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  1. 1 hour ago, isaiahb85 said:
    22 hours ago, justinkendall said:

    They did. The one I bought a few months ago has the upgraded collars.

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    I have one in for warranty service now. I wonder if they will replace the collars with metal ones. I hope so!

    When mine broke, within a week of buying it and only on my second time using it, eRepair said that the damage was "normal wear and tear" and "not covered" however, they replaced it with the metal clasps "for customer good will." 

     

    Why they couldn't just say "yeah, those plastic rings were crap, our bad" is anyone's guess.  Go figure.

  2. 16 hours ago, ChrisK said:

    I’ll be selling my Carvex and the accessory kit soon. I’m saving for a very expensive jig. Keep an eye out on the classifieds, it’ll be the Carvex and the accessory base kit too 👍 Infortunately not a cordless version 😕

     

    Ooh carvex accessory kit... don’t suppose you’d want to split them up?

  3. Veritas makes an arm that you can attach to any router table that you might consider.  I rather doubt that you'd be able to construct a solid router mount out of aluminum extrusions, though you could probably use it to create the arm portion.

  4. I like them in general, but with a few reservations.  I really, really hate the fact that the tend to make the pieces move just a hair when you put the screw in.  For a project a year or so ago, I was using pocket screws to attach the face frame to a shelf and the damned things kept shifting 1/32" no matter how hard I had them clamped down. This wasn't a problem when it made the frame proud of the shelf, but when it shifted the frame to be below the shelf surface, it was significantly more troublesome.

  5. 4 hours ago, JakeDewalt said:

    You should do the old swip you should do the old swap

     

    buy that Saw for 100

    go to HD and but the Saw saw (full price)

     

    Swap the Saws and Return to Home Depot.

     

    You now have a brand new FV Miter for 100 bucks and 1 hour labor 

     

     

    This doesn't work so well on big ticket items where the serial number is printed on the packaging.  I know a guy that tried this and got busted because it didn't match up.  I have no idea if that was just a particularly attentive return desk person at HD, but I've never been tempted to try this out.

  6. Milwaukee makes a bit in their 11 in 1 (48-22-2113) multi-driver that is specific for that type of screw.  They call it an ECX bit, but I'm not sure if that's a standard name or just something that they came up with.  I happen to like it over a phillips head screwdriver for installing devices as it fits better into those oddball screw heads.  Before I got it, I was always ham-fisting the terminal screws and stripping them out - especially when I had to remove one that was torqued down extra tight.

     

    I haven't tried the Klein version, but then again, I don't install electrical devices all day long, so I don't really need a dedicated driver for that type of screw.

  7. Anyone looking to pick up a 12" SCMS could do worse than the Milwaukee 6955-80.  CPO has a sale going today for a recon saw for $365 with free shipping, which is a heck of a deal on an awesome saw.

     

     

     

    https://www.cpooutlets.com/factory-reconditioned-milwaukee-6955-80-12-in--dual-bevel-sliding-compound-miter-saw/milr6955-80,default,pd.html

     

     

    I bought one a few years ago (also recon) and it's been rock solid.

     

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  8. 2 hours ago, mohawkdec said:

    i stopped at a stewarts shop for coffee around 10pm, backed into a parking spot, came out, got in my truck and noticed my tailgate  down after i got home. didnt notice it when i got back in, dont know if taken or lost, i always make sure that tailgate is secure,there was an empty gallon paint container rolling around in back, never fell out 

    Sorry, I misunderstood. I've forgotten to strap things down before, but it sure sounds like some dirtbag hit your gear. I really can't stand thieves.

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  9. I think that I'd like the updated Rocket better with the three independent lights that can be pointed up/ down as needed.  I've got the original rocket and sometimes it's difficult to get a good downward angle.  You have to point it sort of downwards and then every time I turn around to face it, I get blinded.  It works out much better if you can bounce the light off of the ceiling, but that isn't always an option.

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  10. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it didn't sound like anyone "stole" them, but they bounced out of the back of an open tailgate.  I imagine the person that found them didn't go out of their way to return them, but would that count as theft?  Personally if I found them, I'd see if I couldn't track down the owner, but I'm probably in the minority there.

  11. I ran across another Makita deal from Toolnut that is seriously tempting me to pull the trigger. 

     

    When you buy the XLC02R1B (bare tool vacuum), you get a starter kit (2.0 battery and charger) for free and the deal qualifies for $20 off.  So that's $79 for the vacuum, battery and charger - great entry into the platform for those of us interested in some of their 18v specialty tools.

     

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    https://www.toolnut.com/makita-xlc02r1b-18v-lxt-lithium-ion-compact-cordless-vacuum-kit-2-0ah.html

     

  12. On 1/12/2018 at 7:28 PM, fm2176 said:

     

    I was thinking of the 1980s era Hondas and I confirmed it before posting about it: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/1986_Honda_Civic.shtml

     

    EPA combined estimate of 46 mpg for an '86 Civic?  That matches the 2018 Prius c according to the above site.  The regular Prius is rated at 56 mpg, though.

    Have you ever seen what happens to an '80's era Civic in an accident?

     

    Sure, they got 46 mpg, but they were rolling death traps if you ever hit anything.

     

     

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