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A couple of months past two years from when I started this thread: I was over there with new renters coming in and remembered to take this picture. At first I thought the doors had started to deteriorate some, but it was just dirt on the little horizontal surfaces near the bottom. They look like I just sprayed them. I'm very pleased with the products I used for this finish. Looking at the earlier pictures, if anything the wood color underneath has evened out some, but I have no idea why. I do remember there being more of a variation than they have now. Looking back through this thread I see that I said we were hoping to rent it in the Summer of that year, 2022. There ended up being too much stuff to fix, and first renters weren't in until Christmas of that year. Summer of 2023 could be considered a success, and 2024 is going much better than we ever expected, being booked solid from the first part of March. I still have one more fiberglass bathtub to replace in it, but it might be Winter after next before I get to that. -
I’ve cut thousands of 16p nails with worm gear saws, opening ridge vents. I think the biggest fear is a badly brazed tooth. The carbide is brazed to the steel plate, and they can pop off at times. More likely, the nails themselves may “tear out.” -
More adventures in MDF land... My first set of cuts down the length for the dovetail slots went fine. But when I went to make the perpendicular slots (just using the Microjig hogout bit at this point), I got blowout city. One thing I didn't notice at the time is that where I finished the MDF, on the outside of the piece at top in the photo below, blowout was much, much less - in retrospect, finishing inside the slots might be a good idea before cross-routing. I tried blue tape inside the slots and that helped a little but not much. What worked well was to use a block of wood cut at 14 degrees as a guide and pre-cut the slots with a handsaw. This addressed most of the blowout problem. Below, a little CA glue to fix the blowout. The packing foam kept the blowout in place while the glue dried. A little surgery with a box cutter was needed afterwards to clear out some of the slots where the MDF swelled from the glue. One cross slot got a little wonky on me (2nd from the left near the top) - my precuts and router didn't quite line up. If it gives me issues, I'll try filling the slot with some blue tape. Got a coat of poly on the ends before calling it a day. -
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Bourbon Moth did a YouTube video where he purchased a bunch of Sawstop brake cartridges and tested various scenarios. I set off my Sawstop once by accidentally touching the side of the blade. It the blade was below the table, then I heard the bang, and then I realized that I had touched the blade. Someone else was using my Sawstop and set off the brake. He said that he wasn't touching the blade, but his finger was very close to the blade and he saw a spark jump between his finger and the blade and that's what set off the brake. I don't consider this a misfire, because (A) the brake fire much faster than the eye can see, so I suspect that he actually touched the blade without realizing it, and (B) if his finger was that close to the blade, then it's too close for safety. -
Sorry to hear this. It is always hard to lose a loyal member of the family pack.
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