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The Phantom 8th

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The Phantom 8th

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The Phantom 8th

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey

So I've actually started (or restarted if you wish) woodworking in the new shop. I thought that everything was tuned to the proverbial "gnat's eyelash" [Ponders may remember] but when I went to employ my shop-made miter/cut-off sled I discovered that the cut line was 1/8" away from the blade. Hummmm

Pulled out the finger joint jig . . . also short of the blade by an 8th.

The cross-cut sled? Same-o.

This will NOT do.

I was sure the table saw had been set to factory spec so the only answer was that all of my jigs and stuff had shrunk by an 1/8" due to sitting idle for 6-8 months.

So, do I tear down the saw table, factory specs be damned, and re-set its parts to make the jigs fit?

Ahhhhh, no.

Make all new sleds and jigs to celebrate the new shop?

Nah.

Cut some 1/4" hardwood stock and glue it to the jigs' cut lines, then run them through the saw to get the new "0" line. Check the other parts, adjust where needed to true them up.

Done.

Happy Halloween!

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Larry Clinton At Frankfort, (Central) Indiana

Just wondering if you reversed, omitted or added a washer when you re-installed your saw blade?

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#3

Nah

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey

I must have misread the combo square I used to set the left miter slot to the blade when setting the table onto the cabinet base.

I've since had eye surgery and can see a whole lot better now!

Nothing like the tools telling you when you screwed up eh? ;)

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Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio

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Jim DeLaney, Austintown, Ohio

That's my guess, too - maybe omitted a 'blade stabilizer' - like the ones Forrest promotes?

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#5

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Bruce, a MN Galoot

Sounds like a cataract fix. It makes those cut lines a lot crisper, doesn’t it?

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Yonak

Mark, could the table have shifted on the base in the move ? Do your zero-clearance inserts fit ?

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#7

Re: Cataract Surgery

Hank Knight

There are few things about aging to look forward to. Cataract surgery is one.

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#8

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dave nichols

Just had my last cataract done last week, amazing how much better I can see.

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Bruce, a MN Galoot

Yes, vision is improved drastically, but most amazing to me was the color of the sky — I had forgotten how blue it was/is. The colors of the world are amazing.

My eyes tire more easily, and the ability to focus on close-up things is diminished. OTOH, I passed my drivers license vision test without glasses, the first time in my life.

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Table + *LINK*

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey

"off" in the move. Took the opportunity to clean and dry-lube the trunions and gears before the move. Apparently I didn't get the table set to the spec distance for left miter to the blade. It's dead-nuts even but an 8th wide.

Oh well.

BTW, if anyone uses flex-arm task lighting in their shop, see my post on the turning forum.


Moffatt

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#11

Yee-yah!

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey

Haven't seen this well since starting grad school, shortly after dirt was invented. I'll need readers for that and all close work, but driving and TV are 2-eyes only now.

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