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  1. Cordless Tool Trivia

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    23 minutes ago, kornomaniac said:

    Thank you :) what's the full name of an ' oz' ? :D

    ounce in this case liquid ounces,  there is 2 different ounces

    1 liquid ounce measures volume 

    1 ounce measures weight

    but same name????

    however 8 ounces of water is equal to 8 ounces of weight go figure but it is only that for water, everything else might be a different 

     

     

  3. Reno's Extreme

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    continuing on with drywall mudding, I put a small 20" x 34" etched glass pane that I had laying around in the wall that goes around stairs.  I just sandwiched the plate between sill trim on both sides......This way some natural light can come through from window in master bedroom. will put a picture frame border around it on both sides once drywall and paint is all finished.....

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  6. Reno's Extreme

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    1 hour ago, DR99 said:

    Must be a really northern Canadian thing I live in Detroit and never see that cross the border!!

    probably not even that, an old guy showed me this about 40 plus years ago and have done it like that ever since whenever I did any taping......

  7. Reno's Extreme

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    30 minutes ago, DR99 said:

    Using a brush? Can't say I have seen that before! I will say I can decently hang drywall I can't mud for the life of me!!

    ya i've used a brush since forever. it is easier faster and it makes for a great soft brush later when cleaned.... 

  13. What tools did you buy today?

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    not a tool but it was worthy of this thread....., to busy to run to lowes to grab 10 sheets of drywall, (will be needing more but figured get this area finished for now) so I send my wife she says hmm what if I get the wrong ones....I say no worries take the old receipt and tell them you want the same as that is on the receipt., so off she goes......she comes back and I go to un-load them and she has way more than 10 sheets .....she has 28 sheets just like the old receipt says...i ask her how much did you pay? she says I paid $73 why did I not get the right ones?....lol

  20. What tools did you buy today?

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    56 minutes ago, BMack37 said:

     

    The guy got it from his Grandfather, he was planning on making it a lamp. Glad he sold it to me, I've already disassembled it, drilled out the broken screws in the jaw and some rusted parts are soaking in Evapo-Rust. Right now I'm looking for a replacement hardened steel jaw or will make some aluminum jaws for it. Also going to strip it and repaint it.

     

    I'm thinking teal (like a 50s Chevy or a bright red), what do you guys think?

     

    CC: @rrich1

    love me some 50's colours, Neptune green would be awesome for that vise.....

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  22. FUEL vs Non-FUEL

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    I can't compare it to any kind of DeWalt tool but I can say if I start the day with a fully charged 9.0Ah battery for the grinder the last thing I think about is looking for a battery all day. And yes there seems to be a bit more power when a 9.0Ah is used. If the 60V Dewalt is better than this Fuel grinder with a 9.0Ah battery then that DeWalt 60V must be awesome...

  23. The Good Bad and the Ugly

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    we had an issue with Loews a couple weeks ago when installing new sub flooring, I bought 16 sheets of tongue and groove 23/32" but they only had 5 in stock so at the time I took them home and started installing them. Then 3 days later Lowes called and said the remaining sheets are in so I sent my son to go get them and told him to carry them up to the top level of the house, so him and his friend carried them up. The next day with out thinking I went to install the next sheet that my kid picked up. oh boy they are not 23/32" they are 19/32" look the same but slightly thinner.....so I call Lowes I read off the tag numbers and everything is the same but the sheets are thinner. He asks to give him a few minutes and he would call me back. so about 20 minutes goes by and he calls and says umm well there was a mistake in labeling they put the wrong tag on the wrong sheets come down and he would have the right 11 sheets ready for me. I told him I'm not about to load the 11 sheets that I have here and bring them back today by myself ( 2 levels through my house) he says can I use the thinner sheets? I said it's possible he said then don't worry about them and just keep them and there will be no charge for the right ones. 

  25. The Good Bad and the Ugly

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    The Bad.....

    woke up this morning wife says we might need a new dryer, I look at it and sure enough, the stainless steel drum is all cracked around the outer edge near door. natural gas dryer was about 9 years old no sense getting it fixed so we go on line and look at Lowes and Home Depot, don't need a real fancy one so look at close to entry level models.

    The Good....

    Oh look Lowes has a sale on (20% off ALL appliances) hmm ok look at Home Depot and sure enough they have a model the same as Lowes but $75 more. ok let's go to Home Depot and price match it..

     

    The ugly....

    we get to HD and go straight to appliances,  young guy there is looking at the ceiling bored out of his tree.....I ask him Hi do you have model XXXX in stock if not I would like to order one.

    He says one sec and walks away.............................15 minutes later I see another employee walking down the isle and ask him can you find someone to help us as he was carrying a walkie talkie he says sure............15 minutes later again nothing.......so I say to wife let's just go to customer service and just order it......well we get there and there are a couple people in front of us, so while we are waiting we see the second guy telling the first guy about us and look right at us but do nothing..........( we were only about 20 feet away) .......then the second guy comes close to the customer service desk and the young girl working asks him if he could help her out by dealing with us ...........as he comes even closer to the desk I say I would like to order a gas dryer  I know the model number blah blah blah..........he freaks and yells this to me ......STAY RIGHT HERE I WILL GET SOMEONE FROM APPLIANCES TO HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T ORDER WHATEVER YOU WANT WHEREVER YOU WANT THERE ARE SPECIAL FORMS FOR APPLIANCES> >>>> IT IS PRETTY HARD TO HELP YOU IF YOU DON:T STAY STILL.... I'm talking yelling this at me like I was a 8 yrs old kid, I say you know what you little #$%^$, we came in here almost 45 minutes ago now to buy a dryer knowing what we wanted and between you and the airhead partner of your are both useless waste of time. we will go to LOWES go $%#^& yourself. get outside I phone the general manager of the store as we drive across the parking lot. I explain to him about how the guy screamed at me and he said please come back and I will deal with you personally........take a look at the invoice....59d2b5cbbf61e_20171002_141707(1).thumb.jpg.0f14e14c89e7667ccade173a126082c0.jpg

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