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I bought it new about 2 years ago. I got the overarm dust collection upgrade as a "free" bonus when I purchased the saw.
The fence is of similar design to the Biesemeyer table saw fence which has been used on professional/industrial table saws since the 70's. I think the company (Biesemeyer) started out as an after market upgrade to saw manufacturer's designs - and fairly soon after, different manufacturers either licensed or copied the design for their own saw models. Delta, General, Powermatic and other brands have all had their versions. There really would not be an "upgrade" to this fence, as it's already deemed to be the best design.
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Certainly not my thing. I don't have the patience. I've read about folks buying wood that still needed to be dried which sounds like a huge pain in the rear.
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I have had extensive conversations with other craftsmen about the use of hand tools. I bet if they had a power plane or a Skill saw, nail guns back 150 years ago, all would have use them too instead of holding on to a board with their toes and hands to shave the pieces to straighten a board. My father was that way. He made all his jewelries with a bunch of hand tools he made himself. He did have a torch, polisher and a couple of drills. Most of that was forged, with a hammer and no wax castings. People paid good money for that type of work. Yep, he was stubborn to use new equip. I do see the difference on the work that some machine just can't produce unlike woodworking whereas 90% of it can be produced with power equip.
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I would like to have a couple/few planes, maybe a block plane or low angle block plane. I already have a couple of planes that if I had to guess are probably #3 or #4, and then I'd like a much longer plane, like a #6. I am curious about having one of the medium planes setup as a scrub plane. I may not use them often, but I might use them from time to time, and I have enjoyed using them in the past even though they probably haven't been appropriately sharp, and I probably wasn't using them with the best technique.
I'd also eventually like to get a router plane, have a card scraper, and a brace. When I was a kid, probably somewhere between 5 and 10, I got a toolbox for Christmas one year, and in the toolbox was a brace and bit. I'm pretty sure those were gifts from my grandparents, and the brace and bit almost certainly from my grandfather. I never really did much with it, and I don't know if I still have it, but I'd like to have another even if it's a symbolic link to grandpa and the past. I'll keep an eye out for planes at garage sales or antique shops. Who knows, maybe I'll stumble across an estate sale full of them. I don't see myself getting a rabbet plane, shoulder plane or plow plane. I'd like to know how to use the old tools effectively and keep them in good working shape. As I've gotten older, my interest and appreciation of the past and old ways/technology has increase exponentially.
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Back in the early 90s I made a pair of solid body electric guitars. I copied the Fender Stratocaster body dimensions pretty close using Zebra Wood. I cut the first cody by hand saw then rounded the edges to match the 35th anniversary model I had at the time. I cut the notch for the neck (bought two) by hand. It made me finally get a band saw AND a router with table both from Harbor Freight. The second one went much easier and cutting the openings for the switches, pickups, wires, ETC was way easier with the router! I played them for 4 or 5 years and sold both and my amps to fellow from Tijuana who had a band so I hope they got used well.
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Man, you shoulda said that earlier about that router plane. I woulda thrown that dang thing in the box too. I would need a larger box for sure with all the stuff in it. Let me look next time I go back after Thanksgiving. I might have bought that as far back as college when I was in my phase of doing old fashion hand work, playing artist in my old, tiny shop. Its a good one, Standley from the 50s, in pristine shape, bought from an old guy that dealt with high end, funky old hand tools that came to all the wood shops and selling them to cabinet makers . I am never going to use it (my guys wouldn't even look at it) so the thing sits somewhere collection dust. It better still be there since no one uses it, ever. I even made my the handles and knobs for a couple of my Jack Planes out of Cocobolo jsut for laughs. Silly how I thought I can make furniture for a living in this town.
BTW, Routers and dado sets are ways to to go for Dados. I have a panel router that I almost never use. The last time it was fired up, was over a year ago. Bosch or Amana bits are the go to. Don't waste your money in cheap bits. The don't last too long. For now, no more hand tool work. I love my lil' Makita Power Plane. I also have a Rockwell Door plane (depth adjustment on the fly) bought new during those early years that are no longer made or sold. Milt knows what it is. Gave up my left ball for it because it was a toss up between that or paying Tuition. Only one of my guy is allow to use it because he will clean it and put it back exactly where it belongs, in my home, garage. Its still in great shape. Some things are just too important to me, too much sentimental value in them. Maybe one day soon when I hit 55 in a couple of years, I will go back and play with building furniture again with spoke shaves, cabinet scrapers and such without having to deal with phone calls, designers and crazy "Woke"neighbors of clients? Last edited by look 171; 11-22-2020 at 07:03 PM.. |
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This is fascinating. This guy is talking about how the blade angle on planes affects the performance of the plane on woods with difficult grain. I'd have never guessed that a less acute angle is better for difficult grain. That seems counter intuitive to me. i also didn't realize that other that getting a regular plane or a low angle plane that you can buy frogs of different angles.
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This guy is clever. If you have limited room, this is just too cool. I don't know about the folding casters? I would leave them without the ability to fold to prevent tripping on them.
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I have a small business that repairs the older Bridge City Tools. I acquired all of the old stock of parts when the company was sold in 2018. I also have just about every tool they have produced, so getting all the repair parts was good for me personally too.
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I'd seen this earlier this year, but forgot about it and found it again. Previously, I'd had a DeWalt 12" compound miter saw. It did everything, but it was not a sliding miter saw. I often found myself wishing I'd had the sliding version. That saw is regularly $349. The sliding DeWalt is $599, and they go up from there for things like Milwaukee, Makita, etc.... DeWalt came out with a new version of their sliding saw and the difference is an LED light to give you a line on the wood to cut (supposed to be better than a laser). That saw is $599. The old version, without the LED was $599 before the new one came out. the old one is still available at some HD and on Amazon for $349, same price as the non-sliding model. Dewalt DWS780 $599 (12" sliding w/LED) https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-Corded-12-in-Double-Bevel-Sliding-Compound-Miter-Saw-with-XPS-technology-Blade-Wrench-Material-Clamp-DWS780/202922350 Dewalt DWS779 $349 (12" sliding w/o LED) https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-Corded-12-in-Double-Bevel-Sliding-Compound-Miter-Saw-Blade-Wrench-Material-Clamp-DWS779/206541015 Dewalt DWS716 $349 (12" LED) https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-Corded-12-in-Compound-Double-Bevel-Miter-Saw-DWS716/308351915 Or the old version (what I had) non-sliding Dewalt DWS715 $199 (12" w/o LED) https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-Corded-12-in-Single-Bevel-Compound-Miter-Saw-DWS715/309749587 Anyone thing the $349 12" sliding would be a bad saw?
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Perusing Facebook marketplace, and for most of the tools for sale, I can't help but thing that what I'm looking at is mostly junk or stolen.
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