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LETTM T Tool Coverage Mail Call! Contact us by writing to "Letters", Woodworkers Journal, 4365 Willow Drive, Medina, Minnesota 55340, by lai at (763) 478-8396 or by e-mail: letters ^woodworkersjournal. com We ask that all letters. Including e-mails. Include a mailing address and phone number. We reserve the right to edit lor length and clarity. Safety First: Learning how to operate power and hand toots is essential for developing sate woodworking practices. For purposes of clarity, necessary guards have been removed from equipment shown in our magazine. We in no way recommend using this equipment without satety guards and urge readers to strictly follow manufacturers' instructions and safety precautions. Two Takes on Table Saws In the December 2005 issue, you published an article called "Four Must-know Table Saw Safety Techniques'* written by the WJ staff As a physician assistant in a busy metropolitan area emergency' room, I see a handful (pun-intended) of table saw-related finger and hand mutilations weekly. 1 believe that if my patients would follow the lips in the article, both they, and our hand surgeons, would spend a lot more weekend time at home and with their families than with us in the hospital. We're busy enough, thank you very much! JeffWeisberger, Fair Lawn, New Jersey A Router Recipe I hope you are not planning on eating the bits that are described as "braised" ("Router Bits: Cost, Quality and Value," December 2005). I have always brazed when joining metal to metal with a flame. I could not put this issue down: just had to see if this was a cooking article, or what. Trev Powell Gilmer, Texas "Braising," as described in most cookbooks, is: "cooking food over low heat in a small amount of liquid in a covered pan." Hardly suitable for making router bits! Claude Belleau Troy, Michigan Aw, Shucks... Thank you for the effort that you put into the magazine. I have several oilier subscriptions for my woodworking hobby and all are enjoyable. Your magazine is the more personable: like a club meeting between the covers. The tool tests are great and have helped me make better decisions and save some money as well. John Herrman Durham, North Carolina purchased several 6' lengths of 3/4" diameter galvanized pipe for a large glue-up I am doing. The difference from black pipe and galvanized is only a few bucks, even at today's inflated prices. My advice is, spend the few extra bucks and avoid the problem completely. Martin Hauer Lenox, Michigan Horsepower Hubbub Editor's Note: In my October 2005 review of contractor's saws ("Raising the Bar on Contractor's Saws"), I made a statement about horsepower that was technically incorrect. What was 1 wrong about? Read on. — Rob Johnstone A Grizzly Letter Grizzly, as well as dozens of our motor suppliers' engineers, both foreign and domestic, take exception to your comment that "it is to get 2 HP out of a 110-volt current" The amount of horsepower a motor an produce is not based on voltage, rather the amperage the circuit supplying the motor is able to withstand. Motors of 2 HP and larger that operate on 110 volts are readily available from foreign and domestic sources. The main difference being that a motor connected to 110 volts will draw more amperage. However, the HP would be the same. These facts are easily verified by going to any one of several "Come On, Guys" I have to comment on the responses concerning stains from black pipe clamps from the August 2005 issue ("Questions and Answers") and December 2005 response ("Letters") about using waxed paper. I know we woodworkers are frugal, for the most part, and even downright "cheap" at times, but come on, guys! I just 12 April 2006 Woodworker's Journal |
