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I like the DeSoto hot air units. I guess because it is totally passive and needs no fans to force air through them. According to the information I have read on that site, it doesn't send much warm...

Mark,

Is the hanging bar like a French Cleat used for hanging wall cabinets sometimes?

If not, a pix would be nice for inexperienced folk like me!

Russ, thanks for clarifying that for me. I read it and probably saw what I was expecting to see instead of what was really written. My ADD gets me that way some days.

But did you ever get a real answer to the ratings for the table weight? I could have just missed it when reading the forum posts.

http://www.cgallery.com/jpthien/cy.htm
and the associated forums at http://www.cgallery.com/smf/index.php?board=1.0 (plans are on the forum) would make a reasonably 'cheap' dust collector cyclone...

I have heard of Whitside as providing great bits, and they will occasionally provide a custom profile for minimal charge over the cost of a base bit.

Not personal experience, but from a reliable...

Magic,
I agree with Larry, it is what you make that matters, not what you charge.

If you get a 'complete specification' up front that the customer signs off on, then right or wrong, they owe...

try sites.google.com and it is free

ClearVue is for the most part the Bill Pentz design. If you want to DIY, check out Bill's Website on http://billpentz.com/woodworking/Cyclone/Index.cfm

There is a lot about sawdust and...

It might seem odd, but as a marketing technique, reaching out to local 'hacker' or 'maker' or 'builder' groups could be a source of non-competitive community inspiration. Even local high school...

I was perusing on phlatforum.com and saw a PDF of clock plans there that are free for personal use. But they are not ready to cut either.

If you get one generated (or DXFs) I would be interested

There is a DIY router that was initially based on an old SB design. www.mechmate.com ... It too has the 'high rails'. After looking at their design pretty closely, I get the feeling that the reason...

I understand a price increase goes into effect in January 2009 sometime. So placing an order before the end of the year could save you some $$$. The RUMOR I heard was 5 to 10% -- Do not order based...

From my understanding is the current answer is yes.

There is a drive under way by small toy makers, and organizations to exempt small toy makers (under 5000 toys a year) from the law. But they...

Yes, the jamboree made me infectious. On my way back home, I stopped a few places to visit old friends and the conversation came around to the Jamboree. One guy wants to come next year already, and...

I have seen people use a turning support when turning thin items like spindles for chair backs on a regular lathe. I wonder if that would help when doing 'delicate' carvings.

One uses steppers and the other uses servo's.

If you are a small shop, the steppers should be fine. Depending on how much you are doing, another question is router or spindle.

I don't have...

I like the idea of honesty first. If you get a 'twinge' telling a customer something, then you need to re-think what you said.

I like the 'Custom Made', if it is ordered before manufacture or...

Years ago my Dad was in charge of plant maintenance at Bell Helicopter in FtWorth TX. They did plant wide power factor correction, to keep from being billed for 'excess power'. Also, if they didn't...

Patents are great, especially the earlier in life you get one. My son has one that basically assured him scholarships to college. He is out now with a BS in MechEngr. The patent never turned a...

I have been wondering if redesigning the dust foot might be good idea. Use both a blower from one side pointing across the cutting area toward a narrow but wide mouth vacuum mouth. And around the...

being new to CNC, any shops that are CNC centered that someone would like to share with newbies?