Got my air hose reel up over my future workbench. Got this baby on the northern tool savings event, 25 bucks. I wanted 1/4 line, since it'll predominantly be used for brad nailers and such. No use in having 3/8 for that... that's a separate reel, stay tuned (backordered)




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Well I've been trying to narrow down a new set of drills for small/finish work. My 18v XRPs are absolute horses, but they're big and heavy. Getting into cabinets, overhead on a ladder, etc is suboptimal, so I decided to expand the stable and get a nice 12v set. I looked at the Boschs, Ridgids, and Milwaukees too, but they all had batteries in the grip, which made a rather girthy grip. I ended up gravitating back to my trusted Dewalts. My father in law has this same set and I love them. These will be a nice compliment to my 18v XRPs, and are significantly lighter.







Also organized my bits and drivers a bit, no pun intended. My countersinks were getting rattled and dinged, so I got another case just for them.





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Hey, just curious if anyone has any experience with LED Lenser lights? Was looking at a few that look pretty decent.

I have like 8 of them. Look for them on Woot.com... daily deals site. I really like them to be honest with you. They're not big-name tac lights, but they work great, i have them in my center console in the truck, stashed in random places int he house, toolbox, RV, and in my backpack. I like that they use AAA batteries too, because i can stock a bunch of them because they're used in remote controls and stuff too. My favorite is the Tac Torch. Great balance of size and lumination. I paid 18 bucks for the Tac Torch on woot.

Give em a go!

Steal of a deal!


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Yeah, with pressure I'm sure 1/2 would be fine. I think I'm going to have to come off the meter instead of using the 1/4 psi 1/2" stub


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Yeah i'm at 1" feeder, and it should have been 1 1/4" if they gave me more than that weiner little stub in the back. Should have been 3/4", with a 1 1/4" feeder to the house. Woulda been mo better, but my bad for not paying mo money and assuming the boneheads would assume i wanted to run more than a dang BBQ for a stub labeled "TO THE SHOP"

Nat gas. It'd be 100 feet of 1/2" pipe I believe, with bends, and a 53' section of corrugated stainless underground.

Me thinks it won't be enough flow


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Does anybody have any experience with gas lines? I'm trying to figure out if i have enough to run a 50k BTU gas furnace in the shop, given i only have 1/2" line stubbed at the house. Trying to read online and it's confusing the crap out of me.

I picked up the Dewalt 996 drill, couldn't find a 991. Got the compatible 1/4" impact driver as well

996 has a three speed trans and the 650 watt motor. But, came with 3 ah batteries, not the 5ah. I suppose I can add a 5ah bat to the collection in time. I'll just add all dewalt 20VDC tools from here on so the batteries will be compatible

I think you made a good buy. Nice that they make the "big" and "little" batteries too. Lithium Ion is the bees knees too from what i've read.

I'm eyeballing the bosch 12v kit, for smaller projects and finish work, as my 18v XRP NiCad batteries are monsters. But they'll drive 3" deck screws like nobody's business.

Ha! That's great. I would love a place like that. I had a barber I went to religiously. He quick tho to work in a machine shop. His cousin took over and he's absolutely terrible. There are the fancy barbers around, but they want like 25 bucks for a cut. Rediculous. My barber was $11, cash only. 15-16 with tip.


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Not a patton, but found this from Norther Tool... says it moves 2500 CFM... that's plenty i think. Or, just go on up to the 20" and really have plenty.



Would mount like this, but inverse, so the fan blew from the inside of the box outward

Corn lobby is involved too, I suspect.

Ethanol can be made much more effectively out of sugarcane, but we put import tariffs on that.... and all that sugar produced in Florida and Louisiana is required for pop and candy to keep us all fat

Of course, I could be wrong about it all. But I would be surprised if that had something to do with it. Bet norm has a more educated opinion on the matter


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20x20 is what the house uses so I'll definitely be doing that... but I think I want a beefier fan than a box fan...

Will probably use MDF, glued and screwed.

Scented oil... like 89w90 or ATF? I like where you're going with this...


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Still don't see the "like" button.....


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squeaky wheel gets the grease

Today I built another set of saw horses. Had some scrap material layin around, and got these brackets. Don't plan on collapsing them so I beefed them up with some plywood bracing



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emoji pics showin' up now!!

Kyle: how can we PLEASE get some decent emoji's on here!

Ahh jeeze, this again... so much time wasted on those doggone emoji's. But i'll giver a whirl again.

Realllllll easy to do as an admin or mod LOL


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I've always wanted a Glock 21, but i do like my XDM 45

That night I asked him how many deer he's killed with the 30-30... he kind of grinned and replied "a few". Which is to say, a lot.


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So we celebrate Christmas on my side of the family on Christmas Eve, always have, and always at my Grandparents house. It’s very special for Grampa to host. Well they’re getting up in age, and my grandma’s health is deteriorating rapidly. So as we finished up with opening packages, my Grampa stands up and says ‘well I have something to say’. He starts to get emotional, and says ‘we’ve been talking, and have agreed its time to do something we’ve been putting off for quite awhile.’ Of course, we’re all like WTH is going on!? And grampa walks into the back room. He comes out with a rifle. His 300 WinMag. And he starts to tell us that the time has come for him to pass along his hunting rifles, since he won’t be using them any longer, and he wants us to have them (myself, and my uncle, since my dad doesn’t shoot or hunt). The winmag goes to my Uncle. Next trip out, he brings his Remington 7400 30.06, and hands it to me. This is it here.

 
Next trip out, an old lever action 300 savage, to my uncle. Then, he comes out with his beloved Winchester 94, 30-30. At this point he’s bawling. He holds it out towards me, and says that his dad gave it to him when he was 12, which would have been 1943 I believe. Was really tore up about it, obviously it meant the world to him. We hugged and he cries for close to a minute. Absolutely gorgeous gun. Excellent condition. This is it here.

 
Next trip out, he is carrying a small revolver. He said it was his grandfathers. It’s a US Revolver Co 38, circa 1915-1920. He said when he was a boy, he always knew it was in the sewing table drawer. He then handed it to me.

 
So it was a really amazing moment, I knew of these guns, but it was surreal of him to give them away. Especially the 30.30, as I knew how much it meant to him. He said half a dozen times, ‘now you take good care of that.’
 
 
 
 
But there’s more to the story. The next morning, my wife and I packed up from my folk’s house, and were ready to hit the road to go spend Christmas Day with her side of the family. We’re just about to pull on the freeway, and my dad calls me. ‘Are you on the freeway yet?’, no I say. ‘Can you pull over real quick?’ he asks. So I do, and he tells me that grampa had just called him, frantic. He was having immense separation anxiety over the 30.30, was up all night, etc. He was ashamed to say, but he needed it back. So, I turned around and took it back to my dad, to give back to grampa. I told him, ‘dad, this is and will always be grampa’s rifle’. So, grampa has it back, but whenever he decides, I’ll take care of it, and it will always be in the family.
 
Thinking about it, I’m not sure if I’m connected like that to any of my guns, or any material thing like he is to that rifle… Probably the only one that I couldn’t ever part with is my other grampa’s Savage Model 24 I got it when he passed.
 
Anyway, thanks for reading. Wanted to tell that story, about some really cool old guns with lots of history.                         
 



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I used to spray air into my boots all the time when I worked summers at a fast lube in high school and college!


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Come on down any time Tate!


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Yeah, I haven't moved them inside yet


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Well... reviving this old thread. It has taken me this long to answer the question for myself. I had purchased a new saw awhile back, and hate it.

Here's what i bought months ago:


I just can't get used to a right blade. Hate not being able to see the cut. Going to sell it.


Ended up ordering one of the new Mag77 lightweight from the previous post. Will post pics when it arrives!

I have a few good ones but I cant edit the foul language because they're obviously images


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