r/woodworkingtools

Received a set of machinist squares the other day and I’m disappointed with the amount of oil on them.

But I’d be more disappointed if they rusted.

Wondering if I cleaned them up and use MD 40 Specialist Dry Lube or Bostic Glide Coat if those are effective against rust.

Another option would be aluminum machineist squares, but I haven’t been able to find any.

I’m looking for experiences or thoughts on ordering large machines from Amazon. I’m looking to buy a Powermatic 8” Jointer, the parallelogram model PJ-882HH and surprisingly it’s available to purchase on Amazon. But I’ve never ordered anything that large or that requires freight delivery from Amazon before and I’m not sure about it.

I’ve had several freight deliveries to my house before but I usually order direct from the manufacturers (Grizzly a couple times, and Puma for a 60 gallon compressor). All were shipped via TForce freight, which I honestly don’t love because they’re communication/scheduling is bad. You can tell they’re more set up for business/commercial customers than residential (always ask for business name and operating hours and I have to remind them I’m just a guy with a house). Ive usually had to call a couple times and remind them to schedule my delivery. But the actual deliveries have worked fine. They have lift gate and while it says curbside, they put it on a pallet jack and into my garage (easy driveway access).

Ordering from Amazon is attractive because their tracking is usually better, although I think they use 3rd-party carriers for freight anyway (possibly TForce?). And it’s just more familiar. But I’m worried that because it’s not really the sort of thing that’s Amazon’s main focus either. I’ve heard their curbside is ACTUALLY curbside, which would be a problem as the jointer shipping weight is almost 800 lbs. I could rent a pallet jack but that’s a pain. I also expect Amazon will put more responsibility on the seller, which actually appears to be Powermatic anyway, so I could just be adding extra complication for no reason.

If anyone has tried ordering full size machines from Amazon, I’d love to hear your experience. This is obviously a big purchase and I want to make sure I do what I can to make it go well.

I’m looking to pull the trigger on a cabinet saw and have it down to two options, the Harvey HW100S or a SawStop PCS

They are both the same price here in Australia. But Harvey seems very new here, so I’m not sure what support will be like.

The Harvey has my attention mainly due to the big eye fence, and the nickel plated top which *should* do well in our humid climate.

The sawstop has a smaller motor, and shorter rails. But it’s above what I realistically need anyway. The safety then is quite appealing

Does anyone have any experience with both? I’m ultimately interested in a high quality cabinet saw that I won’t have to fight to keep accurate, and keep for 10+ years

Hey all. I’m looking for ideas or actual
Products that will help me in a couple ways. One obviously is dust extraction, but also to help with safety. Short story is I’ve recently been diagnosed with ocular Mayathenia gravis. Which gives me double vision if both eyes are open. If I cover one eye I’m ok to see but have little to no depth perception. Which as imagined is not the best thing in the world for using sharp spinning things.
I’ve seen a couple you tubers that have these dust extraction shrouds that cover the table say blade. Which may help but I was wondering if anyone has or has seen something like this that will act as a blade guard to keep my digits safer. Like one that would ride flush with the surface of the material or maybe slightly above for less friction but also keep my fingers from possible relocation.
I don’t want to stop woodworking as it’s already taken me out of work as a machinist and driving. So this is about all I have left. Not to mention all the cash invested in this hobby.
Any info and or ideas would be most appreciated. Or even anyone dealing with OMG ( yep … actually a thing ) and has found solid work arounds.
Thanks in advance.

I recently acquired a Jet JWTS-10 table saw from a school that cleared out their storage area. The saw is in good shape, but the blade to miter slot is 80 thousandths out of parallel as measured with a dial indicator.

Can someone explain how to adjust this? The arbor bolts on the back of the saw are easy to get to. On the front of the saw not so much. However, there are two connecting rods that go from front to back that look to me like an adjustment mechanism. Can someone point me in the right direction on this? Both how to use these if that is the case, and also how do you get to the arbor bolts in the front of the saw?

Am I better off completely disassembling the saw? I am sure it was manhandled in the past, and one of the wings looks like it may have either been dropped or fell at some point.

The owners manual says that if the blade is not parallel to the slot to adjust it, but no directions on how to perform that.

Thanks!