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RE: What is it about the 4 1/2 smoother? - C. in Indy - 12-02-2016
What is it about the 4-1/2?
Who would take hours soaking parts in Evaporust, ransacking their shop for striking woods to repair totes, on a 4-1/2 that nobody else snatched up? Not me! Or.... maybe....
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Chris
RE: What is it about the 4 1/2 smoother? - C. in Indy - 12-04-2016
No addiction here.... just avoiding being a couch-potato this Sunday afternoon
For the rear tote it was easier to splice the break than to build a whole new one. So the wood hues aren't all matched.
I e-mailed this to my buddy down-state, and he wants to buy the 4-1/2 !!
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RE: What is it about the 4 1/2 smoother? - GeorgeV - 12-06-2016
I bought a 4 1/2 from Tablesaw Tom in August of 2014 and I love it.
RE: What is it about the 4 1/2 smoother? - Bibliophile 13 - 12-07-2016
C. in Indy, I'm glad I'm not the only one who's done a tote repair like that! My philosophy is that, if you can't match the grain, then go for contrast. On a similar repair I made, the hard maple between two pieces of the original rosewood looks distinctive at least.
Good save on the tote, though. That kind of repair is indeed easier than making a whole new one.