Relationships.

Building bigger better bolder relationships is both the foundation and the scaffold that supports building a bigger better bolder business. And this works for most businesses, not just the business of building bigger better bolder buildings.

A good relationship with a key client. In DWB’s example immediately above, the “client”…[Read more]

It’s about time that this Makita thread had some actual, bonafide posts of original written material, instead of a daily drop of quite obviously quick points grabbing links to easily findable content already published and owned by other websites.

This morning I get a call that another nail gun was needed by one of the guys on a subfloor lift and…[Read more]

I’m very religious about my socks… always selecting the holiest ones in the draw, without realizing it until they’re already on my feet and it’s time to go.

“thinking outside of the cylinder”.

Proximity prevails.

The sacrifice the anode inside the tank makes correlates to the distance between the anode and the nobler metal that the electrolyte (water) communicates the current though prior to diffusion or dissipation.

The greater the distance between the anode and the cathode, the weaker the galvanic couple in passive systems.

The…[Read more]

Dielectric unions in the field…

Dielectric nipples in reality…

Dielectric unions in reality…

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Sorpa wrote:No cordless roofing nailers out there?

Have you ever installed a roof?

If not, watch the roofers on your next job.

Or alternatively, look at these videos…

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https(colon)(two forward slashes)www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=A2C1ysEit2s

With that reality…[Read more]

I recommend Hitachi as well, although there is nothing wrong with a MAX.

25 years ago, Bostich made the roofing gun to get, but has since changed their designs and suppliers, creating new models that do not match the reputation of older models.

On the other hand, Hitachi’s have always been favored for their consistency, reliability, and…[Read more]

Thank you Dirty, for the sobering perspective and poignant reminder of the unfair suffering of the impovershed tribes in Chile (for Lithium) and the Congo (for Cobalt) who are enslaved by North American and Chinese companies to dig up and give away their own valuble minerals from their own indigenous lands beneath their feet.

For a moral…[Read more]

I feel like I’m looking through a soda straw while trying to reconcile the details shown in your photos in context with an as yet unseen bigger picture that would reveal existing extenuating circumstances which would inform a course of action for the best possible, least costly outcome.

On the photos alone, it appears one could surface grind the…[Read more]

Depends on how old your Feins are.

My Fein is so old, it’s basically just a bolt, no pawls or cleats at all.

I only use it for sanding now, where axial blade torque drift kind of adds some random orbit action.

The blades I use the most (Imperial 360’s) cost $30 for a two pack… so it doesn’t take many blades to exceed the cost of the OMT…[Read more]

Bosch was “OIS compliant” because Bosch invented and introduced OIS.

Most of the OMT manufacturers jumped on board, likely due to seeing how Bosch can invent a blade mounting standard, like T shank jigsaw blades and SDS bits, that has staying power.

But Fein, the originator of the OMT, didn’t jump on board with OIS.

So Bosch and Fein…[Read more]

Blocked from posting in this thread?

I’m still confused about the facts of the case.

On the one hand, you keep mentioning “foundation”.

On the other hand, you stated that you were only concerned about where the garage door meets the concrete… the “sill” if you will.

The sill is not the foundation. There is no load path from the structure to the sill. Homes are routinely built…[Read more]

The magnet is interesting.

Can you add a magnet (drill a hole through it, or whatever it takes) to one of your current OMTs? A neodynium one?

I had a problem with the new truck body I ordered… the stake gate release lever kept drooping into the body on the sides and into the tail lights on the rear when the gates were swung down in the open…[Read more]

Comparitive reviews can sometimes be useful for identifying flagrant issues, but even then the issues are only obliquely hinted at, and often downplayed, as the reviewer placates all manufacturerers in order to receive more tools to review, in order to get more hits to their review site, in order to secure more advertising revenue, in order to…[Read more]

Is your garage door header and jamb opening level plumb and square?