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Cannon_Fodder posted:These two posts are great. the spice must flow and by spice I mean cum
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Rat Poisson posted:Yes that’s the newer version with a motion detector that eventually shuts them off after a while of no motion. They’re “fine”, in that they shut off when someone on my household forgets to switch off the garage lights at the switch, but they do dim after a period of no motion when I’m at the other end of the garage, and then I have to walk over and wave my hands to get them to go back to full power in the area I’m not working. I don’t ever use the remotes, but you can tweak the time out. If you want something that stays on forever, this isn’t it. I have 4 strung together, and they each operate independently, so it’s not like the whole garage goes dim at the same time. The instructions for the unit say you press the "Motion Sensors: Off" button on the remote to disable the motion sensors. Did that not work for you? (Or did you file the remote with the instructions like a normal person installing a light bulb?)
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H110Hawk posted:The instructions for the unit say you press the "Motion Sensors: Off" button on the remote to disable the motion sensors. Did that not work for you? (Or did you file the remote with the instructions like a normal person installing a light bulb?) In my case I do actually want them to shut off eventually because unnamed members of my household are bad about shutting off the lights when they leave the garage, and it’s a detached garage so I don’t check it as part of my nightly rounds of the house lights. I think I have them set to 30 minute timeout, using the remote, which was then filed away in the instruction bin like a normal person.
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I stick the remotes for stuff like that somewhere convenient with 3m picture hanging strips. Gives me all the functions of the remote if I want them and it stays where I put it. The one for the ceiling fan is stuck to the side of my bed so I can turn the overhead light on or off without getting out of bed.
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Rat Poisson posted:If you want something that stays on forever, this isn’t it. Rat Poisson posted:In my case I do actually want them to shut off eventually because unnamed members of my household are bad about shutting off the lights when they leave the garage, and it’s a detached garage so I don’t check it as part of my nightly rounds of the house lights. I think I have them set to 30 minute timeout, using the remote, which was then filed away in the instruction bin like a normal person. Just checking as this didn't add up with the instructions. So you can disable the motion sensor you just have chosen not to? (Which is fine. I have a similar unnamed spouse who is 50/50 at turning off the lights or AC. I thought about putting a motion sensor on the lights but it was like 5 years to pay it back without the additional cost of whatever frustration came from the lights turning off mid-project. I almost regret not installing the "smart" thermostat for the minisplit which would have paid for itself several times over now.)
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H110Hawk posted:That is a lot of trust in exactly 1 strip of tape. The only thing not pictured that was in this box is the packing slip. They were just rolling around in there. lol I just found these a few days ago. I tossed them in a cabinet and forgot they existed. Nearly bought another stubby impact the other day. I feel like I'm drowning in batteries now.
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H110Hawk posted:Just checking as this didn't add up with the instructions. So you can disable the motion sensor you just have chosen not to? Yes, sorry, that function to disable the motion detection is supposedly available. I just haven't used it.
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I'm going to need to pickup a miter saw in the neat future and it looks like Harbor Freight has their sliding dual bevel on sale for $300. It seems like it's compared pretty favorably to the Dewalt equivalent but substantially cheaper. I don't necessarily need the sliding aspect but the price seems pretty good in general. I was thinking I might find something else around Fathers day and I don't think this is a unique sale price for this saw so I could also wait to see what else shows up. Should I just pull the trigger? Look at something else?
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Teabag Dome Scandal posted:I'm going to need to pickup a miter saw in the neat future and it looks like Harbor Freight has their sliding dual bevel on sale for $300. It seems like it's compared pretty favorably to the Dewalt equivalent but substantially cheaper. I don't necessarily need the sliding aspect but the price seems pretty good in general. I was thinking I might find something else around Fathers day and I don't think this is a unique sale price for this saw so I could also wait to see what else shows up. Should I just pull the trigger? Look at something else?
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Teabag Dome Scandal posted:I'm going to need to pickup a miter saw in the neat future and it looks like Harbor Freight has their sliding dual bevel on sale for $300. It seems like it's compared pretty favorably to the Dewalt equivalent but substantially cheaper. I don't necessarily need the sliding aspect but the price seems pretty good in general. I was thinking I might find something else around Fathers day and I don't think this is a unique sale price for this saw so I could also wait to see what else shows up. Should I just pull the trigger? Look at something else? Fyi, you can occasionally find the Dewalts on sale for that price. I've seen them twice at Lowe's for that and once at HD in the past 3 years.
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I’ve got the Bauer branded miter from HF and it’s been great so far. Not going to pretend I’ve put it through it much yet but it’s worked fine for me. I wanted to get a digital angle gauge anyway so I bought one at the same time to double check the guide on the saw and it was spot on after I got it all setup correctly.
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I've had the redesigned Skil 10" sliding miter for a while now and I really like it. $250 at Lowes and Amazon. https://www.protoolreviews.com/skil-10-miter-saw-review/ https://www.lowes.com/pd/SKIL-10-IN-DUAL-BEVEL-SLIDING-COMPOUND-MITER-SAW/5001782895
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Normally my speed is more scraping the bottom of the craigslist barrel for probably fixable antiques with their cords cut or something but when some radiologist just straight up throws his fancy new workshop away uhh sure i guess i could give up jointing on the table saw   btw anyone want a Hitachi P13 with a broken infeed table A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Apr 10, 2024 |
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:Normally my speed is more scraping the bottom of the craigslist barrel for probably fixable antiques with their cords cut or something but when some radiologist just straight up throws his fancy new workshop away uhh sure i guess i could give up jointing on the table saw Oooh nice. Is it a jointer/planer combo or jointer? What is that arm sticking off the rail on the infeed table?
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Combo! The big arm is depth adjustment and then the two little knobs on the side are latches, you pop those and flip the table up to get at the planer underneath
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Mover tried to lift the whole thing by it so now i get to figure out whether it's easiest to get a replacement bracket from Felder, weld it back together, or weld that guy in place and turn him into the new one
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Those Hammer combo-machines always intrigued me, Felder means the quality ought to be decent. Pity I don't have any doctors/dentists selling workshops for pennies on the dollar near me to find out.
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:Mover tried to lift the whole thing by it so now i get to figure out whether it's easiest to get a replacement bracket from Felder, weld it back together, or weld that guy in place and turn him into the new one
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Yeah that's gonna be interesting because just looking at their stuff it has a ton of extra moving parts and absolutely needs a bunch more maintenance than a regular ol' block-of-iron saw or jointer. Making the guard a long spindly extrudes arm held on by a custom cast bracket was a baffling design decision for something that is absolutely going to get slammed by 70lbs of 8/4 maple as a normal job function
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:Yeah that's gonna be interesting because just looking at their stuff it has a ton of extra moving parts and absolutely needs a bunch more maintenance than a regular ol' block-of-iron saw or jointer. Making the guard a long spindly extrudes arm held on by a custom cast bracket was a baffling design decision for something that is absolutely going to get slammed by 70lbs of 8/4 maple as a normal job function Pretty much all European guards are like that. In the case of this unit probably needed to be a bit different because of the shifting nature. This unit in particular is fairly delicate in all the conversion touch points, DO NOT overtighten poo poo or you will misalign everything. (and will need to order replacement parts)
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:Feels like there's a whole doofy high-tech glue bottle industry that exists only because titebond insists on that stupid internal plug design, which guarantees the tip eventually ends up clogged with a wad of congealed glue, and then to get inside to clean it you've got to rip the tip off which permanently deforms it so it just keeps getting worse. otoh the main drawback to a normal diner-style squeeze bottle is that everyone wants to sell you like a box of 20 for $4 and you'll only need one for the rest of your life Few pages late but major life improvement tip: have one clear ketchup bottle for each color of paint in your house. Makes drywall patches and touch up a breeze. no more 2 year wait after "oops I dented the wall moving furniture"
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CarForumPoster posted:Few pages late but major life improvement tip: have one clear ketchup bottle for each color of paint in your house. Makes drywall patches and touch up a breeze. This is why we keep you around.
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CarForumPoster posted:Few pages late but major life improvement tip: have one clear ketchup bottle for each color of paint in your house. Makes drywall patches and touch up a breeze. Oh drat that is a great idea, thank you
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Home depot has their 36" husky toolboxes for $400 Which is a pretty drat good price I ended up escalating from hmm I wonder if Hf tops are on sale to for $100 more I can get the full HF 27" kit. Then I was like for $50 more than that... I can get the 36'. And that's how I now have a big toolbox and a small toolbox
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Can anyone recommend one of these or a sort of comparable air compressor? I currently have a noisy Husky 8 gallon hotdog compressor (claims 3.7 CFM at 90 PSI, 83db) and I am fed up with how loud it is. I've had it for years and it's been fine for driving brads and nails. I have used it with die grinders and it works for small stuff. I have used it with an amazon LVLP gun (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DXYLIM/, requires 4.3 CFM) to spray some cabinets and I'd say the compressor was on the low side of usable performance. I am looking to upgrade to something quiet, reliable, and at least capable of driving the LVLP gun. Ideally it could do HVLP but I suspect that's getting bigger than I want to give space to & more expensive than I want to spend. These are a few that I'm looking at: Kobalt Quiet Tech 26 Gall $339 1.8hp motor, "under 70db" Claims 4.3 CFM @ 100PSI https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-QUIET-TECH-26-Gallon-Single-Stage-Portable-Electric-Vertical-Air-Compressor/1001014062 California Air Tools 20 Gall $619 2hp motor, 70db Claims 5.3 CFM @ 90psi https://www.lowes.com/pd/California-Air-Tools-20-Gallon-Single-Stage-Portable-Corded-Electric-Vertical-Air-Compressor/5013979471 I'm not too enthusiastic about the noise rating on this Husky: Husky 27 Gall $429 1.7hp motor, 80db Claims 5.1 CFM @ 90psi https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-27-Gal-200-PSI-Oil-Free-Portable-Vertical-Electric-Air-Compressor-C271H/312074154 This one looks to be amazingly quiet but maybe underpowered DK2 20 Gall Edit: Looks like direct from the Manufacturer for $350 +35 shipping 2hp and claims 54 db but some review on home depot says "The website advertised the sound level as 54db, but the manual states it is 69db(confirmed by DK2)." Claims 4.5 CFM @ 90PSI But I've never heard of this company and there's very few reviews https://detailk2.com/tools-shop/savings/closeout/ac20g.html Vim Fuego fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Apr 16, 2024 |
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Vim Fuego posted:California Air Tools 20 Gall $619
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Very interested to see how your spare parts experience with Felder goes. From everything I've heard about them, getting parts in a timely manner and at a sane cost is a major weak point, but hopefully I'm wrong. Haven't received it yet but so far my spare parts experience is they got back to me in a day and wanted $18. Apparently they were caught completely unprepared for the idea that their tools might ever see a second owner though which was pretty entertaining canyoneer posted:a website where dogs review tools. Let's be real nothing that can't fit in your mouth is even getting a rating
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Thanks for the reminder re: compressors, just ordered the CAT 8-gallon model, the 8010. There's an 8010A, I noticed, which costs nearly $100 more, in exchange for weighing 38 pounds instead of 48. I guess that makes sense for some people!
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Thanks for the reminder re: compressors, just ordered the CAT 8-gallon model, the 8010. There's an 8010A, I noticed, which costs nearly $100 more, in exchange for weighing 38 pounds instead of 48. I guess that makes sense for some people! I have the 2010A and the biggest advantage is not getting rusty water blown everywhere when I drain it.
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Jonny Quest posted:I have the 2010A and the biggest advantage is not getting rusty water blown everywhere when I drain it. I have the little dual-tank AL model, and it's great. Light, no rust, quiet... the perfect homeowner compressor.
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Just going to drop this here since I picked a few of these up and was happy with them at this priceBeAuMaN posted:Overall I think this is a great deal for what it is.
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The POS used chainsaw I got won't fire up this year. I need a new chainsaw, I want it today, and I don't mind paying more than I would pay elsewhere, to get something very local. The main thing I do is chop up stuff that's fallen over trails. Sometimes I bring down small trees (mostly 16-20"). I don't gently caress with widowmakers or huge trees, I have a bonded person I pay to do that. The thing that jumps out at me from local stock is a Stihl MS 251, 18" bar, 45.6cc displacement. That's about 30% more displacement than the 16" bar saw I am replacing, but I'd prefer to err on the side of spending more money for less kickback risk. I do own and wear proper PPE for this including a kevlar smock, ear protection, eye / face protection, gloves, just to throw that out there, and I've taken down a number of trees over the last few years with no major issues aside from incurring a $800 fee for dropping one on my own power connection line  A saw like that is gonna run around $400 locally, and that's pretty consistent with online prices. I don't think I need a $1000 high end Husq, but I'm also trying to do this once and not again for a good number of years, so I'd rather get a bit more than I need, than not.
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Ego 20" or the greenworks commercial 20" if you're not doing commercial forestry seems like a really good deal. Just figure out what platform you want to be in and go for it. Once I got batteries for some of this stuff (arguably a smaller property for sure) "once a year" stopped happening because it is so extremely convenient to just grab the tool and use it with significantly less fuss and cleanup.
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deimos posted:Ego 20" or the greenworks commercial 20" if you're not doing commercial forestry seems like a really good deal. Just figure out what platform you want to be in and go for it. I have a pretty good Makita electric setup; I want a gas saw for when that won't cut it. Electric saws are not good for sectioning trees for an entire afternoon. My experience with the Makita is that I can cut 3-5" thick stuff for days, but if I try to section a single tree into 18" sections, not good. At present I have enough trees down that it would be several days of charging both sets of batteries over and over to deal with it; I just want to walk back there with gas & oil in my cart and be done with it in an afternoon. The main ding against that particular Stihl is the stupid tool-less tensioner, I probably want something nicer-but-not-pricier-just-different-audience.
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There are also non-battery-powered electric chainsaws, but of course then you have to be close enough to an outlet to use them.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:There are also non-battery-powered electric chainsaws, but of course then you have to be close enough to an outlet to use them. And you have to worry about cutting through the cord by accident.
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Vim Fuego posted:Can anyone recommend one of these or a sort of comparable air compressor? I currently have a noisy Husky 8 gallon hotdog compressor (claims 3.7 CFM at 90 PSI, 83db) and I am fed up with how loud it is. I've had it for years and it's been fine for driving brads and nails. I have used it with die grinders and it works for small stuff. I have used it with an amazon LVLP gun (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DXYLIM/, requires 4.3 CFM) to spray some cabinets and I'd say the compressor was on the low side of usable performance. I am looking to upgrade to something quiet, reliable, and at least capable of driving the LVLP gun. Ideally it could do HVLP but I suspect that's getting bigger than I want to give space to & more expensive than I want to spend. I'm thinking of getting this Eagle silent series 5200: $689 2hp 15gallon 69db 6CFM at 90 PSI https://www.aircompressorsdirect.com/Eagle-EA-5200-Air-Compressor/p138980.html It's got a high max psi (175) and I think the 6CFM will help run some higher power tools than the 4-5 CFM compressors are capable of.
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kid sinister posted:And you have to worry about cutting through the cord by accident. Yeah. I don't really get the obsession with trying to replace every single tool with an electric thing. Electric is great and cordless drills/impact drivers are possibly my favorite domestic technology, but electric snowblowers are dubious. Electric chainsaws are great until you want to apply them to a problem that's 18"-24" thick and wants 20 cuts. I have not tried to use a corded electric in the current generation of things but my impression is that once you get into 45-60cc+ displacement engines, gas is still the only game in town. We have a large gas mower (self propelled walk behind floating deck 3-blade) and an electric mower. I use the electric mower 95% of the time, it's quieter, it doesn't make me smell like gas, it's light. Also, there's 5% of critical tasks it simply can't do, part of which is doing a basic reset on a couple pastures every year. I don't mow them, generally, but if I want them to stay pastures and I don't currently have goats or horses then I gotta cut through all that poo poo once every year or two. I like electric because it's quieter and generally cleaner for me the user. Also, in my local grid, the stuff I charge it with is pretty clean. The lithium batteries themselves are part of our ongoing mass extinction event, they are not part of the solution to it  e: also I loving hate mowing and we mow maybe 5% of our property, but it's nice for the kids to have some places to play that aren't instant tick death traps; half our ticks have lyme and if you don't find them very quickly it's basically automatic antibiotics now; tremendous sad.
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