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On Oct 4, 11:13 am, Tom Watson wrote:

I don't see how that is better than what I've been doing. I bead up
the stock and then remove what needs to be by using a combination of
the chopsaw with the depth set, and the bandsaw to do what the chopsaw
can't.

Yeah, I'm not getting that one. The gloss over the fact that you must
be 100% (as in absolutely no margin of error) accurate on your depth
cuts in the stiles, and perfect in the length of the ears that are cut
off on the rails. Anyone that has tried to match cuts with an Incra
system or any of the other snap on stop systems can testify how hard
that can be. Again, I am looking at that depth adjustment. How many
test cuts would you have to make?

Looks to me that the shoulder might make that easier than you think?
Then again, maybe not.

Ditto. I didn't know that there was such a great need for beaded
faces that a new product was needed. To me, this is a solution
looking for a problem.

How long the fad will last is anyone's guess, but do know for a fact
that they are a much asked about item in kitchens theses days.

Apparently the "kitchen and bath" magazine industry was looking for an
old "new" idea to sell magazines.

Hey, I'm not trying to sell the damn things, but I wouldn't mind
using/adapting the concept to cut back on the waste and time it takes to
do beaded FF on a ****load of cabinets.

I lusted after one of the dedicated machines a few years ago ... they
started at $8k back then ...

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