BK13
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Funny... Yeah, just like that, only different. LOL
I just gave up on getting new vests from the home office and bought my own. When they sent me one that was half neoprene when I'm working in the SoCal desert... No thanks.
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My kid loves green, so I picked up a couple of drivers (one for him, one for me) and a new hammer for him.... All I can find around my disaster of a garage are bigass framing hammers, mostly milled face... not exactly ideal for a skinny, uncoordinated six year old. Then I picked up a couple of Wiha #2 Phillips when I got a new bolt for the doorknob into my garage.
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Man, I miss my Spyderco Delica, a victim to busting through super dense chemise chaparral in San Diego County.... Man that job was tough on gear... I'd shred a pair of Danners in 6-8 months, survey vests every six months, a couple of pocket knives and a couple of the side clip Leatherman multitools lost to the brush, two flip phones wasted by me sweating like crazy when hauling my fat ass out of canyons, a Palm Treo and a Blackberry to the brush, dozens of mechanical pencils, scribes, pocket scales, and erasers until I started buying vests with Velcro covers over the pockets...
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Thanks for keeping things serious, Chris! LOL
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6 hours ago, Stercorarius said:
Trimble? Is that for gps mapping? I know they made some of the first automatic guidance systems for tractors and still make them for case and old tractors.
That particular unit is a conventional (optical/EDM) robotic total station, GPGuess doesnt have the tight vertical (elevation) tolerance needed for staking sewer and curb (you dont want to try and make poop run uphill!). Plus, keeping initialization in the city and under trees is somewhat problematic. I have used a bunch of Trimble GPS gear, mainly staking a power transmission line in SoCal. Current GPS gear is Leica... Fantastic gear, but they can't write software to save their lives.
Intrestingly, if you are a complete survey nerd, i suppose, the machine control GPS (controlling elevations on Cats/graders ect. operates on a different frequency than surveying stuff.
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Thanks, man! I used to really like Estwing hammers, but one summer I drove probably 10k 60d nails staking curb at a couple of school renos, a new runway at one airport, a new taxiway at another, and new runway lights at a third, and a new HS sports stadium, and jacked up my wrist badly enough to hinder my extra-curricular activities with my GF. So I'm pretty much staying away from metal handles.
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Supertool 300.
And my Trimble S6. As many miles as I've walked with that thing on my back it might as well be my EDC.
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So I'm thinking I 'need' some ball pien hammers. Local shops have a good selection of Vaughns. Good choice, or should I look elsewhere?
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I don't have hardly any experience with miter saws, but when I get one, it will most likely be the new Bosch glide 12" model. I like that you don't have the rails out the back, and probably more importantly, I'm a bit of a Bosch fanboy. And I worry that if I buy one of the smaller saws, I'll start running into all sorts of situations where I NEED a 12" saw for whatever reason, and I'll end up having to spend more money.
Of course, then I would have TWO miter saws....
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2 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:
Gotta look at for the crew!
Jimbo
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Yes, sir!
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Okay, thanks, boys, you probably saved me some frustration.
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Oh, good call. Didn't even notice that.
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17 hours ago, ChrisK said:
Just stay away from Festool. Don't even consider Mafell. You'll be doomed dude. It's like Crack. Once a hit....always a junkie.
Or Snap On....
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I was pretty much set on a Senco (or remote possibility of a Grex), but that's a pretty good price, I don't want to waste the money if it's crap.
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Does anything know anything about this one? Lowes has a screaming deal on it....
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23 minutes ago, Glasseyi said:
Well I'm happy as can be. Ups just dropped of my Metabo goodies.
<drool>
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Cool, man, thanks. I'd ask you what you thought of them, but Sunex is already a known quantity to me. I really like my two 3/8" sets.
You apparently keep as goofy of hours as I do! LOL
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1 hour ago, Stercorarius said:
Thanks bmack
Which sets are those?
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54 minutes ago, ChrisK said:
Yeah I picked a couple of those up from Todd. I've always wanted to give the shockwave bits a try so I got two boxes myself!
You'll have to let us know what you think. I like the Makita Impact Gold a little better....
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Looking forward to the finished product. I almost always enjoy your videos.
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Putting off painting Nolan's room with a trip to HD. Got me with a couple of Father's Day deals. I managed to walk away from the $100 Makita 18v Impact driver...
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On June 10, 2016 at 0:07 PM, ChrisK said:
A WEN oscillating spindle sander which is identical to the Woodruver, Grizzly and Shop Fox!
Dude, I totally want to get a spindle sander when I get moved into a new house...
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So I finally filled the last peg on my SAE deep 1/2" sockets with a Proto
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Just cleaned out my work duffel bag.... well, OK, I was trying desperately trying to find some allergy medication. I may have a problem...
This doesn't include the 25'er in my vest or the 12'er in my rain coat. Or the pile at home.
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What tools did you buy today?
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You'll have to let us know how that dead blow hold up. Every time I go into Ace by my parents' house I think about buying one.... funny the things (and amounts of money) we get super-conservative about...