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Took a few minutes today to make sure my re-saw blade was going to work OK on my band saw. Going to make mama a jewelry box out of a tree I cut down 2 or 3 years ago in my back yard. Below is one out of about 20 rough chunks I milled. I just wanted to make sure it would work. Only took about 15 minutes to band saw and send through planer a couple times. I have more of the light soft spalted wood than I do the dark normal looking stuff. In burned most of it and regretting that now.

Oops, posted this in wrong thread. LOL

Cindy: Honey, what did you buy sex wax for? Me: I use it in the shop. Keeps my tool from getting rusty.

Good suggestion and worth trying. Wife will love seeing sexwax on the credit card statement.

I would be surprised if the 700 ever makes it to my shop. I just dont think I have enough use for it. The quick release tenons you can buy would be super cool though. Wish they could do that with 500 size tenons but as far as I know they cant.

I seeeeeeee green !

Just heard the roar of the UPS truck. 4 packages. Good tool day !

I cant imagine putting poly on a cast iron tablesaw.??

Snap-On. Bet he sells it.

I still have not found anything that protects the way I want. I have issues with getting rust on table saw as there is moisture in my garage from washing around the corner, etc. I have tried Boshield and Johnson's paste wax which I see recommended often. Does anyone have experience with Johnson's vs this Minwax. I am to the point that I really dont feel there is an answer so I just keep the rust removed and wax applied.I bought a table saw cover which was almost worse.

Cool. That panel saw is amazing. But no details on El Camino?

Come on man, grow a pair ! Don't forget to buy something to true your stones depending on what you get. I really need to build a holder/storage tray for this task. Something that will contain the mess. I have looked at several but have not decided on what to do. I have everything I need, just not setup very well.

Awesome. I was picturing it sideways but this is much better. Perfect place for that stuff. Good job!

No, just the MkII. Its the first and only guide I have owned. Prior it was 1/2 " glass and wet/dry for me manually maintaining angle.

Same setup as I have. Works great !

Kind of the same

I am hoping not to go down that path too far. I really dont want to be a hand tool woodworker but would like to use them to improve the finish product. That said a few weeks ago I stepped up to a Lie Nielsen #62 low angle jack plane and then ordered a Lie Nielsen small block plane and rabbiting block plane. Honestly the only other planes I might by someday is a larger shoulder plane and possibly router plane.

I dont mind keeping them around. Its just 4 of them.

Yea thanks for the info. I think I read that without the dust extraction the bit clogs and misbehaves. So you buy your domino's on amazon abroad and have them shipped to the states? I am sure the 700 has its place but its generally too big for me. At most I am guessing there is only 10% of the time I could use it over the 500. I just like the thought of precision assembling things with ease. Be nice to dry fit a big project and then pop it apart and glue and clamp. Less messing around with lining things up.

Chris, I have put it off for a long time but I am told my build techniques will forever change with this one purchase. So I ordered a DF 500 Qset and a systainer full of dominos. I did not realize the tenon assortment kit included 5 cutters or I would not have ordered a set of them. I just knew that the the DF500 just had one size.

That is not really in the same class as what these guys are recommending which are good choices in my opinion. The Skil is more of a job-site saw. Not saying it wont work but the ridgid and unisaw would be much more saw. If you plan on doing woodworking I would hold out for something bigger.

For those looking for an interesting read who enjoy Woodworking I highly recommend this book. It's taken a long time for me to come to this point and understand that having better/high tech power tools is not always the way to achieve a better finished product. Often hand tools are the answer for the perfect fit that you cant repeatedly do with a power tool. I recently realized this when creating my first shooting board which I plan to redo with better woods now that I see the benefit of having something that works so well. Anyway, this book is all about the blend of power and hand tools. Its written by Mark Spagnuolo (AKA The Wood Whisperer). Two thumbs up from me. The only downside to this is I find myself surfing lie-nielsen.com for tools which from a price standpoint is like the Festool of tools without cords.

Well I got 4 of these things in different sizes. Super excited as they go with something bigger coming UPS tomorrow.

Thickness is going to be a challenge for hand tools. Of course you can hand plane something to thickness and true it up using winding sticks and lots of elbo grease. However a planer and/or jointer is the tool of choice. Once again it depends on the size of the board you are working with. Truing up a long board is something I use my tracksaw for and the only method I have short of using another straight board and table saw.

I can see that and all those things did cross my mind. Mostly the small hard pad for things like face frames. One thing I like about the Rotex 90 is you can rotate the pad and use three different tips on the triangle pad. The 400 does not have the same luxury. Having proprietary pads is something that does not thrill me as you can break the bank pretty quick with Festool consumables. I will try a Rotex someday.