It turns out that because of confusion between myself and the driver, the jointer fence was actually shipped under a different tracking number. UPS graciously canceled the original shipment and removed the “missing documents” fee on the new shipment, so I actually ended up paying less than the original!
Also, big-time kudos to Grizzly. I had posted on a woodworking forum about my woes. Robert from Grizzly read it, contacted me directly for information, and worked UPS from his end. After the confusion was straightened out, he verified that Grizzly had indeed received the fence and asked his service supervisor to hand-walk the return though processing and personally inspect the replacement fence. In addition to selling good machinery at a very nice price, Grizzly’s customer service has always been phenomenal. This is just the latest example.
I had to ship my jointer fence back to Grizzly to correct a minor twist. Now I find out that UPS has lost the fence on the way to Grizzly. So, not only am I out $25 shipping, I have to spend $120 to buy a new fence.
Well, it seems that WD-40 is 50 years old. To celebrate, they’re offering a “Now & Then” 2-pack with a special collectors edition can. I love WD-40, but this just strikes me as funny.
Three straight days in the shop! Well, except for church Sunday morning. What more could a man ask for?
Please do pause for a moment this weekend and give a thought to the celebration of the birth of the greatest nation the earth has ever seen. Those men signing the Declaration of Independence risked everything they owned, including their very lives, to this bold experiment in republican government. Many today would like to discount that document, along with the Constitution, as mere historical documents. On the contrary, they lay out a vision that is so bold, daring, and utterly unique that to ignore them is to discard the very core of what has made us what we are, a nation like no other. Remember, the Statue of Liberty (created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Declaration) is not standing with her torch raised to guide the “wretched refuse” to this country (that poem appears nowhere on the statue). Instead, she is striding forward, taking the light of liberty and freedom to an oppressed world!
Proud to be an American. And a woodworker!
In Aug 2008, when I was researching cyclone dust collectors, I was intrigued by the systems from Clear-Vue Cyclones. They were made from clear polycarbonate and seems well designed. However, I had concerns about the durability of components and even bigger worries about Clear-Vue being around in the future to repair parts. Eventually, unable to get comfortable with purchasing from Clear-Vue and unable to see the value of going with the very expensive Oneida systems, I “settled” for a Grizzly 3HP cyclone that has been everything I could have asked for.
Well, it seems my fears were well-founded. Clear-Vue went out of business last month.
Well, we survived Tropical Storm Fay relatively unscathed. We’re in a somewhat low-lying area and hurricanes that dump massive amounts of rain can flood the local area, on average we can expect some water in the shop once a decade. Thankfully, we only got about an inch of water in the shop this time and nothing was damaged, but it illustrates a unique problem I have to deal with in shop design. My plan is to arrange things such that 18″ of water in the shop will do little to no damage.
The lower portion of the walls will have separate, easily replaceable pieces of insulation and the wall surface (acc tile) will be simple to pop off and replace. Benches, etc, will have some kind of waterproof lower legs. My biggest issue will be coming up with a system to quickly lift all the heavy machinery onto blocks, I’m looking at getting/building a small gantry crane, Northern Tools has a nice one for a few hundred bucks that may work quite nicely. However, if possible, I’d like to use the engine hoist I have already.
