I was cleaning up a bunch of old hardware that generations of people have painted over so I bought a wire wheel for one of my grinders.

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Doobie wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I only have one 1/2″ shank router (Bosch 1617 EVS) so when I was doing some dovetailing with my Leigh jig, I wanted a a straight bit for one of my 1/4″ shank routers, keeping the dovetail but in the Bosch but the Leigh is only in an 8mm shank. So I bought this Freud 5/16″ straight bit with 1/4″ shank t…

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My Bosch random orbit sanders to sand down the splines of a couple of new picture frames for some photos I took; I still need to cut mats and glass for these as well as others.

I had to cut out a section and make two extension cords out of one because when I was sharpening a chisel on the little belt grinder the cord came in contact with the lower wheel grinding through and tripping the breaker.

My new portable band saw arrived 🙂 I went with the corded as this is not something I expect to use every week and I did want the extra layer of battery change level to add in to the equation.

I was cleaning up some old hardware for a new project and ended up buying a wire wheel for the bench grinder.

While working on picture frame miters I found my saddle squares to be the tools of the day.

I was cutting picture frame miters on the Bosch glide, when I decided to try using the combination square head as a temporary stop.

I only have one 1/2″ shank router (Bosch 1617 EVS) so when I was doing some dovetailing with my Leigh jig, I wanted a a straight bit for one of my 1/4″ shank routers, keeping the dovetail but in the Bosch but the Leigh is only in an 8mm shank. So I bought this Freud 5/16″ straight bit with 1/4″ shank to using in my old Makita router with a collar…[Read more]

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wbembrid wrote:
I stopped at Canadian Tire for one thing (a new 2″ trailer ball) and I ended up buying the following:

I like that long reach vise-grip. Was it on sale?

And are those ratchet clamps the style that Cmeyer25 has that have the straps in a coil that keeps them from flopping around?

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I stopped at Canadian Tire for one thing (a new 2″ trailer ball) and I ended up buying the following:

On the weekend since I am waiting on some siding for the extension, I put the weather stripping on all of the doors (Garage door, man door to the outside and the door between as only one side is heated) in the mean time.

I dropped and broke my french press that I keep at work – damn.

Bee boxes and frames, my wife and step daughter needed more so I had to do a bunch in a hurry.

Not much of a tool, but the slow boat from China delivered my new adhesive metric scale for my new miter station, this one had both left and right reading sections and was the right price even if it was slow.

cmeyer25 wrote:Well, sorry for unleashing all this everyone. But to my original intent, here’s a list I put together of the top ten pig farmers as of 9/23/19:

10) @kurtwelkerhomes-com 161,781
9) @doobie 173,277
8) @boschmanbrian 216,175
7) @wbembrid 235,200
6) @sorpa…

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I had to replace a chair bottom, this one failed with my Brother-in-law sitting in it, but I suspect the plywood I am replacing it with is much stronger than the press-wood / chip board seat bottom was.

My order of 4″ dust collection stuff and a Freud industrial saw blade from BusyBee tools arrived.

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wbembrid wrote:
Today I did garage cleanup, wired in the 2 outside plugs on the new addition and started harvesting the grapes growing over my deck.

That looks very yummy!
Are you going to make some wine or just to eat?

They are wine grapes, but with this relatively small amount they are destined to be grape jelly instead.

I finished up a couple more swing arm lamps- both maple, one stained dark mahogany with aniline dye the other with just a coat of natural shellac under a couple coats of wipe on poly.