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November 16, 2009

All of a sudden the door install end of things has picked up some and I have several door slabs to machine. I use a clamp-on Blu-Mol jig and usually…

November 16, 2009

I was stuck waiting for some stuff off a local electrical wholesale house's delivery truck for about 45 minutes last Tuesday. I was wandered mindlessly looking at tools I spied…

November 16, 2009

Bosch spline to 7/16" hex adapter. Probably will need to make one by re-forging a spline to taper adapter. Need the adapter for all the free 1" and up spline…

November 16, 2009

I picked up an old Bosch 1634VS sawzall the other day. It doesn't seem to hold the blades right. It locks the blades in fine, but there is too much…

November 15, 2009

OK I took the advice and bought a titanium hammer. I have driven exactly ONE nail with it since I received it Friday afternoon, I think I will like it.…

November 14, 2009

My Porter-Cable 5" random-orbit sander (model 333) regularly chews up the "oscillation' bearing, and I then have a billion-rpm non-oscillating disc sander.  the replacemnt bearing from PC is about $14,…

November 14, 2009

I will be renovating my three bathrooms in the near future.  I'm thinking of buying a demolition hammer to remove the wall and floor tiles in all three rooms.   My BIL…

November 13, 2009

I use this company often... no regrets... http://www.magbit.com/mag_cat_lowres.pdf   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,…

November 13, 2009

No electricity need. http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/tls/1463045743.html

November 13, 2009

I am now the owner of a 2008 E-250 cargo van. My old F-150 had daytime running lights (whenever the truck was running the HL's were on @ 1/2 power)…