I was using my Bosch Vac while doing some plaster renos, and the hose was on a based board heater as well as the feeder hose for the sander, both were damaged, can I easily shorten the Bosch hose, here ais a picture of the sander hose(which I did shorten).

I agree with most all of the above comments:
-Is it cheaper
– not much if any if you cost your time
Is it better
– generally yes, the materials go from the same , to better, way better, to exquisite – your choice

Downsides:
-time
-mistakes, we all make them will it bother you
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Working on the home reno, I am doing more plastering than I would liek so I bought the sanding screen dust collection attachment for use with my Bosch dust extractor.

Happy Easter everyone- it is long weekend renos for me at home 🙂

JimDaddyO wrote:Thanks Bosch and BTP!

Look at it, it’s so cute!

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:

RonW wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
Is there a process to ask for a Bosch item to be included on the rewards list?

Back when Jim was in charge it could be done. But I’d say it wont happen now.

I would email points@bethepro.com and ask. It may take a whi…

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I bought some silicone molds for wood and epoxy coasters as I have some interesting scraps that would look better as coasters than in the burn pile. So I purchased these 2 sets of 4 (square and hex) to try out.

I have been working on a bookshelf slash cube storage piece of furniture for my grandson or his mother, I am honestly never sure, it is a storage unit that will either take 1 foot cube storage boxes or for books and will start out horizontal but may switch to a vertical orientation when he is older. It is out of 3/4 birch ply with maple trim…[Read more]

Is there a process to ask for a Bosch item to be included on the rewards list?

I started on a cube storage unit for my step-daughter / grandson – it is hard to distinguish who it is truly for at his age 🙂 – pictures of dry-fit and glue -up, it is still true – you can never have too many clamps …

The Bosch Track saw came in very handy on the full sheets of plywood

I got a four pack of additional ER11-A collet nuts for my new CNC router to make it easier to have the appropriate size collet available without having to snap the collets in and out of the retaining nuts. For example the picture shows 1/4 shank one in the router and a 3mm shank in a nut.

Anyone else do any blacksmithing? I have made a few knives, and this is a video of a guy I know making a steel striker (for flint) it is 17 minutes long. He made an 18th century style marking knife / awl combo for me.

Boschmanbrian wrote:

wbembrid wrote:

Boschmanbrian wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I picked up a couple of items (online from the regional BusyBee), nothing major but a tracksaw clamp (that I have to modify for my Bosch track) and a folding saw to keep in the vehicle to ease transportation of the one- of long item 🙂

Nice , congratulations on your new…

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GTokley wrote:

Boschmanbrian wrote:
One of the problems is that my supervisor’s don’t really know or understand my job , they automatically think that anyone from the shop floor can come in and learn it fairly quickly ,

Not much different where I work!

Boschmanbrian wrote:
That being said , it took me easy over a year to pick up the tra…

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Boschmanbrian wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I picked up a couple of items (online from the regional BusyBee), nothing major but a tracksaw clamp (that I have to modify for my Bosch track) and a folding saw to keep in the vehicle to ease transportation of the one- of long item 🙂

Nice , congratulations on your new tools , I know what the pull saw is , but…

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I bought a new router for my little CNC, it is one designed for the CNC, it has an ER11 collet and supposed to have very little runout. IT will replace the Bosch colt I have in the CNC, the Bosch can now be a trim router, I’ve had no issues with the Bosch, other than trying to mount very small router bits, reducing collars for the collets have…[Read more]

Boschmanbrian wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I modified a cheaper (BusyBee) quick clamp to work with the rails of my Bosch tracksaw.

That’s a good idea , did you make two one for each end , did you use the grinder ,

I have 2 I have only modified one so far, with the angle grinder, dremel and file – I think the dremel cutoff wheel and file is what I w…[Read more]

Short rant:
I know I am not the first and likely not the last but it really annoys me that Irwin makes this decent pull saw with a removable and replace-able blade and then does not sell the replacement blades …

I modified a cheaper (BusyBee) quick clamp to work with the rails of my Bosch tracksaw.

I picked up a couple of items (online from the regional BusyBee), nothing major but a tracksaw clamp (that I have to modify for my Bosch track) and a folding saw to keep in the vehicle to ease transportation of the one- of long item 🙂