Got busy over the summer, and suffered a few set backs in the design process, but I finally managed to finish the rack design rail dimension and crossmember placement relative to various lengths of standard materials, bulk head height, swing clearance for top lids under the ratchet straps, gas strut weight rating and ball hinge placement issues,…[Read more]

Seven-Delta-FortyOne wrote:A lot of posters have done little more than abuse the forum, grab points, and contributed little to nothing to make the place better, and have been allowed to continue.

What, exactly, is “grab points”?

This is the first time I’ve read that term written by someone besides Doobie, who has said it quite often in the past.

The triangular caps on those angle iron legs is a delicious detail.

distefrj1 wrote:In my experience, Kaeser is one of the quietest air compressors on the market. They offer other benefits such as easy maintenance, high reliability, and better efficiency which reduces sound levels and energy costs.

Kaeser Products:

https://aircompressors.teamaircenter.com/products/

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Jack, whenever a first post includes…[Read more]

theamcguy wrote:Couple of neat tools from Makita. I picked them up at Home Depot

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jaftwo wrote:I’ve been looking for a general purpose multimeter and noticed quite a large range of prices between the brands I used back in my aerospace days (Fluke) and the new one’s that are in the $30 – $70 price range. I don’t need it to be certified, but I don’t want a “throw away” meter either.

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cmeyer25 wrote:My wife gave me an unexpected gift today – three hours after work to clean and organize my shop! We just had to replace our fridge, so I had the old broken one in the garage and I was able to get rid of that as well as make some serious headway cleaning out useless materials and rearranging some things to make the space more u…

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Wow.

Was I off.

That just proves one thing…

I never made it past the first word!

smallerstick wrote:

Doobie wrote:

smallerstick wrote:

Doobie wrote:

CB wrote:

smallerstick wrote:

Doobie wrote:

smallerstick wrote:

Sorpa wrote:

smallerstick wrote:
Found this at a local used stuff store. Never know what they will come up with. After a light cleanup …(yeah, it was me who put the fence on upside down)

Only one cutter b…

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I would have never caught that… online translators… as opposed to poor English.

Back on topic…

Probably because those of us whose email address was stolen from the BTP database never responded to the offers to buy steel from alibaba like exchanges in China. So perhaps we might be interested in German tools?

Or maybe because of the tariffs on China, and the spammers need to actually see monetized results for their relentless efforts?

I have injured both hands, in separate incidents… with battery operated power tools, and without having modified the tool.

I’ve also modified or temporarily bypassed safeties, without injury.

This anecdotal history suggests that I’ve been more careful and mindful when I’ve temporarily bypassed a safety element.

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Spam.

@chadm

Sprokitz wrote:

CB wrote:
I picked up a set of USA made Little Giant Taps and Dies, some USA made PROTO 3/4″ drive large diameter sockets (up to 2 3/8″), a shorter version of my favorite T handle prybar, a dry wall square, a drywall corner bead tool, some tig welded clamp on bench tool support hangars, a large caliper, a very sturdy C clamp, a gri…

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smallerstick wrote:

Doobie wrote:

smallerstick wrote:

Sorpa wrote:

smallerstick wrote:
Found this at a local used stuff store. Never know what they will come up with. After a light cleanup …(yeah, it was me who put the fence on upside down)

Only one cutter but everything else is reasonably complete. Missing one depth stop and a couple of s…

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Is the floor of the attic rated for the loads of a living space?

An office? When file cabinets become full of papers, they are quite heavy.

A media room? Meaning the whole family, and any visiting guests, can clamber upstairs to a floor that was originally intended to only hold up a ceiling for the living space below?

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DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:A small nail keeps the guard out of the way and a blob of epoxy keeps the trigger for the trigger out of the way.

Did you drill the hole in the shroud that you are sticking the nail into, or did that hole just happen to be there?

Have you drilled the same hole on your rear handle 7 1/4″?