SetBuilder
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I so want to buy my own track saw. We have a huge job where my crew has to cut a ton of pre laminated 5 x12 and 4 x10 sheets. Normally we would do it on the table saw and panel saw. No way did I feel like humping all the sheets around, so I have spent the last two days cutting with a TS55 and it has saved so much work and I'm able to make more accurate cuts when things are out of square.
I'll be working my way through this pile for another couple of days.
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You might have enough to make something like this...
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With a custom Lexan plate.
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Question for the Knipex guys. What model is the largest flush cut pliars that Knipex makes?
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Now thats a nice machine.
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If they do not refund the money Andrius should no longer be allowed to post here. Have you tried sending him a PM though this site?
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Back when I owned a tree svc I had an extended reach echo hedge trimmer. Of course I modified it to accept fiberglass pole extensions so I could get more reach with it. I would just lock the trigger with a zip tie.
Now I have a neighbor that has crap growing over my fence, so I'll probably just pick up a cheap electric one on CL, attach it to a pole and lock the trigger.
When I did tree work we rarely worked off ladders, when ever you reach from a ladder bad things happen.
http://www.wesspur.com/pole-tools/poles.html
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17 hours ago, BMack37 said:
You twisted it? You didn't just break it? That's crazy
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9 hours ago, ChrisK said:
I ended up getting a Grex pinner. I'd like to know your thoughts in the Cadex, they look like awesome guns.
I have a Grex Micro pinner and love it. We had Jitool at work and then got about 12 Grex. After using the Grex, I bought one for myself.
Grex and Cadex both seem top of the line, so I figured I'd give them a shot. Besides it came in a Systainer
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15 hours ago, BMack37 said:
If they shouldn't break then why are they breaking? I told you why it's breaking and told you brands that should be more durable then you tell me they shouldn't break because Milwaukee makes the product...but they are. I really don't understand your objection to my post(s).
I'm not objecting to your posts, just questioning I quess.
I can see breaking 3/8 sockets if I used an adapter and used a 1/2 in drive gun or rachet on them, but not the other way around.
I searched for an adapter in all of the brands you mentioned and I was unable to find any.
I also have a bunch of broken sockets from Mac and SK in my box, and Craftsmen recently replaced 5 ratchets. Tools just break I guess.
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Milwaukee makes the gun and adapter, so why do they break?
I often need a 9/16 , 7/8 and 15/16 socket for steel deck bolts, crows feet, cheesebourghs and trusses.
They dont need need to be killer tight. So I just use a 1/4 drive impact. Since I already own SK, Mac and Snap on 1/2 in drive impact sockets I prefer to use them.
If I bought a larger impact then no one else would be able to loosen anything I tightened.
The shaft is still the same size. So if I was using a 3/8 9/16 socket on my 1/4 in impact why would that last any longer?
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I'm with you, I enjoy building but hate painting.
We have an entire paint dept here. We get things as clean as possible then the paint guys get them.
Here it is with some paint.
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What brand seems to hold up best. I have been using the Milwaukee ones and I am constantly breaking them. Any other ones out there worth trying?
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12 hours ago, khariV said:
OMG - nail holes! I'm scandalized.
The painters will take care of that.
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How's this for some MDF?
We also used some "water proof" MDF recently. We put a set in a pool for a shoot and it held up surprisingly well.
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6 hours ago, Jronman said:
@SetBuilder what do you think of an oak workbench top?
I'm not that knowledgeable on hard woods. I know butcher blocks are usually made with Maple or Walnut. Red oak has an open grain.
For me a lot would depend on access / cost of materials.
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Just an idea, try looking on craigslist for bowling lane wood. The beginning is usually maple and then transitions into a hard pine. I once did all the floors in a small house out of bowing lanes. I even used it on the kitchen counter tops. They were 2 1/4 thick, about 42in wide. They would make a nice work bench top as well.
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Sorry, but I have to laugh as he's using a Paulk bench to build his work bench.
I would rather have the Paulk bench.
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and I'm done. It just needs paint, hinges and latches.
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I was read up on scoring blades a little a week ago. It seemed guys only use them when cutting expensive melamine. On a few of the forums I read, guys had them on their table saws but don't bother ti use them.
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I once started to walk into a house that had 7 dogs living inside and they did not get walked.
I got one one or two steps in and the stench hit me. I turned right around, scarey stuff.
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I had a Rikon Mortiser and it was hands down the best mortiser on the market without spending 1200.00 and up.
They make some nice stuff at a decent price point.
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Anyone else into Woodpeckers "one time" tools?
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There has been a couple of times where I went in their site and put a bunch of things in the cart went to checkout and once the items were totaled, I just closed the page.
Maybe some day, but with the work I do I really don't think that kind of precision would come into play too often.