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Originally Posted by rwest

Here are the nut crackers- not my design, John Economaki of Bridge City Tool Works is the designer. In the picture below is one of his on the top, one I made in the middle and on the bottom, one in progress. Mine are too thin on the bottom and don’t look as good as his- my turning skill needs more work so I don’t need to sand as much!

FYI, he had published the instructions on a blog for people to make for personal use.

That's really cool. Thanks for posting.


I was curious, so I checked CL for sawstops and also other TS. I found a Sawstop for sale in Houston, 4 years old, Contractor's model, 52", optional rolling base, optional cast iron wings and a spare stop module all for the bargain basement price of $2500. Of course, if you go to the sawstop website and build the same thing, you come out at $2547. Presumably, that one doesn't have 4 years of use, but you do save $47 and probably sales tax on the used one!