Got a house plan sent out for bids this morning and now I am headed to a land auction. More just curious as to what it will go for than a buyer unless it goes cheap. then off to the lake to get the boat out of the water for the year and get it put away.

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:NEW 18V LXT® BRUSHLESS
10” TOP HANDLE CHAIN SAW

https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XCU06Z?utm_source=Makita+Subscriber&utm_campaign=4bdbfc0871-Top_Handle_Saw_2018_09_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_653957b024-4bdbfc0871-206039649

I have their dual battery saw and am verry impressed with it.

Boschmanbrian wrote:I am still hoping that they make a multi Bay charger, say two 18 volt and two 12 volt, or something like that,

Also after buying into the Ego cordless lawn mower equipment,
And seeing ego come out with the ego nexus power…

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cmeyer25 wrote:Rummaging through the foods at my ReStore today I found a bunch of 4’ long 1” thick bolts! I didn’t snap a picture, but what do you think they were for? They only had threads about the last six inches.

Here is a 1″ High strength A325 structural bolt that is 2′ long that was left over on a project. They were a special order and t…[Read more]

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:

Miamicuse wrote:
Yet my hammer drill on a 3 or 4ah wouldn’t last twelve 2″ deep holes for Tapcon.

Yup If I couldn’t get 12 tapcon holes done I’d use a cord too. I have a few options for cordless tapcon holes that do work very well. The Bosch
RHH181-01
18 V 3/4 In. SDS-plus® Brushless Rotary Hammer Kit with Chisel Function

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Dadgineer wrote:We (Bosch) actually did that on our sidewinders and worm drive saws, 10 or so years ago. You would plug in an extension cord and then there was a special loop geometry that would hold the cord in place and not be pulled out. We had plans to extend it to other products, but the market didn’t like it. It lasted a couple years or so a…

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Checked on jobs this morning and hauled some Brush to the shop to burn later. The rest of the day will be spent on designs, estimates and billings. We managed to get a few projects crossed off of the board this week. It is nice to see it getting shorter, with the elimination of a lot of small stuff. Still a lot of big projects to get done and…[Read more]

I just purchased a new cordless rotary hammer and was disappointed it was not in an L-BOXX. I know they discontinued putting tools in them but for what we do, I really wish it was in a box. I may try to make a base and cap for the box to clamp it into a L-BOXX stack. I don’t really want to transfer it to a L-BOXX as the box is molded to hold…[Read more]

We have talked on and off about 3D printing houses. Here is an article from Builder Online about the Marines printing a…[Read more]

I saw this roof traveling between jobs the other day. I guess it a little tar is good, a few buckets is better.

Installed Wall pads in a wrestling room yesterday, instead of setting trusses and sheeting the roof of the house we are working on, due to rain. We got 6 1/2″ of rain yesterday on top of the 3 1/2 over the weekend. It looks like mud will be knee deep today. It looks like we will install another wrestling room again today. No sense fighting the mud.

Installed Wall pads in a wrestling room yesterday, instead of setting trusses and sheeting the roof of the house we are working on, due to rain. We got 6 1/2″ of rain yesterday on top of the 3 1/2 over the weekend. It looks like mud will be knee deep today. It looks like we will install another wrestling room again today. No sense fighting the…[Read more]

theamcguy wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
Oh, the tools, yesterday was not a good day.

Sounds like a story there.

Not a big one, Had meetings a couple hours away which got me close to a tool store I like and found a few items I was looking for. Bosch Cordless rotary hammer with charger, 2 core batteries, a piggyback dust collector that runs…[Read more]

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:Well the coconutz wireless went off this morning!!! Big score!!! 209$$$ out the door. 18volt-Xs2 track saw and double charger and 2-5.0ah batteries!!! It came with 2 Makita Boxxes, one for the saw and a small one for the charger and batteries.

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GTokley wrote:

smallerstick wrote:
For work like this you have 2 choices; make them yourself or hire someone to make them.

They wouldn’t be cheap to have someone else make. Would there be many people out there that could make those posts?

I have a local guy that can make about anything when it comes to turning and duplication. He has a lathe t…[Read more]

roninohio wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
heater in the hotel i was at the other night, forget fixing it, just make a few marks with a sharpie so the guest can guess where to set it

I have stayed in some hotels like that . lol Some even worse.
Seems they do no maintenance and just want to keep collecting money.

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heater in the hotel i was at the other night, forget fixing it, just make a few marks with a sharpie so the guest can guess where to set it

next time put a small hole in a clear rubermaid or plastic food container. Put your bit through the hole and chuck it in your drill. then hold it against the ceiling to catch the dust. dump it after each hole.

smallerstick wrote:My neighbour is rebuilding the front porch on his house. The old posts were rotten so he turned the new ones himself. He laminated 3 pieces of 2 x 6 pine to make the 9′ blanks and rigged centres to hold them. The live centre is powered by a rigid threading machine; slow RPMs, I know and the cutting was done with a little t…

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Oh, the tools, yesterday was not a good day.