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Power Tools, Woodworking, and Metalworking Machinery
Attention Meat Bandsaw Owners
Submitted By: The Brettwood Staff
The Outpost Packaging Production in Hastings, ON has seasoning for sausage and pepperetts as well as casings. You can contact them at 705-696-3611. They are located at 5431 County Road 2.
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Do You Have a Problem Keeping Sandpaper Tight On Your Drum Sander?
Submitted By: The Brettwood Staff
If you have trouble keeping the sandpaper strips tight when you are changing them, we have the solution! When you put the sandpaper into the clip to hold it, release the spring first with one hand, then bring the clip back, which will tension the sandpaper tight.
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What is Better - Levers or Handwheels? (Jointers)
Submitted By: The Brettwood Staff
Levers vs. Handwheels
Did you know a handwheel allows precise table adjustments in increments as small as a few thousandths of an inch? One full revolution of a handwheel can be as small as .025" of table movement. You can see that a fraction of a turn translates to a very small, precise table adjustment. A handwheel also allows you to change settings and then go back and repeat the previous setting simply by counting the revolutions or fractions. Handwheels allow the operator the control needed to adjust the outfeed table to within .001" of the cutting arc of the cutterhead.
A lever adjusted table lacks this type of control and results in frustration as the operator must guess at table height by bumping or tapping the lever in a trial and error method. The lever adjusted table relies solely on the locking device to keep the table at the selected position. If the locking devices in not very firm, the table can creep during operation causing untold problems. Also, on some machines, the table(s) can move slightly as the locking mechanism is loosened or tightened making a fine adjustment impossible.
Whether adjusting the depth of cut at the infeed table or setting-up at the outfeed table, you will appreciate the added control of handwheel table adjustments.
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Checking a Miter Gauge for Squareness
Submitted By: Bill Wilson
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Place the miter gauge as close as possible to the front edge of the saw table. Select a piece of plywood or other scrap sheet-stock that is about as long as the distance between the miter gauge and the sawblade-the longer the better. The plywood should be wide enough to hold tightly to the gauge, roughly 1 ft. A nonslip surface (sandpaper) on the face of the miter guage is helpful. One edge of the plywood needs to be straight and true-mark it as the true edge. Hold the true edge against the miter gauge and cut about 1/8" off one side of the plywood. Flip the board over so that the true edge is still against the miter gauge and cut 1/8" off the opposite side in the same manner.
Now measure both ends of the board. If the miter gauge is square to the blade, both ends of the plywood will be equal. If the gauge is not square, the measurements will be different. The best part of this procedure is that any error will be doubly magnified. For example, a difference of 1/64" will show up as 1/32". Adjust the angle of the miter gauge accordingly and recut.
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Factory Express Repair Program
Submitted By: The Brettwood Staff
We can repair most major brands, including DeWalt, Honda, Hitachi, Bosch, Stanley Bostitch, Makita, Ryobi, Skil, Milwaukee, Porter-Cable among others. Genuine factory replacement parts used. Call us for more details 1-800-799-2199
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Non-marring mallet
Submitted By: Bill Wilson
For years, I've been looking for a heavy assembly mallet that won't mar a wooden surface. When I couldn't find what I needed, I invented it myself.
A deadblow mallet is the best choice for the job, but it can leave black marks and the face is occasionally too hard. My solution is to take two leather caps and stitch them in place over the two faces of the deadblow mallet.
Here's how to make each cap. On a piece of leather, scribe a circle diameter about 1.5 inches larger than the mallet-head diameter. Make six equidistant marks along the circumference of the pattern diameter. The idea is to make a wavy pattern with those marks as the crests of the wave. Then, punch or drill holes in the two pieces of leather and lace them together as shown
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Do You Have a 15-020 General Spindle Sander?
Submitted By: Bill Wilson
A good cleaning kit for your 15-020 General Oscillating Spindle Sander, is a shot gun cleaning kit, which you can get at Canadian Tire for approx $10.00-$12.00. This kit is for cleaning a shot gun, a 4/10 gauge and a 20 gauge.
With the machine running, use the 4/10 gauge brass bristle brush to clean the threads in the bottom of the taper. Then put a cotton swab on the end of the bristle brush and clean it through as well. Use the 20 guage brass bristle brush on the upper part of the spindle.
Take the spindles out every night and clean them, it is a very quick cleaning process. When you remove them, you should add a little bit of air tool oil to each one, just a drop. Wipe the spindles clean with a cotton rag before you puth them back in. This will ensure nothing gets rusted, and help to keep things from fusing together.
If you follow this maintenance procedure, you should not have any problems.
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Battery Tips
Submitted By: The Brettwood Staff
* Keep the battery healthy by fully charging and then fully discharging it at least once every 2-3 weeks (exception Lithium Ion batteries which don't suffer from memory effect)
* Clean dirty battery contacts with a cotton swab and alcohol.
* Don't leave the battery dormant for long periods of time, use it at least once every 2-3 weeks.
* Store batteries you won't be using in a cool dry place. Recharge the battery before using it again.
* You must fully charge/discharge a battery up to 4 cycles before achieving full capacity.
* Quick charge batteries: do not allow the battery to fully discharge between charge cycles, it weakens their full capabilities in performance
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