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Affirmative, Mayboi. Love the new avatar.

EK is just as good. I forgot they made a block for this as well...

As long as nickel-plating is touching chipset, I'm satisfied.

Or new copper, whichever....

Yeah, inside the block is copper and it's nickel plated on the outside. Black acetal top.

A router is one of those things that really takes some work to master using as it is such a versatile tool. I have yet to master it.

I would make one word of caution since you said you are new to these tools. I would advise against using gloves whenever you are using saws, drills, or the router. If a bit or saw blade grabs the glove, it will pull your hand in making the injury much more serious.

Yeah, I'm LOVING the router so far. The only thing that's a pain right now is I'm having difficulty finding a table with enough depth at the back fence for the kind of work that I'm doing (routing a groove down the middle of 7" shelves. Are there no tables out there that have a depth more than just 2-3 inches? Seems crazy that there wouldn't be. I ended up having to dismantle the fence just to have enough room to cut the grooves in my shelves.

Anyway..

I hear you on the gloves, but I feel naked working in the shop without work gloves. Just seems unnatural. I'm extremely careful, though. I don't get anywhere near a sawblade or router bit. I don't want to sound like a know-it-all, but I truly am one of those types who is very alert--too damn alert, in fact. I notice practically everything that's going on around me 24/7. And when I'm in the shop, there are two things on my mind all the time. 1) Safety, first and foremost, and 2) Precision.

I just got a good deal on two 10" carbide hollow ground saw blades via Ebay that are for use with aluminum and acrylic. These are going to be great for cutting alu and acrylic on my table saw and miter saw.

Can you link me to those sawblades? I have a new toy that I'd like to try them out on.


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