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   Elcoholic | Jan 06, 2004 12:52am | #1

   Interesting but spendy and probably very heavy.  I have to question the stated accuracy of 1/32".  That's fairly meaningless without knowing where and how measured.  For a protractor based device I'd expect to accuracy to be stated in MOA or fractions of degrees.

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   JMartinsky | Jan 06, 2004 03:03am | #2

   Feeble attempt at innovation.

   John

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   EdHarrison | Jan 06, 2004 07:09am | #3

   I think this invention is God's way of saying: "Stick with two saw horses, a protractor, a pencil and a batten board, particularly if you had any thoughts toward loading it in the back of your pickup truck."

   This invention bears all the hallmarks of liberal thinking: "Topheavy, over-engineered, very questionable aesthetics, expensive, and of limited utility." Kind of like Hillary's health care plan,....

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   Scrit | Jan 06, 2004 05:19pm | #4

   Don't quite get the political stuff, but it does kind of put me in mind of what an IT guy might come up with - even if you told him about the existence of radial arm saws and chop saw..... <G>

   Scrit

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   EdHarrison | Jan 06, 2004 06:37pm | #8

   Scrit, the political stuff was a joke, albeit a mischevious one, almost certainly guaranteed to cause a sense-of-humor-failure master caution light in the minds of some posters.

   It reminds me more of a science project than something done by an IT department, but I see your point. I admire the guy's ingenuity and marketing efforts, but I don't think this effort is the one. "RONCO" is not going to be calling, just yet. It is contraptions like this that engendered the American expression: "No need to make a science project out of it!"

   Someday in my ultimate dream shop I'm going to have a large panel saw/ panel router. Maybe I'll build some kind of large protractor into it to instantly adjust cutting angles on the fly,...

   Edited 1/6/2004 10:49:43 AM ET by Ed from Mississippi

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   MatthewSchenker | Jan 06, 2004 06:58pm | #9

   I find it fascinating that arch-conservatives always need to "get the goat" of liberals. What's the deal with this? You're not actually saying anything on your own, only trying to pull someone else down to a lower level. It's just bullying -- completely pointless.

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   EdHarrison | Jan 06, 2004 08:03pm | #10

   I guess you guys just bring out the devil in us, Matthew.

   But being what you call a "Neo-con" or "Arch-Conservative," I do definitely have my own ideas about health care, and Hillary Clinton's laughable efforts to establish a national health care plan during the first term of the Clinton presidency, which is what my joke was based on. I believe that Americans should take advantage of living in this great country to save and invest and grow their own wealth and become basically self-insured. Not whine and cry and p--- and moan about national health care insurance and expect big government to solve their lack of discipline in managing personal finances, like liberals do.

   Once again, my .02 worth, drawn out of me by a thin-skinned liberal.

   Ed

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   MichaelPB | Jan 06, 2004 08:36pm | #11

   Sort of like the thinned skinned Republicans when they heard about that biographical TV show they were doing  that dared to tell the truth about Reagan.  Problem is, telling the truth about what a sellout Reagan was (gave up all his friends to McCarthy), caused the California homeless crises (closed the metal health facillities) and a huge disaster for the US (let his friends rob the savings and loans, all that stolen money swelled the economy but the taxpayers had to repay it all) stomped all over the constitution, dealt with the Iranian terrorists, etc. 

   Sometimes the truth hurts...

   Michael

   A thinned skinned Democrat for Clark

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   EdHarrison | Jan 06, 2004 09:48pm | #12

   "There he goes again,..."

   Well thank you, Michael. My view is that President Reagan was the greatest President of my lifetime, but I will not argue with you about your view, and am proud to live in a country where everyone can express their own views.

   Now, I sincerely apologize for hijacking this thread and introducing politics (an addictive subject to me). Lets get back to one of my favorite subjects in the world: Tools for Woodworking.

   Cheers, Ed

   Edited 1/6/2004 1:49:19 PM ET by Ed from Mississippi

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   MichaelPB | Jan 06, 2004 10:02pm | #13

   There are sayings about things like this...

   I think he reinvented the wheel...

   A solution looking for a problem...

   Expensive anchor...

   Michael

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   MatthewSchenker | Jan 06, 2004 11:20pm | #14

   I think you arch-conservatives need to give up on your worn-out cry that Democrats spend too much and believe in big government.  Kind of outdated.

   Clinton built a surplus through responsible spending and cuts in government programs, while keeping alive the programs we need.  Health care is only one of an endless number of complicated programs debated on the grounds of spending.

   My friend, no one in the history of the United States has expanded big government more than your draft-dodging ignoramous occupying the White House right now.

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   EdHarrison | Jan 07, 2004 12:07am | #16

   I cannot argue with that point about spending, Matthew, and that's why true conservatives are starting to really look askance at President Bush's spending.

   Now that's it. That's it. No more politics on the tool forum for me. Enjoyed your discussion of Festool products.

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   MatthewSchenker | Jan 06, 2004 06:01pm | #6

   Interesting how arch-conservatives go on the attack so easily, quickly, and automatically. Nothing political in my post whatsoever, and yet you find an excuse to attack. Looking at a woodworking invention, you see a political alignment, and more than that, a liberal alignment. Unbelievable.

   It must be nice to be able to define the entire world as liberal/conservative, black/white, evil/good. I wish it were that easy for me too. But you probably have no idea what I'm talking about.

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   JohnWW | Jan 06, 2004 06:22pm | #7

   Well said.

   John W.

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   PlaneWood | Jan 06, 2004 05:34pm | #5

   What's the old adage about a fool and his money??

   I once converted my circular saw into a dandy table saw using a $20.00 piece of plywood.

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_Katy (maker of fine sawdust!)
   PlaneWood

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   DennisS | Jan 07, 2004 06:11am | #19

   I made mine out of a piece of scrap with a clamped on fence, also out of scrap. Total cost for a makeshift table saw to rip lousy lumber? $0.00.

   (grin)

   That didn't include any safety features like a splitter or blade guard, though.

   ...........

   From Beautiful Skagit Co. Wa.

   Dennis

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   user-5880422 | Jan 06, 2004 11:36pm | #15

   that thing looks huge, and for $899 + $125 shipping it's not clear if you have to provide your own saw.

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   migraine | Jan 07, 2004 12:12am | #17

   Didn't Porter Cable/Rockwell have a tool called a "saw buck"  Didn't it do a 24" cross-cut?  Or is my mind going kaput?

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   Sphere | Jan 07, 2004 05:41am | #18

   Delta "SAWBUCK' sucked..some other bozo made an attachment to make a circ. saw into a radial arm..better mouse trap type thing, or shopsmith wanna be changing set ups all day..