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Remember when tools didn't have all those safety warnings and you could tell how experienced a craftsman was by counting their fingers? Remember when things had schematics available and you could repair everything instead of throw it away?

I've also found that too much speed (even though they're impact rated) will destroy the Daredevil tips. You can always grind them into traditional tips, for the price they really can't be beat.

It's amazing how little 16GB is now! I really wanted the 256GB but it just didn't make sense with the deal Sprint offered. The 8 plus is an awesome phone and it still has a home button! It's taking a lot of getting used to without a home button.

The thing people seem to be missing is that as low of a chance at recovery, it's better than the chance was before it was introduced. It's just one aspect of the system and it isn't going to work well unless selling the Tick takes off. More users the more off a chance something is recovered...but even then, the US is a damn big place.

It sucks going to a bigger phone but man is it fast and the camera! Oh the camera! It's kind of funny, I have no problem spending $25 a month to get my dog a barkbox every month but $35 a month for a phone I use a LOT? I had to think about it. Also it's nice with Sprint because at one year I can upgrade for free and I can wait if I don't want to upgrade, at 18 months I can buy the phone or upgrade so I never pay payments over the cost of the phone. The only downside I found was that if I upgraded the storage I don't get a credit when/if I return the phone. At least the base X is 64 GB which is a hell of a lot more than the 16GB I had, I was constantly deleting photos and apps AND having to delete all data and restore to clean up temporary files. Also I finally can download the One Key app...now I'm annoyed at the Fuel non-One Key tools I bought last year

What sucks is having to buy up incandescent bulbs because you can only find them at Ace and we(Electronics technicians) use them as "lamps" to check for excess current draw on something we're repairing. Remember when cell phones were getting smaller? Remember when Kobalt tools were made by Williams and all really good? Remember when battery powered tools were supposed to be small and easy to use? Now they make batteries that weigh as much as a generator to power a corded tool.

Almost forgot my tool purchase, an iPhone X to replace my dying iPhone 5. My battery was on the way out but most importantly the pictures in low light were terrible, I'd be taking 10 photos to get one to come out and it would still be a little blurry...not good when I'm using it for work! The iPhone X camera is pretty amazing, between that camera and the screen pictures look three dimensional.

Glad to see those are still out there and the crew is nabbing them! For those that didn't check Amazon, the price has been pretty reasonable on those...not $10 or less but under $20 (except the linesman). Also check out KC Tool's sale section with the Felo branded NWS, very reasonable pricing. Definitely uglier than the Irwins but still very functional.

If you think one is iffy and you really want to protect it you can always do in-line fuses too. Something like 500mA should protect your outputs.

Fantastic tool, this is the industry standard. I'm sure you know but be careful and replace any old speaker wire. I see soo many blown outputs from shorted speaker wires.

Good to see @tugnut1 back on youtube. I'm not a fan of WA new guy Andy. He has an annoying breathing thing he does and he only talks about tools over $5000. The guy did a video on making a router rack to hold 6 routers so he doesn't have to change bits, oh that's applicable to anyone else in the world.

That's really a tough one, I wonder how the battery life is on the SP mower on a challenging yard and how much torque the wheels have... @Eric - TIA when you guys tested it did you do it in that big ditch you guys have tested mowers in the past? What are your thoughts?

Be really annoyed when you go to Target and it's flooded with Walmart people haha

Geez, they're great tools but that's a hard pill to swallow. I must admit, I love my Ego but their build quality isn't at that price point...they use a lot of plastic, some of the knobs feel cheap. I've never heard of a failure but at that price point you expect a certain level of materials and feel. What are their competitors' price points? Dan and Eric had some good head to head videos a couple years ago. I don't know, maybe that's just the going rate for OPE over there. BTW, congrats on 7,000 posts @DR99!!

This wasn't today, I've been sick for like three weeks so I haven't done much but this was the last project I did. It started with a Sarge folding knife kit I won in a giveaway. I combined scraps of hard maple, walnut and cherry and did a rough shape on the bandsaw then cut them length-wise so I had matching scales. Sanding, lots of sanding and shaping(and more after this picture): Finished with three coats of Waterlox and polished the Waterlox finish with Simichrome.

I was considering trying to be more understanding to stupid people but then I'd have to stop going to Walmart and browsing GJ forum. I also went to Sears and KMart already this year and that was like pulling teeth, Morons.

I'm either going to be more decisive or just focus on finishing what I star

It's actually nice to work in the garage this time of year!! I don't need to turn on my industrial sized fan this time of year, I can use paper in the shop without it blowing all over the place!

I've been dying to get those pruning blades on clearance but haven't seen them yet. Maybe the hurricane effected them not clearancing the like they have in the rest of the country. I love those Diablo pruning blades.

Even if the garage door is down I'll EGO mine, it's like a broom...also great for getting the dust and wood off of tools, get it in a general area then sweep and vacuum. Low power of course.

I don't know, might want to ask on a guitar forum. You could use Boveda packets to get a specific humidity or even use kitty litter to get it down. I'd imagine 45% would be fine for guitars, you just don't want them super wet(I'd imagine 80% plus) or super dry (20% or less). Those numbers are guesses based on wood and general knowledge, I'm NOT a guitar guy so again, I'd direct you towards a guitar forum for a definitive answer. Once you have a RH goal, then I might be able to help. Also, generally temperature plays a role in RH and how it effects materials.

One opened about a month ago down the street, I'll stop by tomorrow to check it out...I wasn't really sure what it was.

Happy New Years guys, hope we get to hear more good news in 2018...too much bad news from the crew in 2017. Here's to being safe and happy in 2018

The thing is, those kind of meters tend to be pretty accurate(they've come a long way in the last 10 years) but they typically lack good input protection...that means if you do something dangerous like attempt to test voltage while the leads are in current jacks the meter can literally blow up in your hand. Or if you test high voltage or high current, again big bang. For most things, if you're careful, you should be fine. Also, don't expect it to last a long time, the leads will fail quickly so buy backups. We buy Fluke because it will be accurate for a long time, it's just reliable and it's safe. At the shop we have several Flukes that are 20+ years old and all are spot on accurate and never been recalibrated, and they're used literally 5 or 6 days a week.

For $15 it''s definitely worth it for beaters, nice deal!