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Here's perhaps a novel question: I am currently restoring some vintage tools. Nothing particularly fancy but valuable nonetheless once they look and operate beautifully. I don't give a poo poo about selling them, I have no use in my shop for them. Usually I'd just give them away in my local LAN thread but is there any good way to donate them to a neat organization or something? Like, do highschool shop teachers take donations? Is there some way to make a saw accessable to an inner-city youth???
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I'm sure local maker spaces would love free tools
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May 31, 2021 02:48
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Rotten Cookies posted:I'm sure local maker spaces would love free tools That's not a bad idea.
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May 31, 2021 02:53
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tater_salad posted:I really am sad my mower I bought last year is gas. I discounted electric due to the experience I had when I was a kid 20+ years ago pushing that bogging down black and decker mower. Jeez, this made me remember that I put $200 worth of parts into my JD XR75 lawnmower last year. Granted it is a heavy duty commercial grade mower but still, I should probably look more closely at my priorities in the future. Since I got the garden tractor it's only used for detail work on the edges. I could probably replace it with a scythe and a battery mower and I already have the scythe.
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May 31, 2021 03:09
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Literally A Person posted:Here's perhaps a novel question: I am currently restoring some vintage tools. Nothing particularly fancy but valuable nonetheless once they look and operate beautifully. I don't give a poo poo about selling them, I have no use in my shop for them. Usually I'd just give them away in my local LAN thread but is there any good way to donate them to a neat organization or something? Like, do highschool shop teachers take donations? Is there some way to make a saw accessable to an inner-city youth??? Public libraries will often have tools that people can borrow for a day and return. They would love some free ones if your local library is doing that.
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May 31, 2021 06:13
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Rutibex posted:Public libraries will often have tools that people can borrow for a day and return. They would love some free ones if your local library is doing that. Boom another good idea.
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May 31, 2021 06:15
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My area has a "buy nothing" Facebook group where you just put things up for free to other members in your neighborhood. It's great. I've scored everything from patio furniture to tools and all kinds of other stuff. Lots of people who don't want to deal with seeking things on craigslist and just want it to get used without worrying about making money on it. I've given a away a lot of stuff as well, always surprising what people will take off your hands. Also recommend me a home owner shop vac. My 2 gallon mini vac is useless. On wheels. Not crazy expensive but not the cheapest thing out there.
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May 31, 2021 07:21
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Rigid 6? Gallon has been good to me in the face of a lot of abuse
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May 31, 2021 07:41
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Verman posted:My area has a "buy nothing" Facebook group where you just put things up for free to other members in your neighborhood. It's great. I've scored everything from patio furniture to tools and all kinds of other stuff. Lots of people who don't want to deal with seeking things on craigslist and just want it to get used without worrying about making money on it. I've had good luck with ridgid shop vacs as well.
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May 31, 2021 14:51
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Is the Ryobi One+ shop vac any good? I've been eyeing it up, especially considering all the places in my house/lot without easy extension cord access
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May 31, 2021 14:57
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I use a Ridgid 6 vac behind a Dustopper as my dust collection for now and it's pretty great. I have a 14 gallon DeWalt that I'm not happy with at all and when it finally croaks I'll get a Ridgid 12 or something. For portables I actually liked the Harbor Freight battery powered one when I borrowed it from a friend. Cheap and the batteries aren't expensive. But if you're already in a better platform I'd guess they're all pretty similar?
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May 31, 2021 15:38
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F shop-vac brand shop-vacs. Unreliable, underpowered garbo. Thanks for reading my review.
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May 31, 2021 15:40
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tracecomplete posted:For portables I actually liked the Harbor Freight battery powered one when I borrowed it from a friend. Cheap and the batteries aren't expensive. But if you're already in a better platform I'd guess they're all pretty similar? For what it's worth, I really love my 2.5-gallon Milwaukee. It's still not on par with the (drastically cheaper) 14-gallon corded Ridgid that I use for most stuff in the house, but it's loving great for a portable shop vac. I used to have a 6-gallon Ryobi One+ and that was also pretty good, although it guzzled battery power for some reason.
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May 31, 2021 15:53
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FISHMANPET posted:Is the Ryobi One+ shop vac any good? I've been eyeing it up, especially considering all the places in my house/lot without easy extension cord access I’ve got the tiny 3 gallon shop vac and it’s better than a dust buster but it does not compare to a real shop vac. No idea about the larger one+
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May 31, 2021 15:57
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I will once again state the rigid wd4522 is a very nice vac if your use case expands beyond "sits in the corner of the shop most of the time" or "permanently attached to dust collection system" Hauling a tub style vac around is terrible, i dont know why it took so long for this form factor to be a thing.
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May 31, 2021 16:12
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I have a Ridgid wd4070, and I like it for the most part. The only downside for me is due to the relatively small bag, it will start to have reduced suction partway through some larger drywall sanding jobs. I've actually found if I take the bag outside and manually empty it u can basically "reuse" it to get a little more life. But I'll live with that for the low-slung form factor. It's great for auto stuff as well.
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May 31, 2021 16:58
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I’ve never seen a contractor NOT have a Rigid vac in the back of their pickup. That’s a good enough endorsement for me.
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May 31, 2021 17:03
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Paradoxish posted:For what it's worth, I really love my 2.5-gallon Milwaukee. It's still not on par with the (drastically cheaper) 14-gallon corded Ridgid that I use for most stuff in the house, but it's loving great for a portable shop vac. I used to have a 6-gallon Ryobi One+ and that was also pretty good, although it guzzled battery power for some reason. I personally own the DeWalt 2 gallon one so I'm definitely on that train with you. Mentioned the Hercules mostly because I haven't seen the DeWalt in stock in my area in months. Also you kinda have to put some silicone caulk inside the edge of the DeWalt or it becomes a permanent crap trap, which makes it harder to recommend, but once I did that this thing has been amazing. Also the Skil blower I got with my lawnmower and trimmer is suddenly the real MVP when I realized I could open the garage door in the shop and just blow all the crap out the front.
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May 31, 2021 17:17
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6-8 gallon Stanley. Steel body, which may or may not be a big deal. Got it on clearance last year at, of all places Walmart. My car's back windshield got blown out by hail a month ago, and that thing snorked safety glass like nothing, Freddy. Several attachments, and I'm a bit attached to it myself now.
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May 31, 2021 18:37
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Rotten Cookies posted:I'm sure local maker spaces would love free tools The makerspace local to me is a terrible steward of its donations. I would never donate anything (supplies, materials, tools, money, my time, literally anything) to it. They’re particularly awful though, I’m not making a sweeping generalization about those orgs Personally I would call my state’s small business development center, SCORE, etc and see what outfits they were aware of that could make use of the tools
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May 31, 2021 18:44
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Thanks for the vacuum recommendations. Just picked up a 12 gallon rigid 5hp and it's great. So much more suction.
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May 31, 2021 23:56
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I have one of those it's the bees knees. I'd recommend the blue filters that rubber band on. They do great with drywall dust and stuff, and way cheaper than the hepa filters.
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Jun 1, 2021 02:41
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FCKGW posted:I’ve never seen a contractor NOT have a Rigid vac in the back of their pickup. That’s a good enough endorsement for me. Yea I've got a rigid 4 that the folks I bought my house from left behind. It's been amazing. New filter every year and this thing just keeps going. It's been in my service for 7 years now.
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Jun 4, 2021 17:33
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I have one of the Rigid steel ones and so long as I'm only using it for sawdust, I just occasionally blow out the filter with my compressor and it's good as new. Just cleaned my shop with it, actually!
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Jun 4, 2021 19:29
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There's some broken shatterproof glass in my alley, which I'd like to get picked up. I have a big Ridgid shop vac, would that handle it? Should I take the filter out first?
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Jun 4, 2021 19:32
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more falafel please posted:There's some broken shatterproof glass in my alley, which I'd like to get picked up. I have a big Ridgid shop vac, would that handle it? Should I take the filter out first? I'd pick up the bulk of it with a dustpan and a broom first. Shattered glass can't be good for the vac
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Jun 4, 2021 20:07
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more falafel please posted:There's some broken shatterproof glass in my alley, which I'd like to get picked up. I have a big Ridgid shop vac, would that handle it? Should I take the filter out first? the filter only filters the air exiting the vac not entering and protects the motor from dust and chunks of wood n poo poo. It just enters from the hose zone and dumps into the bucket.
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Jun 4, 2021 20:42
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more falafel please posted:There's some broken shatterproof glass in my alley, which I'd like to get picked up. I have a big Ridgid shop vac, would that handle it? Should I take the filter out first? I would not remove the filter. It should be fine. I accidentally busted the rear window out of my parents' truck camper shell years ago onto a dirt driveway and vacuumed it all up with their craftsman vac. That thing is still going strong today, and with the same filter as well. (They use it for outdoor/shop use only, so filters get shaken off into the garbage and hit with compressed air once a year or so until they literally start falling apart) Shop vacs are tough.
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Jun 4, 2021 20:48
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What's this weird little hammer for  1" chisel for scale
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Jun 5, 2021 02:15
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CommonShore posted:What's this weird little hammer for Looks like a hammer for shaping metal sheet. I could be wrong of course but I've seen similar ones used for bashing out dents.
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Jun 5, 2021 02:19
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Literally A Person posted:Looks like a hammer for shaping metal sheet. I could be wrong of course but I've seen similar ones used for bashing out dents. Yep, looks like a "body hammer".
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Jun 5, 2021 02:25
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CommonShore posted:What's this weird little hammer for Post it in the metalworking thread but I think forums poster Ambrose Burnside uses something similar for their repousse work (which is basically Very Fancy sheet metal work)
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Jun 5, 2021 02:56
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It looks like a cobbler's hammer.
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Jun 5, 2021 03:19
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Khizan posted:It looks like a cobbler's hammer. Yep! Blacksmith thread found it at the same time! Thanks!
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Jun 5, 2021 13:54
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Anyone ever warranty a Ridgid product? I have an nice extension cord I bought from them 2 years ago that literally blew up (smoke and spark shot out) that I'd like to get replaced under warranty. I filled out a repair form but haven't heard anything from them. They don't seem to sell it at Home Depot anymore either.
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Jun 6, 2021 17:13
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What's the outdoor battery powered mower/ trimmer. I'm eventually looking to move to that. First would be a trimmer and if possible a tiller then. Mower replacement when my craftsman is several years old.
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Jun 8, 2021 00:23
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Ego is top tier but Ryobi's offerings are perfectly serviceable for the average homeowner. Kobalt makes decent mowers although no one really talks about their other yard tools. Really depends on how much yard you need to take care of. Milwaukee (no mower) and DeWalt also make decent yard equipment if you're already in or want to join that ecosystem. edit: As far as battery powered tillers is seems to only be Kobalt that makes anything worth while so that might limit your options. FCKGW fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jun 8, 2021 |
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Jun 8, 2021 00:48
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Kobalt's lawn tools are just Green Works rebrands by the way. Unfortunately the batteries aren't interchangeable without modifying the casing but some other attachments are compatible for instance their trimmers with the interchangeable tool heads. Makita also has a very comprehensive line and if you're in their 18v system you can get a bit more powerful tools since they do offer 36v versions of some like mowers and chain saws.
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Jun 8, 2021 01:20
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I don't need a big one honestly that Ryobi 40v end of the trimmer one would be all I need I have 12sqft of garden in 4x4 beds. And maybe a small area on the side of the house my daughter is begging to turn into strawberries next year.
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I've got a greenworks 40v mower, trimmer, and tiller that I'm very happy with for my 4900 sqft city lot (that's overall size, not actual lawn size). I also got a snowblower which is fine but isn't quite powerful enough for a Minnesota winter. My mom has their 60 or 80 volt snow blower and it apparently works a lot better than mine.
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