Chris

I can't see how this would be useful at all to me personally. I imagine different parts of the industry will find it very useful. I can really see it being useful when torquing down bolts and nuts.

I think it's a really innovative idea, I'm sure there are parts of the industry which will find it very useful. There are going to be people who do buy into it thinking they will use it a lot and probably will very little.

I have heard great things about Midwest snips, never tried them personally. I do know I have scene them in my local True Value so if you have one might wanna stop by and see.

You can get Naval Jelly to remove rust, it's pretty inexpensive. I wouldn't drop more then about $5 trying to fix it because you can get an all new square for under $10.

Nice, let us know how it works out for you. If I find the right set up I might sell my compressor and pneumatic guns to go cordless. I really like the idea of not having to run cords everywhere.

My tools of the day today were an Oxy/Acetylene torch and a 10ton jack & ram. Unfortunately I can't take pictures at work or else I would have made a really cool video of how they were used to bend some steel back into shape.

Not the sharpest tool in the shed?

I try to keep all my manuals and receipts together and organized, I'm not the best at it though. My best advise to anyone is to make sure they register the tool with the manufacturer after purchase. I really need to sit down and go through my tools and make a list and take pictures of everything I have just in case something ever happened. Get one of those fire proof, water proof etc. safes and put all your paperwork in it if need be. For as much as it's going to cost to replace everything you own that safe is chump change. I'd highly recommend making copies and taking pictures of receipts. Home Depot receipts will fade to nothing in no time at all.

I know what your saying but this whole technology with the cell phone and apps is where everything is going. People today don't wear a $10 pedometer, they buy a $100 fitbit to track their steps throughout the day. I know some of those things measure your heart beat too but we always just used a stop watch and counted our pulse, LOL. It's crazy what people are willing to pay for these days. What I am referring to is actually already appearing with the Ryobi Phone Works, DeWalt Bluetooth and just maybe the Milwaukee One Key that will be announced in a few days. Another thing that is going to work it's way into the trades are tablets. Your going to see people from all trades walking around with industrial tablets that not only have their work order but loaded with the blue prints, safety information and instructions on how to do the job properly. I know of several companies who already have this in the works. This is becoming an answer to companies with a work force that is less and less experienced. Sorry for getting so off topic of the original thread.

My tools of the day today: Didn't get any pictures on the job site, was so busy. Had to rip out an old and install an all new deck in a cuddy cabin not to mention work on the motor. Yeah I had to bust out the Chicago Electric oscillating tool, that thing hasn't let me down yet and I've had it for about 2 years. I could tell today though that it's on it's last legs. So I am going to be in the market for a new one. Going to start looking hard between the Dewalt 20V, Makita 18V and the Milwaukee M12 oscillating tools.

Oh the price will without a doubt come down, that's a given. Just like when blu ray players first came out, they were a fortune. Now you can pick up a blu ray player for under $50. It's only a matter of time before brushed power tools become a thing of the past. I'm not saying it's going to happen tomorrow or anything but in 10 years it might be hard to find a brushed tool in Lowes or Home Depot. Even the orange Black & Decker, Kobalt, Ryobi etc. will all end up brushless at some point. I'm going to stray a bit off topic here... Honestly with all of these advancements in power tools we who own and purchase the Milwaukee's, Makita's and DeWalt's are going to be the guinea pigs for the industry. Once Stanley Black & Decker and all the other big boys have all this stuff down where you tool talks to your phone and gives you updates they will put it into every product they make. Heck I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually come out with a tape measure and framing square that talk to your phone. Next thing you know your getting alerts asking if you need advise on what your working on just because your using the tools. Really for the average homeowner, that may be a huge selling point to where they can get advise and what not right when they are doing the job. With lawsuits and what not I wouldn't be shocked if one day your circular saw could tell you rigged the retractable guard to always be open or your grinder new you took the guard off and would not operate due to that.

Now I wanna see someone do this to a Honda Ridgeline

silica gel packs would work, you can also check fishing stores they sell stuff to prevent your stuff rusting in your tackle box.

Dang Comp, heck of a story there man.

I think you hit the nail on the head there, they never figured out how to properly market that truck to it's fullest potential. I am certain this is one of those do it yourself jobs where you buy a can, roller and go to town. You know they make those bed liners in different colors, he should have gotten it in red for the flames LOL.

I bet it gets super hot inside that truck during the summer. Heck I'm kinda curious about how much weight that added to the truck. The front end looks like pure hell, I know in Virginia that would probably never pass inspection with those headlights like that. I wonder if that's that Herculiner they sell at the auto parts stores. I'm gonna say it's obviously not professionally done by company who does Line-X or Rhino liners.

Nice set of tools there. Demolition can be a tough job, it sounds fun but it can wear on you pretty quick too. Nothing works better at demoing than that Milwaukee Sawzall.

Worth it for the blades I think. That knife looks like garbage even in the picture.

Nice job, looks like you are making good progress. Hope to keep seeing updates on the house as a whole.

One time it was right before a hurricane was rolling in and we were assembling generators for people left and right. We were even driving to homes of older residents making sure that they were set up correctly. Home Depot probably doesn't even do that anymore.

Humidity sucks. I put a light coat of oil on all my tools at least once a year to try and protect them.

Nothing at all wrong with going Ryobi, they make some nice tools. Ryobi is perfect for the average home owner, they make a version of just about every major power tool out there.

I smoked that in about 5 hours

Happy Birthday Nice present there buddy!

Not cool to share someones personal information if they do not want it disclosed. If anyone really wanted to know they could find out. That's the sad truth about the internet, it's hard to hide anything about yourself on here.