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Great Writing or Waste of Space?

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Sinful Woodworking?

Sandor Nagyszalanczy's "Seven Dastardly Sins." As the famous cartoonist Jimmy Hatle would say. he deserves a tip of the Hatle hat. It is great. Think he shot down us all at some point with his arrows. It is a great piece of writing.

Monroe J. Mechling Steubenville, Ohio

I can't believe you wasted so much valuable editorial space on "Woodworking's Seven Dastardly Sins" (October 2007). It wasn't helpful, informative or educational (which is what I expect in a woodworking magazine). It wasn't even funny.

David A. Tarbell Port Orchard, Washington

Thanks to Sandor Nagyszalanczy for his entertaining article. On one point, however, he bends the truth until it cracks. "...I recently perused a copy of... Thomas Aquinas's groundbreaking Summa

Theologica, a book about the nature of sin, evil and redemption." like Hell you did! Aquinas's Summa isn't a "book"; it's a multi-volume encyclopedia that details the structure of the physical and metaphysical universe, at least according to Aquinas's logic. It occupies about four feet of shelf space in the local college library. Good luck on "perusing" it, even 24/7, in less than a month or so.

Bob Manning Davidson, North Carolina

How About It, Incra?

1 was pleased to see the review of the Incra Miter 3000SE ("Aftermarket Miter Gauges," October 200A. I have the Incra system and have been very pleased with its ease of use and quality. I keep it stored on the wall with bungees and inadvertently bumped it recently. It fell four feet to the cement floor, and several components were bent in the process. I called Incra to purchase new components; however, they sent the parts

to me without charge. Of course. I was delighted, and my system is back to work just as accurate as before. Not only is it a great product, but they are also a great company!

John App San Diego, California

Thanks for the good article reviewing miter gauges. Very helpful. Some years back, I bought the Incra gauge before they had numbers. It is very similar to the 2(XX). Heavy, accurate, does good things. However, it has a big flaw, and that is the stop. I notice that they don't make that stop anymore. It is not a flip stop, it is overly complicated, hard to use and adjust. Incra would serve its customers well by making an aftermarket replacement flip stop for that gauge. Or at least their designers could work up a plan for a shop-made flip stop that is easy to use and adjust. (Their new flip stop does not fit that older fence. I called and asked.) I keep the Incra. but I use my Kreg.

Tom Russell St. Joseph, Missouri

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February 2008 Woodworker's Journal