Infinity Tools has a somewhat similar design with their stacked dado set.? You can get an entire 3/4” stacked dado set on your arbor.? Unfortunately, no 30mm sized arbor and you would still have to drill pin holes and it’s $329.90 and out of stock.? It has 2 full 1/4” chippers. I have the new CMT set which I set up on my Sawstop.? The 3/8” deep rabbit cuts I made were flat and little to no tear out but I had quite a bit of burning in the solid maple.? Mya e the burning was from my feed rate and the fact that’s it’s maple. Not sure if Infinity Tools could drill out a 30mm arbor hole and pins or not. I would definitely like to get one of these two dado stacks for the Felder.

John Adank

Photo of the 3/8” x 3/8” rabbit cut with new CMT Dado set

On Feb 2, 2024, at 10:53?PM, James Zhu <james.zhu2@...> wrote:

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I got the product email from Taylor Toolswork at 1PM today, but did not check it until now.?

Looks like it is a great alternative to get the dado capability on the slider. Basically, it can cut dado between 6mm to 20mm. It covers the range of Felder two dado cutters. It is only $120, already sold out.

Of course, you need to have the 30 mm arbor and 2 pin holes bored.

James

James - it already has 30mm center hole, it just missing the pin holes

I wonder what would be the cost to bore the pin holes (2 blades, 3 spacers and maybe the shims as well)?
It might make it more expensive than just buying a dado set from Ridge or Forest?

I would second Bob’s advice about considering a used saw. I don’t want to offend anyone but what I’ve seen is that there are quite a few hobbyist woodworkers who buy after retirement and then 10 - 20 years down the road find they aren’t spending as much time in the shop and sell lightly used, beloved and well-cared for equipment.

That said, I did not follow my own advice and bought new : )?

Bird

On Feb 1, 2024, at 10:41 AM, Bob Wise <bob@...> wrote:

Why not go with a used saw? I stepped up from an Oliver 270 to an older k700s and after a couple of years with it I now know if I bought a new saw what I'd really value.

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 6:02?AM <jcorrado72@...> wrote:

Hello,
This is my first post and joined yesterday.? I’ve been seriously considering purchasing a new K 700 S.? I am a firefighter in Michigan and soon will be retiring.? I am a hobbies woodworker now but hope to supplement my pension with a small amount from woodworking.? I currently have a saw stop.? I’ve spoken to Altendorf as well but that machine is literally double the price of the K700S.? I was wondering if I should, first off, pull the trigger and buy a slider and also, is the Altendorf (WA 80) THAT much better than the Felder? ?

I appreciate this site as I have found lots of great information in my research.?

Thank you in advance.?

Hi Murray:

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Sorry to drop the ball on this discussion. Thanks a lot for sharing your local knowledge on Sharp Panels and BGB. Darren Oates has a proven track record to producing commercial quantities of shop sawn materials. I have a lot of respect for him!

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Regarding “making your own”, that’s exactly what I do when I have a high-end project that needs a certain look, or I’m using a very special piece of timber. The case of this chest of drawers was solid Australian blackwood, but the client wanted master grade fiddleback Australian blackwood for the fronts. So I resawed a 50mm board into 4mm veneers and then made my own laminated drawer fronts by resawing lots of “ordinary” blackwood, mixing up the grain, and then gluing together a 25mm drawer front consisting of many layers of blackwood with the special fronts. This allowed maximum quality and control on a stable drawer front in “solid wood” but with the special show faces.

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Anyway, I hope your day is turning out great!

Lucky

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Warm regards,

Lucky

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of murrayau1 via <murrayp=[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 at 09:44
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [FOG] Sheet good recommendations

Lucky, thanks for the response. Regarding the Wood Review article I was just suggesting a standard magazine article. I know they have plenty of good topics, but the subject of built-in and library construction struck me is being really interesting and I don’t believe they have done anything on this in the past.

Regarding plywood supplies, I’ve just checked and it seems that Sharp Plywood have been reincarnated as Sharp Panels. I think they do custom veneer of plywood and they would be worth a look. Also, there is a guy called Steve at Nerang with a company called BGB plywood . he sells relatively inexpensive “marine” plywood. I bought a bundle of a couple of years ago for non-critical work such as planter boxes, a pool pump cover and a tool cabinet I’m planning on building. There are some pluses and minuses with this plywood. On the downside, although it is called Marine plywood I would never have it anywhere near a boat. it has a gaboon veneer on the outside. Many of the sheets that I bought, had a defect, consisting of faint, dark lines, running perpendicular to the grain. I was planning on, finishing many of them with a solid acrylic, so this didn’t concern me, and I thought that just a few passes with the sandpaper would remove them. With every sheet of marine plywood I have ever used in the past the outer layer is not a wafer thin veneer, but an actual ply of reasonable thickness. With the BGB plywood, it is thin veneer, which you can sand straight through very easily.

On the plus side however, it seems to have very good thickness consistency and a very fair flat surface. Judging by the end grain, it doesn’t have too many voids. It’s a couple of years since I bought the bundle I have, it’s been stored in a carport, partially exposed, and is showing no signs of any delamination warping, etc.

I had a significant victory recently with my first attempt at shop sawing wide veneers(thanks to Darren Oates). I am now planning on doing my own veneers for the aforementioned tool cabinet, and I think BGB plywood should be okay for this purpose. if you have some non-critical tasks coming up, it’s probably worth buying a couple of sheets and doing your own assessment.

Murray

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I actually saw this on an Ironwood slider.? It's shown in both of these videos at the 5 minute mark (only 2 years ago).? They describe it as a "pneumatic pressure beam":





-Aaron

When I bought my T72 24 years ago this option was about $2600. I imagine twice or three times now if still available. Aigner has one also if it is still available.