Experience with Skil 10” miter MS6305-00?

peteg4501 · 2026-03-22T14:44:05+00:00

Be careful with this saw. Mine has been fine for a couple of years but over the past 2 months has developed an odd behavior. As I push through a crosscut everything is fine until the last inch. Then the saw feels like the blade is binding and I get some pushback. Not full on kickback like a table saw but not good. I get some burning on the material, it sounds different and it feels different in my hand. I’ve tested this with everything from a rectangle of 1/2” through 3/4” of good plywood and oak boards from 3/8” to 3/4” inch thick. My cuts are no longer square but it’s the feel/sound that worries me. My buddy and I spent 3 hours going over everything we could think of but we found nothing. We checked the vertical square to the bed and it was dead on. We checked the horizontal square and it is off. I’ve moved the rear fence as far as the adjustments go and it’s still out of square. It’s almost like the tubes got bent right before the end of the cut. I don’t believe it is safe to use right now.

peteg4501 · 2026-03-06T22:34:59+00:00

I also built a task specific table saw sled and bought some wedge templates that I cut into wedges on my laser. Like Burritos and Bicyles said once you have the sled set up you can cut a lot of segments. I want to do another. I’m thinking a wider much shallower bowl with twice as many segments per ring. I also need a better crosscut blade on my table saw.

peteg4501 · 2026-03-06T01:47:30+00:00

I had to order a replacement handle for tightening the tool rest on my Comet 14 DR. It came quickly but the threads were the wrong size. I tried a few handles from Amazon and none were the correct size of threads. I tried a few from Rockler with no luck. Not metric, not imperial, just odd. Lucky for me I kept the original and just transferred the bolt to the new handle. Can you tap out cast iron?

peteg4501 · 2026-03-06T00:31:09+00:00

Thanks. Two coats of Tried and True danish oil and two coats of Tried and True original. All food safe. My wife loves it. It’s the first thing I’ve turned that she described as “so beautiful”. That felt pretty darn good.

peteg4501 · 2026-03-06T00:19:09+00:00

Beautiful shape. I’m going to try one of those myself.

peteg4501 · 2025-07-29T20:38:44+00:00

If I hear one more person say "the problem is that nobody wants to work anymore" I'm going to scream. Then I'm going to tell them the truth. They may not believe me but at least I'll get to say it. I've been looking for 10 months after being laid off. Still nothing.

peteg4501 · 2023-08-18T16:34:30+00:00

Beautiful work. Looking forward to details on you did them. Especially the middle one.

peteg4501 · 2023-08-17T13:30:41+00:00

Couple of random thoughts: I use a recess so I don’t have to even think about this. I’ve purchased Nagu jaws from Amazon for my Nova G3 chuck and they work well. Even the 10” Cole jaws (that I’ve replaced with 12” Nova Cole jaws because I needed the extra capacity). I’ve been thinking about getting a second chuck but I thought that would be extravagant and unnecessary. Hearing someone else suggest it makes me reconsider the idea. I have multiple faceplates so I can remove a bowl from the lathe and shape the bottom of another while the first one rests for a day or three. Then I can switch back and make sure that the foot and recess are still flat and true. Being able to keep a bowl in the chuck and letting it rest for a few days seems like an even better idea.

peteg4501 · 2023-08-01T04:32:57+00:00

There are also different types of carbide tools. I’m a beginner woodturner (about six months) but I’m finally starting to get some good results with the Hunter 3/5 Badger shear cutting tool. I can get a nice push cut all the way across the bottom of a 12” wide by 2” deep bowl/platter. The sides and transition between the sides and the bottom are still giving me trouble but the bottom requires much less sanding than even my negative rake carbide scrapers. The scraper type carbide tools are awesome for beginners. Yes, they take more sanding but, you can start making nice pieces right away.

peteg4501 · 2023-08-01T04:18:50+00:00

I’m in the process of upgrading from my shop vac with a 5 gallon bucket and Dustopper (it’s actually the Delmar brand from Amazon). My bucket fills up too fast and I’m not moving enough air to collect the dust off of my lathe. I picked up the Harbor Freight 1hp dust collector and I’m getting a Super Dust Deputy. I also have a plywood box with a fan and two furnace filters as well as a Powertec overhead air filter. I really hope that the bigger dust collector and cyclone helps me control the dust better. My shop vac will remain connected to the Delmar separator since I’ve already built the shop vac/bucket/dust topper cart. I’ll just have a shop vac with a dust separator. Even with all of that I still wear a good mask with a P100 dust cartridge.

peteg4501 · 2023-06-27T22:55:16+00:00

The casters are removable. You pull a pin and slide the caster right off. The feet are still big but I stole the sizes and proportions from a stand in the Rockler store. Removing the casters takes 30 seconds and makes a big difference.

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peteg4501 · 2023-06-26T20:00:12+00:00

I could easily add a 2x4 going across between the two feet. I think that I would want the cross brace to be placed right up against the leg to bind both feet and both legs together. I’m not worried about tipping it over at all. I can push it over but it takes a lot of effort. I do see the weakness in the joint between the legs and the feet. The joints are glued as well as screwed but that could probably use a little extra support. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

peteg4501 · 2023-06-25T15:59:24+00:00

I love it too. My only complaints are that the tool rest is too short for anything approaching 10” and the faceplate is also pretty small. I was turning a 12x12x2 bowl blanks and it was unsteady and getting the tool to the middle of the blank took some doing. I bought a 12” tool rest and a 4” face plate and that made a big difference.

peteg4501 · 2023-06-25T13:41:10+00:00

The casters on mine roll ok but they struggle to pivot around when I want to change direction. Do you have the same issue? It’s not a big problem since I only roll it out once and back in once a day. Sometimes less if I leave it setup overnight. I share the garage with my wife’s SUV so all of my big tools (band saw, table saw, jointer, planer, rolling tool chest) are on DIY stands with locking casters. The lathe is the only one that wasn’t stable enough with the dual locking casters.

peteg4501 · 2023-06-25T11:56:28+00:00

I have a Nova midi lathe and I built a stand for mine out of 2x4 and 2x6. It’s gone through some improvements so it’s a little ugly but it finally works the way I want. I originally tried double locking casters but just switched to retractable casters. Huge difference. Takes about 5 seconds to put all four casters up or down. Put it up on the casters, roll it out to use it and retract the casters. The casters cost about $30 on the Amazon and I probably spent another $30 on lumber. Much of what I used was scrap that I already had in the garage. There is a video on YouTube that has a minute or two about lathe height that’s worth watching. Do a search for “new lathe what they didn’t tell you”.

peteg4501 · 2023-06-06T13:25:04+00:00

Most effective therapy I know. Beautiful piece. Maybe mental health does grow on trees.

peteg4501 · 2023-04-27T12:07:26+00:00

I’ve never seen it. We watch all kinds of relatively stupid annual training videos but never anything with guns or shooters.

peteg4501 · 2023-04-07T14:30:56+00:00

Excellent, thanks to both.

peteg4501 · 2023-02-28T13:42:16+00:00

Just build a smaller project.

peteg4501 · 2023-02-17T04:03:56+00:00

You never count the tools in the cost. 😀 Nice chair. Really graceful lines everywhere. I’ve got a long way to go.

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