Boschmanbrian wrote:

theamcguy wrote:

Boschmanbrian wrote:
This morning it was the torque wrench and the torque screwdriver

I have never seen a torque screwdriver before, did not even know they made them. I’ll have to check Snap-on.

I had no idea either , but it’s definitely a nice one , quality too

Is it a ratcheting driver too?

PI_Woodworker wrote:Picked up this Rikon bandsaw on sale. Still putting it together but so far I am totally impressed with it. Lots of little things they did to make this unit quite nice. The guide adjustment is super easy, the base has a cabinet with storage, very well made and thought out.

Congratz Lon! I’ve looked at Rikon at LV and they…[Read more]

RonW wrote:

Doobie wrote:

RonW wrote:
I spent this week at the float house. We took off 8’x 50’of deck and added a boat slip. I can say this wasn’t near as much fun as it sounds. lol

Did anything end up unintended in the water?

I lost one box wrench in the water. So not a huge loss.

The ‘water gods’ have claimed their sacrifice. They almos…[Read more]

theamcguy wrote:Really like that $50 clamping system.

He’s semi stealing the Plano glue press design, but doesn’t achieve what the Plano does as effectively.

cmeyer25 wrote:I’ve used a number of different caulking guns and am usually pretty disappointed by their function for one reason or another. But mine is awesome and I don’t know exactly what makes it work so well, but it’s easy to use, works well with pretty much every tube I’ve put in it, and is solid but light…and it’s funny, because it’s better…

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theamcguy wrote:

Doobie wrote:
Why doesn’t Bosch make an oily impact?

My thoughts oil impacts are mostly used to reduce noise. Yet the easiest way to reduce noise is to use hearing protection. Hearing protection is required at almost all work sites and factories so it negates the need for an oil filled impact. Why spend money to develop s…

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cmeyer25 wrote:The only tool I used today was my CCS180 to cut apart some pretty huge pallets (5’x8’) so I could transport them to the dump.

That’s a big size. What did they hold?

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:

Doobie wrote:

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:
Here’s a cart I built out of wood for my tools. The project has taken our parking away so we have to park blocks away in the neighborhoods.
I will do some improvements on it in the next weeks.

If you have to be going to and from the site in dark conditions at nite or early morning b…

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RonW wrote:I spent this week at the float house. We took off 8’x 50’of deck and added a boat slip. I can say this wasn’t near as much fun as it sounds. lol

Did anything end up unintended in the water?

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cmeyer25 wrote:I got a pile of old pipe clamps and a wood screw clamp from one of the pastors I work with – they all belonged to his dad before he died and he just doesn’t have anywhere to store them and wasn’t planning on using them ever, so he gave them to me 🙂

Nice little score. Those pipe clamp mechanisms look fairly old.

MTRoads wrote:Another jig I built for the shop for making box joints. Replaceable ‘fronts’ for different size joints, sacrificial backer. Haven’t used this one in a while as I am thinking about making another one with more ‘adjustability’ built into it.

Most jigs are often a work in progress. I’ve modified or rebuilt my fair share over the…[Read more]

Miamicuse wrote:So is anyone in Chicago or Dallas going to the Bosch Necessities Tour…

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JimDaddyO wrote:

Doobie wrote:
My question is, what’s it part of?

It’s the main shaft bearing that the London Eye rotates on. Made by FAG bearings in Germany. I worked at the Stratford Ontario division in both the aerospace and automotive dept.

Cool. Thought it was just some random pic from the internet. Thanks for posting!

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:Here’s a cart I built out of wood for my tools. The project has taken our parking away so we have to park blocks away in the neighborhoods.
I will do some improvements on it in the next weeks.

If you have to be going to and from the site in dark conditions at nite or early morning before the sun is up carting it along r…[Read more]

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:It was just one of those random thoughts. The guys I was talking to were garage door installers who end up working in below freezing weather for 4 to 5 months of the year installing doors. I have to believe they are sluggish in the cold unless they are using a synthetic oil that is fairly thin

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Boschmanbrian wrote:

JimDaddyO wrote:

Boschmanbrian wrote:
Putting together some rotary load units today , I can’t believe the size of these bearings they use
Extremely smooth

That’s not a bearing….THIS is a bearing!

Oh okay I’ll stop posting

My question is, what’s it part of? Some huge component in a hydro-electric facility maybe?

Some may be able to see the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) tonite in northern parts of the US. Saturday 23MAR2019.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/23/northern-lights-northern-us-canada-see-aurora-borealis/3254389002/

Finally a day that feels like spring is arriving. Sunny and warm enough to lose the winter gear and sport a light jacket instead for a nice change.