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H110Hawk posted:Nice! Got a link? We used a construction heater for quite a while while we were building. Looks like the same beast as garage heaters. They're pretty basic - a heating element (that looked like it came from a stove) and a thermostat. No tip-over or overheat cutoff protection like the 120v consumer space heaters. Worked fine as long as you give it the respect due any space heater. That was quite a while ago so maybe modern versions have more protection. A Wizard of Goatse posted:New pneumatic nailgun has warnings all over the documentation not to run it off an acetylene tank, and now i really wanna meet the guy who inspired all that and shake what's left of his hand drat. Now I'm thinking about what would be necessary to make that happen. What is wrong with me?
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H110Hawk posted:Nice! Got a link? https://morelectricheating.com/portable-space-heaters/portable-240v-space-heaters I absolutely want to find another 240-volt heater, because the one we have goes from 0 to comfortable fast. I'm concerned that many of the garage heaters don't have much in the way of safety features -- finger-proof grills, tipover protection, and so on. I can find a lot of European 220-volt heaters. Would it be safe if I had a proper electrician replace the plug? https://www.worldwidevoltage.com/electric-heater-for-220-volts.html
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:New pneumatic nailgun has warnings all over the documentation not to run it off an acetylene tank, and now i really wanna meet the guy who inspired all that and shake what's left of his hand what kind you get?? My "fave" nailgun story is the old timers that wired the trigger down so it would fire whenever the safety got depressed... all well and good until some guy was standing near the edge of the second floor deck holding his gun by his side and another framer was climbing up a ladder and bumped his head against the nozzle of the nailgun and took a 16d nail to the brain and died 
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:New pneumatic nailgun has warnings all over the documentation not to run it off an acetylene tank, and now i really wanna meet the guy who inspired all that and shake what's left of his hand Please post a picture this is amazing.
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Seconded, I need that picture in my life.
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Could you run it off a propane tank though? Or are those not high pressure enough?
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Can you run it off natural gas? There's the great story of the supply boat that needed a jump start from the rig it was working and got gas instead of compressed air and exploded.
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Squibbles posted:Could you run it off a propane tank though? Or are those not high pressure enough? I have an old propane tank that my house's previous converted to a compressed air tank and it can run a brad nailer easy. It'll do like 200 18 gauge shots or something like that if I charge it to equilibrium with my shop compressor. And when it's charged it weighs much less than a full propane tank, so presumably it can go way higher in pressure (which I'm not going to test).
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Iirc there are nail guns that are specifically intended to run off propane. They use weird cartridges so people dont get hoses mixed with the air type
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Paslode uses butane propane.
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Scored an old Frankenstein ratchet for $5 today. Kinda pumped on that. Works great.
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CommonShore posted:I have an old propane tank that my house's previous converted to a compressed air tank and it can run a brad nailer easy. It'll do like 200 18 gauge shots or something like that if I charge it to equilibrium with my shop compressor. And when it's charged it weighs much less than a full propane tank, so presumably it can go way higher in pressure (which I'm not going to test). Uh yeah, please don't. Propane tanks hold liquid propane. That's why they weigh so much.
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Literally A Person posted:Scored an old Frankenstein ratchet for $5 today. Kinda pumped on that. Works great. As great as a 24-tooth ratchet ever worked. I've got one and it's super cool but I never use it because I have new and finer toothed ratchets.
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sharkytm posted:As great as a 24-tooth ratchet ever worked. I've got one and it's super cool but I never use it because I have new and finer toothed ratchets. Oh sure, but for 5 bucks and only to be used to change skate wheels, I am pleased.
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Literally A Person posted:Oh sure, but for 5 bucks and only to be used to change skate wheels, I am pleased. I still use mine, it's a wacky design that I enjoy. It's just not as practical as modern stuff.
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Just like to throw out another anecdotal point for maybe avoiding EGO tools: I got the power head and pole saw kit about six months ago, have used it maybe 3 or 4 times since then. Thursday I went out to use it to trim a couple branches, got halfway through the first branch and it just stopped entirely. Pulled it out and thought the blade bound at first, but the saw lifted out of the cut easily. Reseated the battery, tried a different battery, fully charged, etc - nothing, power head is completely dead. Tried EGO support and they seemed unwilling to honor the warranty. They asked for a bunch of troubleshooting - fully charge the battery, verify the battery in another tool, etc. After all of that they then mentioned that since I told them it first stopped while I was cutting that "it may not be covered by the warranty, as it could be damage from improper use". Thankfully I thought to bring it to the service counter at my local Ace hardware where I bought it in the first place, and they're just going to swap the power head out for me no questions asked. Minus points for EGO warranty, but plus points for my local hardware store who I will now be strongly recommending to everyone I know.
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fralbjabar posted:Just like to throw out another anecdotal point for maybe avoiding EGO tools: Oh, you used the tool? Yeah, that's gonna invalidate the warranty. gently caress them. Good on your local hardware store, though.
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Speaking of EGO warranty fails. I've been waiting on a warranty battery for a while now and I finally got a shipping confirmation email but it just says "Shipped via " and has a 6 digit number for tracking. I'm not hopeful I actually have a new battery on the way.
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H110Hawk posted:Please post a picture this is amazing. Sorry the manual is basically unformatted, it doesn't look cool 
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:Sorry the manual is basically unformatted, it doesn't look cool So good. I love the random footnote.
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fralbjabar posted:Just like to throw out another anecdotal point for maybe avoiding EGO tools: EGO has come down in quality badly ever since they hit the market about 10 years ago. I just replaced a string trimmer and everything feels noticeably cheaper. Really disappointing as their 1st generation equipment line was really good and lasted my a decade with any major issues and I don't think I'll be that lucky this time around. melon cat fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Jan 10, 2024 |
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I've been very happy with the couple Makita OPE items I've bought (18v brushless string trimmer and 36v leaf blower), but I only picked them because I was already in the Makita system for 18v hand tools. I've started looking around at electric self-propelled mowers, but I'm not sure if I'd be ok with the 36v mowers or if I should jump to a dedicated battery system on the mower. The last few comments have definitely made me decide to stay away from Ego, though. I'll probably end up with Toro or Makita, depending on whether I want more 18v batteries for the hand tools or not.
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Just had an interesting lesson with a Greenworks mower. I've inherited my father in law's lawnmowers including a lightly used Greenworks that seems to be from 2016. Sometime in the intervening years Greenworks completely reworked the battery packs and Gen 2 batteries while they will fit in Gen 1 machines are "electrically incompatible" with the older machines. Fortunately I discovered this before I spent money on a useless pack. I can only find one source for a Gen 1 pack @$450 US.  This near new condition machine is probably heading for the dumpster. Not sure what the moral is, other than gently caress Greenworks. In future I'm going to be very cautious of companies with a small stable of tools and battery packs with no adapters available on AliExpress.
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Hexigrammus posted:Just had an interesting lesson with a Greenworks mower. Can you not find a battery rebuilding place that can handle the originals?
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Gonna have to implore you to click this link: https://oregoncoast.craigslist.org/tls/d/coos-bay-band-saw-charles-wright-co/7542176488.html  ever wonder what a $20 bandsaw looks like?
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fralbjabar posted:Just like to throw out another anecdotal point for maybe avoiding EGO tools:
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Yeah, I'm far too invested in the system now at 6 tools / 4 batteries to swap systems unless lots of things start going bad at once, but I'm definitely going to be less eager to buy more EGO stuff from now on. If all of it did spontaneously die I'm not sure what I'd go to, I have m18 batteries but none of the HO batteries which I think are required for the Milwaukee lawn tools. I'm not sure if Greenworks would be any better than EGO in terms of warranty and support, maybe Ryobi 40v? I've heard good things. The whole market will probably be different whenever it's time for me to replace things though, my older EGO stuff seems to be holding up pretty well at least.
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Home Depot has the cordless Milwaukee Fuel router with two 5AH batteries for $200. Seems…nuts?
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looking for some tool chests, don't need snap-on here but not sure it's worth cheaping out with harbor freight or whatever either?
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Schiavona posted:Home Depot has the cordless Milwaukee Fuel router with two 5AH batteries for $200. Seems…nuts? You can get any of 13 tools with the battery pack for $199. The router and the fuel jigsaw are the best deals. edit: link is here. On top of that, in the last day or two the black Friday in-store deals went up. I saw the non-fuel hackzall at $79, 6.5" circular saw $99, bunch of others. KS fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Nov 1, 2022 |
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Paul MaudDib posted:looking for some tool chests, don't need snap-on here but not sure it's worth cheaping out with harbor freight or whatever either? You near Menards? I bought a Masterforce and absolutely love it. Very reasonable.
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Paul MaudDib posted:looking for some tool chests, don't need snap-on here but not sure it's worth cheaping out with harbor freight or whatever either? In what size, for what purpose. Garage DIY, Professional, stationary, mobile? harbor freight are excellent value, if you're not going to get professionally mocked or lose income if a wheel or drawer breaks, they are quite good.
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Got a welder, don't ya? Build one.
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Please don't. I am only joking.
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MRC48B posted:In what size, for what purpose. Garage DIY, Professional, stationary, mobile? Love my HF toolbox. It's decent holds tools. Would recommend.
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Paul MaudDib posted:looking for some tool chests, don't need snap-on here but not sure it's worth cheaping out with harbor freight or whatever either? Estates sales.
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Literally A Person posted:Got a welder, don't ya? Build one. Guy I used to work with would do something like that. Every drawer would be made with 1/4" steel. Then when it broke because it was too fuckin heavy, he'd reinforce it with 1/4" steel. Then he'd build something for it with steel box tube thats 1/4" wall. And so on.
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