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I picked up the sander late yesterday and a some 10 packs of the Standard abrasive. I got those as they were the last ones they had. The dealer said Festool is dropping 10 packs and going with only...

Probably 35+ yrs ago I was told by the Doc to get the fat meatball out of my pocket. I now carry a fold of cash in one front pocket and a small sleeve with a couple credit cards, license and...

Thank you for the guidance. It looks like it will be the 150/5. I went to pick one up at the local yesterday and the dealer said he has had a run on them. “It seems the one everyone is buying.” He is...

Easy to understand your question. In many cases it is simply population pressure and the cost of coastal housing that drives folks into San Bernardino County to the east of LA. That actually applies...

You can get an inside cutter that will run in a drill. Most hardware stores will have them. Short money and will work from the outside as well.

My old Dewalt has bitten the dust and I now have a 3” belt sander and the REQ125ETS Festool. In your experience which of the Festool Sanders would complement the 125. I rarely use the belt machine....

Jimmy, you are correct on all counts. But, as a hobbyist over the years, cost effectiveness falls pretty far down the line in satisfaction. So far, for me, every Festool has represented an upgrade...

Quaint! They are actually trying to solve a problem, but don’t understand that if they outlaw knives only outlaws will have knives.

In a part of my last place I lined the lower wall section with 4x8 sheet metal. That was the section my welder/plasma, etc lived. Took the hits and grinding dust really well.

I have the TS55, CT-22, 1400, 500 and finish sander. The 55 & 22 are about 17-18 yrs old now and keep going. Thankful for that as replacement cost of a 22 is pretty stiff. My work has improved with...

You tell us the size of the door but not the size of the space. Difficult to advise as a result. Your proposed 24 k will be a modualating fan with an air sweep. I would not put it blowing right on me.

I had a griddle piece I could run on the grill, but found it to be a pitn. I did a bone-in Rib eye, shrooms, fingerling potatoes and asparagus last on the griddle. The sear on the steak was better...

We have gifted Blackstones to both out SIL’s over the past couple years. Both like to cook and both have said they rarely use their grills any longer. We recently picked up a BS 28” for the outdoor...

I chose plywood for my 30x34x10 shop with rock ceiling. If you are the kinda guy who has everything dialed in at the first go then rock is fine. I’m not that guy so for me the ability to access the...

They’ve got you by the short hairs here. You will be better off bundling. Talk to your neighbors and see what they have. Do speak with local agents. We ended up with AAA. We had been AAA customers...

When we remodeled our last home all the trim, baseboards, casings, jams was VGF. Really nice stuff. It was all finished with at least 4 coats of Daley’s Shark Fin Oil. It gave a very pleasing warm...

Brian, it might be worth a call to Milwaukee asking for the name/number of the local rep. My local building supply place has pretty frequent Milwaukee Days with demo displays. Having been in the Rep...

Perhaps I missed it Andrew, but is this a heat pump or condensing unit to a gas furnace? An old R22 condenser is a max of 10 seer I believe. You can do far better with the current 410a inverter...

I think back to the days when as a kid in the 50’s-60’s you watched Uncle Walter or Huntley-Brinkley. Local news before or after and the weather man standing with a grease pencil showing where the...

When I built my 30x34 shop I went with a slab build. It wasn’t far after that I wished I had done it with a raised foundation and a wood frame floor with a 3 or 3.5’ clean well lit crawl space. I’m a...

Christopher Schwarz did an article in the ‘06 Autumn edition of Woodworking Mag on a trestle table build. I pretty much copied the design for my daughter’s table. It is 32x84 for the 1” white oak...

This will likely go as far as the plan to have a nuclear waste dump in Nevada where all of the power houses collect and transport the waste from each plant to a central location. As it is now, each...

We watched a couple hours of the Opening Ceremony last night. Scanning across the city of Paris we were informed by the announcing team that “here we have another big building…” It’s Paris for crying...

The GC who ran the re-build of our house and built my old shop got me to take up skiing again. I gave it up at 21 after basically skiing out of college. So 50 yrs later I began skiing again at 71....

Strolling through Costco yesterday they had the 12k Mr Cool on the floor at $1300. The multi head units make for pretty convenient installs, but you definitely pay a price for them. In the last house...