For HVAC in my shop I used this: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or
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My shop is a 2 car garage. Works well in heat and cold. I've set the cooling to 80 degrees F. when I'm out there. With an additional 24" fan to help circulate the air, I'm not sweating in Texas heat. Have not installed the insulation yet, but planning to after get in the Dust collecting runs.

Glenn J.

I had finished my 'twice turned' bowl inventory several weeks ago and was feeling a little loss has to what to do next.  No new bowl stock on the near horizon from my mill and while a handful of small shop projects were satisfying it just wasn't the same.  Then it occurred to me, I still had a handful of the 4-in-1 screwdriver kits I'd never completed.  So not only did I have the opportunity for some 'real life' turning, I also had the benefit to brush up on my skew work.  For what it's worth, don't be intimidate by the skew...it's just a tool and not possessed by any demons.  I've used this analogy a number of times and I think it's directly applicable to skew work.  When learning to ride a bicycle for the first time, you're not quite sure what you're doing no matter how many times Mom and Dad just say to keep pedaling.  You fall...get scrapped up and try, try again.  And then a funny thing happens...within 20 or 30 seconds after having figured out the magic of bike riding, it's nearly impossible to figure out why it was so hard in the first place.  For what it's worth...I always recommend one or two 'real life' projects you want to to turn and then mass produce them.  Eventually...what works best for you will become apparent and 'muscle memory' will take over from there.  Anyways...that's how I spent my weekend (well...some of it anyways), making screwdriver handles.

John Grace wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 7:11am:

You've motivated me to go back and dust off my barely used skew and give it another try!

John G, I've found that having the rest higher for Skew work is easier to prevent catches and get smoother cuts, too.

Glenn J.

Nice retro fit for your saw.
There really aren't too many options "off the shelf" for improving the safety of your pre riving knife saw or ones without built in dust collection. The over arm solutions can get quite expensive and are typically only for cabinet saws.

Years ago, I bought a Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or , made my own guard for it and never looked back.
The only drawback is that it doesn't work with bevel cuts, not a big deal to me.
IMO, the ease of removal and install makes you more apt to use it. I frequently change from rip to cross-cut and it only takes a second to change.
I don't know how the newer saws deal with this.

I have a Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or
It's been a good saw, no complaints.
If I were to buy a new one I would go for the Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or for one main reason, more room in front of the blade.
Distance - Front of Table to Center of Blade: 18-1/2"
Distance - Table in Front of Saw at Max Depth of Cut: 13-1/2"
May seem like a little thing but those extra 2" are worth it, and it's a darn nice saw.

And I want more.
A couple of my Incra miter gauges are 10" from fence to the rear most point of the bar. It doesn't leave you much room for stock to cut.