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   ken1 | Mar 15, 2003 12:32pm | #1

   went to lee valley the other day when in town & picked up a cover for 45 gal can to use with vaccuum got home and had the wrong one, called them back & they sent me a new one by mail in a great big box packed as if it was going around the  world.  The replacement took only two days to get to me by can post a record in itself  they also pay the cost of sending the wrong one  back

   nothing like lee valley to deal with.

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   andybuildz | Mar 15, 2003 01:49pm | #2

   finish tools? hmmmmm

   My flat bar

   my 28 oz Estwing

   Knee pads

   5lb sledge

   cats paw

   boss hogs WD

   am I missing anything here?....reckon it depends what yer finishing doesnt it?

   Be finished

                Namaste

                           andy

   "As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is." 
   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   aden | Mar 16, 2003 12:57am | #9

   did you forget the duct tape?

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   andybuildz | Mar 16, 2003 02:47am | #10

   woops"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is."  http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   jimblodgett | Mar 16, 2003 03:31am | #11

   What about lunch?  Can't forget that.

   And some papers.

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   andybuildz | Mar 16, 2003 10:59am | #17

   some papers? LOL"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is."  http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   Gunner | Mar 16, 2003 07:24pm | #18

   Reveal gauge, small square, large square, wood putty, calculator, files, chisels, TP, Pistol, hammer, wood plane, USA today, Tape measure, Levels. All that crap plus others. that's what I dug up from behind the seat of my truck, it'll get you started.You miss 100% of the shots you never take." Wayne Greztky

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   StanFoster | Mar 15, 2003 02:42pm | #3

   Vanderpooch:

   I keep an assortment of tools in my box for working on stairways...

   SHARP chisels....plumb bob...Stanley 12 degree hand plane....4-in-one rasp.....riffler rasps of various shapes.....rabbet plane......square gauges......bevel gauge...tri-square...drill bits...paddle bits....forstner bit for 1 inch plugs....slightly ground down 3/8 forstner bit for 3/8 inch plugs....tapered plug cutters...utility knife....nail sets...countersink bit.....diamond hone.....compass....mechanical pencils.....laser level...trig function calculator.....flex pad sanding discs and velcro sanding pads.....cordless drill....coping saw.....tool box handsaw...vice grips....needle nose pliers....rail bolt wrench....blue tape....beeswax...assoeted square drive screws....different length of square drives.....Kreg pocket screw jig....torpedo level..stack of sandpaper torn from a belt sander belt.....all the necessary allen wrenches, box and open wrenches.....electric drill....glue bottle...clamps....hog ring type spring clamps and tool to attach....dremel tool with various rasps and sanding discs/drums......4-way....wood filler.....construction glue and gun...pry bar....cats paw....shims both hard wood and soft....random orbit finish sander...belt sander.....jig saw...

   These are just what popped into my mind...I am sure i will think of more later..

   
   

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   Edited 3/15/2003 7:44:32 AM ET by Stan Foster

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   goldhiller | Mar 15, 2003 03:29pm | #4

   Stan,

   Couldn't help but notice your list includes a "flex pad sanding disc" and was immediately reminded that I'm still hunting a source for an item that is seemingly hard to find. Maybe you know where...a 5 "soft pad can be found. I do scuptural sanding with these drill mounted pads that have a 1/4" metal shank which is attached to the sanding pad with a rubber ball type mount and there's about 5/16" of fairly stiff rubber foam that the PSA sanding discs actually adhere to.

   I used to be able buy the things thru Sears, but they no longer carry them. I bought 18 of the things about 15 years ago, but now that supply is getting low and I have so far failed in my attempts to find a current source.

   Any notions......... other than stop doing sculptural work?

   Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   StanFoster | Mar 15, 2003 04:07pm | #5

   Goldhiller:   Cant help you there.  My flex pads were found at a woodworking show.  The biggest is 3 inches,,and my smallest one is 1.5  inches.  

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   jimblodgett | Mar 15, 2003 05:28pm | #6

   They might sell those flexible sanding discs at auto body supply houses.  I have bought some great sanding tools there, like 2000 grit screens for my 5" orbital sander.  You might check the yellow pages.  Hell, you might be able to find something like that online if you knew where to look.

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   vanderpooch | Mar 15, 2003 06:49pm | #7

   goldhiller,

   have you tried klingspor? they carry lots of sanding stuff...

   another idea might be jamestown, a supplier who caters to boatbuilders...

   good luck.

   Edited 3/15/2003 3:05:26 PM ET by VANDERPOOCH

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   goldhiller | Mar 16, 2003 04:35am | #13

   Thanks for the Klingspor lead, I shall give them a look/see. I've got a Jamestown Distributors catalog upstairs. Don't recall seeing them in there, but ya know..........I wasn't looking for them either. I'll look again. Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   Sancho | Mar 15, 2003 09:47pm | #8

   Try a paint store. i pick them up at smith paints. Dont know where you live but its worth a try. 

   Darkworks:  We support the US military "We kick your #### and take your gas"

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   goldhiller | Mar 16, 2003 04:41am | #14

   Thank you, Ron. Never even crossed my mind to look for them at a paint store. Probably should have, but didn't.

   Amongst other places, I checked with my guy at Sandpaper, Inc. but he had no leads to this particular style of pad. Tried the auto body shops and supply houses of course, but never thought about a paint store.

   Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   toast953 | Mar 16, 2003 07:26am | #15

   Vanderpooch, what I have in my tool box, most days, is the Frame, and it's gotta be the right frame, it's located in  Mind. Be safe out there Jim J.

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   AJinNZ | Mar 16, 2003 09:13am | #16

   Nail Punch

   Torpedo level ( when you need one you really need one )

   Sharp chisels in variety of sizes

   Sharp handsaw

   Sharp knife

   Construction adhesive, oh the impossible feats I get to pull off with a tube of that stuff as backup. :) 

   Wood Hoon

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   arcwood | Mar 16, 2003 03:34am | #12

   1/8" pin punch to erase nails. 25' tape with Tape Slate.

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   DavidxDoud | Mar 16, 2003 08:00pm | #19

   paslode trimpulse (angled tip) - 4' straight edge (steel ruler) - delta finishing planer - jack plane,  jointer plane,  dado plane - big slick - coconut oil -

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   andybuildz | Mar 17, 2003 01:47am | #20

   big slick?? coconut oil???? No Apple Jack?

   Be hardened cider

                         Namaste

                                     andy"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is."  http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   Snort | Mar 17, 2003 02:53am | #21

   hic...who needs tools? EliphIno!

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   andybuildz | Mar 17, 2003 03:04am | #22

   a man after my own heart......

   "Tools? We don't need no stinkin' tools" John Belushi Clifford

   Personally..."the best finish tools I own are at the ends of my wrists" (dont steal that for a tag line anyone or yer dead!!)

   Be a hand

                Namaste

                            andy"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is."  http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   AJinNZ | Mar 17, 2003 09:35am | #23

   Be a hand

    

   ROFL.........good one. Might "borrow" that other bit for a tagline too. :) 

   Wood Hoon

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   andybuildz | Mar 17, 2003 01:51pm | #24

   be my guest just be sure I get written credit.....lol"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is."  http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM