re: Getting Physical

Thank you.

Eric, you might find interesting that in the final hours of design, I identified a problem wherein if one extends the fence all the way to 6 inches, AND is using the flat fence against an edge guide, there is the potential for some instability — which I quickly realized a supplementary skate would solve the problem easily and quickly, but how to solve without adding too much additional effort? It hit me, repurpose the CAB40 depth skid. So anyone, like yourself, with a CAB40 smoothing plane could in that one niche application find that my smoothing plane has parts that work on this saw. I like this a lot because then someone could reason “well, I could buy the supplementary skate should I ever need it, which is doubtful, or I could buy the smoothing plane and use the depth skid as a supplementary skate.”

Petey, I will dedicate the next blog arrival to revealing the design. I put a considerable amount of time into making it hyper-realistic so there is very little effort required of the imagination.

Steve, Splinter, thank you. With the exception of the threaded inserts (China), saw plate (Japan), and wood (Mexico, Brazil, Africa), everything else is US made