Thanks to all who have served, protected and fought for our freedom! That is such a precious gift. Happy 4th Everyone!

Sorry I missed this yesterday. A Happy Canada Day to all of the Canadian Pros! I am sure it was different for you with the pandemic. The 4th of July is going to be way different here in the US. Fireworks pretty much cancelled around here.

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Still working on getting the 9″ grinder. Badly needed in the shop.

I redeemed for that. Thing is, there are hardly any 9in disks out there. I already had the 7in model and a whole bunch of 7in disks. Getting the 9in is just slightly bigger in size than the 7in model. In hindsight, I kinda wasted my points getting the 9…

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theamcguy wrote:[NEW] Milwaukee M18 FUEL 2 Gallon Cordless Compact Quiet Compressor 2840-20

Now that would be a way to go cordless for your pneumatic nailers versus replacing them with cordless models. You would still need to deal with hoses though. That could be a tough mental debate.

Perhaps it is genetic but definitely contagious as we all share about the tools we have or want. Nice table saw. I have the same brand and found that the best blades to be the Forrest Saw Blades. I am not looking to start any debate here as I have not tried every brand but they outperformed high-end Freud blades for me. They sell a blade…[Read more]

cranbrook2 wrote:Hey everyone , it has been a while since i was here , I was extremely busy for the past year but about a month ago everything came to a sudden stop . I was working on the back of my house adding pine board and batten and i accidently took a dive off of the scaffolding . I landed on my shoulder and my humorous bone was pulled a…

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Does anybody know if L-Boxxes are still available for redemption? I guess you can never have enough, especially when one keeps buying more tools.

@JimDaddyO, Nice work on that potato bin. I have always liked mixing wood species. Well done in that regard also.

I have a bunch on Narex chisels. Very happy with them. A very good value too as they are priced well.

@ChadM, Have you ever unearthed anything of value with your digging? That bottle is pretty cool.

Spent the day milling wood. Working on the natural edge slabs and on some spalted/burl pieces. Flattening them. They will become bench and stool tops along with a few pieces for the lathe to become bowls.

GTokley wrote:Looks like a very nice vise. It should be a nice addition to your work bench. I feel most jobs are more involved then first thought of.

So very true – especially when you are in the middle of it. Yost made the vise and it was quite inexpensive.

We have a couple of smaller blowers from Milwaukee and Bosch. I wanted something with more umph. Picked up the Milwaukee Fuel M18 Blower yesterday. Wow! It is really powerful yet light. When you pull the trigger, it just jumps in the hand and you think it wants to fly. It has a high and low speed and the trigger also is a variable speed…[Read more]

Installed a cabinet maker’s front vise on the basement workbench. It was a lot more involved installing to an already built bench versus planning for it. In the end though I was quite happy with it.

Too hot and muggy to work on the slabs we are flattening. Hopefully tomorrow.

Added to my l-boxx collection with 2 l-boxx 2’s and 1 l-boxx-3 (purchased). The next thing now is an l-dolly.

Did some yard work, took the power washer to the small engine repair shop to get tuned, and went to a local farm/fleet supply store to pick up some items. Funny how you think you won’t need anything for awhile and how wrong that thinking is. LOL

Did some work on the first slab I am flattening. Once I got it down on how much material to remove per pass, things went well and fairly quick. Here is a picture of one of the full slabs before any cutting and flattening. The other 2 are the same piece that was worked on today. I took pictures of this side but I believe the reverse side is a…[Read more]

Yesterday was rain all day. Today it is still overcast and seems like it will rain again. Flooding for some folks around here. Cool temps.

Spent almost all of yesterday chain sawing a bunch of wood I had let sit for 3-4 years. Most of the pieces were burls. It is kind of like opening a present to see what is inside, sometimes a big surprise and sometimes a disappointment. I had some cherry sections we tore into and found them cracked throughout. My friend who is very up on wood…[Read more]

I built a router sled and table to flatten slabs. I got everything ready to roll this morning only to find that I needed a Router Collet Extension piece. Without it, the bit would not go deep enough to do the job. Just a FYI for anyone thinking of doing the same. Luckily I was going to go by a Rockler store and was able to pick one up. I can…[Read more]