.025" 

Are we talking 0.025" or 0.0025"? I don't speak machinist and always get confused.

JPW has QC Issues!

Received the replacement table top a couple of days ago, but left it to acclimate to house temperature.  Opened it today and cleaned off the cosmoline, which pleasantly was not slathered on.  Figured I'd check the flatness before I went too far.  ! it's got a dip at the slot measuring 25 thousandths.  Poop.  I sent Jet an email and will wait to hear from them tomorrow.  

For the easy cleaning of brushes, the trick I have been using for decades is: before commencing to paint, take a couple of minutes to let the brush soak in the appropriate solvent,  which is likely water or paint thinner.  By "soaking" I do not mean just a quick dip of the brush into the solvent; rather, put enough solvent in a container to allow soaking [for a few minutes] the bristles up to the heel.   Since the first thing up into the bristles is either water or mineral spirits  then the cleanup will be remarkably easier.  The solvent used for soaking the brush can either be discarded [water] or reused [paint thinner] as it will still be clean........