Todd Frerichs
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I'm a carpenter, I essentially CNC build houses. We design homes and use some seriously cool tech to layout in the field and on the jigs, then build...

I agree, you can tell a lot about a carpenters experience and skill level by his saw IMHO. I've never seen a guy with a well used worm drive not be...

One of our framing guys has that saw, he bought from Acme. Significantly less power than the Dewalt worm drives that we've pretty much all switched...

We use Dewalt and Milwaukee tools on the field, they run whatever batteries we use in the other tools. Because the saws need 6ah or more, the...

Never heard "rat rod" applied to woodworking, lol! I need to do that to a couple machines.

Masonary bits aren't supposed to be sharp, they are in essence little jackhammers with an auger attached to clear dust. Once the hardened edge...

The stuff we get still has the same distinctive smell that I've always know, good chance it's the same still.

Sweeping compound looks like a mix of sawdust and ground up pencil erasers with a very light oil coating of some sort. It's usually red, you sprinkle...