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Thanks for sharing Rich. Kinda confirms what I suspected, but I didn't know the Fast Joint existed. JMG: I'm not naive enough to believe I will use it with any regularity, don't even have a pressing need or current project for it, just want to be able to upgrade to dovetails occasionally for drawers and such. Certainly won't use it enough to ever get good with it, so easy set up is a key feature.

Been looking at Dovetail jigs. Seems about every model made has it's share of lovers and haters, but the Porter Cable 4216 seems to be the most universally accepted. Any input from the crew? Is there a gem I'm missing, or is the PC what I should be looking at?

Hard to say without seeing it. Sounds like something is binding up to me.

Nice purchase!

5 if you count the impact wrench

Of the 3 you named I'd go with Ryobi. HUGE lineup, decent quality, and they aren't going anywhere. Kobalt isn't bad stuff, but I just haven't built up enough trust in Lowe's dedication to the line to recommend it. If long term compatibility isn't super important to you, it's probably the best option of the 3. Porter Cable is decent stuff, but it's also fairly limited offering. I second Jronman's suggestion of considering Ridgid. It's a solid lineup, good quality, good warranty, good history of compatibility, decent selection, and would have been the clear winner had it been an option.

Is it Auto?

Talk about 1st world problems.

This is a good thread. I pinned it to make it easier to find.

Apparently they did. I guess I missed that ☹️ http://www.finewoodworking.com/2017/06/26/festool-buys-sawstop Ok, I'm changing my position. Buy a Sawstop now. Soon they will charge $9,000 for the base model and everyone will collectively agree it's the world's greatest saw.

Those are kinda cool

Amps: I'd put it on a 30 amp 220 and not think anything else about it. Air line: If you're using 3/4" line, I'd definitely use 3/4" oilers, dryers, etc. You could reduce it to 1/2" or even 3/8" if you wanted, but bigger is better and will keep your flow higher. Max psi: No clue, but it's going to be Somewhere between 150 and 175 psi. Kinda unusual to see an 80 gallon @ 2 HP. Those old score horses had a little more umph though. I'm guessing they did that to maintain 110V capability. Does it have the CFM listed anywhere? I'd be curious to know what it is.

Move got the 734 as well. You've never seen a sawdust producing machine until you fire that bitch up. Mine is probably 12 or so years old I'd say, still works great. Remember, the planer knives are reversible, some people don't realize that.

Sheeeewww! Close call. I got. Y sleeve caught in a wire wheel on a drill press once. If it hadn't been for my face hitting the kill switch there's no doubt it would have broken my wrist.

Not much to report today. Bought a bunch of metric bolts and nuts to fill out my stock. I've got enough SAE to assemble a battleship, but had very little metric. Most of that was leftover stuff from various things I've assembled for the kids. Spent around $80 and will have a decent supply of various lengths and pitches in 4,5,6,7,8,10, and 12mm. When you live where I do, a trip to the store for a bolt is a real pain in the ass, so I try to keep a decent selection on hand.

You cried when the Death Star blew up didn't you? You're missing the real issue. I don't think the patent protection issue is why everyone hates the guy. If I recall correctly (and I do), where he lost most of us was when he started lobbying to force us to buy his saw and take everyone else out of the game unless they paid him for his use of his technology, wanted or not. Estimates when he was trying to pull his shit in California were that the price of a contractor style saw could double. The Reaxx lawsuit just reaffirmed to all of us that the guy was a dick, but most of us disliked the bastard long before that. Oh I'm sure it'd be great for him if I had no choice but to buy a saw with his technology in it, that when triggered requires a replacement cartridge that I can only get from him, and blades that I can only purchase from him, etc, but as a consumer, that's not my concern. I don't need his technology and I'd rather cut off my finger than give that bastard a nickel. When his efforts at world domination failed, he ended up creating a good quality saw and establishing his brand through marketing and product necessity. If he'd have done that to start with we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Ya know, I'm really high on the Delta Unisaw, but the Grizzly saws are pretty hard to beat for the money. It'll probably come down to how much my tax return is 😆

I'm with Jronman. Pretty certain B&D developed the cordless drill for the space program in the Apollo era

That radius template set is still awesome.

I'm heavily invested in Milwaukee, after years of using nothing but Dewalt. When I invested in a cordless line this last time, Dewalt was caught in a slow transition between their 18V and 20V line and despite what Dewalt reps will tell you, they really dropped the ball on the transition. I didn't have 2 years to wait on them to get their shit together, so I went with Milwaukee. That being said, if I were starting over today, I would go with Dewalt if I were primarily looking for higher voltage tools, and Milwaukee if I were going to focus more on 12V tools.

Comp nailed it. It was indeed Eli. Your turn Comp!

In truth, I knew who invented it, but I had to look up the year. It is a toughy, so here's a hint. This company was later bought by a much more famous company that everyone here is super familiar with.

He could have made a fortune licensing the technology. As I understand it he tried, but wanted a king's ransom to get rich quick and when manufacturers balked at his price, he set about his current path of trying to secure legislation to force everyone to buy technology they could only get from him and sue everyone who tried to compete. He's a lawyer by trade, so I guess shit like this is to be expected. It's general principle that turns me off from the guy. I'll buy a "rest of my life" saw next year before any mandates come to pass, but if I did care about this technology, I'd wait until his patent died because I know there are superior systems that will come.

I put an HTC on my bandsaw and it's great. Be nicer if it were a single petal so it would be more practical to operate by foot, but you really can't beat it for the price.