Episode 48 — Old Paint, Cheap Tools, and the Good and Bad of HGTV
Dust collection options, shopping at Harbor Freight, and purchasing cheap tools and reconditioned (CPO) power tools
In this podcast episode, FHB editor Justin Fink, associate editor Patrick McCombe, and editorial director Rob Yagid discuss paint expiration, discount tools, and HGTV. Plus, a new musical intro for the podcast, and why you should not let Justin borrow your tools.
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Just causally listening to the pod cast and I hear you guys start talking about the dust deputy. After owning mine for 3 years now I realized I had the hoses hooked up backwards! I must have read the directions wrong, still can't believe I messed that one up.
A drywall lift will kill you easily if at full extension to 10-11' and the brake fails. You're talking about 50-80 lbs of drywall and metal framework falling as fast as a bowling ball if dropped from a 10-11' height. If it doesn't kill you you'll probably wished it did from the get go.
Several years back I had just positioned the drywall into position and like always I gave it a little more tension and walked from under the lift to get on the ladder and I heard the cable snap....less than a second later the boom arms,sheetrock and the rest of the metalwork hit ground level....it broke 3 welds on the lift. NO...it wasn't a Harbor Freight special.
For those that say it won't hurt you I would like to see a video of you standing under a drywall lift while another person cuts the cable and be sure to stand under one of the arms that hold the drywall. Hardhat optional !