Great to see a few redemptions coming in! Congrats guys.

I run the bostitch strap shot, and have never had any issues. It fits most places and I don’t think it’s ever jammed.

I wouldn’t mind giving dewalts 20v a try though, since I’m moving further and further away from air hoses.

Today’s the day I finally ordered myself the Martinez framing hammer! Super excited to see it come in.

TOTD WAS a simple Cresent wrench to install our new dishwasher and unhook my pool pump.

Too bad I had to go buy one (really got 4) because they always vanish after we do the anchor bolts on a house.

Started off as a rain day so I hurried on home to close up the pool and install the new dishwasher. Managed to get some quotes done muck out the trailer and garage a little to organize before the snow flies.

Last time I was here in the spring I remember things were slowing down with the transition of authority over the site and program. Sad to see things still haven’t really been worked out yet.

We had a pretty decent day and finished up all of our interior walls, layed out the roof and installed the ceiling joists. should be able to move right along on the roof.

cmeyer25 wrote:I’m pretty excited about the new green laser that’s on the 12V platform. I always thought that’d be a good idea. It seems such a waste to have regular batteries in a tool when you have a rechargeable battery platform.

This is very true. I’m surprised its taken so long, especially since the 12v 2.0Ah is so small.

25C and a good chance of thunderstorms today. As much as I’d like to get all my 2nd floor interior walls done today, I wouldn’t mind the time away from the framing job to get some of my big reno taken care of.

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WoodsConstruction wrote:

cmeyer25 wrote:
Well, I just saw the Milwaukee pack out boxes in person for the first time – they’re really nice and super solid feeling! And they cost about the same or less than L-boxxes that I’ve actually seen in store. I have a few l-boxxes, so I’m not looking to make a switch, but if I was just st…

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Beautiful sunny day today, with a high around 24C. Wish I was sitting on the deck with a cold one.

cmeyer25 wrote:Well, I just saw the Milwaukee pack out boxes in person for the first time – they’re really nice and super solid feeling! And they cost about the same or less than L-boxxes that I’ve actually seen in store. I have a few l-boxxes, so I’m not looking to make a switch, but if I was just starting out, I would be pretty tempted…

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Been a crazy past 2 weeks but managed to get 3 decks, a footing, and the first floor of a house done, while taking off day after day for surgeries and training lol leave it to my wife to convince me to buy a new house (she’s lucky it’s got a small shop space!) and list ours right in the middle of it all!

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WoodsConstruction wrote:
TOTD would be the excavator this time!

Nice you had one available to help out.

We use him for anything we can when hes on site, hes great for pouring footings too!

18V circular and reciprocating saws along with my socket ready impact were out in full force today getting the plates set on the walls.

Doobie wrote:Received my 24in Bosch Digital level today. I’ve been a big fan of digital levels since I bought a 48in digital Stabila a few years ago. When I saw the Bosch at $60 cheaper than anywhere else I’ve been lookin for it the last few years, I pounced!

Very nice! One of these days I’m going to have to get myself a digital level aswell.

TOTD would be the excavator this time! Had to lift in a steel beam on the house we just started, and our excavator operator got it in place perfectly. Beat waiting around for a boom truck and paying the 3 hours minimum.

TOTD was the Makita worm drive. Probably my favorite saw for ripping 2x material.

madman_us wrote:I ordered today online the CCS180 (18V cordless circular saw) from lowes and received a phone call that it’s ready for pickup.
I also paid 55 bucks for it, same as the 18V recip saw on clearance.
Picture is coming tomorrow because I have to pick it up first.

I would definitely get another at that price, how could you go wrong.

Congrats.