like the oil additives you used to buy for your car at the service station - -Remember those? Pay your $20 and you notice an amazing and immediate loss of $20 - -and not much else.
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    Yeh, I'm sure mine's around here someplace. Just haven't seen it for several years. Dennis
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    I used a piece of MDF core oak plywood that a friend had given me for a fretwork 'Forest Wren Box' pattern I had purchased from a catalog, I stained it with a dark walnut stain and it turned out beautifully. As a result, I went out a bought a full sheet of the stuff. Any time I'm doing a piece that I intend to stain with a dark color, it has become my first choice for material. Sometimes using a lighter stain gives an attractive contrast to the edges. In case you can't tell, I like the stuff. Dennnis
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    I bought a HF dead-man type switch a couple of months ago, after not using one for a lot of years, and wonder how I ever got along without it. I used double-stick carpet tape to attach it to a small stool I keep under my saw.
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    Thanks to everyone. I'm off to the hardware store this afternoon. Dennis
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    Rocky, Where did you find the round knob on your upper blade clamp? I've never been able to find one. The wing-bolt tightener that came with my Hawk (and several spares that I've bought) kill my fingers. I'd love to get hold of round one like in your pic. Dennis
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    Wow, that's way too organized! How in the world do you ever find anything? Dennis
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    Congratulations. I've had my RBI 220 for about 15 years now and have never had a problem with it.
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    As in Jay's comment above (item 2), use a few dabs of CA glue on one surface with 'activator' on the other. Press the parts together and the CA glue will set in a couple seconds 'holding' your assembly. Then you can apply clamping pressure to let the wood glue do it's 'thing'. Dennis
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    Unless forced by pattern constraints, my rule-of-thumb is the keep the 'waste' part of the wood on the left side of the blade. I guess that means I cut counter-clockwise.
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