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I feel like someone could try proving to me over and over and over again how accurate it is but I still wouldn’t believe it and use a tape instead.
I feel the exact same way. Feels like something you would see at state fair by the hot tubs in the industrial ag building.
 
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Anyone have tips for setting up dust collection system?

The connector pieces add up so plan it out first.

I bought some 4” “flex tube” from the Woodsmith Store that was absolutely worthless. It was so stiff it was unusable so I ended up having to go on Rockler to order some.

Beyond that, I use a shop vac connected to my system because that’s what I have room for. I think most people can get by with a decent shop vac and a separator.

Gates for each run helps a ton.

Something like this is cool for the stuff you use the most.
 
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The connector pieces add up so plan it out first.

I bought some 4” “flex tube” from the Woodsmith Store that was absolutely worthless. It was so stiff it was unusable so I ended up having to go on Rockler to order some.

Beyond that, I use a shop vac connected to my system because that’s what I have room for. I think most people can get by with a decent shop vac and a separator.

Gates for each run helps a ton.

Something like this is cool for the stuff you use the most.

Thanks
 

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Ok fellow woodworkers. Need some advice. I have 2 chunks of spalted maple, approximately 13" x 10"x 9". Looking for someone with a big enough ban saw that can mill down to 1" thick pieces. Customer wants me to make cutting boards out of it. The wood came from a tree in her yard that blew over during the storm last year.
Any advice or help is appreciated.

Did you ever get this figured out? If you are in DSM metro, I believe there is a community woodworking shop available for things like this.
 

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Starting to finish up my moms kitchen face lift. She had golden oak cabinets that were still in great shape. I distressed them with black glazing, changed out the cabinet hardware, added a new sink, back splash, and range hood. The counter top is an epoxy dirty pour using diamond dust, pearl dust, white, silver and black metallic powder. Turned out pretty nice.
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Did you ever get this figured out? If you are in DSM metro, I believe there is a community woodworking shop available for things like this.
No, I didnt. I was going to ask Woodsmith store if they had any ideas or way to cut them down. Do you know or have a POC for this??
 

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Anyone have tips for setting up dust collection system?
There are a lot of videos and sites that would be better served than me on this. But without getting into too many specifics, I used 4" PVC with 45's instead of 90's for the turns. Use blast gates as much as possible, I made mine.
 

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Nice! How’d you join all the pieces?
A lot of glue! Ran everything through my jointer & planer for the first glue-up to get the tightest joints possible.

Took a bunch of time with featherboards (table saw) for the angled cuts to get as tight of joints as possible again. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how the joints turned out.

I felt the amount of surface area for the glue didn't require any biscuits, dowels etc.
 
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