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  1. Today we made a little investment in the community. The Town Little League field was hard as a rock, well beyond what a simple drag would fix. It's damn near impossible to get people to volunteer to help, much less people who have any idea what they're doing. Our last work party yielded 2 people who showed up at 0900 and had to leave by 1100 ?. When I was a kid I hated playing on shitty fields and I've spent God only knows how many hours working on ball fields to make sure my kids didn't have to. After a couple kids took bad hops to the face, my buddy and I borrowed a skid steer and a powered landscape rake from a local construction company (his employer) and went to work. We were unsure how it would do. We've worked on lots of fields, but never with this attachment. We made 1 pass back draging toward Left Field, and another toward Right Field. Once we found our stride, things went pretty smooth. We tilled about an inch deep and ended up with a very nice dirt-sand ratio. The rake did a great job taking out the high places and with only minimal shoveling of excess dirt into the remaining low spots and 20 minutes worth or hand raking, it was damn near perfect. We ran a toothless drag over it to smooth it down, straightened out the gassline, and it came out as close to perfect as you could ask for. With 2 people, about 4 hours, and $80,000 worth of equipment, it was fit for play. We finished up about 5:00 and by 8:30 we'd already gotten a call to do 4 High School fields prior to the Sectional Tournaments. We've got some other improvements planned and they've given us permission to do whatever we want, so we plan to have a much nicer field in time for next season.
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  2. Anytime you can get kids playing baseball over soccer I'm all for it. Nice job.
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  4. Ha! I took this Monday...Sunny and 55 at about 600 am.... New Castle overlooking that Atlantic and Portsmouth light. If you look off to the right is the Isles of Shoals, ten miles out. Today is was in the eighties and beautiful.
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  5. Very badass of you guys to do for the kids!
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  6. Compared to Milwaukee's lighting options, Dewalt may be lacking, but overall I'm not completely disappointed by the latter's lights. If anything, I'd say that DeWalt needs more (affordably priced) area lights--particularly something like the OP wants. Their little 12v Max pivoting head light is outstanding for close-up work and the 20v version is probably as good if not better. The DCL050 worked well when I was working in a house without power a few weeks ago, and the DCL043 is perfect for when we start each cycle's FTX, not to mention CQ duties. The red lens emulates the trainees' l-shaped flashlights (albeit about 100x brighter) while the white lens lets me scan for wild boar, snakes, and coyotes (and wake up sleepy Privates). A bit unconventional for a work light, but it suits me. Meanwhile, the standard DCL040 is at least as good as any other basic cordless light I've used. I will say that the DCL060 puts out a fair amount of light, but that it is very limited in flexibility. DeWalt seems to want to appease everyone while neglecting those tool users who want a broad variety in only one or two battery systems. As it stands, DeWalt currently manufactures 8v, 12v Max, 18v, 20v, 40v, and Flexvolt (60v/120v) tools (not to mention still showing 12v and 14.4v batteries and accessories on its website). For the most part, each has a different targeted use and I like how DeWalt has gone out of its way to make certain items cross-compatible (radios and chargers that can be used with 12v Max / 20v Max batteries; Flexvolt batteries being usable in 20v Max tools). Even so, some of us rightfully gripe about the 12v max platform being neglected compared to other manufacturers' 10.8v tool systems, or about how Flexvolt effectively forces 20v Max users to buy into another battery system for a full-sized circular saw. Anyway, I agree it is foolish to stick with only one platform. Besides 12v max and 20v Max, I have a few M18 Fuel tools, as well as other platforms such as DeWalt 8v, Hitachi 18v and 12v Peak, Kobalt 20v, and Porter Cable 18v. Whether DeWalt released more lights or not, I'm tempted to add the Milwaukee stand light to my collection. It would have been great a few weeks ago, despite the DCL050 being more than adequate.
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  7. Fantastic !!! That was more than an investment in community ...... that was an investment in the future !!!! Get the kids OUTDOORS & playing sports or just playing !!!! JOB WELL DONE !!!! Thank you
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  8. Gorgeous view ! very postcard !!
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  9. I dont know what it is about the Woodpeckers one time tools they produce but half of them seem to be things I MUST have. I just hate waiting months for them to build and ship. My latest came today. Cant wait to use them
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  10. I really hate Soccer. It's the one sport I refuse to let the kids play.
    1 point
  11. I do mean a framing nailer yes was trying to find the current English words There's absolutely no info yet if Makita is Abit smart it'll take the same nails as their gas nailer. And those would be ( I think they are called ) clipped d-head nails on a paper strip ?
    1 point
  12. Heck yeah if I got to use that I'd jump at the chance haha nicely done!!
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  13. Blinded by the price. Ouch!
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  14. It's awesome teaching them to build. Often frustrating, but rewarding. Im sure we will continue to build quads but I've got no immediate plans to continue that specific one. It's a students 'solution' to the problem we presented. Half the fun of teaching this stuff is seeing the creative ways people go about solving problems. this Sunday we are headed out to the dry lakebed. The students built rockets & fitted them with electronic data loggers. Hopefully a bit more successful then N. Korea launches ? This is one one of the students builds. Political satire is alive and well in California.
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  15. Today we're in mid 80's bud windy as hell my allergies are killing me!!
    1 point
  16. I had the radius set but gave them to my brother, as I am working on getting a CNC router just waiting for our crappy Canadian dollar to find some strength so I can order it. I am designing the vacuum table for it as we speak.
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  17. I'm with you @77Ford,,.it really doesn't seem that hard to figure out what attracts people to your brand and how to keep them......Dewalt sure does loose a lot of customers by not expanding their existing lines....thing is we would be loyal if they had all the tools we needed.........c'mon....lighting.?? Dewalt can't make some decent lights to choose from ? Instead of helping ..NASA with their "rocket " program........
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  18. Just finished this small work bench. Plans called for a 30 inch by 80 inch but that was way too big for what I wanted. So I reduced it to 24 by 48. Got the plan out of a "Wood" magazine article. Hoping to leave this one clear so I can do some things on it. It was quick and easy and sturdy can't ask for anything more than that.
    1 point
  19. we've had close to the 70's for 3 weeks prior to this mess......just can't rule out winter until july....lol
    1 point
  20. hmm maybe the battery is defective? My two 2.0 batteries haven't given me problems but they get medium light use in my drill and impact. I really like the 2.0 batteries. They are my favorite battery DeWALT offers. A 2.0 in my drill or impact lasts me quite awhile with light use. I used some 2.0's in a 20v circ saw last summer and the runtime was terrible. A saw is a higher demand tool than a drill and impact. I would guess the adapters are limited to 2.0 batteries and smaller because they are 5 cells vs 10 and 15 on the other DeWALT batteries.
    1 point
  21. Got my new baby Fluke 107 today! Holy crap is this thing small. Tons of features packed into this little thing! For scale: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  22. Sorry ! Had a new look at the picture of the upcoming plunge saw today and it's most definitely a X2 model. So 2 batteries
    1 point
  23. I had long considered the m18 lunchbox vac but could never pull the trigger. Guess I was waiting for Milwaukee to release a newer version that had an AC cord (like DEWALT DCV581H) but by now that's not going to happen. Also not having seen one in person it looked rather large in pictures/videos. I agree having accessory storage with the m18 box vac has to be pretty handy whereas the new tea pot vac doesn't... always trade offs it seems. The box vac is listed at 45 CU ft per min while the tea pot vac 40 CU ft per min so pretty close maybe where you wouldn't notice a difference. I can't find any deals on the tea pot vac either but maybe when Father's Day gets closer.
    1 point
  24. Can confirm that the upcoming cordless mitre saw is a 10inch version
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  25. I wouldn't buy smaller than 7/8" if I were purchasing them individually, but even if you figure $2.50 per for the sizes that and over, still a steal. I think it's that the tools have just gotten so much more powerful. In an impact though, binding is of no consequence. I rarely use them in anything other than my impacts, a ship auger in my M18 HH still being my go-to. I've got like a dozen extensions for them in various lengths. They work great for doing the same sort of thing I'm doing here with my SH, but the hole doesn't need to be 1-1/4" for the head of the extension to be able to follow, like it does with that setup.
    1 point
  26. At a buck per bit, was a good time to load up.
    1 point
  27. Love this new makita sawzall its brushless powerful two speed settings and a variable speed trigger and a trigger lock. Rafter hook light on front , adjustable shoe. I would highly recommended I use 4ah batteries with it and works great.
    1 point
  28. We all have magnetic pickup tools but ever drop a screw in a spot that the magnetic tool just can't get to? A piece of wire with a rare earth magnet glued on it will work:
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  29. Initial rollout of FlexVolt showed off tools more powerful than Milwaukees offerings. Milwaukee responded with the 2720 and 2731 kits with 9.0 and Rapid charger for a great price. Bonus 9.0 included with mitre saw and SDS Max also helps market penetration of the 9.0. The new FlexVolt price drop puts a fast charger, tool, and 2 batteries in the hands of people for the same price as the Milwaukee deals. Now that FlexVolt OPE is shown off the M18 kits are having a second 9.0 tossed in. Consumers win for once ?
    1 point
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