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I really hate Soccer. It's the one sport I refuse to let the kids play.

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.

I put a bead of silicon around the base of the press when I installed it to keep any water from getting under there, but it very seldom leaks that bad and nothing else sets over there regularly.

I can't even tolerate Raspberry flavored shit. Anything with a tart type taste is usually a no go for me. My weird food is garlic. I can eat a clove of raw garlic

I hate Raspberries ?

Hell of an addition Comp. Gotta say though, that little miter gauge looks a little wimpy on the big ol saw ?

A cordless trimmer that meets my needs is still years away. I burn 1-1/2 to 2 tanks of gas each time I mow and 3 or 4 every 3rd time because I do the hill in the front. Tons of brush and vines, etc. Not counting the shit I keep up with for other people. Even growing up I always had a ton of trimming to do. My dad used to joke about getting an electric trimmer to save on gas just to piss me off. As far as I'm concerned the Husqvarna 223L is the best trimmer I've ever used. It's light and nimble enough to use around the yard and powerful enough to throw a blade on and cut some brush. Of the dozens of trimmers I've used over the years, it's the only one I never had any gripes about whatsoever. That said, the performance all these cordless models are producing is pretty amazing compared to just a few years ago, but I guess the same could be said for pretty much all today's cordless tools. Having no dog in the fight, I like the feel of the Dewalt trimmer the best, but I still think Ego has the most upside at this point when considering the line as a whole. That could certainly change, but I'm not sure Milwaukee will ever be able to seriously appeal to the professional crowd with an 18V lineup.

I'd have to say mine is the Chicken Teriyaki Sub from Penn Station. That's just about as good as a sandwich gets.

You're probably right. I never looked into it, it just sounded good in the thread

Some tools I use pretty much daily, some I use almost never. I always clean them up before putting them away. I wipe hand tools off, and blow the dust out of my power tools. I take a little extra care with infrequently used tools. If I know it will be idle for a long period of time, I'll give it a coat of oil or whatever is appropriate to prevent corrosion or other storage issues.

Ask Jimmy Diresta. He labels everything. $10 says he has Diresta tattooed on his wang

I doubt there is a truly high quality version to be had. I've had a B&D branded set for probably 10 years. Can't say I've ever really put them to the test though. I bought 2 or 3 sets of them to install a metal roof. Now days I use them primarily in my M12 screw gun. I have 3/8" and 1/2" impacts, so I only really use them when I need additional impacts for helpers or something. Aside from that, I use the 1/4" way more than than the others. Sounds like a 1/2" compact impact might be worth considering

I'll eventually have a hardware cabinet, but for the time being I have this set-up. The empty one will house metric, but I haven't sorted my tub of metric stuff out yet. The drawers aren't really hardware. Mostly supplies. Plumbing, Electrical, Flooring, Paint & Drywall, Welding, Electronics, Automotive, Power Equipment, and Books & Manuals all have a dedicated drawer. The others are surplus tools. One for Proto and one for all others. Other items reside on a smaller organizer on my bench and the bins hold frequently used nails and screws. The tubs are the result of my recent purge of excess shit. The coffee cans hold knobs & pulls, large bolts, and another holds hinges and latches. You can also see my sweet new pencil sharpener. What a fabulous use of $25 that was. I'll never be happy with my shop until I do it the way I want, but this gets me by for the time being.

+1 Delta owned Milwaukee for a time, so he could have pulled it off.

FINALLY got this thing painted and mounted up. The wing nuts worked out great. 1/4-1/2 turn is all it takes to tighten or loosen the mount. I polished up the bottom of the slides for easy moving. 2 bolts is all you really need to tighten. After getting it mounted up and playing with it, I'm glad I went with the cross slide. I drilled and tapped extra holes to allow me to use the mount with my little vise, but I don't foresee using it much. Simple little project, but I like it. And yes, my door leaks ?

Bought a couple of new blades and a 50 lb. bag of medium grade soda for my blaster today. After 5 months and a lot of laminate flooring, the OEM Dewalt blade on my 780 is toast. By the time I finished my crown there was smoke rolling off the cuts and burning on the edges. Even the utmost care wouldn't prevent it. I usually get rid of OEM blades immediately, but I rode this one out. I decided to give the Diablo 60T combination blade a shot. I've always viewed combo blades as being for table and circ saws, but this one seems to have good reviews and is designed for miter saws, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Anybody used these? Went ahead and replaced my table saw blade too, but I went with the tried and true 40T General Purpose for that. I also got my refund from PayPal on the Dewalt mixing drill I took a chance on for $99. Found a new one from a reputable seller for $140 and ordered it. Took a chance and got burned. Oh well, PayPal made it right and another is on it's way.

I missed it. What was it?

I'm no physicist, but theoretically speaking, the greater percentage of the blade that's under load, the more resistance created and the harder both the saw and the sawer have to work. Theres bound to be a point where the counter effects of too much additional length offsets or negates the benefits, but I couldn't give you even a guess what theat point is. I'd like to have someone with a background in physics or Engineering explain to me why I'm wrong though. We seem to be assuming that these blade are weak in the knees and snap off easy, but that may not be the case at all. Of major brands I regard Dewalt blades as the lowest overall quality, but I will give them a chance.

I wasn't very sure about the differences. I know lll is Foodsafe and Steve Ramsey doesn't like it because it's harder to sand off the excess, but I'd be open to giving it a shot.

^This^ Even a cheap pruner will outperform the best demo blade on live trees.

What do you like about the Titebond 3? I've never used it, but have been considering giving it a try.

I'm not crazy about it either. They foyer was a pain in the ass. We used 16 ft pieces, but we had to use a seem in all the spans. 17' 20' etc. I've never went up and down a ladder that many times in a day before. I've got enough left to do one of the bathrooms, just haven't decided which one. The upside is that it's no longer laid out in my shop. A 16' x 12' or so section right in the middle magically opened up, lol

Today I had enough of these cheap ass little pencil sharpeners. A: They don't work worth a damn, and B: The kids lose them faster than I can replace them. I spent $25 on a Ranger 55 sharpener to mount to my bench. That way I know it works and I know it won't walk off. It's something you don't think about too often, but hopefully this will solve my problem.

I've trimmed a lot of branches with a Sawzall. Took down a whole tree and cut it up in my brothers yard with one, but I do it rarely because I'm always looking for a good excuse to play with my chainsaw

Same here. I got about a dozen Grip Rite branded ones for practically nothing and didn't have to buy any for a good while. The Dewalt brand seem to last forever. Hard to get past a yellow disc on a red grinder though ?