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Re: Nakashima's Leg

This was a great video, thanks for putting it together for us. Just to add a "damage" story to the discussion, when I bought my house 17 years ago, I liked its unusual architecture, but everything was painted. It wasn't until we moved in and looked at the original plans that we discovered it was designed by Gustav Stickley. After several years of work we finally got the white and green paint off of all the beautiful chestnut wainscoting and beams, and I've replaced most of the beams and posts that were removed. All but one of the fixtures was given away becuase the previous owner was tired of them I bet he gave away something that would fetch over $30,000 today. But Stickley wasn't fashionable in the '70s, whereas white paint and shag carpet were, and that's what we found here.
Its a dilemma - do you preserve something, or do you live in it and make it fit your wants. It will always be an issue. I hate to think what some future owner will do to this house.

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: 500 Chairs and 500 Tables

These look great! I'm trying to picture the perfect chairs and table for my house, it would be great to look at all these examples. Count me in!

Re: SawStop rolls out a more affordable cabinet saw, aimed at serious hobbyists

The safety issues are nice, but like everyone else I hope through care it never is needed. What impresses me most is the dust collection. I've really struggled to get my dust collector to work effectively with my old cabinet table saw, with only partial success. The article in FWW a few months ago talked about this, but even trying all of those ideas, I'm still only catching about 80% of the dust. It would be nice to have a saw that is solid, safe, and clean. I'm intrigued!