JMG

What can I say Jimbo; middle of the night and I are bored. And no I am not offering sexual favors there.....

ah, missed that post

2016 Indian motorcycle. US residents only. http://www.hotbikeweb.com/enter-to-win-2016-indian-scout

Watch a very short video and then enter for 35k voucher for new van. United States and the District of Columbia http://www.fordmeansbusinessgiveaway.com/?ref=4716480

Ongoing sweeps with changing prizes on a weekly(?) basis. https://www.google.com/#q=FINE+WOODWORKING+-+40+YEARS+40+PRIZES+SWEEPSTAKES United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec)

Win a Fully Modified 1972 Ford* Mustang* Mach 1 http://info.amsoil.com/muscle SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PLAY ONLY IN THE 50 UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND CANADA (EXCLUDING QUEBEC)

Yeah, waking up on the right side of the dirt is always a good thing.

https://www.millerwelds.com/new-year Enter to win a Miller welder. Open to US and Canada residents (excluding Quebec).

Heh, you can get sewing machines these days that will sew custom logos. You could design and sew TIA logos into t-shirts all day long...

http://www.pelican.com/rack-mount-cases/enter-to-win/ Pelican has some pretty cool case applications. I really like the gun cases of theirs that I have.

http://www.bobvila.com/articles/enter-bob-vilas-3500-get-your-green-on-give-away-from-craftsman-today/ Sorry comp56, doesn't look like ol Bob wants to let you win either.

Wait, Wut... Husqvarna makes sewing machines? https://www.facebook.com/HusqvarnaVikingUSA/app/143103275748075?brandloc=DISABLE&app_data=chk-56ba8ac68f514 In order to enter this you have to watch a video and then answer a list of questions. This sweeps actually brings back memories. Ten years or so ago, my cousin and I visited the Atlanta IWF and found several companies showing off industrial grade sewing systems. As my cousin was an avid hot air balloonist, he spent a couple of hours drooling over these machines and attempting to extol their features to me about how he could use them to fabricate his own balloons. I am afraid I ended up leaving him to his own devices and agreed to meet up for lunch much later. While not my cup of tea, anyone who might have designs on building custom restaurant fixtures could use a tool like this in their arsenal. Or even the extreme tool junkie that must have it all.

For anyone here that is into these sweepstakes: http://www.hgtv.com/design/hgtv-dream-home/sweepstakes For me personally, I could not afford to win something like this. Even with the cash prize that is attached to the total, I do not believe that I would be able to afford the tax on the prize itself, let alone the annual Florida property taxes. I lived in Florida for a bit over twenty two years and came to understand that waterfront properties can be taxed annually by as much as double the rate that a house just across the street from said property that is considered to be not on waterfront. The house in this prize package, depending on it's local tax structure and appraisal, could cost higher than 25k a year in tax, not to mention the issue of being able to afford, or even acquire, flood insurance. I had a customer/friend who lived in one of those exclusive communities along the St. Johns river south of Jacksonville, and he gave me a run-down on some of the taxes for the homes around him once. It was both educational and scary. I do not personally know what the tax on the home in the prize package is, but my estimate was based on the conversations I had with my friend. One of the houses near him, on the water, was above 50k per year.

You should cover up the model number. (snap lock punch) Still available for sale on Amazon.

I don't feel so bad now about setting my wallet on fire earlier this year. Had me some smokin hot twenties...

Could be worse, it could have been purple like some of Hitachi's tools.

Instead of a vanity cabinet, you might consider a pedestal sink. Gives the illusion of more space in a small room. Weather or not you do something like that, I would still apply floor covering (i.e. tile/vinyl) before setting a vanity. This leaves room to change your mind at a later date, and does not really cost any extra if done now.

If it is going to be something used in the kitchen area, you could add a couple of decorative cabinet pulls somewhere and rest it on them. It looks thin enough for something like that. Outside of that, you might try some hooks of some type, and let it hang against something.

Healing process from the accident itself went pretty well. It turned out that along with the fractured wrist, I had had a partially dislocated rib that I did not discover until about two weeks later when it reset itself after I sneezed.... In the long term, though, I believe that the accident aggravated some other pre-existing issues, and I ended up filing for disability with the VA the following year for injuries sustained while in service. I was approved at sixty percent. On the upside, the rating from the VA allowed me to go back to college for a year on a temporary program and gave me eligibility for others that I need to pursue to finish my degree. That news report shows enough to look like that was one rough ride Knarly.

The following is an essay written a couple of years ago for an English 111 course I took at the local community college, here in Anderson, about an incident that had happened to me a few years prior when I was still living in Indy. One of those short slices of life: In my younger years, I would often hear my elders tell their stories, many of which were related to war time events, or some other situation that was extreme or life threatening, and most of those would include the comment about how time would slow to the point of almost standing still. My oldest brother tells one about being shelled by his own artillery, during the Vietnam conflict, relating to how time seemed to suspend, the intensity of the memory, and that the buttons on his uniform were getting in his way as he hugged the ground. While I understand that this is related to the effects of a surge of adrenaline, there is nothing like having been through an event that threatens severe harm to give a true understanding of that reference to time. Several years ago, on a bright, sunny afternoon, I was driving a Porsche Boxster S southbound on Binford Boulevard, approaching the intersection of Allisonville Road, in Indianapolis, when I was given the opportunity to experience this myself. The sport’s car was one of my latest personal projects, that I had just finished fixing a few hours before, and I was enjoying the ride home, thinking about plans for the next few days. As this was the start of the afternoon rush, traffic was heavy, and I was keeping pace with the lead group of vehicles from the last traffic light. The cars traveling with me were three abreast, with myself just having shifted into the last, outside lane, about a half car length behind the person now on my left. I generally prefer being with the lead pack, as well as the ability to see the road ahead. We all were traveling above the posted speed limit by five to ten miles per hour, which is the norm for this area and time of day, with northbound traffic moving at a similar pace. I had just let off the gas, in anticipation of the upcoming drop in posted speed limit, when a driver headed northbound decided that he would defy normal traffic patterns and cross into the southbound lanes, about a half block early, in an attempt to beat the oncoming vehicles to the side street. This is the point where time seemed to slow as my mind began to focus with an incredible clarity. The first thing that came to mind was an emotional explicative of disbelief, not safe for writing, as the details of the scenery and immanent catastrophe all began to register in the same instant: The two vehicles on my left are beginning to brake hard, leaving no options in that direction.If I stay on my current path, there is a probability of hitting the oncoming ugly tan/brown sedan in the area of the passenger door.There is a short, partial turn lane on my right, just now starting, lined with small trees and other vegetation that block the view of any traffic on the side road.Ahead and to the right, across the intersection, is a parallel access road with an open field of tall grass about a half block long.A utility pole sits in the median between main and access road.There is someone close behind me.As these details registered, my right foot was moving, seemingly in slow motion, over to the brake pedal in an attempt to scrub speed. Also, my hands twitched the steering wheel to the right, in a vague hope that the other driver might hit the brakes, allowing me to pass in front onto the access path. This twitch would also give the person behind me some room to maneuver, as I was aware the braking power of the Boxster S is generally much greater than most other vehicles on the road. I have had professional driver’s training, in this type of car, and firmly believe that it had an effect on my perception of the situation, and actions up to this point, but now, the hope of avoidance was dashed as the oncoming car leaped forward under increased acceleration. The Porsche began to shudder as the anti-lock brake system engaged, and I actually felt myself relax, in resignation, as the offending object crossed into my final path. I was now just another passenger along for the ride into fate, with less than twenty feet to judgment. The next moment in time began to play in my mind like a stop motion movie. My car slammed into the other’s right front quarter panel with a thump of concussive force rivalling a 105mm cannon firing an artillery shell. I had an image of my front hood folding up, to be instantly blocked out by the steering wheel airbag as it deployed, punching me in the face with hot stinging abrasion. Next, there was a blurred image of sideways motion of the interior, as the car spun clockwise and to the left, to smack into the side of the other vehicle with a crunch and roar of tortured parts and metal. The kinetic energy released, stopped my Porsche’s forward and sideways motion, and launched the offender to the side, down the access road I had previously noted. At the moment of contact, the side airbag deployed. Due to the fact that the first bag to deploy drove my hands and arms up and away from the steering wheel, the side bag now exploded upward between my left underarm and chest. This caused my arm to be thrown forward, punching my hand into the windshield with a radiating, sharp pain, fracturing the wrist along with the glass, as the bag ripped open my over-shirt and abraded my chest. Vision fast turned to grey fog as the acrid, nasal burning smoke billowed out of the deployed bags, made worse as I attempted to bat one out of my line of sight with my right hand, after the car had settled. As the intensity of noise subsided, I could now hear that the engine was still running. I reached across the steering column with my right hand and turned the key to shut it off. Time now seemed to settle back to a normal pace as I mentally sighed with relief at having survived this particular trial. The aftermath of this episode is not burned as brightly into my memory as the previous few seconds, and seems somewhat mundane and anticlimactic in comparison. The person who opened the passenger door to help, and the driver of the mini-van who had been following me that stopped and gave her account, along with the emergency crews who responded, do not register as well in my memory as the accident itself. The intensity and clarity of those first few moments, gave a solid impression of time shifting from its normal pace, lending credence to those stories from my past; that time could feel as though it were nearly standing still.

For what it is worth; I received one of these adapters from Tool-nut after the initial release, before Dewalt delayed future deliveries last November. The adapter does work with four and five amp hour batteries, at least it worked on the two drill type tools I still owned with those battery sizes. However, the adapter will definitely not work with any of their cordless nail guns due to a problem with the electronics on the flywheel of the guns. As it currently stands, there is no fix, and it is assumed that there will not be any planned attempt to fix this problem on the adapter. I spent a few emails asking questions and making comments about the adapter with someone at Tool-nut, and they sent me a UPS return label and offered a refund, without my asking for one. I had originally pre-ordered the adapter, prior to the known issue of the nail guns being released, for the primary purpose of extending the life of the three cordless guns I currently own. Tool-nut was not aware of the issue up until this past week when our correspondence took place. I was informed that they planned on updating their site to reflect the issue. The end result is that I do not believe that Dewalt has done their best to inform both the end users and their distributors of any limitations this tool may exhibit. They really need to step up their game in this area. It would save time, money and frustration for all involved.

Thanks James. After I left my review, there were a couple of positive reviews posted that left me wondering about the source, or their sanity. It is really difficult to express how disappointing the tool actually is in operation. You have to wonder how or why it made it past QA and into full production. BTW; I own more than twenty Makita cordless power tools. The brand is a mainstay in my tool collection.

This is the review I posted on Amazon for the xnb01z awhile back (I assume this is the one you are talking about): This is the first Makita tool that I have ever been truly dissatisfied with. Prior to purchase I had read many different reviews on it, and unfortunately, the reviews that had the best information in them have turned out to have been the bad reviews that it received. After the tool was delivered to me I ran a test on it using 1 1/4" brads on both softwood and hardwood. I made certain that the depth setting was on the deepest possible before starting and then began on a piece of doug fir. On this piece of soft wood the tool worked as advertised setting every nail at full depth, but when I tried the nailer on a piece of white oak, the results were not so good. In fact, the tool was anything but consistent. The first five nails seemed to set approximately flush with the surface of the material and then it started to set the brads in a very inconsistent manner, sometimes setting them flush, but most times leaving the brads proud by as much as 3/16 of an inch. The length of brad used is well within the manufacturers specs for operation and the tool failed to deliver. At the same time I ran this test on the Makita, I also ran an older Dewalt cordless brad nailer using the exact same nails. The Dewalt set every nail, and while it did not set the nail heads as deep into the hardwood as it did the softwood, it did set them consistently to the same depth. I cannot recommend the XBN01z for anyone who would want it for production purposes. It simply does not perform well enough in the variety of materials a professional might run into on a daily basis to make it worth any consideration. Performance aside, there are a couple of other issues that I feel I should mention. First, the balance of the tool in operation is unusual. It is very bottom heavy and holding to tool horizontally for any length of time would tire one out much sooner than if you were using a different tool. Much like a pneumatic tool with a long hose attached to it. Secondly, the continuous operation mode does not operate like it's contemporaries. It operates at about the same speed as the single nail setting and does not offer enough of a speed increase to make it worth having as an option. In other words, when activated, it still requires that the tool cycle up before firing the nail when you apply pressure to the tip. The design of the Dewalt tool, in comparison, allows a rapid bump fire when set to continuous mode. Why a two star rating instead of one? The tool is made of good quality materials and does have some minor features going for it. It is just that they are not worth mentioning when compared to it's failure to operate on a consistent basis on what I consider to be standard construction trim materials.

I would also test this as a replacement for an air powered unit on a vertical vacuum panel lift I developed for personal use after an accident left me without the use of one of my arms for more than a year, quite some time ago. The air powered unit was limited to fixed locations and required extensive plumbing on the beam trolly that I had set up to cover the main work area. Something like this could have helped with some of those issues.

Site says it is a translation from a Japanese page.