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I have used a zip lock plastic bag and packed the small (5" x 4") billet in uncooked rice. Place 1/2 rice in bag, place billet, fill rest of rice and zip it. Dry the rice out in a microwave every month - remove from bag first. 2-3 mins on high. Most times the billet usually dries out in 6 ...

Check your tension as per the instructions and if okay then with machine stopped - unpluged - rub a bit of soap (old style laundry cake soap) on the inside of belt - that would lube belt and reduce/eliminate squeak.

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Sandy in NZ

Hi, even if the fence to blade setup is within tolerance, there is still the "tolerance factor", that is if your tolerance is say to within 5 thou, one could be biased to the infeed and the other to the outfeed side of the blade. That would produce this result (upto double the tolerance fa...

My maximum possible depth of cut theory is that the saw-blade helps keep the timber 'down' on the table - that is pulls it down in the direction of rotation - I use feather-boards and push sticks & saw guards where possible. (I don't mean to open a can of worms here just my way of getting things...

Dusty, the straight edge bothered me - I use a 42" saw sledge and the waxed hardwood runner slides on the extension table the hard wood guide slides in the mitre slot - both tables are slightly off set height wise. The plastic pipes have the required height and identification written on them. I...

I have an elderly but well performing Mk V that I use with various setups including a home made saw-sled. One challenge I happened on was getting the main table And Aux table to the correct height. This is now history on my MkV. I have several sets of 1" inside diameter plastic tubes that I hav...

I like Nick's reply and would like to add another into the mix - frequency - Us that run at 50Hz have a different speed range to the USA 60Hz - divide by 60 and multiply by 50 - or just turn the darn dial to Saw!

Works for me

Regards
Sandy in NZ

"Indexing wheel on the shopsmith" I have used a wheel as such with some favorable results. I build my own 3mm thick disk, scribed my 24 divisions, drilled the center @ 5/8 and mount it between the nova chuck and the spindle. Pinned into the aluminum collar. there is zero movement on the 't...

A couple of years back I turned several rolling pins complete with handles attached (fixed) in place. These were christmas gifts that were well recieved and are in constant use. I got a rough overall cylinder shape and used the 12 inch sanding disk with 100 grit paper and held over the top of the cy...

Nice job Ed. I too have been working with sketchup and had a heck of a time getting started but when I went to the google sketchup site and used their tutorial then had a look at the sketchup podcasts in itunes I got a bit better - main thing is using it and practicing. I still prefer pencil and pap...