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His Divine Shadow posted:I maintain computers as part of my tasks in our small company, fortunately they have compressed air lines out in the workshop. Frankly I should have them drag a line into the office itself... These are wonderful: http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW/
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Any suggestions on a staple gun that can handle both normal staples and some type of insulated cable staple (mainly for CAT5)? Manual, not air powered.
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Spookydonut posted:Looking at getting an orbital sander to prep the walls for painting, should I bother trying to get one that will attach easily to my shopvac or is it easier to use a collection bag and just empty it often? Get one of these. While sanding the walls is still a pain in the rear end, it's less of a pain in the rear end with a pole sander. I'm not certain an orbital sander is really what you want.
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Spookydonut posted:I need to sand all the walls, the paint is pretty old and flaking in places, is my 1/3 sheet sander going to be okay? No dust extraction on it though. Is it lead paint?
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Falco posted:Lowes will often put the Hitachi 10" on sale for around $99. It's a great little saw for the money if you don't need to cut anything too big. I bought the Hitachi, it works pretty well. My only wish is that it had a laser for alignment... but that's just because lasers are cool.
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Suggestions for 12-gauge cord reels? This one looks like my only reasonably priced option: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200660247_200660247 Going to ceiling mount it in the garage.
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I've been fairly happy with the electric snowblower we bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040X4VB2 No screwing with gas motors. It handled the overhyped storm here in NJ pretty well. It's not really too happy going through the crap the plows leave at the end of the driveway, but otherwise it's worked pretty well. This review is what sold it for us: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1IROVYG4E62X7/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0040X4VB2
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Dukket posted:I know this is generally about new tools... I'd definitely do something like this instead of a normal lightswitch: https://www.amazon.com/POWERTEC-71007-220V-Paddle-Switch/dp/B00KPEEPAW Table saws terrify me.
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I'm guessing isn't that hard to fix, its just a light switch.
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canyoneer posted:Don't worry, those things are always pinpoint accurate and Oh you reminded me... the town has been digging up the road for a variety of reasons. They called out the gas company, who marked some stuff and indicated that the supply to our house was in one place. A few months later we have the gas company out replacing the meter, which requires them to find the street-side shutoff. After about an hour of dicking around, they find the shutoff about 15 feet from where they had initially marked, which was a couple feet away from where the town dug a massive hole.
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CarForumPoster posted:Whats your budget? The Ideal and Klein brand ones that are in the $200+ price range made for cutting a certain mil spec wire is what I used at a crimp tool company I worked at and I really liked those...but I have no need for them and make do with a self adjusting $30 wire cutter I hate because I don't strip wires that often. I bought these awhile ago, and have been super happy with them.. no more screwing around trying to strip wire with a utility knife.
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Jul 24, 2017 13:43
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DreadLlama posted:Pry loose your floor molding and drill a couple <3/32" holes in the wall. You'll know when you hit a stud. Draw a vertical line with a bubble level up from your hole. Put the floor molding back. Must be nice to live somewhere where the floor molding has not been painted to the wall... so that removing it pulls off big chunks of paint, even after it's been cut.
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Anyone have this Husky Tool Cabinet: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-52-in-9-Drawer-Tool-Cabinet-Textured-Black-H52TR9/206887196 ? I'm trying to find something similar, without spending thousands of dollars...
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OSU_Matthew posted:I love his next video talking about getting hosed by YouTube's 'flag as inappropriate' algorithm, which basically blocks him out of video revenue from the initial spike of views from subscribers. So he basically told his viewers to use adblock because he doesn't care about the .02 cents per ad viewed, and is releasing stuff early to patreon subscribers instead. Seems to be working for him! https://graphtreon.com/creator/AvE
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B-Nasty posted:Not to discourage you from your table saw dreams, but miter saws are a much better tool for doing stuff like flooring or trim. I guess if you're talking about ripping plywood for the subfloor, maybe, but a circular saw is usually easier than trying to feed sheet goods through a job site saw. Near the edges of the floor you end up having to rip boards to width. Definitely need something other then a miter saw to do that.
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Platystemon posted:I got a card in the box with a product laying out the same fraud. Unless you work for a major news organization, good luck getting past Amazon's level1 guys, who will just offer you a free month of prime.
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Crotch Fruit posted:I like the idea of the Bluetooth link to set clutch and RPM looks pretty cool, I'm not sure Mkaita has this. Bluetooth controlled drill is a thing? WTF? Why would you want that?
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skipdogg posted:They're probably all gone, it hit the front page of slickdeals. I went Friday night as I knew there wouldn't be any left Saturday and there were 3 sets left. My local store got 24 sets I think. Some of those guys are doing returns though, so some might come back in stock. Impact drivers are game changers really. Definitely worth having. It's basically "oh I have this fastener I want in/out, let me grab the impact". Mine gets a ton of use, even for generic household tasks (like.. assembling Ikea crap) It's memorial day soon, so it's tool sale time.. for $99 you can get both
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This one's my favorite https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/Harbor-Freight-Tools-Recalls-Chainsaws-Due-to-Serious--Injury-Hazard
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FakePoet posted:Is a garage heater a bad idea, generally speaking? Trying to find a Christmas gift for my brother, and he's (really) getting into the whole wood-working thing out there, but I'm not sure whether it's a non-starter. Don't think it'd need to be crazy powerful, just needs to take the edge off half the year. This is $30 more then I paid for it, but is pretty awesome. It heats up our uninsulated garage pretty well, and running it on high for more then 10 minutes makes it way too hot.
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wandler20 posted:Any recommendations for a miter saw stand? I have this one which has been pretty great: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hitachi-Steel-Miter-Saw-Stand/1000039883 The instructions say you're definitely not supposed to move/store it with the saw attached... but I've been doing that anyway and it's fine.
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https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/S...t-Injury-Hazard Sledgehammer recall fun!
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+1 for evaporust. I'd consider taking them apart before soaking them, you'll likely want to sharpen the blades afterwards anyway (due to the rust).
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Miter saw w/ stand is a huge time saver IMO. I just wish I'd bought one with a laser on it, that would have made things even faster.
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Motronic posted:Trip report: You think that's small? Let me introduce you to the one I have I have 240v in my garage now, I should upgrade to a better one
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How often do you need to go up there? You can rent various types of lifts... I've got a folding ladder to get on my 1 story house and it's pretty terrifying.
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The cutting edge to me looks like it's a different piece then the rest of the blade... did they only harden the cutting bit?
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Motronic posted:Okay thread: friend who needs to clean their grill, maybe wash a slate path or a stained deck if it's not too dirty. Gas is right out because it's something that will get used 2 to 4 times a year and they will not/will not be able to maintain it. The battery system is yellow, but that's likely irrelevant as that have 120v outlets where they need to use it. These make it absurdly easy to winterize things: https://www.amazon.com/STA-BIL-Pressure-Washer-Protector-Lubricant/dp/B00NEG6KVU Just screw it into the hose connector, press button until foam comes out the output, and you're done. I just do it every time I put the pressure washer away.
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namlosh posted:^^^^^^^ For smoothing out cuts I'd probably go with 60. 220 is final finish level, you definitely don't want to be using that on raw cuts, you'll chew through the pads. I keep 60, 120, and 320 on hand, and almost never use the 320
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Count Roland posted:Does anyone have experience with small electric chainsaws? How big of branches? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G1PHVXG these will go through anything you can get their jaws around.
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deimos posted:Is that the one TOT praised? I believe so, it's been pretty great in the year I've had it...
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So I needed a new filter for my shopvac, so I went on homedepot.com and tried to order one. I add it to the cart and it's trying to charge me $9 for shipping... whatever, then I get to this page:  And I'm looking at that (Outside) going... does that mean there's an (Inside) option as well? And yes! For an extra $90.01 I can get it delivered to inside my house  I imagine somehow this item is marked as being freight? It's super weird.
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Pro tip: Justify your tool purchases by helping your wife remove jewelry with them. Snap ring pliers are magical for removing captive beads from ear rings.
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We bought a couple glu-bots when we were doing our floating floor.. the smaller tip made not getting glue on the surface of the floor a lot easier. Outside of that, I haven't had much use for it, I don't go through wood glue that quickly.
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There is only one solution to the cardboard issue: https://www.wastecare.com/Products-Services/Balers/Baler_Vertical_60_ECB.htm
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