In Tricks of the Trade

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When sawdust got packed into the back end of my planer’s blast gate, I couldn’t close the gate all the way. 

I solved this annoying problem by cutting a notch in the gate. Now, when I close the gate, all the dust slides right through. –Fredrich Meder

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