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Showing up as $54.16 for me Bmack

I have one of those puppies. Had to replace the switch on it as well (broken connector on the sensor).

Yeah, these repairs all string from one of the first projects on the other side of the house. Found water damage in the back bedroom. Followed it downstairs where I had to remove the ceiling. Found different water damage under the bath but tied to the same joists damaged at the outside wall. Damage from the bath continued to the joists on the other side of the center support wall and need to get the furnace out of the way to ease the addition of new joists, which relates to the current issue, along with window replacement allowing the addition of reinforcement to support the outer end of the joists. Then we get to go back upstairs to work on the water damage after all the sub-structure work. Dominoes and jigsaw puzzle...

Any post office moving packets with coupons in them?

I wish they would just split the difference and change the clocks by thirty minutes and leave it the fork alone. I detest clock changes twice a year.

Home Depot is currently running it at the same price. If you had any coupons......

Anyways, when I dropped the duct out of the way, which I have decided that was the worst installation I have ever run into in more than thirty years in construction, I found this... It seems that the main support tie in for the head of the stairs happened to be in the way, so the furnace installer just cut it away. They were even proud enough of their work that they left a sticker with company name and address on it so I would know who to blame.... As the stairs themselves are of dubious construction and will need to be replaced, I fabricated a temporary solution to hold them until after I correct the HVAC issues. This was simply to use three lag screws to attach the cross support to the header. The new stair assembly will be supported by doug fir 4x down to the cement floor. The process of jacking up the stairs also caused another issue to appear on the outer rim joist that I am currently working through so that I can continue with some of the other structural issues that were on the list from the beginning of this journey. It's all like a series of dominoes tied into a huge jigsaw puzzle...

The back story about what started me on this particular series of repairs started one day when I noticed that my basement stairs had started to collapse on one side at the top... When I tried to inspect the reason behind this problem I encountered the previously mentioned professional duct installation... If you look real close, you can see the heat pipes being supported by tying a strap to a lone electrical wire that had been stretched out around the air return. In order to even see the problem from this side I had to drop all of this mess which started with a spaghetti cluster around the other side of the stairs on the furnace... I don't know about you but this looks nothing like any furnace air return I have ever seen before. Have to continue this in another post as I have run into a problem uploading images.

Both Lowes and HD give 10% to vets in my area. Menards does not. Lots of local restaurants will be giving free meals on veteran's day too.

Most assuredly there DR99... Fast became my favorite shortly after receiving it.

Funny how tools seem to gravitate to any flat surface within reach when working on the house.

Today's trip to HD. Glad they offer a discount to Vets. I really need to stay out of the tool section...

The saw was not on the clearance rack last week, and I had someone at the store scan one today when I was there. Still $199. Funny that they don't even have them on display and the two in stock are hidden up on a top bin. Also, it is the only store within fifty miles of me that shows any stock of it at all.

$199 at the nearest one to me.

It's produced by Telpro Inc. and has 150lb capacity. As it sits, it can reach over ten foot ceilings, and there are extensions that can be added to achieve much higher ones. I will have to ask my brother how high, as he bought one of the extensions for his. I have never needed an extension myself. This was the first tool that my brothers wife stated, "OK, you can go buy one of these" after he had borrowed mine to do some work on one of his old houses. She was a bit tired of being the third hand when he installed sheetrock, for many reasons.

A bit over three years ago, I bought a decrepit old house in need of general upgrades and repairs. Like any building that has been neglected for long periods of time, there is always hidden damage that just doesn't show up, or register when doing the pre-purchase inspection. In my journey to begin the repairs to the house I found some structural issues complicated by improper mechanical installations that eventually led to the following picture... Over the years, this tool has saved me on many occasions. I have used it to install 110 pound I-beams in my old shop in Florida, and recently used it to remove a non-structural beam over a door opening of what used to be the coal bin in this house. Beats the heck out of having to call someone over to help. The beam itself needed to be removed so that I could re-rout the return air duct and will be used to repair the following abortion on the adjacent structural support wall. This seems to have been originally created by whomever installed the original coal fired furnace duct work. This was further aggravated by the "professional crew" that installed the most recent furnace and ducting, by covering it all up. The area over head in the house is the access hall to the back side of the house. Anyways, waste not, want not. This is just one of many adjustments to make on this long journey I bought myself into. The house has good bones, just needed someone to catch up on all the neglect.

And don't start another Chicago fire.

It doesn't qualify at Tools Plus. They seem to have dropped the ball on this one when they reset the price. Normally at that site, if a tool qualifies, there will be a banner below the description on it's page. But this only seems to show up on tools and not accessories. Easy enough to test though. Just add a tool to the cart and try out the coupon. It will either work or add a flag at the top of the page. ACME Tools website still does not work for me.

The price on this tool has returned to $199 at both ACME and Tools Plus.

Makita has a bench mount base that works with their cordless band saw also. It is available for order from Canadian sources but not in the US. Last I checked it cost over five hundred clams to acquire, so not worth chasing after. I had a bad case of sticker shock when I got the quote on it...

Over at Tools Plus you can purchase the Makita LED flood light plus one Makita drill bit and get a great deal with the current coupon. Makita DML805: http://www.tools-plus.com/makita-dml805.html $99 Makita SDS drill bit: http://www.tools-plus.com/makita-d-00876.html $1.05 Makita coupon: Makita25 -$25 Total price in cart including ground shipping --- $75.05 I have this flood light in my kit and it is an excellent small, light weight tool that has served me well over the last year. Gotta love coupon season.

Currently $99 at Tools Plus with free shipping: http://www.tools-plus.com/makita-xag06z.html (Not eligible for the $25 off promotion)

Makita has started the $25 off of $100 purchases already and CPO as well as Tools Plus has picked up on it. Acme website is completely borked for me, so I could not check over there. Tool Nut has also picked up the $25 off. (The saw is excluded from the coupon at Tools Plus)

Currently as I write this, $39 at Amazon... https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWST08203-Tough-System-Large/dp/B005HNJQAU/ref=pd_sim_469_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZK8HQ26706B3BGR10C0&th=1

Ten foot flat ceiling is more than enough for a small shop. Twelve foot would be a bit overkill, unless you are building walls out of cement block and/or plan on some type of mezzanine. Above eight foot height cathedral ceilings are a waste and cause issues if you need to access attic space to modify any utilities. As far as equipment, I installed a beam trolly the length of the shop on the back half with an air powered hoist and used a vacuum pad adapter to move large panels and other items around the shop. I would post pictures but currently do not have any of them digitized. The vacuum lift also allowed me to load and unload panels from a storage rack built into the far end of the shop, and the beams used as runners for the trolly actually helped to stabilize the truss' used on that section. Loads never exceeded three hundred pounds on the trolly lift, so there were no worries there. Sounded like a massive bass drum when used (attic was like an echo chamber).